Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of people who identified their race as Non-Hispanic White (14.98M), followed by Texas (11.51M), and New York (11.31M).

On the other hand, District of Columbia had the lowest number of people that identified as Non-Hispanic White (219.30K), followed by Hawaii (311.15K), and Alaska (459.74K).

The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all US states and DC. The information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2011
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Ranking of US States By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2011
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Rank State Non-Hispanic White Population
1 California 14980539
2 Texas 11507641
3 New York 11312725
4 Florida 10933503
5 Pennsylvania 10078982
6 Ohio 9345165
7 Illinois 8154040
8 Michigan 7551877
9 North Carolina 6286020
10 Georgia 5444343
11 Indiana 5297024
12 Virginia 5228096
13 New Jersey 5195584
14 Massachusetts 5037557
15 Washington 4918732
16 Missouri 4858539
17 Tennessee 4828435
18 Wisconsin 4737237
19 Minnesota 4419280
20 Kentucky 3764067
21 Arizona 3718464
22 Colorado 3574030
23 Alabama 3210578
24 Maryland 3167498
25 Oregon 3025987
26 South Carolina 2995512
27 Louisiana 2750992
28 Iowa 2706504
29 Oklahoma 2583864
30 Connecticut 2541636
31 Utah 2260446
32 Kansas 2234608
33 Arkansas 2184010
34 West Virginia 1726858
35 Mississippi 1723238
36 Nebraska 1504798
37 Nevada 1454475
38 Idaho 1326891
39 Maine 1252863
40 New Hampshire 1215865
41 Montana 873168
42 New Mexico 834481
43 Rhode Island 802743
44 South Dakota 693980
45 North Dakota 606409
46 Vermont 590396
47 Delaware 589020
48 Wyoming 486035
49 Alaska 459735
50 Hawaii 311152
51 District of Columbia 219301