15 States with Most White Population in America

Published on January 18, 2018 at 7:13 am by Insider Monkey Staff in Lists

This article about 15 states with most white population in America will present you a list of “whitest” states in America.

Although the United States is a multicultural, multiracial country, demographics show that white Americans are a majority. According to the United States Census, six categories are recognized: white American, African American (or black), Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander. The final category is called “some other race.” Hispanic and Latin American are identified as an ethnicity rather than race. According to World Atlas, most Hispanic states in the U.S. are Texas (38%), California (38%) and New Mexico (47%). If you are wondering which are the “blackest states” in the U.S., some of them are Mississippi (37.3%), Louisiana (32.4%) and Georgia (30.5%), to name a few.

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While many (naively) believe that racism is thing of the past, statistics available on our list of 15 most racist states in America ranked by hate crimes in 2017, show otherwise. The New York Times published an interesting map which shows the distribution of races in the major U.S. cities. The map shows the percentage of race within each city and it is logical that each of these larger cities will have some percentage of all races. Believe it or not, there are cities and towns with almost 100% of white population, and according to some data, these cities include Wyoming (PA), Farmer City (IL), Minster (OH), and a few others. As for the major cities with highest white population — some of them are San Antonio (TX), Seattle (WA) and Denver (CO), to name a few. You might want to check out our list of 10 whitest cities in the South as well.

This list of 15 states with largest white population will tell you more about the distribution of the white population in the U.S., or at least about states with the highest percentage of white Americans. In order to compile this list, we used a couple of sources such as ABC News report, Demographics’ racial dot map and data provided by Kaiser Family Foundation. Since the Kaiser Family Foundation provided news data (for 2016), we made the list of states by white population according to the percentage of white population states on this website. Then we checked the statistics provided by US Census Bureau and compiled the final list. States with the highest percentage are ranked higher on our list of 15 states with most white population in America. Let’s take a look.

15. Indiana

White population: 84%

African Americans make 9% of the population in Indiana, Hispanic or Latino 6%, Asian 1%, two or more races 1%, some other race 2% and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Alaska native below 1%.

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13. Minnesota

White population: 85%

African Americans make 5% of the population in Minnesota, Hispanic or Latino 4%, Asian 4%, two or more races 2%, some other race 1%, American Indian 1% and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Alaska native below 1%.

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13. South Dakota

White population: 85%

American Indians make 8% of the population in South Dakota, Hispanic or Latino 2%, black or African American 1%, two or more races 2%, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, some other race, Asian and Alaska native below 1%.

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11. Wisconsin

White population: 86%

African Americans make 6% of the population in Wisconsin, Hispanic or Latino 6%, Asian 1%, some other race 2% and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Alaska native below 1%.

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11. Utah

White population: 86%

Latino or Hispanic population in Utah is growing, and it makes 12% of Utah’s population. Other races constitute the remaining 2%.

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Up next we have top ten states with most white population in America.

10. Kentucky

White population: 87%

African Americans make 7% of the population in Kentucky, Hispanic or Latino 3%, Asian 1%, two or more races 1%, some other race 1% and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Alaska native below 1%.

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8. Idaho

White population: 89%

Hispanic or Latino make 11% of the population in Idaho, some other race 5%, two or more races 2%, American Indian 1%, Asian 1% and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, Alaska native and black or African American below 1%.

8. Montana

White population: 89%

We’re halfway through our whitest states in America 2017 list, and up next we have Montana. In addition, there is 2% of two or more races, 2% of Hispanic or Latino, 1% of black or African American population, 6% of American Indians, and below 1% Asian, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander and some other race.

6. North Dakota

White population: 90%

American Indians make 5% of the population in North Dakota, Hispanic or Latino 2%, black or African American 1%, Asian 1%, two or more races 1% and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander and some other race below 1%.

6. Wyoming

White population: 90%

In addition, there is 2% of two or more races, 8% of Hispanic or Latino, 1% of Asian, 2% of American Indians, less than 1% of black or African American population, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander and some other race is 3% of Wyoming’s population.

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5. Iowa

White population: 91%

In addition, there is 1% of two or more races, 4% of Hispanic or Latino, 1% of Asian, 2% of American Indians, 2% of black or African American population, below 1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander and some other race is 1% of Iowa’s population.

3. New Hampshire

White population: 92%

In addition, there is 1% of two or more races, 2% of Hispanic or Latino, 2% of Asian, 1% of the black or African American population and less than 1% of American Indians, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, and some other race.

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And now, let’s see the top three states with most white population in America.

3. Maine

White population: 92%

In addition, there is 1% of two or more races, 1% of Hispanic or Latino, 1% of Asian, 1% of the black or African American population and less than 1% of American Indians, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, and some other race.

2. West Virginia

White population: 93%

In addition, there is 1% of two or more races, 1% of Hispanic or Latino, 3% of the black or African American population and less than 1% of American Indians, Asians, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander and some other race.

1. Vermont

White population: 95%

Vermont has a very high percentage of the white population. In addition, there is 1% of two or more races, 1% of Hispanic or Latino, 1% of Asian, 1% of the black or African American population and less than 1% of American Indians, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander, and some other race. According to census data, Vermont deservingly takes the number one spot on our list of 15 states with most white population in America.

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