The 10 Whitest Cities In Maryland For 2026


The whitest cities in Maryland are Thurmont and Hampstead for 2026 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Chris Kolmar | About HomeSnacks
Last Updated: April 19, 2026

Whitest cities in Maryland research summary. We analyzed Maryland’s most recent Census data to determine the whitest cities in Maryland based on the percentage of White residents. Here are the results of our analysis:

  • The whitest city in Maryland is Thurmont based on the most recent Census data.

  • Thurmont is 89.41% White.

  • The least White city in Maryland is Bladensburg.

  • Bladensburg is 0.62% White.

  • Maryland is 46.6% White.

  • Maryland is the 45th Whitest state in the United States.

Cities With Highest White Population In Maryland Map

Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table

Today, we are looking at the whitest places in Maryland. We won’t measure the number of Whole Foods or Pottery Barns per capita. Instead, we’ll focus on the Census data’s report of race by place in Maryland. In particular, we ranked each place in Maryland by the percentage of white people.

So where are the whitest cities you can live in Maryland?

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Maryland for 2026.

Here are the 10 whites places in Maryland for 2026:

  1. Thurmont
  2. Hampstead
  3. Cumberland
  4. Mount Airy
  5. Ocean City
  6. Taneytown
  7. Frostburg
  8. Westminster
  9. Bel Air
  10. Chesapeake Beach

What is the whitest city in Maryland for 2026? According to the most recent census data Thurmont ranks as the whitest. If you’re wondering, Bladensburg is the least white city of all those we measured.

Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.

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The 10 Whitest Cities In Maryland For 2026

1. Thurmont, MD

Thurmont Location In Maryland

Thurmont, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Andrew Bain | GFDL
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Population: 6,254
% White: 89.41%
More on Thurmont: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

2. Hampstead, MD

Hampstead Location In Maryland

Hampstead, MD

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5
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Population: 6,251
% White: 86.93%
More on Hampstead: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

3. Cumberland, MD

Cumberland Location In Maryland

Cumberland, MD

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5
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Population: 18,804
% White: 85.33%
More on Cumberland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

4. Mount Airy, MD

Mount Airy Location In Maryland

Mount Airy, MD

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Population: 9,805
% White: 84.48%
More on Mount Airy: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

5. Ocean City, MD

Ocean City, MD

Source: Wikipedia User . The original uploader was Xiaphias at English Wikipedia | CC BY-SA 3.0
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7
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Population: 6,903
% White: 84.01%
More on Ocean City: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

6. Taneytown, MD

Taneytown Location In Maryland

Taneytown, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Famartin | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
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Population: 7,932
% White: 83.08%
More on Taneytown: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

7. Frostburg, MD

Frostburg Location In Maryland

Frostburg, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Lee Cannon from Bayville aka West Fenwick, DE, USA | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
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Population: 6,977
% White: 80.77%
More on Frostburg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

8. Westminster, MD

Westminster Location In Maryland

Westminster, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Farragutful | CC BY-SA 4.0
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Population: 20,445
% White: 75.26%
More on Westminster: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

9. Bel Air, MD

Bel Air, MD

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Overall SnackAbility

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Population: 10,585
% White: 74.84%
More on Bel Air: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Movers

10. Chesapeake Beach, MD

Chesapeake Beach Location In Maryland

Chesapeake Beach, MD

Source: Wikipedia User PierreSelim | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
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Population: 6,456
% White: 72.77%
More on Chesapeake Beach: Data | Cost Of Living | Movers

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Maryland for 2026

To rank the whitest places in Maryland, 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 Maryland on a per capita basis. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Maryland.

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*
* Not Hispanic or latino

Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as White alone.

We limited our analysis to town with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 39 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 89.4% to 0.6%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of White population, with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Thurmont took the distinction of being the most White, while Bladensburg was the least White city.

We updated this article for 2026. This report represents our eleventh time ranking the whitest cities in Maryland.

Read on for more information on how the cities in Maryland ranked by population of White residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.

Summary: White Populations Across Maryland

We measured the locations with the highest percentage of white people in Maryland. According to the most recent data, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Maryland.

The most White cities in Maryland are Thurmont, Hampstead, Cumberland, Mount Airy, Ocean City, Taneytown, Frostburg, Westminster, Bel Air, and Chesapeake Beach.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least White places in Maryland:

  1. Bladensburg
  2. Glenarden
  3. District Heights

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White Population By City In Maryland

RankCityPopulationWhite Population% White
1Thurmont6,2545,59289.41%
2Hampstead6,2515,43486.93%
3Cumberland18,80416,04685.33%
4Mount Airy9,8058,28384.48%
5Ocean City6,9035,79984.01%
6Taneytown7,9326,59083.08%
7Frostburg6,9775,63580.77%
8Westminster20,44515,38675.26%
9Bel Air10,5857,92274.84%
10Chesapeake Beach6,4564,69872.77%
11Walkersville6,4144,48569.93%
12Cheste5,5943,87669.29%
13Brunswick8,4505,76568.22%
14Havre De Grace14,99410,02966.89%
15Easton17,30811,12964.3%
16Elkton15,9109,76661.38%
17Annapolis40,72023,34757.34%
18Hagerstown43,66524,71956.61%
19Frederick83,39541,77350.09%
20Aberdeen17,2988,64449.97%
21La Plata10,6834,99346.74%
22Takoma Park17,6327,86144.58%
23Rockville67,67129,26043.24%
24Salisbury33,28513,60840.88%
25Cambridge13,1525,09038.7%
26College Park34,54012,86237.24%
27Gaithersburg69,82520,72729.68%
28Hyattsville20,9665,94428.35%
29Bowie57,92615,34126.48%
30Baltimore573,243148,91425.98%
31Cheverly6,0961,46524.03%
32Greenbelt24,6784,67718.95%
33Mount Rainier8,2451,51418.36%
34Riverdale Park7,2701,21616.73%
35Laurel29,7983,61812.14%
36New Carrollton13,5646074.48%
37District Heights5,8911933.28%
38Glenarden6,3441131.78%
39Bladensburg9,583590.62%
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

If you've been looking for a place to live in the past several years, you've probably stumbled upon his writing already.

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