Whitest cities in Florida research summary. We analyzed Florida’s most recent Census data to determine the whitest cities in Florida based on the percentage of White residents.
94.0% White · #1 whitest in Florida
Located in
Lee County, FloridaSanibel is a city in Lee County, Florida, United States, on Sanibel Island. The population was 6,469 at the 2010 census, with an estimated 2012 population of 6,741. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sanibel is a barrier island – a collection of sand on the leeward side of the more solid coral-rock of Pine Island.
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93.9% White · #2 whitest in Florida
Located in
Sarasota County, FloridaLongboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located on and coterminous with the barrier island of the same name. Longboat Key is south of Anna Maria Island, between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It is almost equally divided between Manatee and Sarasota counties. The town of Longboat Key was incorporated in 1955 and is part of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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91.5% White · #3 whitest in Florida
Located in
Duval County, FloridaNeptune Beach is a beachfront city east of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida, United States. When the majority of Duval County communities consolidated with Jacksonville in 1968, Neptune Beach, along with Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Baldwin remained quasi-independent. Like those other towns, it maintains its own municipal government but its residents vote in the Jacksonville mayoral election and are represented on the Jacksonville city council. The population was 7,037 at the 2010 census. Neptune Beach is part of the Jacksonville Beaches community.
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90.6% White · #4 whitest in Florida
Located in
Palm Beach County, FloridaThe Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. In 2000, Palm Beach had a year-round population of 10,468, with an estimated seasonal population of 30,000.
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90.5% White · #5 whitest in Florida
Located in
St. Johns County, FloridaData | Crime | Cost of living | Movers
90.0% White · #6 whitest in Florida
Located in
Lee County, FloridaFort Myers Beach is a town located on Estero Island in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,277 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was officially incorporated on December 31, 1995.
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90.0% White · #7 whitest in Florida
Located in
Collier County, FloridaMarco Island is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States, located on an island by the same name in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Southwest Florida. It is a principal city of the Naples-Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 16,413 at the 2010 census.
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89.7% White · #8 whitest in Florida
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Pinellas County, FloridaTreasure Island is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is situated on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico.
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89.2% White · #9 whitest in Florida
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89.0% White · #10 whitest in Florida
Located in
Brevard County, FloridaCocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 11,231 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Florida for 2026
To rank the whitest places in Florida, 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 Florida on a per capita basis. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Florida.
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 208 cities.
We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 94.0% to 2.3%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of the White population, with a higher percentage being more White. Sanibel took the distinction of being the most White, while Hialeah Gardens was the least White city.
We updated this article for 2026. This report represents our eleventh time ranking the whitest cities in Florida.
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Cities In Florida By White Population
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| Rank | City | Population | White Population | % White |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanibel | 6,418 | 6,034 | 94.0% |
| 2 | Longboat Key | 7,539 | 7,078 | 93.9% |
| 3 | Neptune Beach | 7,168 | 6,561 | 91.5% |
| 4 | Palm Beach | 9,348 | 8,465 | 90.6% |
| 5 | St. Augustine Beach | 6,860 | 6,205 | 90.5% |
| 6 | Fort Myers Beach | 5,513 | 4,964 | 90.0% |
| 7 | Marco Island | 16,205 | 14,577 | 90.0% |
| 8 | Treasure Island | 6,553 | 5,878 | 89.7% |
| 9 | South Pasadena | 5,320 | 4,744 | 89.2% |
| 10 | Cocoa Beach | 11,377 | 10,131 | 89.0% |
| 11 | Naples | 19,704 | 17,522 | 88.9% |
| 12 | Punta Gorda | 20,278 | 17,816 | 87.9% |
| 13 | St. Pete Beach | 8,805 | 7,721 | 87.7% |
| 14 | Venice | 27,479 | 24,026 | 87.4% |
| 15 | Edgewater | 23,627 | 20,650 | 87.4% |
| 16 | Indian Harbour Beach | 9,025 | 7,858 | 87.1% |
| 17 | Cape Canaveral | 10,006 | 8,592 | 85.9% |
| 18 | Jacksonville Beach | 23,654 | 20,291 | 85.8% |
| 19 | St. Augustine | 15,351 | 12,909 | 84.1% |
| 20 | New Smyrna Beach | 31,974 | 26,788 | 83.8% |
| 21 | Dunedin | 36,062 | 30,192 | 83.7% |
| 22 | Port Orange | 64,767 | 53,780 | 83.0% |
| 23 | Inverness | 7,770 | 6,441 | 82.9% |
| 24 | Satellite Beach | 11,313 | 9,338 | 82.5% |
| 25 | Lady Lake | 16,675 | 13,742 | 82.4% |
| 26 | Milton | 10,733 | 8,811 | 82.1% |
| 27 | North Palm Beach | 13,238 | 10,779 | 81.4% |
| 28 | Tequesta | 6,193 | 5,040 | 81.4% |
| 29 | Gulfport | 11,734 | 9,510 | 81.0% |
| 30 | Destin | 14,077 | 11,309 | 80.3% |
| 31 | Sebastian | 26,262 | 21,043 | 80.1% |
| 32 | Fernandina Beach | 13,420 | 10,738 | 80.0% |
| 33 | Ormond Beach | 43,976 | 35,128 | 79.9% |
| 34 | Seminole | 19,396 | 15,482 | 79.8% |
| 35 | Tarpon Springs | 25,791 | 20,421 | 79.2% |
| 36 | Wildwood | 17,608 | 13,878 | 78.8% |
| 37 | North Port | 84,605 | 65,406 | 77.3% |
| 38 | Niceville | 16,544 | 12,780 | 77.2% |
| 39 | Belle Isle | 7,444 | 5,747 | 77.2% |
| 40 | Panama City Beach | 18,971 | 14,635 | 77.1% |
| 41 | Palm Beach Gardens | 60,959 | 46,901 | 76.9% |
| 42 | Bonita Springs | 55,904 | 42,311 | 75.7% |
| 43 | Gulf Breeze | 6,660 | 5,025 | 75.5% |
| 44 | South Daytona | 13,543 | 10,113 | 74.7% |
| 45 | DeBary | 22,869 | 17,059 | 74.6% |
| 46 | Lighthouse Point | 10,600 | 7,899 | 74.5% |
| 47 | Atlantic Beach | 13,363 | 9,902 | 74.1% |
| 48 | Jupiter | 61,883 | 45,608 | 73.7% |
| 49 | Safety Harbor | 17,033 | 12,425 | 72.9% |
| 50 | New Port Richey | 17,425 | 12,686 | 72.8% |
| 51 | Titusville | 49,385 | 35,412 | 71.7% |
| 52 | Vero Beach | 17,042 | 12,213 | 71.7% |
| 53 | Winter Park | 30,274 | 21,648 | 71.5% |
| 54 | Zephyrhills | 19,668 | 13,926 | 70.8% |
| 55 | Boca Raton | 100,234 | 70,918 | 70.8% |
| 56 | Lynn Haven | 20,081 | 14,147 | 70.4% |
| 57 | Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | 6,232 | 4,302 | 69.0% |
| 58 | High Springs | 6,544 | 4,508 | 68.9% |
| 59 | Wilton Manors | 11,511 | 7,924 | 68.8% |
| 60 | Palm Coast | 98,258 | 67,344 | 68.5% |
| 61 | Oldsmar | 14,904 | 10,204 | 68.5% |
| 62 | Melbourne | 86,576 | 59,228 | 68.4% |
| 63 | Tavares | 20,463 | 13,966 | 68.3% |
| 64 | Green Cove Springs | 10,044 | 6,839 | 68.1% |
| 65 | Largo | 82,617 | 56,202 | 68.0% |
| 66 | Rockledge | 29,133 | 19,804 | 68.0% |
| 67 | West Melbourne | 28,795 | 19,388 | 67.3% |
| 68 | Macclenny | 7,748 | 5,203 | 67.2% |
| 69 | Orange City | 14,372 | 9,529 | 66.3% |
| 70 | Starke | 5,877 | 3,868 | 65.8% |
| 71 | Clearwater | 117,247 | 76,297 | 65.1% |
| 72 | Pensacola | 54,036 | 35,085 | 64.9% |
| 73 | Brooksville | 9,457 | 6,128 | 64.8% |
| 74 | Lake Mary | 16,860 | 10,908 | 64.7% |
| 75 | Cape Coral | 215,536 | 139,249 | 64.6% |
| 76 | Winter Springs | 38,951 | 24,990 | 64.2% |
| 77 | Fort Walton Beach | 21,025 | 13,458 | 64.0% |
| 78 | Pinellas Park | 53,560 | 34,184 | 63.8% |
| 79 | Auburndale | 18,530 | 11,818 | 63.8% |
| 80 | Sarasota | 56,970 | 35,982 | 63.2% |
| 81 | Eustis | 24,119 | 15,163 | 62.9% |
| 82 | St. Petersburg | 262,732 | 164,797 | 62.7% |
| 83 | Palmetto | 13,588 | 8,521 | 62.7% |
| 84 | Stuart | 18,520 | 11,581 | 62.5% |
| 85 | Orange Park | 9,055 | 5,657 | 62.5% |
| 86 | Panama City | 34,979 | 21,627 | 61.8% |
| 87 | Holly Hill | 13,084 | 8,064 | 61.6% |
| 88 | Surfside | 5,631 | 3,431 | 60.9% |
| 89 | Mount Dora | 17,278 | 10,439 | 60.4% |
| 90 | Bradenton | 57,014 | 34,326 | 60.2% |
| 91 | Springfield | 8,230 | 4,944 | 60.1% |
| 92 | Marathon | 9,914 | 5,902 | 59.5% |
| 93 | DeLand | 41,611 | 24,719 | 59.4% |
| 94 | Maitland | 19,469 | 11,445 | 58.8% |
| 95 | Alachua | 10,743 | 6,296 | 58.6% |
| 96 | Key West | 25,720 | 15,034 | 58.5% |
| 97 | Dade City | 8,152 | 4,731 | 58.0% |
| 98 | Crestview | 28,773 | 16,637 | 57.8% |
| 99 | Oviedo | 40,599 | 23,350 | 57.5% |
| 100 | Longwood | 16,337 | 9,285 | 56.8% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 208 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Summary: White Populations Across Florida
We measured the locations with the highest percentage of white people in Florida. According to the most recent data, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Florida.
The most White cities in Florida are Sanibel, Longboat Key, Neptune Beach, Palm Beach, St. Augustine Beach, Fort Myers Beach, Marco Island, Treasure Island, South Pasadena, and Cocoa Beach. Not sold on Florida? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
