Ranking of US States By White Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 12, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, California had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (16.30M), followed by Texas (14.61M), and Florida (12.42M).

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 White Alone population.

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 White Alone Population from Census 2020
California
16.30M
Texas
14.61M
Florida
12.42M
New York
11.14M
Pennsylvania
9.75M
Ohio
9.08M
Illinois
7.87M
Michigan
7.45M
North Carolina
6.49M
Georgia
5.56M
Ranking of US States By White Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
State
White Alone Population
1 California 16,296,122
2 Texas 14,609,365
3 Florida 12,422,961
4 New York 11,143,349
5 Pennsylvania 9,750,687
6 Ohio 9,080,688
7 Illinois 7,868,227
8 Michigan 7,444,974
9 North Carolina 6,488,459
10 Georgia 5,555,483
11 Indiana 5,241,795
12 Virginia 5,208,856
13 Washington 5,130,920
14 New Jersey 5,112,280
15 Tennessee 4,990,938
16 Massachusetts 4,896,037
17 Missouri 4,740,335
18 Wisconsin 4,737,545
19 Minnesota 4,423,146
20 Arizona 4,322,337
21 Colorado 4,082,927
22 Kentucky 3,711,254
23 South Carolina 3,243,442
24 Alabama 3,220,452
25 Oregon 3,169,096
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