Distribution of White Only (Non-Hispanic) People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: White Only (Non-Hispanic)

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Blaine County, Nebraska	100%
2	Garfield County, Montana	99.82%
3	Webster County, West Virginia	99.69%
4	Hanson County, South Dakota	99.62%
5	Craig County, Virginia	99.59%
6	Magoffin County, Kentucky	99.57%
7	Highland County, Virginia	99.5%
8	Jackson County, Kentucky	99.5%
9	Menifee County, Kentucky	99.44%
10	Franklin County, Indiana	99.4%
11	Clay County, West Virginia	99.19%
12	Campbell County, South Dakota	98.95%
13	Pickett County, Tennessee	98.88%
14	Camas County, Idaho	98.87%
15	Wheeler County, Nebraska	98.78%
16	Jones County, South Dakota	98.64%
17	Hitchcock County, Nebraska	98.63%
18	Prairie County, Montana	98.58%
19	Wolfe County, Kentucky	98.55%
20	Ritchie County, West Virginia	98.54%

Top Counties by Population of White Only (Non-Hispanic)

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	2,659,052
2	Maricopa County, Arizona	2,368,876
3	Cook County, Illinois	2,217,734
4	San Diego County, California	1,515,380
5	Harris County, Texas	1,384,032
6	King County, Washington	1,307,511
7	Orange County, California	1,296,036
8	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	1,156,838
9	Suffolk County, New York	1,013,391
10	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	965,283
11	Tarrant County, Texas	958,302
12	Kings County, New York	940,759
13	Clark County, Nevada	931,411
14	Oakland County, Michigan	904,717
15	Wayne County, Michigan	873,218
16	Riverside County, California	856,468
17	Hennepin County, Minnesota	854,494
18	Nassau County, New York	824,425
19	Franklin County, Ohio	811,321
20	Salt Lake County, Utah	801,714

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Maine	93.38%	1,244,525
2	Vermont	92.97%	581,023
3	West Virginia	92.11%	1,684,756
4	New Hampshire	90.39%	1,214,547
5	Montana	86.29%	898,953
6	Iowa	86.06%	2,695,888
7	North Dakota	85.01%	639,477
8	Kentucky	84.77%	3,764,082
9	Wyoming	84.14%	489,559
10	South Dakota	82.24%	710,810
11	Idaho	82.22%	1,387,654
12	Wisconsin	81.53%	4,711,038
13	Minnesota	80.29%	4,438,071
14	Missouri	79.61%	4,848,330
15	Indiana	79.48%	5,275,162
16	Nebraska	79.4%	1,512,314
17	Ohio	79.2%	9,220,638
18	Utah	78.62%	2,394,238
19	Pennsylvania	76.83%	9,826,865
20	Kansas	76.13%	2,214,543
21	Oregon	76.03%	3,103,557
22	Michigan	75.21%	7,489,371
23	Tennessee	74.04%	4,924,145
24	Arkansas	72.69%	2,173,849
25	Rhode Island	72.66%	767,727
26	Massachusetts	72.19%	4,930,412
27	Washington	69.08%	5,039,208
28	Colorado	68.31%	3,778,212
29	Connecticut	67.53%	2,418,696
30	Oklahoma	66%	2,586,110
31	Alabama	65.71%	3,196,730
32	South Carolina	63.7%	3,156,973
33	North Carolina	63.34%	6,433,039
34	Delaware	62.73%	595,623
35	Virginia	62.2%	5,233,111
36	Illinois	61.57%	7,894,286
37	Alaska	61.04%	450,754
38	Louisiana	58.84%	2,744,265
39	Mississippi	56.78%	1,696,952
40	New York	55.86%	10,959,534
41	New Jersey	55.84%	4,960,005
42	Arizona	55.08%	3,825,886
43	Florida	54.36%	11,196,857
44	Georgia	53.18%	5,476,441
45	Maryland	51.39%	3,084,868
46	Nevada	49.89%	1,458,093
47	Texas	42.34%	11,807,263
48	New Mexico	37.67%	788,308
49	California	37.54%	14,695,836
50	District of Columbia	36.24%	248,057
51	Hawaii	22.12%	314,536
52	Puerto Rico	0.83%	28,015

Top States and Territories by Population of White Only (Non-Hispanic)

#	State	Population
1	California	14,695,836
2	Texas	11,807,263
3	Florida	11,196,857
4	New York	10,959,534
5	Pennsylvania	9,826,865
6	Ohio	9,220,638
7	Illinois	7,894,286
8	Michigan	7,489,371
9	North Carolina	6,433,039
10	Georgia	5,476,441
11	Indiana	5,275,162
12	Virginia	5,233,111
13	Washington	5,039,208
14	New Jersey	4,960,005
15	Massachusetts	4,930,412
16	Tennessee	4,924,145
17	Missouri	4,848,330
18	Wisconsin	4,711,038
19	Minnesota	4,438,071
20	Arizona	3,825,886
21	Colorado	3,778,212
22	Kentucky	3,764,082
23	Alabama	3,196,730
24	South Carolina	3,156,973
25	Oregon	3,103,557
26	Maryland	3,084,868
27	Louisiana	2,744,265
28	Iowa	2,695,888
29	Oklahoma	2,586,110
30	Connecticut	2,418,696
31	Utah	2,394,238
32	Kansas	2,214,543
33	Arkansas	2,173,849
34	Mississippi	1,696,952
35	West Virginia	1,684,756
36	Nebraska	1,512,314
37	Nevada	1,458,093
38	Idaho	1,387,654
39	Maine	1,244,525
40	New Hampshire	1,214,547
41	Montana	898,953
42	New Mexico	788,308
43	Rhode Island	767,727
44	South Dakota	710,810
45	North Dakota	639,477
46	Delaware	595,623
47	Vermont	581,023
48	Wyoming	489,559
49	Alaska	450,754
50	Hawaii	314,536
51	District of Columbia	248,057
52	Puerto Rico	28,015

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.