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Top 10 Most White U.S. States

Can you name the states where the highest percentage of people identify as white, or white and some other race?
For 2024. According to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Includes Hispanic people who identify as white
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bomber184
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First submittedMarch 21, 2017
Times taken80,603
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State
96.0
Vermont
95.2
Maine
94.7
West Virginia
93.7
New Hampshire
92.1
Montana
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State
92.1
Wyoming
91.3
Idaho
89.9
Iowa
88.5
Kentucky
88.2
North Dakota
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54 Comments
Quizzer6794
+10
Level 66
Mar 21, 2017
Wow! Is there a Cities version?
bomber184
+16
Level 54
Mar 21, 2017
Don't think so! Thanks for the idea, I might make a quiz for that!
Jeremy
+16
Level 78
Sep 12, 2018
West Virginia came as a surprise.
PpShekels
+11
Level 66
Sep 13, 2018
Considering it's the state with the lowest birth rate, it was my first guess.
kenpo17
+6
Level 65
Oct 24, 2018
That's the only one I didn't get. I started off guessing New England states, then moved on to "flyover" states, and didn't think to try the rest of the east coast.
kalbahamut
+37
Level 79
Nov 9, 2018
Just think of states with no big cities, where there weren't any plantations worked by slaves, and where there's not really any reason to move to.
Yanni47
+1
Level 80
Sep 16, 2025
I tried Virginia towards the very end, then with one second left, I squeezed a "West" in front. And got it! :)
mikeb
+10
Level 65
Sep 19, 2018
Included in my first set of "tries": Minnesota, South Dakota, Utah, and Rhode Island.
Pencilchewer
+7
Level 21
Oct 28, 2023
Minnesota belongs to Canada.
CalebTheRat
+4
Level 43
Dec 9, 2024
uh no?
JWatson24
+4
Level 71
Sep 18, 2025
Definitely not Minnesota. It feels like it should be very white, but it's actually where Prince was from and, of course, George Floyd. Also, a lot of Hmong and Somali people--think Ilhan Omar.

Wikipedia tells me 77.5% white, which is pretty middle of the road for US states.

777Wolverine
+1
Level 46
Dec 10, 2025
Rhode Island has a surprising amount of ppl how identify as Latino/Hispanic. (Even tho Latino/Hispanic is an ethnicity not a race)
AllHailKingHomer
+37
Level 81
Nov 9, 2018
Come on, Utah has Mormons, they eat Jello.. what more does it need to qualify?
Jack45545
+5
Level 20
Nov 13, 2018
lived there for 6 years and have to agree with this comment lol
luke0lamoreaux
+8
Level 49
Mar 24, 2024
Because it really isn't as white as you think. It used to be in the top ten until the past couple years. There are quite a bit of Hispanics. The asian population has grown 50% and doubled what it used to be. Even the black population has gone up a whole 1%. Besides Hawaii Utah has the most Pacific islanders (Tongans and Samoans). And there is a pretty big Native American population. It's still pretty white tho.
ander217
+5
Level 74
Nov 9, 2018
Didn't try Wyoming. I thought it had a higher Native American population than that.
ctleng76
+7
Level 65
Jan 23, 2019
People live in Wyoming?

Just kidding ;)

cornflakesfu
+8
Level 89
Nov 9, 2018
If you're looking for common threads:

1. Geography (far from states where slavery was legal, except for West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia specifically because they didn't have many slaves, and far from the Mexican border).

2. Lack of large cities. In these ten states there are a total of 4 cities with (metro area) population over 150,000: Omaha (466,893), Lincoln (284,736), Boise (226,570), and Des Moines (217,521). Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Maine don't even have a single city over 100,000.

ShievaAndGolly
+3
Level 59
May 13, 2022
Yay, Boise.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Sep 17, 2023
City limits population, not "metropolitan" statistical area nor urban area.
MasterKenobi
+3
Level 65
Nov 9, 2018
West Virginia was my first guess after the New England states because I'm from Virginia and have been to WV many times. Whenever I've gone anywhere in Appalachia, I've always been fascinated by the total lack of black people. Seriously if I'm in a public place, I catch myself waiting for one to walk around the corner or something, and it never happens.
wkrpnyc
+1
Level 81
Nov 12, 2018
Massachusetts and southern New England are very diverse in the cities.
GeoDude
+4
Level 46
Mar 4, 2019
Surprised no Utah.
EvanAviator
+13
Level 61
Jun 19, 2020
I think I'm the only black family in the entire state of New Hampshire
JohnK
+6
Level 68
Aug 9, 2021
I'm amazed that NH is the least guessed state on the list, especially as Maine and Vermont are the two most guessed.
Minutiae
+4
Level 74
May 27, 2022
Probably least-guessed because of length of name
CaptainUnderpant
+3
Level 81
Oct 15, 2023
You can just type NH
RoosterIllusion
+1
Level 46
Jul 7, 2024
My mother told me a story of growing up in 1940s Maine (Freyberg) where her dad would take the family out for a drive to "find the Mammy" that moved to town.
bibohbi
+2
Level 61
Apr 14, 2021
Why was Iowa my first guess
Saftra
+1
Level 51
Nov 4, 2021
Alaska?!
tristanculhane
+12
Level 66
Aug 4, 2023
A lot of indigenous people live in Alaska
aworgill
+3
Level 75
Sep 18, 2023
I'm a lifelong Utahn, and I'm quite surprised we're not in the top ten.
Speed4TheNeed
+5
Level 88
Sep 18, 2023
As a non-native of Utah, I can't say that I've ever heard the term "Utahn" used before. Learn something new every day! I guess my fall Saturday ritual of watching anything college football has conditioned me to "Utes" haha
TimFed
+2
Level 76
Sep 20, 2023
What's a Ute? Sorry had to get a Joe Pesci reference when I could LOL
ing
+1
Level 73
Sep 20, 2025
I guess the state has lots of SUVs.
Capistrano
+4
Level 81
Sep 20, 2023
Utah has a large Hispanic population, a large Polynesian population, a growing African refugee population, a decent amount of Native Americans (compared to other states), and the usual hodgepodge of people from other places. It adds up.
ing
+2
Level 73
Sep 25, 2023
Surprised not to find Idaho and Nebraska in here. Seemingly not the heaviest minority states.
shaniquanderson
+4
Level 58
Oct 27, 2023
kentucky surprised me tbh, a voice in my head told me to write Kentucky and I got it in the last 5 seconds
JudgeRudy
+3
Level 68
Oct 27, 2023
Is anyone else cracking up that the pic is a fair-skinned red-head with clumps of unmelted snow in her hair? No? Just me. Ok, then.
bestanford
+2
Level 73
Oct 29, 2023
Wow, these are a lot lower than I would have guessed.
Emchupi
+9
Level 78
Aug 9, 2024
Guess now I know which states to visit if I ever go to the US :)
Surge11
+1
Level 57
Feb 17, 2026
bro what
Jimbobthequizzer
+1
Level 41
Oct 2, 2024
got most except forgot the Dakotas 🤦🏻. Really surprised Idaho isn't here, thought it would be in the top 5 for some reason
GeographyNerd690
+2
Level 69
Nov 7, 2024
Is it racist that i just thought of what state was the most white? I mean i got 9 / 10 because of it..
MindWax
+15
Level 87
Mar 3, 2025
...is it racist that you guessed the answers to this quiz? No, it is not.
SwissAdmiral
+1
Level 34
Dec 9, 2024
You scored 9/10 = 90%

This beats or equals 87.8% of test takers

The average score is 7

Your high score is 9

Alex3813
+2
Level 67
Apr 6, 2025
kentucky is somewhat surprising as I thought they were part of the confederacy
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Sep 16, 2025
Patterns of slavery were different in different states. Kentucky didn't have large-scale plantations like the deep South.
WildCoil
+5
Level 68
Sep 16, 2025
Kentucky never joined the Confederacy
Phil
+6
Level 58
Oct 5, 2025
Nice and white
Nickelz
+5
Level 69
Oct 6, 2025
oh
RaspberryBeret
+3
Level 58
Jan 26, 2026
Tell me you're not a safe person without telling me you're not a safe person.
Johanliebert
+1
Level 36
Jan 26, 2026
🫩🫩🫩🫩
Captainsolar
+1
Level 54
Jan 26, 2026
I'm REALLY pleased my Oregon didn't make the list. Surprised, too.
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