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List of U.S. states by non-Hispanic white population

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Proportion of Americans who are Non-Hispanic White alone in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census

This is a list of U.S. states by Non-Hispanic Whites population. The United States Census Bureau defines non-Hispanic White as White Americans who are not of Hispanic or Latino ancestry (i.e., having ancestry from Spain or Latin America).[1] At 191.6 million in 2020, non-Hispanic whites comprise 57.8% of the total U.S. population.[2][3]

Population by state or territory

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White alone non-Latino population by state or territory (1970–2025)[4][5][3][6][7][8][9]
State/Territory 1990 2000 2010 2020 2025 Population growth
[Unclear whether these are annualised rates or what]
Pop%Pop%Pop%Pop%Pop% 2020–2025 2010–20201980–2020
Alabama Alabama 2,960,167 73.3% 3,125,819 70.3% 3,204,402 67.0% 3,171,351 63.1% 3,209,447 61.8% -1.3% -1.0% -11.0%
Alaska Alaska 406,722 73.9% 423,788 67.6% 455,320 64.1% 421,758 57.5% 411,209 55.8% -1.7% -7.4% -22.2%
Arizona Arizona 2,626,185 71.7% 3,274,258 63.8% 3,695,647 57.8% 3,816,547 53.4% 3,823,656 50.2% -3.2% +3.3% -25.5%
Arkansas Arkansas 1,933,082 82.2% 2,100,135 78.6% 2,173,469 74.5% 2,063,550 68.5% 2,057,625 66.1% -2.4% -5.0% -16.7%
California California 17,029,126 57.2% 15,816,790 46.7% 14,956,253 40.1% 13,714,587 34.7% 12,429,024 31.6% -3.1% -8.3% -39.3%
Colorado Colorado 2,658,945 80.7% 3,202,880 74.5% 3,520,793 70.0% 3,760,663 65.1% 3,701,542 61.6% -3.5% +6.8% -19.3%
Connecticut Connecticut 2,754,184 83.8% 2,638,845 77.5% 2,546,262 71.2% 2,279,232 63.2% 2,183,301 59.2% -4.0% -10.5% -24.6%
Delaware Delaware 528,092 79.3% 567,973 72.5% 586,752 65.3% 579,851 58.6% 588,213 55.5% -3.1% -1.2% -26.1%
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia 166,131 27.4% 159,178 27.8% 209,464 34.8% 261,771 38.0% 255,053 36.8% -1.2% +25.0% +38.7%
Florida Florida 9,475,326 73.2% 10,458,509 65.4% 10,884,722 57.9% 11,100,503 51.5% 11,322,230 48.3% -3.2% +1.2% -29.6%
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 4,543,425 70.1% 5,128,661 62.6% 5,413,920 55.9% 5,362,156 50.1% 5,319,449 47.1% -3.0% -1.0% -28.5%
Hawaii Hawaii 347,644 31.4% 277,091 22.9% 309,343 22.7% 314,365 21.6% 299,494 20.9% -0.7% +1.6% -31.2%
Idaho Idaho 928,661 92.2% 1,139,291 88.0% 1,316,243 84.0% 1,450,523 78.9% 1,543,463 76.0% -2.9% +10.2% -11.4%
Illinois Illinois 8,550,208 74.8% 8,424,140 67.8% 8,167,753 63.7% 7,472,751 58.3% 7,097,567 55.8% -2.5% -8.5% -22.1%
Indiana Indiana 4,965,242 89.6% 5,219,373 85.8% 5,286,453 81.5% 5,121,004 75.5% 5,068,396 72.7% -2.8% -0.4% -15.7%
Iowa Iowa 2,663,840 95.9% 2,710,344 92.6% 2,701,123 88.7% 2,638,201 82.7% 2,597,202 80.2% -2.5% -6.8% -10.9%
Kansas Kansas 2,190,524 88.4% 2,233,997 83.1% 2,230,539 78.2% 2,122,575 72.2% 2,089,111 70.2% -2.0% -4.9% -18.3%
Kentucky Kentucky 3,378,022 91.7% 3,608,013 89.3% 3,745,655 86.3% 3,664,764 81.3% 3,627,521 78.7% -2.6% -2.2% -11.3%
Louisiana Louisiana 2,776,022 65.8% 2,794,391 62.5% 2,734,884 60.3% 2,596,702 55.8% 2,482,919 53.8% -2.0% -5.1% -15.2%
Maine Maine 1,203,357 98.0% 1,230,297 96.5% 1,254,297 94.4% 1,228,264 90.2% 1,233,474 87.2% -3.0% -2.1% -8.0%
Maryland Maryland 3,326,109 69.6% 3,286,547 62.1% 3,157,958 54.7% 2,913,782 47.2% 2,769,520 44.2% -3.0% -7.7% -32.2%
Massachusetts Massachusetts 5,280,292 87.8% 5,198,359 81.9% 4,984,800 76.1% 4,748,897 67.6% 4,553,595 63.7% -3.9% -4.7% -23.0%
Michigan Michigan 7,649,951 82.3% 7,806,691 78.6% 7,569,939 76.6% 7,295,651 72.4% 7,172,158 70.8% -1.6% -3.6% -12%
Minnesota Minnesota 4,101,266 93.7% 4,337,143 88.2% 4,405,142 83.1% 4,353,880 76.3% 4,262,879 73.1% -3.2% -1.2% -15.3%
Mississippi Mississippi 1,624,198 63.1% 1,727,908 60.7% 1,722,287 58.0% 1,639,077 55.4% 1,595,593 54.0% -1.4% -4.8% -12.2%
Missouri Missouri 4,448,465 86.9% 4,686,474 83.8% 4,850,748 81.0% 4,663,907 75.8% 4,658,511 74.3% -1.5% -3.9% -12.8%
Montana Montana 733,878 91.8% 807,823 89.5% 868,628 87.8% 901,318 83.1% 935,788 81.2% -1.9% +3.8% -9.5%
Nebraska Nebraska 1,460,095 92.5% 1,494,494 87.3% 1,499,753 82.1% 1,484,687 75.7% 1,456,568 72.2% -3.5% -1.0% -28.2%
Nevada Nevada 946,357 78.7% 1,303,001 65.2% 1,462,081 54.1% 1,425,952 45.9% 1,360,693 41.5% -4.4% -3.5% -41.7%
New Hampshire New Hampshire 1,079,484 97.3% 1,175,252 95.1% 1,215,050 92.3% 1,200,649 87.2% 1,204,746 85.1% -2.1% -1.2% -10.4%
New Jersey New Jersey 5,718,966 74.0% 5,557,209 66.0% 5,214,878 59.3% 4,816,381 51.8% 4,609,262 48.3% -3.5% -7.6% -30%
New Mexico New Mexico 764,164 50.4% 813,495 44.7% 833,810 40.5% 772,952 36.5% 723,931 34.1% -2.4% -7.3% -26.6%
New York (state) New York 12,460,189 69.3% 11,760,981 62.0% 11,304,247 58.3% 10,598,907 52.5% 10,069,725 50.3% -2.2% -6.4% -24.2%
North Carolina North Carolina 4,971,127 75.0% 5,647,155 70.2% 6,223,995 65.3% 6,312,148 60.5% 6,474,515 57.8% -2.7% +1.4% -19.3 pp
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North Dakota North Dakota 601,592 94.2% 589,149 91.7% 598,007 88.9% 636,160 81.7% 630,759 78.9% -2.8% +6.4% -13.1%
Ohio Ohio 9,444,622 87.1% 9,538,111 84.0% 9,359,263 81.1% 8,954,135 75.9% 8,740,912 73.4% -2.5% -4.3% -12.9%
Oklahoma Oklahoma 2,547,588 81.0% 2,556,368 74.1% 2,575,381 68.7% 2,407,188 60.8% 2,387,662 57.9% -2.9% -6.5% -25%
Oregon Oregon 2,579,732 90.8% 2,857,616 83.5% 3,005,848 78.5% 3,036,158 71.7% 2,897,973 67.8% -3.9% +1.0% -21.0%
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 10,422,058 87.7% 10,322,455 84.1% 10,094,652 79.5% 9,553,417 73.5% 9,224,783 70.6% -2.9% -5.4% -16.2%
Rhode Island Rhode Island 896,109 89.3% 858,433 81.9% 803,685 76.4% 754,050 68.7% 721,196 64.7% -4.0% -6.2% -23.1%
South Carolina South Carolina 2,390,056 68.5% 2,652,291 66.1% 2,962,740 64.1% 3,178,552 62.1% 3,398,907 61.0% -1.1% +7.3% -9.3%
South Dakota South Dakota 634,788 91.2% 664,585 88.0% 689,502 84.7% 705,583 79.6% 726,734 77.7% -1.9% +2.3% -12.7%
Tennessee Tennessee 4,027,631 82.6% 4,505,930 79.2% 4,800,782 75.6% 4,900,246 70.9% 5,057,604 69.1% -1.8% +2.1% -14.2%
Texas Texas 10,291,680 60.6% 10,933,313 52.4% 11,397,345 45.3% 11,584,597 39.7% 11,557,356 36.4% -3.3% +1.6% -34.5%
Utah Utah 1,571,254 91.2% 1,904,265 85.3% 2,221,719 80.4% 2,465,355 75.4% 2,546,313 72.0% -3.4% +11.0% -17.3%
Vermont Vermont 552,184 98.1% 585,431 96.2% 590,223 94.3% 573,201 89.1% 566,750 87.9% -1.2% -2.9% -9.2%
Virginia Virginia 4,701,650 76.0% 4,965,637 70.2% 5,186,450 64.8% 5,058,363 58.6% 4,976,231 56.0% -2.6% -2.5% -29.9%
Washington (state) Washington 4,221,622 86.7% 4,652,490 78.9% 4,876,804 72.5% 4,918,820 63.8% 4,746,285 59.3% -4.5% +0.9% -26.4%
West Virginia West Virginia 1,718,896 95.8% 1,709,966 94.6% 1,726,256 93.2% 1,598,834 89.1% 1,553,769 88.0% -1.1% -7.4% -7.0%
Wisconsin Wisconsin 4,464,677 91.3% 4,681,630 87.3% 4,738,411 83.3% 4,634,018 78.6% 4,567,326 76.5% -2.1% -2.2% -13.9%
Wyoming Wyoming 412,711 91.0% 438,799 88.9% 483,874 85.9% 469,664 81.4% 471,091 80.0% -1.4% -2.9% -10.5%
American Samoa American Samoa – – 682 1.2% 611 1.1%
Guam Guam – – 10,666 6.9% 11,001 6.9%
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands – – 1,274 1.8% 916 1.7%
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico – – 33,966 0.9% 26,946 0.7% 24,548 0.8% 18,606 0.6% -0.2% -8.9%
United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands – – 8,580 7.9% 3,830 3.6%
United States United States of America 188,128,296 75.6% 194,552,774 69.1% 196,817,552 63.7% 191,697,647 57.8% 187,959,031 55.0% -2.8% -2.6% –23.5%

In 2020, in 36 out of the 50 US states, non-Latino whites made up a greater percentage of the state's population than the US overall share of 57.8%; however, the 14 states with greater shares of non-whites include the four most populous states (California, Texas, New York, and Florida). The total non-Latino white population shrunk between 2010 and 2020 in 34 out of the 50 states, and the relative share of non-Latino whites in the overall state population has declined in all 50 states during that same time period.[citation needed]

As of 2020, six states are majority-minority: Hawaii, California, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and Maryland. All of these states saw larger declines in the relative share of their non-Latino white populations between 1990-2020 than the national average of -23.5% with Nevada dropping by -41.7%, California by -39.3% and Texas by -34.5%.[citation needed]

Historical population by state or territory

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  Currently are majority minority states
  Non-Hispanic whites are less than 60% of the population
  Were formerly majority minority states
Green states were formerly majority minority, however by the 1930s, largely due to the Great Migration of African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, had gained a white majority.[clarification needed]
Non-Mexican white (1910–1930)[10] and non-Hispanic white % of population (1940, 1970–2010) by U.S. State/Territory[11][12][13][14]
State/Territory19101920193019401950[15]1960[15]197019801990200020102020
Alabama Alabama 57.5% 61.6% 64.3% 65.3% 73.3% 73.3% 73.3% 70.3% 67.0% 65.1%
Alaska Alaska 48.3% 77.2% 75.8% 73.9% 67.6% 64.1% 59.6%
Arizona Arizona 59.9% 60.7% 60.7% 65.1% 70.2% 74.9% 74.3% 74.5% 71.7% 63.8% 57.8% 53.8%
Arkansas Arkansas 71.8% 73.0% 74.1% 75.2% 81.0% 82.2% 82.2% 78.6% 74.5% 71.7%
California California 93.0% 91.7% 88.8% 89.5% 86.5% 82.9% 76.3% 66.6% 57.2% 46.7% 40.1% 35.9%
Colorado Colorado 97.6% 96.8% 92.8% 90.3% 88.9% 88.0% 84.6% 82.7% 80.7% 74.5% 70.0% 67.4%
Connecticut Connecticut 98.6% 98.4% 98.1% 97.9% 91.4% 88.0% 83.8% 77.5% 71.2% 65.3%
Delaware Delaware 84.6% 86.4% 86.3% 86.4% 84.1% 81.3% 79.3% 72.5% 65.3% 61.1%
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia 71.3% 74.7% 72.7% 71.4% 26.5% 25.7% 27.4% 27.8% 34.8% 37.7%
Florida Florida 58.9% 65.9% 70.5% 71.5% 77.9% 76.7% 73.2% 65.4% 57.9% 53.1%
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 54.9% 58.3% 63.2% 65.2% 73.4% 71.6% 70.1% 62.6% 55.9% 51.6%
Hawaii Hawaii 22.6% 38.0% 31.1% 31.4% 22.9% 22.7% 21.4%
Idaho Idaho 98.0% 98.3% 98.3% 98.4% 95.9% 93.9% 92.2% 88.0% 84.0% 81.4%
Illinois Illinois 98.0% 97.1% 95.2% 94.7% 83.5% 78.0% 74.8% 67.8% 63.7% 60.4%
Indiana Indiana 97.7% 97.2% 96.2% 96.3% 91.7% 90.2% 89.6% 85.8% 81.5% 78.0%
Iowa Iowa 99.3% 99.1% 99.1% 99.2% 98.0% 96.9% 95.9% 92.6% 88.7% 84.5%
Kansas Kansas 96.1% 95.7% 95.3% 95.6% 92.7% 90.5% 88.4% 83.1% 78.2% 75.1%
Kentucky Kentucky 88.6% 90.2% 91.3% 92.5% 92.4% 91.7% 91.7% 89.3% 86.3% 83.9%
Louisiana Louisiana 56.7% 60.8% 62.7% 63.7% 68.2% 67.6% 65.8% 62.5% 60.3% 58.1%
Maine Maine 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.1% 98.3% 98.0% 96.5% 94.4% 92.7%
Maryland Maryland 82.0% 83.1% 83.0% 83.3% 80.4% 73.9% 69.6% 62.1% 54.7% 49.5%
Massachusetts Massachusetts 98.8% 98.7% 98.7% 98.6% 95.4% 92.3% 87.8% 81.9% 76.1% 70.5%
Michigan Michigan 99.1% 98.1% 96.0% 95.7% 87.1% 84.1% 82.3% 78.6% 76.6% 74.5%
Minnesota Minnesota 99.2% 99.2% 99.0% 99.0% 97.7% 96.1% 93.7% 88.2% 83.1% 78.6%
Mississippi Mississippi 43.7% 47.7% 49.6% 50.6% 62.6% 63.6% 63.1% 60.7% 58.0% 56.3%
Missouri Missouri 95.1% 94.6% 93.6% 93.4% 88.6% 87.7% 86.9% 83.8% 81.0% 79.0%
Montana Montana 95.9% 97.3% 96.2% 96.2% 94.7% 93.4% 91.8% 89.5% 87.8% 85.7%
Nebraska Nebraska 99.0% 98.5% 98.2% 98.2% 95.2% 94.0% 92.5% 87.3% 82.1% 77.8%
Nevada Nevada 89.7% 89.7% 89.4% 91.6% 86.7% 83.2% 78.7% 65.2% 54.1% 47.4%
New Hampshire New Hampshire 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.9% 99.1% 98.4% 97.3% 95.1% 92.3% 89.4%
New Jersey New Jersey 96.4% 96.2% 94.8% 94.3% 84.7% 79.1% 74.0% 66.0% 59.3% 54.1%
New Mexico New Mexico 86.6% 83.8% 78.4% 50.9% 56.0% 63.8% 53.8% 52.6% 50.4% 44.7% 40.5% 36.4%
New York (state) New York 98.4% 97.9% 96.5% 94.6% 80.1% 75.0% 69.3% 62.0% 58.3% 55.0%
North Carolina North Carolina 68.0% 69.7% 70.5% 71.9% 76.5% 75.3% 75.0% 70.2% 65.3% 62.3%
North Dakota North Dakota 98.8% 98.9% 98.6% 98.3% 96.9% 95.5% 94.2% 91.7% 88.9% 83.3%
Ohio Ohio 97.6% 96.7% 95.3% 95.0% 89.8% 88.2% 87.1% 84.0% 81.1% 78.0%
Oklahoma Oklahoma 87.0% 89.4% 88.6% 89.9% 88.1% 85.0% 81.0% 74.1% 68.7% 64.4%
Oregon Oregon 97.3% 98.1% 98.2% 98.6% 95.8% 93.3% 90.8% 83.5% 78.5% 71.7%
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 97.4% 96.7% 95.4% 95.1% 90.3% 89.1% 87.7% 84.1% 79.5% 73.5%
Rhode Island Rhode Island 98.1% 98.3% 98.5% 98.3% 96.1% 93.4% 89.3% 81.9% 76.4% 68.7%
South Carolina South Carolina 44.8% 48.6% 54.3% 57.1% 69.0% 68.3% 68.5% 66.1% 64.1% 62.1%
South Dakota South Dakota 96.8% 97.3% 96.6% 96.2% 94.6% 92.3% 91.2% 88.0% 84.7% 79.6%
Tennessee Tennessee 78.3% 80.7% 81.7% 82.5% 83.7% 83.1% 82.6% 79.2% 75.6% 70.9%
Texas Texas 76.4% 75.7% 73.5% 74.1% 73.8% 72.6% 69.6% 65.7% 60.6% 52.4% 45.3% 39.7%
Utah Utah 98.1% 98.1% 97.7% 98.2% 93.6% 92.4% 91.2% 85.3% 80.4% 75.4%
Vermont Vermont 99.5% 99.8% 99.8% 99.7% 99.2% 98.5% 98.1% 96.2% 94.3% 92.2%
Virginia Virginia 67.4% 70.1% 73.1% 75.3% 80.1% 78.2% 76.0% 70.2% 64.8% 58.6%
Washington (state) Washington 97.1% 97.3% 97.3% 97.7% 93.6% 90.2% 86.7% 78.9% 72.5% 63.8%
West Virginia West Virginia 94.7% 94.1% 93.3% 93.7% 95.7% 95.6% 95.8% 94.6% 93.2% 89.1%
Wisconsin Wisconsin 99.4% 99.4% 99.1% 99.2% 95.6% 93.6% 91.3% 87.3% 83.3% 78.6%
Wyoming Wyoming 95.9% 96.8% 94.9% 95.9% 92.1% 92.0% 91.0% 88.9% 85.9% 81.4%
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 0.9% 0.7% 0.8%
United States United States of America 88.5% 89.0% 88.7% 88.4% 87.5% 85.4% 83.5% 79.6% 75.6% 69.1% 63.7% 57.8%

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau definition of race Archived January 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Tavernise, Sabrina (17 May 2012). "Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S." The New York Times.
  3. 1 2 "2012 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". American FactFinder, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 23 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ 1980: Census of Population (PDF). Bureau of the Census. August 1982.
  5. ↑ "Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States". 2008-07-25. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  6. ↑ "2010 Census". Census.gov. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  7. ↑ "Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  8. ↑ "2020 Census Demographic Data Map Viewer". US Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census". US Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Color, Race, or Nativity (Table 18, adjusted)" (PDF). US Census Bureau.
  11. ↑ "Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States". Census.gov. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  12. ↑ "The White Population: 2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-07-21.
  13. ↑ "The White Population: 2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-30.
  14. ↑ "Alabama population by year, county, race, & more". September 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Population Characteristics of Selected Ethnic Groups in the Five Southwestern States" (PDF). US Census Bureau.
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