Ranking of US States By Percentage of Population that are White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 12, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, Maine had the highest percentage of a state's population who identified their race as White Alone (90.80%), followed by Vermont (89.84%), and West Virginia (89.80%).

The chart below shows the top 10, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the percentage of each state's population that identify their race as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in the United States.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Ranking of US States By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone from Census 2020
Maine
Vermont
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Wyoming
Montana
Iowa
North Dakota
Kentucky
Idaho
Ranking of US States By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone from Census 2020
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Rank State % of State Population
1 Maine 90.80
2 Vermont 89.84
3 West Virginia 89.80
4 New Hampshire 88.29
5 Wyoming 84.66
6 Montana 84.53
7 Iowa 84.46
8 North Dakota 82.91
9 Kentucky 82.37
10 Idaho 82.13
11 South Dakota 80.68
12 Wisconsin 80.38
13 Utah 78.66
14 Nebraska 78.41
15 Minnesota 77.51
16 Indiana 77.25
17 Missouri 77.02
18 Ohio 76.96
19 Kansas 75.65
20 Pennsylvania 74.99
21 Oregon 74.79
22 Michigan 73.88
23 Tennessee 72.22
24 Rhode Island 71.35
25 Colorado 70.72
26 Arkansas 70.21
27 Massachusetts 69.65
28 Washington 66.59
29 Connecticut 66.42
30 Alabama 64.10
31 Oklahoma 63.52
32 South Carolina 63.37
33 North Carolina 62.15
34 Illinois 61.41
35 Arizona 60.44
36 Delaware 60.38
37 Virginia 60.35
38 Alaska 59.37
39 Florida 57.68
40 Louisiana 57.06
41 Mississippi 56.02
42 New York 55.16
43 New Jersey 55.04
44 Georgia 51.86
45 Nevada 51.17
46 New Mexico 50.95
47 Texas 50.13
48 Maryland 48.69
49 California 41.22
50 District of Columbia 39.62
51 Hawaii 22.90