List of U.S. states by non-Hispanic white population
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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]
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
Population by state or territory
| State/Territory | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 | Population growth [Unclear whether these are annualised rates or what] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop | % | Pop | % | Pop | % | Pop | % | Pop | % | 2020–2024 | 2010–2020 | 1980–2020 | |
 Alabama |
2,960,167 | 73.3% | 3,125,819 | 70.3% | 3,204,402 | 67.0% | 3,171,351 | 63.1% | 3,239,077 | 62.8% | -0.30% | -1.0% | -11.0% |
 Alaska |
406,722 | 73.9% | 423,788 | 67.6% | 455,320 | 64.1% | 421,758 | 57.5% | 421,910 | 57.0% | -0.50% | -7.4% | -22.2% |
 Arizona |
2,626,185 | 71.7% | 3,274,258 | 63.8% | 3,695,647 | 57.8% | 3,816,547 | 53.4% | 3,882,098 | 51.2% | -2.20% | +3.3% | -25.5% |
 Arkansas |
1,933,082 | 82.2% | 2,100,135 | 78.6% | 2,173,469 | 74.5% | 2,063,550 | 68.5% | 2,055,864 | 66.6% | -1.90% | -5.0% | -16.7% |
 California |
17,029,126 | 57.2% | 15,816,790 | 46.7% | 14,956,253 | 40.1% | 13,714,587 | 34.7% | 12,842,211 | 32.6% | -2.10% | -8.3% | -39.3% |
 Colorado |
2,658,945 | 80.7% | 3,202,880 | 74.5% | 3,520,793 | 70.0% | 3,760,663 | 65.1% | 3,789,553 | 63.6% | -1.50% | +6.8% | -19.3% |
 Connecticut |
2,754,184 | 83.8% | 2,638,845 | 77.5% | 2,546,262 | 71.2% | 2,279,232 | 63.2% | 2,221,018 | 60.4% | -2.80% | -10.5% | -24.6% |
 Delaware |
528,092 | 79.3% | 567,973 | 72.5% | 586,752 | 65.3% | 579,851 | 58.6% | 595,235 | 56.6% | -2.00% | -1.2% | -26.1% |
 District of Columbia |
166,131 | 27.4% | 159,178 | 27.8% | 209,464 | 34.8% | 261,771 | 38.0% | 254,350 | 36.2% | -1.80% | +25.0% | +38.7% |
 Florida |
9,475,326 | 73.2% | 10,458,509 | 65.4% | 10,884,722 | 57.9% | 11,100,503 | 51.5% | 11,469,118 | 49.1% | -2.40% | +1.2% | -29.6% |
 Georgia |
4,543,425 | 70.1% | 5,128,661 | 62.6% | 5,413,920 | 55.9% | 5,362,156 | 50.1% | 5,367,827 | 48.0% | -2.10% | -1.0% | -28.5% |
 Hawaii |
347,644 | 31.4% | 277,091 | 22.9% | 309,343 | 22.7% | 314,365 | 21.6% | 299,573 | 20.7% | -0.90% | +1.6% | -31.2% |
 Idaho |
928,661 | 92.2% | 1,139,291 | 88.0% | 1,316,243 | 84.0% | 1,450,523 | 78.9% | 1,558,007 | 77.8% | -1.10% | +10.2% | -11.4% |
 Illinois |
8,550,208 | 74.8% | 8,424,140 | 67.8% | 8,167,753 | 63.7% | 7,472,751 | 58.3% | 7,256,503 | 57.1% | -1.20% | -8.5% | -22.1% |
 Indiana |
4,965,242 | 89.6% | 5,219,373 | 85.8% | 5,286,453 | 81.5% | 5,121,004 | 75.5% | 5,142,060 | 74.3% | -1.20% | -0.4% | -15.7% |
 Iowa |
2,663,840 | 95.9% | 2,710,344 | 92.6% | 2,701,123 | 88.7% | 2,638,201 | 82.7% | 2,631,491 | 81.2% | -1.50% | -6.8% | -10.9% |
 Kansas |
2,190,524 | 88.4% | 2,233,997 | 83.1% | 2,230,539 | 78.2% | 2,122,575 | 72.2% | 2,133,139 | 71.8% | -0.40% | -4.9% | -18.3% |
 Kentucky |
3,378,022 | 91.7% | 3,608,013 | 89.3% | 3,745,655 | 86.3% | 3,664,764 | 81.3% | 3,684,478 | 80.3% | -1.00% | -2.2% | -11.3% |
 Louisiana |
2,776,022 | 65.8% | 2,794,391 | 62.5% | 2,734,884 | 60.3% | 2,596,702 | 55.8% | 2,535,671 | 55.2% | -0.60% | -5.1% | -15.2% |
 Maine |
1,203,357 | 98.0% | 1,230,297 | 96.5% | 1,254,297 | 94.4% | 1,228,264 | 90.2% | 1,252,316 | 89.1% | -1.10% | -2.1% | -8.0% |
 Maryland |
3,326,109 | 69.6% | 3,286,547 | 62.1% | 3,157,958 | 54.7% | 2,913,782 | 47.2% | 2,837,686 | 45.3% | -1.90% | -7.7% | -32.2% |
 Massachusetts |
5,280,292 | 87.8% | 5,198,359 | 81.9% | 4,984,800 | 76.1% | 4,748,897 | 67.6% | 4,638,530 | 65.0% | -2.60% | -4.7% | -23.0% |
 Michigan |
7,649,951 | 82.3% | 7,806,691 | 78.6% | 7,569,939 | 76.6% | 7,295,651 | 72.4% | 7,264,560 | 71.6% | -0.80% | -3.6% | -12% |
 Minnesota |
4,101,266 | 93.7% | 4,337,143 | 88.2% | 4,405,142 | 83.1% | 4,353,880 | 76.3% | 4,329,205 | 74.7% | -1.60% | -1.2% | -15.3% |
 Mississippi |
1,624,198 | 63.1% | 1,727,908 | 60.7% | 1,722,287 | 58.0% | 1,639,077 | 55.4% | 1,617,274 | 55.0% | -0.40% | -4.8% | -12.2% |
 Missouri |
4,448,465 | 86.9% | 4,686,474 | 83.8% | 4,850,748 | 81.0% | 4,663,907 | 75.8% | 4,759,544 | 76.2% | 0.40% | -3.9% | -12.8% |
 Montana |
733,878 | 91.8% | 807,823 | 89.5% | 868,628 | 87.8% | 901,318 | 83.1% | 947,221 | 83.3% | 0.20% | +3.8% | -9.5% |
 Nebraska |
1,460,095 | 92.5% | 1,494,494 | 87.3% | 1,499,753 | 82.1% | 1,484,687 | 75.7% | 1,483,350 | 74.0% | -1.70% | -1.0% | -28.2% |
 Nevada |
946,357 | 78.7% | 1,303,001 | 65.2% | 1,462,081 | 54.1% | 1,425,952 | 45.9% | 1,399,628 | 42.8% | -3.10% | -3.5% | -41.7% |
 New Hampshire |
1,079,484 | 97.3% | 1,175,252 | 95.1% | 1,215,050 | 92.3% | 1,200,649 | 87.2% | 1,217,399 | 86.4% | -0.80% | -1.2% | -10.4% |
 New Jersey |
5,718,966 | 74.0% | 5,557,209 | 66.0% | 5,214,878 | 59.3% | 4,816,381 | 51.8% | 4,702,409 | 49.5% | -2.30% | -7.6% | -30% |
 New Mexico |
764,164 | 50.4% | 813,495 | 44.7% | 833,810 | 40.5% | 772,952 | 36.5% | 746,911 | 35.1% | -1.40% | -7.3% | -26.6% |
 New York |
12,460,189 | 69.3% | 11,760,981 | 62.0% | 11,304,247 | 58.3% | 10,598,907 | 52.5% | 10,317,259 | 51.9% | -0.60% | -6.4% | -24.2% |
 North Carolina |
4,971,127 | 75.0% | 5,647,155 | 70.2% | 6,223,995 | 65.3% | 6,312,148 | 60.5% | 6,514,175 | 59.0% | -1.50% | +1.4% | -19.3% |
 North Dakota |
601,592 | 94.2% | 589,149 | 91.7% | 598,007 | 88.9% | 636,160 | 81.7% | 639,728 | 80.3% | -1.40% | +6.4% | -13.1% |
 Ohio |
9,444,622 | 87.1% | 9,538,111 | 84.0% | 9,359,263 | 81.1% | 8,954,135 | 75.9% | 8,907,052 | 75.0% | -0.90% | -4.3% | -12.9% |
 Oklahoma |
2,547,588 | 81.0% | 2,556,368 | 74.1% | 2,575,381 | 68.7% | 2,407,188 | 60.8% | 2,500,338 | 61.1% | 0.30% | -6.5% | -25% |
 Oregon |
2,579,732 | 90.8% | 2,857,616 | 83.5% | 3,005,848 | 78.5% | 3,036,158 | 71.7% | 2,996,550 | 70.1% | -1.60% | +1.0% | -21.0% |
 Pennsylvania |
10,422,058 | 87.7% | 10,322,455 | 84.1% | 10,094,652 | 79.5% | 9,553,417 | 73.5% | 9,400,332 | 71.9% | -1.60% | -5.4% | -16.2% |
 Rhode Island |
896,109 | 89.3% | 858,433 | 81.9% | 803,685 | 76.4% | 754,050 | 68.7% | 735,570 | 66.1% | -2.60% | -6.2% | -23.1% |
 South Carolina |
2,390,056 | 68.5% | 2,652,291 | 66.1% | 2,962,740 | 64.1% | 3,178,552 | 62.1% | 3,375,763 | 61.6% | -0.50% | +7.3% | -9.3% |
 South Dakota |
634,788 | 91.2% | 664,585 | 88.0% | 689,502 | 84.7% | 705,583 | 79.6% | 730,197 | 79.0% | -0.60% | +2.3% | -12.7% |
 Tennessee |
4,027,631 | 82.6% | 4,505,930 | 79.2% | 4,800,782 | 75.6% | 4,900,246 | 70.9% | 5,095,402 | 70.5% | -0.40% | +2.1% | -14.2% |
 Texas |
10,291,680 | 60.6% | 10,933,313 | 52.4% | 11,397,345 | 45.3% | 11,584,597 | 39.7% | 11,821,108 | 37.8% | -1.90% | +1.6% | -34.5% |
 Utah |
1,571,254 | 91.2% | 1,904,265 | 85.3% | 2,221,719 | 80.4% | 2,465,355 | 75.4% | 2,561,122 | 73.1% | -2.30% | +11.0% | -17.3% |
 Vermont |
552,184 | 98.1% | 585,431 | 96.2% | 590,223 | 94.3% | 573,201 | 89.1% | 579,324 | 89.3% | 0.20% | -2.9% | -9.2% |
 Virginia |
4,701,650 | 76.0% | 4,965,637 | 70.2% | 5,186,450 | 64.8% | 5,058,363 | 58.6% | 5,060,812 | 57.4% | -1.20% | -2.5% | -29.9% |
 Washington |
4,221,622 | 86.7% | 4,652,490 | 78.9% | 4,876,804 | 72.5% | 4,918,820 | 63.8% | 4,892,095 | 61.5% | -2.30% | +0.9% | -26.4% |
 West Virginia |
1,718,896 | 95.8% | 1,709,966 | 94.6% | 1,726,256 | 93.2% | 1,598,834 | 89.1% | 1,572,809 | 88.9% | -0.20% | -7.4% | -7.0% |
 Wisconsin |
4,464,677 | 91.3% | 4,681,630 | 87.3% | 4,738,411 | 83.3% | 4,634,018 | 78.6% | 4,634,941 | 77.8% | -0.80% | -2.2% | -13.9% |
 Wyoming |
412,711 | 91.0% | 438,799 | 88.9% | 483,874 | 85.9% | 469,664 | 81.4% | 472,841 | 80.5% | -0.90% | -2.9% | -10.5% |
 American Samoa |
– | – | 682 | 1.2% | 611 | 1.1% | |||||||
 Guam |
– | – | 10,666 | 6.9% | 11,001 | 6.9% | |||||||
 Northern Mariana Islands |
– | – | 1,274 | 1.8% | 916 | 1.7% | |||||||
 Puerto Rico |
– | – | 33,966 | 0.9% | 26,946 | 0.7% | 24,548 | 0.8% | 22,654 | 0.7% | -0.10% | -8.9% | |
 U.S. Virgin Islands |
– | – | 8,580 | 7.9% | 3,830 | 3.6% | |||||||
 United States of America |
188,128,296 | 75.6% | 194,552,774 | 69.1% | 196,817,552 | 63.7% | 191,697,647 | 57.8% | 191,382,624 | 56.3% | -1.50% | -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
Non-Hispanic whites are less than 60% of the population
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]| State/Territory | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950[15] | 1960[15] | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama |
57.5% | 61.6% | 64.3% | 65.3% | 73.3% | 73.3% | 73.3% | 70.3% | 67.0% | 65.1% | ||
| Alaska |
48.3% | 77.2% | 75.8% | 73.9% | 67.6% | 64.1% | 59.6% | |||||
| 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 |
71.8% | 73.0% | 74.1% | 75.2% | 81.0% | 82.2% | 82.2% | 78.6% | 74.5% | 71.7% | ||
| 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 |
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 |
98.6% | 98.4% | 98.1% | 97.9% | 91.4% | 88.0% | 83.8% | 77.5% | 71.2% | 65.3% | ||
| Delaware |
84.6% | 86.4% | 86.3% | 86.4% | 84.1% | 81.3% | 79.3% | 72.5% | 65.3% | 61.1% | ||
| District of Columbia |
71.3% | 74.7% | 72.7% | 71.4% | 26.5% | 25.7% | 27.4% | 27.8% | 34.8% | 37.7% | ||
| Florida |
58.9% | 65.9% | 70.5% | 71.5% | 77.9% | 76.7% | 73.2% | 65.4% | 57.9% | 53.1% | ||
| Georgia |
54.9% | 58.3% | 63.2% | 65.2% | 73.4% | 71.6% | 70.1% | 62.6% | 55.9% | 51.6% | ||
| Hawaii |
22.6% | 38.0% | 31.1% | 31.4% | 22.9% | 22.7% | 21.4% | |||||
| Idaho |
98.0% | 98.3% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 95.9% | 93.9% | 92.2% | 88.0% | 84.0% | 81.4% | ||
| Illinois |
98.0% | 97.1% | 95.2% | 94.7% | 83.5% | 78.0% | 74.8% | 67.8% | 63.7% | 60.4% | ||
| Indiana |
97.7% | 97.2% | 96.2% | 96.3% | 91.7% | 90.2% | 89.6% | 85.8% | 81.5% | 78.0% | ||
| Iowa |
99.3% | 99.1% | 99.1% | 99.2% | 98.0% | 96.9% | 95.9% | 92.6% | 88.7% | 84.5% | ||
| Kansas |
96.1% | 95.7% | 95.3% | 95.6% | 92.7% | 90.5% | 88.4% | 83.1% | 78.2% | 75.1% | ||
| Kentucky |
88.6% | 90.2% | 91.3% | 92.5% | 92.4% | 91.7% | 91.7% | 89.3% | 86.3% | 83.9% | ||
| Louisiana |
56.7% | 60.8% | 62.7% | 63.7% | 68.2% | 67.6% | 65.8% | 62.5% | 60.3% | 58.1% | ||
| Maine |
99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.1% | 98.3% | 98.0% | 96.5% | 94.4% | 92.7% | ||
| Maryland |
82.0% | 83.1% | 83.0% | 83.3% | 80.4% | 73.9% | 69.6% | 62.1% | 54.7% | 49.5% | ||
| Massachusetts |
98.8% | 98.7% | 98.7% | 98.6% | 95.4% | 92.3% | 87.8% | 81.9% | 76.1% | 70.5% | ||
| Michigan |
99.1% | 98.1% | 96.0% | 95.7% | 87.1% | 84.1% | 82.3% | 78.6% | 76.6% | 74.5% | ||
| Minnesota |
99.2% | 99.2% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 97.7% | 96.1% | 93.7% | 88.2% | 83.1% | 78.6% | ||
| Mississippi |
43.7% | 47.7% | 49.6% | 50.6% | 62.6% | 63.6% | 63.1% | 60.7% | 58.0% | 56.3% | ||
| Missouri |
95.1% | 94.6% | 93.6% | 93.4% | 88.6% | 87.7% | 86.9% | 83.8% | 81.0% | 79.0% | ||
| Montana |
95.9% | 97.3% | 96.2% | 96.2% | 94.7% | 93.4% | 91.8% | 89.5% | 87.8% | 85.7% | ||
| Nebraska |
99.0% | 98.5% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 95.2% | 94.0% | 92.5% | 87.3% | 82.1% | 77.8% | ||
| Nevada |
89.7% | 89.7% | 89.4% | 91.6% | 86.7% | 83.2% | 78.7% | 65.2% | 54.1% | 47.4% | ||
| New Hampshire |
99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.9% | 99.1% | 98.4% | 97.3% | 95.1% | 92.3% | 89.4% | ||
| New Jersey |
96.4% | 96.2% | 94.8% | 94.3% | 84.7% | 79.1% | 74.0% | 66.0% | 59.3% | 54.1% | ||
| 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 |
98.4% | 97.9% | 96.5% | 94.6% | 80.1% | 75.0% | 69.3% | 62.0% | 58.3% | 55.0% | ||
| North Carolina |
68.0% | 69.7% | 70.5% | 71.9% | 76.5% | 75.3% | 75.0% | 70.2% | 65.3% | 62.3% | ||
| North Dakota |
98.8% | 98.9% | 98.6% | 98.3% | 96.9% | 95.5% | 94.2% | 91.7% | 88.9% | 83.3% | ||
| Ohio |
97.6% | 96.7% | 95.3% | 95.0% | 89.8% | 88.2% | 87.1% | 84.0% | 81.1% | 78.0% | ||
| Oklahoma |
87.0% | 89.4% | 88.6% | 89.9% | 88.1% | 85.0% | 81.0% | 74.1% | 68.7% | 64.4% | ||
| Oregon |
97.3% | 98.1% | 98.2% | 98.6% | 95.8% | 93.3% | 90.8% | 83.5% | 78.5% | 71.7% | ||
| Pennsylvania |
97.4% | 96.7% | 95.4% | 95.1% | 90.3% | 89.1% | 87.7% | 84.1% | 79.5% | 73.5% | ||
| Rhode Island |
98.1% | 98.3% | 98.5% | 98.3% | 96.1% | 93.4% | 89.3% | 81.9% | 76.4% | 68.7% | ||
| South Carolina |
44.8% | 48.6% | 54.3% | 57.1% | 69.0% | 68.3% | 68.5% | 66.1% | 64.1% | 62.1% | ||
| South Dakota |
96.8% | 97.3% | 96.6% | 96.2% | 94.6% | 92.3% | 91.2% | 88.0% | 84.7% | 79.6% | ||
| Tennessee |
78.3% | 80.7% | 81.7% | 82.5% | 83.7% | 83.1% | 82.6% | 79.2% | 75.6% | 70.9% | ||
| 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 |
98.1% | 98.1% | 97.7% | 98.2% | 93.6% | 92.4% | 91.2% | 85.3% | 80.4% | 75.4% | ||
| Vermont |
99.5% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.7% | 99.2% | 98.5% | 98.1% | 96.2% | 94.3% | 92.2% | ||
| Virginia |
67.4% | 70.1% | 73.1% | 75.3% | 80.1% | 78.2% | 76.0% | 70.2% | 64.8% | 58.6% | ||
| Washington |
97.1% | 97.3% | 97.3% | 97.7% | 93.6% | 90.2% | 86.7% | 78.9% | 72.5% | 63.8% | ||
| West Virginia |
94.7% | 94.1% | 93.3% | 93.7% | 95.7% | 95.6% | 95.8% | 94.6% | 93.2% | 89.1% | ||
| Wisconsin |
99.4% | 99.4% | 99.1% | 99.2% | 95.6% | 93.6% | 91.3% | 87.3% | 83.3% | 78.6% | ||
| Wyoming |
95.9% | 96.8% | 94.9% | 95.9% | 92.1% | 92.0% | 91.0% | 88.9% | 85.9% | 81.4% | ||
| Puerto Rico |
0.9% | 0.7% | 0.8% | |||||||||
| 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
- Demographics of the United States
- Lists of U.S. cities with non-white majority populations
- List of U.S. cities with non-Hispanic white plurality populations in 2010
- List of U.S. states by African-American population
- List of U.S. states by Hispanic and Latino population
- List of U.S. states by Amish population