Whitest cities in the United States research summary. We used Saturday Night Science to research the whitest cities in the US for 2026. The data comes from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey which breaks down race by Hispanic/Latino origin in table B03002. We limited our analysis to the 270 cities over 100,000 people.
The whitest city in the United States is Billings. It is 82.5% white. The city with the largest white population is New York, NY with 2,627,063 white people.
The least white city in the United States is East Los Angeles, CA. It is 2.2% white. And the whitest state in the United States is Vermont.
100.0% White
And where is the whitest city of them all? If you guessed somewhere way up north where it’s cold, than you guessed right. It’s Billings, Montana. Here in Billings, the white population is 82.5%.
Billings just oozes whiteness.
You can enjoy some golf while you herd your wild buffalo and shoot beer cans. Because that’s what I’d imagine people do for fun in the whitest city around.
Cowboys are a total white thing, and Montana loves them some cowboyin stuff. They love ropin, ridin’ and mutton’ bustin. For all those who are not aware of mutton’ bustin, its when a kid tries to ride a sheep around for at least 8 seconds. White people in Montana love to hunt. They love it so much, that a ton of people have deer stands in their front yards here. Montana people will actually call in sick to work on the opening day of hunting season.
You can judge a white Billings man by the number of does he plugged last winter, and by the size of his gun.
They only thing they’re missing here is a Whole Foods. You’ve have to drive alllll the way down to Colorado to get your Avocado Ice Cream. And unsurprisingly, Yellowstone County overwhelmingly supported President Trump.
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For Pete’s Sake. Springfield? Really? That’s kinda a shocker.
In Springfield, the white population is 81.6%. That’s down from 88.0% white ten years ago, meaning Springfield may have been the whitest city in America ten years ago.
But Missouri is sort of in the south, isn’t it? Not technically – it’s more in the midwest, but it’s one of those transition states. Like West Virginia and North Carolina. Anyways, when you look at a list of the whitest states, Missouri isn’t even in the top 20. So, why Springfield, then? After doing some research, it turns out that Springfield wasn’t all that friendly to minorities back in the early 1900s, which led to a mass exodus of African Americans from the city.
Ok, got it.
Bass Pro Shops has their headquarters here. They don’t have a ferris wheel in their store, but it’s still pretty cool in there. And if there’s one thing white people in the midwest or south or wherever Missouri is like to do is…fish. Look at all of the places in Springfield area where you can fish or buy fishing things!
The Springfield Chamber of Commerce used to give visiting dignitaries an “Ozark Hillbilly Medallion to celebrate Springfield’s connections to hillbillies in the region. If that’s not the most white thing on this video, I don’t know what is. Springfield’s Greene County supported President Trump by nearly a 2-1 margin.
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Jiminy Christmas, Boysee. You are whi to the ite. Of course, Boise would be on this list. Boise is 79.5% white, which is about a 6.0% whiteness drop from ten years ago.
Driving around Boise, you’ll see a lot of cars with ski, kayak or bike racks because people are all about being a part of their environment here. Plus, most are white, and those are all very white things to do. You have your sweet potatoes and yellow potatoes and purple potatoes. But in Boise they are only interested in one kind of potato — the white potato. JK is that even a thing?
One major magazine called Idaho the second best state for second amendment supporters. And we know how much white people like their sidearms. Half of all white households in America has protection in the house.
if you look at the statistics, Idaho ranks 4th in the nation for milk production. So Boise makes a lot of milk, but are Boisians drinking their milk, too?
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You’d have to be a bit crazy to choose to live this far north. And, as it turns out, white people are apparently that kind of crazy. The white population in Fargo is currently 78.6%, which is actually 11.6% less white than in 2010. If you’re a white ice fisherman named Ned who drives his snowmobile to work every day, you likely live here in Fargo.
According to government research, the white population drinks far more booze than any other race. In fact, some studies say white folks drink three times more than any other race. Well, Fargo North Dakota has a ton of drinkers, since most of the people are white, and North Dakota is the drunkest state in the nation.
Fargo is home to the ever-popular sporting goods store, Scheels, which…what the heck? There’s a ferris wheel inside the store? That might be the coolest story I’ve ever seen.
Unsurprisingly, there were very few voters who didn’t vote for Trump in the last presidential election in the greater Fargo region.
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Heavens to Betsy, Sioux Falls, South Dakota sure is white. And not just caucasian. I mean pale and pasty white. It’s pretty cold and dark here for a majority of the year, meaning the white population here has to find all sorts of creative ways to remain occupied for long stretches of the year. That means long hours spent indoors watching Friends reruns and playing parcheesi.
But people seem to like it here – the population of Sioux Falls has increased 22% in the last ten years.
South Dakota is home to Mt. Rushmore, which is a big mountain with four big white men on it.
If you live in Sioux Falls, odds are you drive a pick up truck, drink Budweiser and chew tobacco. Sioux Falls and the greater surrounding area isn’t all hicks and Indian Casinos, though. There’s plenty of golf courses in the area, and they have a zoo. White people like zoos. They also have a butterfly house. Do white people like butterflies? OMG YES!
Obviously you get a lot of snow in this part of the country, and Sioux Falls has lots of stuff for white folks to do – snowshoeing, skiing and snowboarding are all very much white sports.
Is Sioux Falls conservative? You betcha. In fact, practically the entire state of South Dakota voted for Trump.
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Welcome to the state of Washington, and, in particular, to the city of Spokane, on the eastern fringes of the Idaho border. This is Bigfoot country!
Spokane is 77.6% white, and slightly growing more whiter. Apparently, all these white people need some Jerry Fallwell in their lives, since Spokane ranks as not only one of the most dangerous cities in the region, but in America.
Spokane is known for a few things – including a far higher than average white college basketball team. Local forums indicate Spokane is filled with a few things that are pretty white. Especially the outdoor activities part. White people sure like to hike and camp.
One white stereotype is that white folks like to bring their dogs into restaurants. Well, the ‘Kan meets that criteria. Did you know Washington ranks in the top ten for dog friendly states? It’s true. And Spokane in particular, has a ton of places where you can take your dog out for a meal with you. There’s also a large park downtown, and white people like going to parks, that’s for sure.
John Stockton is from Spokane, and he’s like the most white boy basketball player ever to play the game. Remember this lady? This is Rachel Dolezal. She’s white, but pretended to be black and actually ran Spokane’s NAACP Chapter for a year before resigning.
Spokane County is very conservative, and chose President Trump by a very wide margin.
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What in tarnation? Is this going to be the only Iowa city on this list? As it stands today, Cedar Rapids is 77.5% white, and that number is slowly going down.
Did you know Cedar Rapids is the cereal capital of the world? Cedar Rapids is home to Quaker Oaks, General Mills and Post. Do white people eat cereal more than minorities? I couldn’t find a definitive answer, but if I smelled Cinnamon Toast Crunch all day long, I’d probably be in heaven.
Cedar Rapids is hosting a White Privilege Conference later this year. What the hell is that all about? “Whites need to acknowledge and work through the negative historical implications of ‘Whiteness’ and create for ourselves a transformed identity as White people committed to equity and social change…To teach my White students and my own children…that there are different ways of being White.”
Hmm. Odd.
And of course, there’s farming. Iowa is farm country, mister, and you can bet many families earn their incomes from putting food on your table.
Linn County, and Cedar Rapids, supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.
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Son of a biscuit! Fort Collins, Colorado begins our list. It’s 77.3% white. In comparison, East Los Angeles, America’s least white city, is 97% Latino. A real big difference.
Fort Collins is starting to look a little more like East L.A. lately, when you look at the stats. While 4 out of 5 people are white, each year, Fort Collins becomes about 1% less white. We read some of the forums to get local perspective. One guy said Fort Collins is, “old white people, white students, white techies, white pot heads, white hippies, and white drunks.”
Colorado ranks 8th in the country for number of vegetables consumed. And according to research by the US Census, white people eat more vegetables than any other race. So, while that’s great for the white folks here in Fort Collins, they make up for it in terms of beer consumption. It’s pretty well known that white folks like their beer, and Fort Collins is a beer lovers paradise. It has four breweries of note, and employs 14x as many brewery industry workers as other cities its size.
Apparently, there are rumblings of how white folks are treating minorities in Fort Collins, and in Larimer County in particular. If you’re a white person and you’re being a jerk to minorities here, you should stop. It’s not cool, dude. Another interesting fact: Laramie County voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and by a comfortable margin.
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Scottsdale, Arizona is 77.1% white, and getting less white every year. It has become 1.6% less white over the last ten years.
According to the US Census, white people work more hours than any other race – and they work slightly more total hours than Asian Americans each week. Based on research by job research site Zippia, Arizona is the 12th laziest state. So, that means Scottsdale is a bunch of lazy white people? No. Actually, Scottsdale residents probably work much harder than the rest of the state.
As such, the city has the nicknames Snobsville and Snotsville- considering that half of the wealthiest zip codes in Arizona are in the Scottsdale area. The Beverly Hills of the Desert? Nooo – I don’t think white people would want to live here…Of course they like it in Scottsdale, it has everything white people love.
Scottsdale has an abundance of country clubs, golf courses, like five nail salons per square mile, and of course, its retail crown jewel, the overpriced Scottsdale Fashion Square. So if you golf, this is heaven. And, in case you didn’t know, 80% of golfers are white.
Census numbers prove white americans are far more likely to indulge in the arts – stuff like theaters, art galleries and music performances. Scottsdale’s number of art galleries per capita is second only to New York City.
So, while Scottsdale is only the 9th whitest city in America, in terms of ‘white things’ to do, it ranks first by a long shot. Of note, in the 2016 election, Scottdale residents voted for Donald Trump, by a fairly large margin.
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Son of a biscuit! Lincoln, Nebraska ends our list. It’s 76.3% white. In comparison, East Los Angeles, America’s least white city, is 97% Latino. A real big difference.
Lincoln is starting to look a little more like East L.A. lately, when you look at the stats. While 4 out of 5 people are white, each year, Lincoln becomes about 1% less white. We read some of the forums to get local perspective. One guy said Lincoln is, “old white people, white students, white techies, white pot heads, white hippies, and white drunks.”
Nebraska ranks 8th in the country for number of vegetables consumed. And according to research by the US Census, white people eat more vegetables than any other race. So, while that’s great for the white folks here in Lincoln, they make up for it in terms of beer consumption. It’s pretty well known that white folks like their beer.
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Methodology: How We Determined The Whitest Large Cities In The US
When we analyze what it’s like to live in a particular place, we use Saturday Night Science. In this instance, we can look to the recently released 2020-2024 American Community Survey for a detailed breakdown of race by city.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002, which has the breakdown of people by Hispanic/Latino and race:
- 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*
Limiting our analysis to only cities greater than 100,000 people, we looked at the percentage of the population of each city that identified as non-Hispanic/Latino white.
We then ranked each city from 1 to 270 in terms of that percentage, with the city having the highest overall percentage being named the “Whitest City In America” — Billings.
We updated this article for 2026. This report is our eleventh time ranking the whitest cities in America.
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White Population By City In The United States For 2026
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| Rank | City | Population | White Population | % White |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billings, MT | 119,434 | 98,541 | 100.0% |
| 2 | Springfield, MO | 169,954 | 138,669 | 100.0% |
| 3 | Boise City, ID | 237,242 | 188,701 | 100.0% |
| 4 | Fargo, ND | 131,627 | 103,488 | 100.0% |
| 5 | Sioux Falls, SD | 201,469 | 157,056 | 100.0% |
| 6 | Spokane, WA | 230,293 | 178,707 | 100.0% |
| 7 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 137,264 | 106,383 | 100.0% |
| 8 | Fort Collins, CO | 170,229 | 131,655 | 100.0% |
| 9 | Scottsdale, AZ | 243,821 | 188,087 | 100.0% |
| 10 | Lincoln, NE | 294,856 | 225,097 | 100.0% |
| 11 | Sterling Heights, MI | 133,573 | 101,731 | 100.0% |
| 12 | Arvada, CO | 122,634 | 93,190 | 100.0% |
| 13 | Evansville, IN | 116,116 | 87,788 | 100.0% |
| 14 | Eugene, OR | 179,591 | 133,200 | 100.0% |
| 15 | Overland Park, KS | 200,306 | 147,194 | 100.0% |
| 16 | Olathe, KS | 145,057 | 105,029 | 100.0% |
| 17 | Manchester, NH | 115,643 | 83,623 | 100.0% |
| 18 | Charleston, SC | 154,338 | 110,737 | 100.0% |
| 19 | Columbia, MO | 128,548 | 92,127 | 100.0% |
| 20 | Provo, UT | 114,766 | 81,292 | 100.0% |
| 21 | Rochester, MN | 122,330 | 86,372 | 100.0% |
| 22 | Knoxville, TN | 195,185 | 137,641 | 100.0% |
| 23 | Wilmington, NC | 120,805 | 84,455 | 100.0% |
| 24 | Madison, WI | 278,001 | 193,375 | 100.0% |
| 25 | Norman, OK | 129,672 | 89,845 | 100.0% |
| 26 | Springfield, IL | 113,330 | 78,499 | 100.0% |
| 27 | Independence, MO | 121,740 | 83,395 | 100.0% |
| 28 | Lakewood, CO | 156,583 | 106,779 | 100.0% |
| 29 | Lexington-Fayette Urban County, KY | 323,725 | 216,082 | 100.0% |
| 30 | Ann Arbor, MI | 122,036 | 81,100 | 100.0% |
| 31 | Surprise, AZ | 154,948 | 102,013 | 100.0% |
| 32 | Portland, OR | 641,165 | 421,689 | 100.0% |
| 33 | Gilbert, AZ | 280,262 | 183,737 | 100.0% |
| 34 | Vancouver, WA | 195,300 | 127,582 | 100.0% |
| 35 | Colorado Springs, CO | 487,887 | 317,955 | 100.0% |
| 36 | Topeka, KS | 125,786 | 81,862 | 100.0% |
| 37 | Clearwater, FL | 117,247 | 76,297 | 100.0% |
| 38 | Cape Coral, FL | 215,536 | 139,249 | 100.0% |
| 39 | Salt Lake City, UT | 208,007 | 133,922 | 100.0% |
| 40 | Peoria, AZ | 196,906 | 126,555 | 100.0% |
| 41 | Metairie, LA | 139,729 | 89,787 | 100.0% |
| 42 | Green Bay, WI | 106,253 | 67,919 | 100.0% |
| 43 | Westminster, CO | 115,484 | 73,781 | 100.0% |
| 44 | Omaha, NE | 488,837 | 309,789 | 100.0% |
| 45 | Fort Wayne, IN | 268,589 | 169,868 | 100.0% |
| 46 | Murfreesboro, TN | 161,445 | 101,549 | 100.0% |
| 47 | Glendale, CA | 190,748 | 119,810 | 100.0% |
| 48 | St. Petersburg, FL | 262,732 | 164,797 | 100.0% |
| 49 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 125,205 | 77,998 | 100.0% |
| 50 | Pittsburgh, PA | 304,759 | 188,554 | 100.0% |
| 51 | Salem, OR | 178,865 | 109,605 | 100.0% |
| 52 | Naperville, IL | 150,692 | 91,940 | 100.0% |
| 53 | Des Moines, IA | 212,421 | 129,545 | 100.0% |
| 54 | Roseville, CA | 155,955 | 94,497 | 100.0% |
| 55 | Gresham, OR | 112,378 | 68,009 | 100.0% |
| 56 | Mesa, AZ | 511,764 | 307,620 | 100.0% |
| 57 | Wichita, KS | 397,945 | 236,619 | 100.0% |
| 58 | Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (Balance), KY | 631,818 | 375,394 | 100.0% |
| 59 | Huntington Beach, CA | 195,240 | 115,273 | 100.0% |
| 60 | Virginia Beach, VA | 456,349 | 268,555 | 100.0% |
| 61 | Minneapolis, MN | 427,246 | 251,135 | 100.0% |
| 62 | Seattle, WA | 754,195 | 443,250 | 100.0% |
| 63 | Warren, MI | 137,928 | 79,966 | 100.0% |
| 64 | Arlington, VA | 236,254 | 136,939 | 100.0% |
| 65 | Henderson, NV | 332,141 | 190,964 | 100.0% |
| 66 | Grand Rapids, MI | 198,535 | 114,097 | 100.0% |
| 67 | Wichita Falls, TX | 102,581 | 58,575 | 100.0% |
| 68 | Everett, WA | 111,845 | 63,694 | 100.0% |
| 69 | Abilene, TX | 128,053 | 72,685 | 100.0% |
| 70 | Cary, NC | 179,306 | 101,742 | 100.0% |
| 71 | Reno, NV | 273,212 | 154,694 | 100.0% |
| 72 | Lafayette, LA | 121,715 | 68,304 | 100.0% |
| 73 | Huntsville, AL | 222,791 | 124,623 | 100.0% |
| 74 | Toledo, OH | 267,463 | 149,172 | 100.0% |
| 75 | Tacoma, WA | 222,758 | 123,755 | 100.0% |
| 76 | Chattanooga, TN | 185,783 | 103,085 | 100.0% |
| 77 | Clarksville, TN | 176,456 | 96,320 | 100.0% |
| 78 | Gainesville, FL | 145,702 | 79,030 | 100.0% |
| 79 | Chandler, AZ | 280,136 | 151,881 | 100.0% |
| 80 | Anchorage, AK | 288,976 | 156,623 | 100.0% |
| 81 | Burbank, CA | 104,546 | 56,610 | 100.0% |
| 82 | Kansas City, MO | 510,612 | 275,904 | 100.0% |
| 83 | Denver, CO | 718,877 | 388,268 | 100.0% |
| 84 | Denton, TX | 152,866 | 82,238 | 100.0% |
| 85 | Chesapeake, VA | 252,583 | 135,855 | 100.0% |
| 86 | Athens-Clarke County Unified Government (Balance), GA | 127,345 | 68,486 | 100.0% |
| 87 | Cambridge, MA | 118,796 | 63,870 | 100.0% |
| 88 | Akron, OH | 189,247 | 101,282 | 100.0% |
| 89 | Simi Valley, CA | 125,634 | 66,988 | 100.0% |
| 90 | Peoria, IL | 112,169 | 59,620 | 100.0% |
| 91 | Mckinney, TX | 210,600 | 108,495 | 100.0% |
| 92 | San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA | 109,857 | 56,243 | 100.0% |
| 93 | Raleigh, NC | 481,031 | 246,042 | 100.0% |
| 94 | Tempe, AZ | 188,065 | 95,925 | 100.0% |
| 95 | Amarillo, TX | 201,885 | 102,866 | 100.0% |
| 96 | South Bend, IN | 103,085 | 52,501 | 100.0% |
| 97 | Palm Bay, FL | 130,132 | 66,117 | 100.0% |
| 98 | Columbus, OH | 914,802 | 463,364 | 100.0% |
| 99 | Lansing, MI | 113,023 | 57,218 | 100.0% |
| 100 | Tulsa, OK | 413,794 | 208,784 | 100.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. The 270 largest US cities.
Summary
Summary: The Whitest Big Cities In The United States
After measuring the white population of every major city in America, we are left with Billings as the whitest of the white.
The whitest cities in the United States are Billings, MT, Springfield, MO, Boise City, ID, Fargo, ND, Sioux Falls, SD, Spokane, WA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Fort Collins, CO, Scottsdale, AZ, and Lincoln, NE.
