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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 (2000–2024)[4][5][3][6][7][8][9]
Subdivision 2000 2010 2020 2024 Population growth (relative to 2024)
Pop%Pop%Pop%Pop% 20002020
Alabama Alabama 3,125,819 70.30% 3,204,402 67.00% 3,171,351 63.10% 3,239,077 62.80% 3.62% 1.08%
Alaska Alaska 423,788 67.60% 455,320 64.10% 421,758 57.50% 421,910 57.00% -0.44% -7.34%
Arizona Arizona 3,274,258 63.80% 3,695,647 57.80% 3,816,547 53.40% 3,882,098 51.20% 18.56% 5.05%
Arkansas Arkansas 2,100,135 78.60% 2,173,469 74.50% 2,063,550 68.50% 2,055,864 66.60% -2.11% -5.41%
California California 15,816,790 46.70% 14,956,253 40.10% 13,714,587 34.70% 12,842,211 32.60% -18.81% -14.13%
Colorado Colorado 3,202,880 74.50% 3,520,793 70.00% 3,760,663 65.10% 3,789,553 63.60% 18.32% 7.63%
Connecticut Connecticut 2,638,845 77.50% 2,546,262 71.20% 2,279,232 63.20% 2,221,018 60.40% -15.83% -12.77%
Delaware Delaware 567,973 72.50% 586,752 65.30% 579,851 58.60% 595,235 56.60% 4.80% 1.45%
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia 159,178 27.80% 209,464 34.80% 261,771 38.00% 254,350 36.20% 59.79% 21.43%
Florida Florida 10,458,509 65.40% 10,884,722 57.90% 11,100,503 51.50% 11,469,118 49.10% 9.66% 5.37%
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 5,128,661 62.60% 5,413,920 55.90% 5,362,156 50.10% 5,367,827 48.00% 4.66% -0.85%
Hawaii Hawaii 277,091 22.90% 309,343 22.70% 314,365 21.60% 299,573 20.70% 8.11% -3.16%
Idaho Idaho 1,139,291 88.00% 1,316,243 84.00% 1,450,523 78.90% 1,558,007 77.80% 36.75% 18.37%
Illinois Illinois 8,424,140 67.80% 8,167,753 63.70% 7,472,751 58.30% 7,256,503 57.10% -13.86% -11.16%
Indiana Indiana 5,219,373 85.80% 5,286,453 81.50% 5,121,004 75.50% 5,142,060 74.30% -1.48% -2.73%
Iowa Iowa 2,710,344 92.60% 2,701,123 88.70% 2,638,201 82.70% 2,631,491 81.20% -2.91% -2.58%
Kansas Kansas 2,233,997 83.10% 2,230,539 78.20% 2,122,575 72.20% 2,133,139 71.80% -4.51% -4.37%
Kentucky Kentucky 3,608,013 89.30% 3,745,655 86.30% 3,664,764 81.30% 3,684,478 80.30% 2.12% -1.63%
Louisiana Louisiana 2,794,391 62.50% 2,734,884 60.30% 2,596,702 55.80% 2,535,671 55.20% -9.26% -7.28%
Maine Maine 1,230,297 96.50% 1,254,297 94.40% 1,228,264 90.20% 1,252,316 89.10% 1.79% -0.16%
Maryland Maryland 3,286,547 62.10% 3,157,958 54.70% 2,913,782 47.20% 2,837,686 45.30% -13.66% -10.14%
Massachusetts Massachusetts 5,198,359 81.90% 4,984,800 76.10% 4,748,897 67.60% 4,638,530 65.00% -10.77% -6.95%
Michigan Michigan 7,806,691 78.60% 7,569,939 76.60% 7,295,651 72.40% 7,264,560 71.60% -6.94% -4.03%
Minnesota Minnesota 4,337,143 88.20% 4,405,142 83.10% 4,353,880 76.30% 4,329,205 74.70% -0.18% -1.72%
Mississippi Mississippi 1,727,908 60.70% 1,722,287 58.00% 1,639,077 55.40% 1,617,274 55.00% -6.40% -6.10%
Missouri Missouri 4,686,474 83.80% 4,850,748 81.00% 4,663,907 75.80% 4,759,544 76.20% 1.56% -1.88%
Montana Montana 807,823 89.50% 868,628 87.80% 901,318 83.10% 947,221 83.30% 17.26% 9.05%
Nebraska Nebraska 1,494,494 87.30% 1,499,753 82.10% 1,484,687 75.70% 1,483,350 74.00% -0.75% -1.09%
Nevada Nevada 1,303,001 65.20% 1,462,081 54.10% 1,425,952 45.90% 1,399,628 42.80% 7.42% -4.27%
New Hampshire New Hampshire 1,175,252 95.10% 1,215,050 92.30% 1,200,649 87.20% 1,217,399 86.40% 3.59% 0.19%
New Jersey New Jersey 5,557,209 66.00% 5,214,878 59.30% 4,816,381 51.80% 4,702,409 49.50% -15.38% -9.83%
New Mexico New Mexico 813,495 44.70% 833,810 40.50% 772,952 36.50% 746,911 35.10% -8.18% -10.42%
New York (state) New York 11,760,981 62.00% 11,304,247 58.30% 10,598,907 52.50% 10,317,259 51.90% -12.28% -8.73%
North Carolina North Carolina 5,647,155 70.20% 6,223,995 65.30% 6,312,148 60.50% 6,514,175 59.00% 15.35% 4.66%
North Dakota North Dakota 589,149 91.70% 598,007 88.90% 636,160 81.70% 639,728 80.30% 8.59% 6.98%
Ohio Ohio 9,538,111 84.00% 9,359,263 81.10% 8,954,135 75.90% 8,907,052 75.00% -6.62% -4.83%
Oklahoma Oklahoma 2,556,368 74.10% 2,575,381 68.70% 2,407,188 60.80% 2,500,338 61.10% -2.19% -2.91%
Oregon Oregon 2,857,616 83.50% 3,005,848 78.50% 3,036,158 71.70% 2,996,550 70.10% 4.86% -0.31%
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 10,322,455 84.10% 10,094,652 79.50% 9,553,417 73.50% 9,400,332 71.90% -8.93% -6.88%
Rhode Island Rhode Island 858,433 81.90% 803,685 76.40% 754,050 68.70% 735,570 66.10% -14.31% -8.48%
South Carolina South Carolina 2,652,291 66.10% 2,962,740 64.10% 3,178,552 62.10% 3,375,763 61.60% 27.28% 13.94%
South Dakota South Dakota 664,585 88.00% 689,502 84.70% 705,583 79.60% 730,197 79.00% 9.87% 5.90%
Tennessee Tennessee 4,505,930 79.20% 4,800,782 75.60% 4,900,246 70.90% 5,095,402 70.50% 13.08% 6.14%
Texas Texas 10,933,313 52.40% 11,397,345 45.30% 11,584,597 39.70% 11,821,108 37.80% 8.12% 3.72%
Utah Utah 1,904,265 85.30% 2,221,719 80.40% 2,465,355 75.40% 2,561,122 73.10% 34.49% 15.28%
Vermont Vermont 585,431 96.20% 590,223 94.30% 573,201 89.10% 579,324 89.30% -1.04% -1.85%
Virginia Virginia 4,965,637 70.20% 5,186,450 64.80% 5,058,363 58.60% 5,060,812 57.40% 1.92% -2.42%
Washington (state) Washington 4,652,490 78.90% 4,876,804 72.50% 4,918,820 63.80% 4,892,095 61.50% 5.15% 0.31%
West Virginia West Virginia 1,709,966 94.60% 1,726,256 93.20% 1,598,834 89.10% 1,572,809 88.90% -8.02% -8.89%
Wisconsin Wisconsin 4,681,630 87.30% 4,738,411 83.30% 4,634,018 78.60% 4,634,941 77.80% -1.00% -2.18%
Wyoming Wyoming 438,799 88.90% 483,874 85.90% 469,664 81.40% 472,841 80.50% 7.76% -2.28%
American Samoa American Samoa 682 1.20% 611 1.10%
Guam Guam 10,666 6.90% 11,001 6.90%
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 1,274 1.80% 916 1.70%
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 33,966 0.90% 26,946 0.70% 24,548 0.80% 22,654 0.70% -33.30% -15.93%
United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 8,580 7.90% 3,830 3.60%
United States United States of America 194,552,774 69.10% 196,817,552 63.70% 191,697,647 57.80% 191,382,624 56.30% -2.60% –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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