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List of U.S. states by non-Hispanic white population 
Summary
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 edit
| State/Territory | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2022 | Growth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop | % | Pop | % | Pop | % | Pop | % | Pop | % | %
growth 2020-2022 |
% growth 2010-2020 |
% pop 1980-2020 | |
 Alabama
|
2,960,167 | 73.3% | 3,125,819 | 70.3% | 3,204,402 | 67.0% | 3,171,351 | 63.1% | 3,162,748 | 62.6% | -0.50% | -1.0% | -11.0% |
 Alaska
|
406,722 | 73.9% | 423,788 | 67.6% | 455,320 | 64.1% | 421,758 | 57.5% | 417,657 | 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% | 3,861,732 | 52.1% | -1.30% | +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% | 2,077,329 | 68.3% | -0.20% | -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% | 13,446,253 | 34.5% | -0.20% | -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% | 3,792,635 | 64.8% | -0.30% | +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% | 2,217,154 | 61.4% | -1.80% | -10.5% | -24.6% |
 Delaware
|
528,092 | 79.3% | 567,973 | 72.5% | 586,752 | 65.3% | 579,851 | 58.6% | 572,460 | 56.5% | -2.10% | -1.2% | -26.1% |
 District of Columbia
|
166,131 | 27.4% | 159,178 | 27.8% | 209,464 | 34.8% | 261,771 | 38.0% | 268,437 | 40.8% | 2.80% | +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% | 11,167,138 | 50.7% | -0.80% | +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% | 5,377,762 | 49.6% | -0.50% | -1.0% | -28.5% |
 Hawaii
|
347,644 | 31.4% | 277,091 | 22.9% | 309,343 | 22.7% | 314,365 | 21.6% | 319,839 | 22.3% | 0.70% | +1.6% | -31.2% |
 Idaho
|
928,661 | 92.2% | 1,139,291 | 88.0% | 1,316,243 | 84.0% | 1,450,523 | 78.9% | 1,495,555 | 75.5% | -3.40% | +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% | 7,175,691 | 57.3% | -1.00% | -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% | 5,139,704 | 75.2% | -0.30% | -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% | 2,626,058 | 82.1% | -0.60% | -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% | 2,105,149 | 71.9% | -0.30% | -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% | 3,652,476 | 80.8% | -0.50% | -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% | 2,556,237 | 55.8% | 0.00% | -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% | 1,228,574 | 88.9% | -1.30% | -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% | 2,879,994 | 46.8% | -0.40% | -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% | 4,702,009 | 67.5% | -0.10% | -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% | 7,228,631 | 72.0% | -0.40% | -3.6% | -12% |
 Minnesota
|
4,101,266 | 93.7% | 4,337,143 | 88.2% | 4,405,142 | 83.1% | 4,353,880 | 76.3% | 4,327,512 | 75.9% | -0.40% | -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% | 1,621,178 | 55.1% | -0.30% | -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% | 4,671,326 | 75.6% | -0.20% | -3.9% | -12.8% |
 Montana
|
733,878 | 91.8% | 807,823 | 89.5% | 868,628 | 87.8% | 901,318 | 83.1% | 917,601 | 81.5% | -1.60% | +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% | 1,475,159 | 75.0% | -0.70% | -1.0% | -28.2% |
 Nevada
|
946,357 | 78.7% | 1,303,001 | 65.2% | 1,462,081 | 54.1% | 1,425,952 | 45.9% | 1,430,696 | 44.7% | -1.20% | -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% | 1,202,674 | 85.6% | -1.60% | -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% | 4,781,393 | 51.7% | -0.10% | -7.6% | -30% |
 New Mexico
|
764,164 | 50.4% | 813,495 | 44.7% | 833,810 | 40.5% | 772,952 | 36.5% | 761,956 | 36.1% | -0.40% | -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% | 10,156,798 | 52.3% | -0.20% | -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% | 6,338,050 | 59.4% | -1.10% | +1.4% | -19.3 pp |
 North Dakota
|
601,592 | 94.2% | 589,149 | 91.7% | 598,007 | 88.9% | 636,160 | 81.7% | 640,133 | 83.1% | 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% | 8,911,356 | 75.7% | -0.20% | -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% | 2,409,199 | 59.9% | -0.90% | -6.5% | -25% |
 Oregon
|
2,579,732 | 90.8% | 2,857,616 | 83.5% | 3,005,848 | 78.5% | 3,036,158 | 71.7% | 3,045,554 | 71.5% | -0.20% | +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% | 9,489,507 | 73.5% | 0.00% | -5.4% | -16.2% |
 Rhode Island
|
896,109 | 89.3% | 858,433 | 81.9% | 803,685 | 76.4% | 754,050 | 68.7% | 739,106 | 67.5% | -1.20% | -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% | 3,201,893 | 60.9% | -1.20% | +7.3% | -9.3% |
 South Dakota
|
634,788 | 91.2% | 664,585 | 88.0% | 689,502 | 84.7% | 705,583 | 79.6% | 715,011 | 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% | 4,943,259 | 70.0% | -0.90% | +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% | 11,701,512 | 39.1% | -0.60% | +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% | 2,490,133 | 72.7% | -2.70% | +11.0% | -17.3% |
 Vermont
|
552,184 | 98.1% | 585,431 | 96.2% | 590,223 | 94.3% | 573,201 | 89.1% | 570,991 | 88.2% | -0.90% | -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% | 5,064,240 | 58.5% | -0.10% | -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% | 4,923,712 | 63.4% | -0.40% | +0.9% | -26.4% |
 West Virginia
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1,718,896 | 95.8% | 1,709,966 | 94.6% | 1,726,256 | 93.2% | 1,598,834 | 89.1% | 1,575,231 | 88.8% | -0.30% | -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% | 4,631,617 | 78.4% | -0.20% | -2.2% | -13.9% |
 Wyoming
|
412,711 | 91.0% | 438,799 | 88.9% | 483,874 | 85.9% | 469,664 | 81.4% | 470,040 | 80.8% | -0.60% | -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% | -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% | 190,678,059 | 57.6% | -0.20% | -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.
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%.
Historical population by state or territory edit
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.| State/Territory | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama
|
54.7% | 57.5% | 61.6% | 64.3% | 65.3% | 67.9% | 69.9% | 73.3% | 73.3% | 73.3% | 70.3% | 67.0% | 65.1% | |
| Alaska
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48.3% | 77.2% | 77.2% | 75.8% | 73.9% | 67.6% | 64.1% | 59.6% | ||||||
| Arizona
|
65.1% | 74.3% | 74.5% | 71.7% | 63.8% | 57.8% | 53.8% | |||||||
| Arkansas
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75.2% | 81.0% | 82.2% | 82.2% | 78.6% | 74.5% | 71.7% | |||||||
| California
|
89.5% | 76.3% | 66.6% | 57.2% | 46.7% | 40.1% | 35.9% | |||||||
| Colorado
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90.3% | 84.6% | 82.7% | 80.7% | 74.5% | 70.0% | 67.4% | |||||||
| Connecticut
|
97.9% | 91.4% | 88.0% | 83.8% | 77.5% | 71.2% | 65.3% | |||||||
| Delaware
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86.4% | 84.1% | 81.3% | 79.3% | 72.5% | 65.3% | 61.1% | |||||||
| District of Columbia
|
71.4% | 26.5% | 25.7% | 27.4% | 27.8% | 34.8% | 37.7% | |||||||
| Florida
|
71.5% | 77.9% | 76.7% | 73.2% | 65.4% | 57.9% | 53.1% | |||||||
| Georgia
|
65.2% | 73.4% | 71.6% | 70.1% | 62.6% | 55.9% | 51.6% | |||||||
| Hawaii
|
31.5% | 38.0% | 31.1% | 31.4% | 22.9% | 22.7% | 21.4% | |||||||
| Idaho
|
98.4% | 95.9% | 93.9% | 92.2% | 88.0% | 84.0% | 81.4% | |||||||
| Illinois
|
94.7% | 83.5% | 78.0% | 74.8% | 67.8% | 63.7% | 60.4% | |||||||
| Indiana
|
96.3% | 91.7% | 90.2% | 89.6% | 85.8% | 81.5% | 78.0% | |||||||
| Iowa
|
99.2% | 98.0% | 96.9% | 95.9% | 92.6% | 88.7% | 84.5% | |||||||
| Kansas
|
95.6% | 92.7% | 90.5% | 88.4% | 83.1% | 78.2% | 75.1% | |||||||
| Kentucky
|
92.5% | 92.4% | 91.7% | 91.7% | 89.3% | 86.3% | 83.9% | |||||||
| Louisiana
|
63.7% | 68.2% | 67.6% | 65.8% | 62.5% | 60.3% | 58.1% | |||||||
| Maine
|
99.7% | 99.1% | 98.3% | 98.0% | 96.5% | 94.4% | 92.7% | |||||||
| Maryland
|
83.3% | 80.4% | 73.9% | 69.6% | 62.1% | 54.7% | 49.5% | |||||||
| Massachusetts
|
98.6% | 95.4% | 92.3% | 87.8% | 81.9% | 76.1% | 70.5% | |||||||
| Michigan
|
95.7% | 87.1% | 84.1% | 82.3% | 78.6% | 76.6% | 74.5% | |||||||
| Minnesota
|
99.0% | 97.7% | 96.1% | 93.7% | 88.2% | 83.1% | 78.6% | |||||||
| Mississippi
|
50.6% | 62.6% | 63.6% | 63.1% | 60.7% | 58.0% | 56.3% | |||||||
| Missouri
|
93.4% | 88.6% | 87.7% | 86.9% | 83.8% | 81.0% | 79.0% | |||||||
| Montana
|
96.2% | 94.7% | 93.4% | 91.8% | 89.5% | 87.8% | 85.7% | |||||||
| Nebraska
|
98.2% | 95.2% | 94.0% | 92.5% | 87.3% | 82.1% | 77.8% | |||||||
| Nevada
|
91.6% | 86.7% | 83.2% | 78.7% | 65.2% | 54.1% | 47.4% | |||||||
| New Hampshire
|
99.9% | 99.1% | 98.4% | 97.3% | 95.1% | 92.3% | 89.4% | |||||||
| New Jersey
|
94.3% | 84.7% | 79.1% | 74.0% | 66.0% | 59.3% | 54.1% | |||||||
| New Mexico
|
50.9% | 53.8% | 52.6% | 50.4% | 44.7% | 40.5% | 36.4% | |||||||
| New York
|
94.6% | 80.1% | 75.0% | 69.3% | 62.0% | 58.3% | 55.0% | |||||||
| North Carolina
|
71.9% | 76.5% | 75.3% | 75.0% | 70.2% | 65.3% | 62.3% | |||||||
| North Dakota
|
98.3% | 96.9% | 95.5% | 94.2% | 91.7% | 88.9% | 83.3% | |||||||
| Ohio
|
95.0% | 89.8% | 88.2% | 87.1% | 84.0% | 81.1% | 78.0% | |||||||
| Oklahoma
|
89.9% | 88.1% | 85.0% | 81.0% | 74.1% | 68.7% | 64.4% | |||||||
| Oregon
|
98.6% | 95.8% | 93.3% | 90.8% | 83.5% | 78.5% | ||||||||
| Pennsylvania
|
95.1% | 90.3% | 89.1% | 87.7% | 84.1% | 79.5% | ||||||||
| Rhode Island
|
98.3% | 96.1% | 93.4% | 89.3% | 81.9% | 76.4% | ||||||||
| South Carolina
|
57.1% | 69.0% | 68.3% | 68.5% | 66.1% | 64.1% | ||||||||
| South Dakota
|
96.2% | 94.6% | 92.3% | 91.2% | 88.0% | 84.7% | ||||||||
| Tennessee
|
82.5% | 83.7% | 83.1% | 82.6% | 79.2% | 75.6% | ||||||||
| Texas
|
74.1% | 69.6% | 65.7% | 60.6% | 52.4% | 45.3% | ||||||||
| Utah
|
98.2% | 93.6% | 92.4% | 91.2% | 85.3% | 80.4% | ||||||||
| Vermont
|
99.7% | 99.2% | 98.5% | 98.1% | 96.2% | 94.3% | 92.2% | |||||||
| Virginia
|
75.3% | 80.1% | 78.2% | 76.0% | 70.2% | 64.8% | ||||||||
| Washington
|
97.7% | 93.6% | 90.2% | 86.7% | 78.9% | 72.5% | ||||||||
| West Virginia
|
93.7% | 95.7% | 95.6% | 95.8% | 94.6% | 93.2% | ||||||||
| Wisconsin
|
99.2% | 95.6% | 93.6% | 91.3% | 87.3% | 83.3% | ||||||||
| Wyoming
|
95.9% | 92.1% | 92.0% | 91.0% | 88.9% | 85.9% | ||||||||
| Puerto Rico
|
0.9% | 0.7% | ||||||||||||
| United States of America
|
88.4% | 83.5% | 79.6% | 75.6% | 69.1% | 63.7% |
See also edit
References edit
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