Ranking of US States By White Alone Population in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (27.82M), followed by Texas (22.97M), and Florida (16.78M).

On the other hand, District of Columbia had the lowest number of people that identified as White Alone (306.93K), followed by Hawaii (362.14K), and Alaska (473.41K).

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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Rank State White Alone Population
1 California 27816482
2 Texas 22969718
3 Florida 16784462
4 New York 13666114
5 Pennsylvania 10544753
6 Illinois 9685721
7 Ohio 9542757
8 Michigan 7919681
9 North Carolina 7417669
10 New Jersey 6590484
11 Georgia 6416374
12 Washington 5999658
13 Arizona 5963831
14 Virginia 5956462
15 Indiana 5741244
16 Massachusetts 5582526
17 Tennessee 5455341
18 Wisconsin 5100336
19 Missouri 5092039
20 Colorado 5024598
21 Minnesota 4744732
22 Kentucky 3925550
23 Oregon 3668486
24 South Carolina 3569848
25 Maryland 3568663
26 Alabama 3483187
27 Utah 3013212
28 Oklahoma 2927819
29 Louisiana 2901675
30 Iowa 2881064
31 Connecticut 2840448
32 Kansas 2525985
33 Arkansas 2381046
34 Nevada 2286631
35 Idaho 1767163
36 Mississippi 1734733
37 Nebraska 1721674
38 New Mexico 1715893
39 West Virginia 1661817
40 Maine 1298038
41 New Hampshire 1287351
42 Montana 982652
43 Rhode Island 911259
44 South Dakota 757032
45 Delaware 687466
46 North Dakota 676753
47 Vermont 608327
48 Wyoming 535709
49 Alaska 473406
50 Hawaii 362139
51 District of Columbia 306930