Whitest cities in Alabama research summary. We analyzed Alabama’s most recent Census data to determine the whitest cities in Alabama based on the percentage of White residents.
95.1% White · #1 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Jefferson County, Alabama
Mountain Brook is a town in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and an upper-middle-class suburb of Birmingham. Its estimated 2015 population is 20,691. It is one of the state’s most affluent places.
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94.1% White · #2 whitest in Alabama
Glencoe is a city in Calhoun and Etowah counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city incorporated in 1939.
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88.7% White · #3 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Cullman County, Alabama
Cullman is a city and the county seat of Cullman County, Alabama, United States. It is located along Interstate 65, about 50 miles north of Birmingham and about 55 miles south of Huntsville. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 14,775, with an estimated population of 15,496 in 2016.
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88.6% White · #4 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Baldwin County, Alabama
Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, on a sloping plateau, along the cliffs and shoreline of Mobile Bay. The 2010 census lists the population of the city as 15,326. Fairhope is a principal city of the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley micropolitan area, which includes all of Baldwin County. In 2016, Fairhope was named the best small town in the South by Southern Living magazine.
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88.1% White · #5 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Marshall County, Alabama
Arab is a city in Marshall and Cullman counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Alabama, located 10 miles from Guntersville Lake and Guntersville Dam, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 8,050.
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87.6% White · #6 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Etowah County, Alabama
Southside is a city in Etowah and Calhoun counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is included in the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. It incorporated in 1957. The population was 8,412 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. Located 8 to 12 miles south of downtown Gadsden, Southside is one of the fastest growing cities in northeast Alabama.
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87.3% White · #7 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Baldwin County, Alabama
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87.3% White · #8 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Baldwin County, Alabama
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86.2% White · #9 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Morgan County, Alabama
Hartselle is the second largest city in Morgan County, Alabama, United States, about 10 miles south of Decatur, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area.
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city was 14,255. Hartselle was founded in 1870 with the arrival of the South and North Alabama Railroad. It takes its name from George Hartsell, one of the railroad’s owners. The post office opened in 1873. It was formally incorporated on March 1, 1875. Most of the oldest buildings were destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1916.
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84.6% White · #10 whitest in Alabama
Located in
Jackson County, Alabama
Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 14,770. Named for its founder Robert Scott, the city is the county seat of Jackson County.
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Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Alabama for 2026
To rank the whitest places in Alabama, we used Saturday Night Science to look at Census demographic data.
We had to look at the number of white people living in each city in Alabama on a per capita basis. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Alabama.
We looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- Hispanic or Latino
- White alone*
- Black or African American alone*
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
- Asian alone*
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
- Some other race alone*
- Two or more races*
Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as White alone.
We limited our analysis to places with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 100 cities.
We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 95.1% to 4.8%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of the White population, with a higher percentage being more White. Mountain Brook took the distinction of being the most White, while Midfield was the least White city.
We updated this article for 2026. This report represents our eleventh time ranking the whitest cities in Alabama.
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Cities In Alabama By White Population
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| Rank | City | Population | White Population | % White |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain Brook | 22,029 | 20,945 | 95.1% |
| 2 | Glencoe | 5,353 | 5,036 | 94.1% |
| 3 | Cullman | 19,319 | 17,129 | 88.7% |
| 4 | Fairhope | 24,190 | 21,428 | 88.6% |
| 5 | Arab | 8,679 | 7,649 | 88.1% |
| 6 | Southside | 9,483 | 8,310 | 87.6% |
| 7 | Orange Beach | 8,407 | 7,341 | 87.3% |
| 8 | Gulf Shores | 16,401 | 14,318 | 87.3% |
| 9 | Hartselle | 15,847 | 13,661 | 86.2% |
| 10 | Scottsboro | 15,712 | 13,299 | 84.6% |
| 11 | Vestavia Hills | 38,616 | 32,584 | 84.4% |
| 12 | Robertsdale | 7,194 | 5,968 | 83.0% |
| 13 | Attalla | 5,775 | 4,763 | 82.5% |
| 14 | Hamilton | 6,922 | 5,609 | 81.0% |
| 15 | Satsuma | 6,822 | 5,518 | 80.9% |
| 16 | Chelsea | 16,260 | 13,086 | 80.5% |
| 17 | Spanish Fort | 10,662 | 8,568 | 80.4% |
| 18 | Saraland | 16,404 | 13,139 | 80.1% |
| 19 | Trussville | 26,673 | 21,304 | 79.9% |
| 20 | Rainbow City | 10,284 | 8,132 | 79.1% |
| 21 | Moody | 13,488 | 10,608 | 78.6% |
| 22 | Opp | 6,709 | 5,273 | 78.6% |
| 23 | Jasper | 14,442 | 11,339 | 78.5% |
| 24 | Guntersville | 8,916 | 6,985 | 78.3% |
| 25 | Oneonta | 6,971 | 5,453 | 78.2% |
| 26 | Muscle Shoals | 16,951 | 13,107 | 77.3% |
| 27 | Foley | 24,026 | 18,297 | 76.2% |
| 28 | Boaz | 10,814 | 8,144 | 75.3% |
| 29 | Pell City | 13,587 | 10,224 | 75.2% |
| 30 | Daphne | 29,453 | 21,690 | 73.6% |
| 31 | Oxford | 22,063 | 16,172 | 73.3% |
| 32 | Fort Payne | 14,927 | 10,670 | 71.5% |
| 33 | Clanton | 8,958 | 6,395 | 71.4% |
| 34 | Homewood | 27,829 | 19,736 | 70.9% |
| 35 | Florence | 41,701 | 29,513 | 70.8% |
| 36 | Helena | 21,769 | 15,231 | 70.0% |
| 37 | Gardendale | 16,534 | 11,524 | 69.7% |
| 38 | Athens | 29,002 | 20,043 | 69.1% |
| 39 | Leeds | 12,028 | 8,218 | 68.3% |
| 40 | Hoover | 92,642 | 63,046 | 68.1% |
| 41 | Sheffield | 9,340 | 6,330 | 67.8% |
| 42 | Pelham | 24,827 | 16,691 | 67.2% |
| 43 | Alabaster | 33,917 | 22,765 | 67.1% |
| 44 | Tuscumbia | 9,115 | 6,060 | 66.5% |
| 45 | Madison | 60,106 | 39,736 | 66.1% |
| 46 | Prattville | 39,482 | 25,952 | 65.7% |
| 47 | Auburn | 80,594 | 52,963 | 65.7% |
| 48 | Lincoln | 7,305 | 4,764 | 65.2% |
| 49 | Brewton | 5,186 | 3,344 | 64.5% |
| 50 | Millbrook | 17,189 | 11,069 | 64.4% |
| 51 | Northport | 31,218 | 19,992 | 64.0% |
| 52 | Andalusia | 8,766 | 5,588 | 63.7% |
| 53 | Jacksonville | 14,437 | 9,149 | 63.4% |
| 54 | Wetumpka | 7,437 | 4,707 | 63.3% |
| 55 | Albertville | 22,813 | 14,235 | 62.4% |
| 56 | Montevallo | 7,556 | 4,645 | 61.5% |
| 57 | Sylacauga | 12,309 | 7,541 | 61.3% |
| 58 | Smiths Station | 5,496 | 3,329 | 60.6% |
| 59 | Enterprise | 29,505 | 17,821 | 60.4% |
| 60 | Irondale | 13,464 | 7,906 | 58.7% |
| 61 | Calera | 17,714 | 10,234 | 57.8% |
| 62 | Roanoke | 5,336 | 3,061 | 57.4% |
| 63 | Alexander City | 14,606 | 8,345 | 57.1% |
| 64 | Ozark | 14,327 | 8,125 | 56.7% |
| 65 | Huntsville | 222,791 | 124,623 | 55.9% |
| 66 | Decatur | 57,361 | 31,912 | 55.6% |
| 67 | Dothan | 71,514 | 38,925 | 54.4% |
| 68 | Valley | 10,277 | 5,442 | 53.0% |
| 69 | Fultondale | 9,384 | 4,832 | 51.5% |
| 70 | Bay Minette | 8,295 | 4,259 | 51.3% |
| 71 | Opelika | 32,820 | 16,826 | 51.3% |
| 72 | Demopolis | 6,908 | 3,505 | 50.7% |
| 73 | Gadsden | 33,374 | 16,438 | 49.3% |
| 74 | Troy | 17,716 | 8,703 | 49.1% |
| 75 | Tuscaloosa | 111,038 | 54,240 | 48.8% |
| 76 | Clay | 10,273 | 4,828 | 47.0% |
| 77 | Eufaula | 12,584 | 5,657 | 45.0% |
| 78 | Russellville | 10,799 | 4,833 | 44.8% |
| 79 | Hueytown | 16,414 | 7,049 | 42.9% |
| 80 | Anniston | 21,271 | 8,824 | 41.5% |
| 81 | Mobile | 203,416 | 83,690 | 41.1% |
| 82 | Talladega | 14,760 | 6,066 | 41.1% |
| 83 | Atmore | 8,334 | 3,416 | 41.0% |
| 84 | Phenix City | 38,499 | 15,514 | 40.3% |
| 85 | Chickasaw | 6,332 | 2,535 | 40.0% |
| 86 | Monroeville | 5,802 | 1,991 | 34.3% |
| 87 | Pinson | 7,832 | 2,616 | 33.4% |
| 88 | Tarrant | 5,925 | 1,888 | 31.9% |
| 89 | Greenville | 7,163 | 2,049 | 28.6% |
| 90 | Pleasant Grove | 9,442 | 2,651 | 28.1% |
| 91 | Montgomery | 197,494 | 51,005 | 25.8% |
| 92 | Birmingham | 198,173 | 48,042 | 24.2% |
| 93 | Bessemer | 25,400 | 5,198 | 20.5% |
| 94 | Center Point | 15,914 | 2,963 | 18.6% |
| 95 | Lanett | 6,814 | 1,261 | 18.5% |
| 96 | Selma | 17,057 | 2,527 | 14.8% |
| 97 | Tuskegee | 8,938 | 1,052 | 11.8% |
| 98 | Prichard | 18,961 | 1,916 | 10.1% |
| 99 | Fairfield | 9,728 | 638 | 6.6% |
| 100 | Midfield | 5,045 | 242 | 4.8% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 100 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Summary: White Populations Across Alabama
We measured the locations with the highest percentage of white people in Alabama. According to the most recent data, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Alabama.
The most White cities in Alabama are Mountain Brook, Glencoe, Cullman, Fairhope, Arab, Southside, Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Hartselle, and Scottsboro. Not sold on Alabama? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
