Ranking of US States By White Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, California had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (16.30M), followed by Texas (14.61M), and Florida (12.42M).

The chart below shows the top 10, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on White Alone population.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in the United States.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Ranking of US States By White Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank State White Alone Population
1 California 16296122
2 Texas 14609365
3 Florida 12422961
4 New York 11143349
5 Pennsylvania 9750687
6 Ohio 9080688
7 Illinois 7868227
8 Michigan 7444974
9 North Carolina 6488459
10 Georgia 5555483
11 Indiana 5241795
12 Virginia 5208856
13 Washington 5130920
14 New Jersey 5112280
15 Tennessee 4990938
16 Massachusetts 4896037
17 Missouri 4740335
18 Wisconsin 4737545
19 Minnesota 4423146
20 Arizona 4322337
21 Colorado 4082927
22 Kentucky 3711254
23 South Carolina 3243442
24 Alabama 3220452
25 Oregon 3169096
26 Maryland 3007874
27 Iowa 2694521
28 Louisiana 2657652
29 Utah 2573413
30 Oklahoma 2514885
31 Connecticut 2395128
32 Kansas 2222462
33 Arkansas 2114512
34 Mississippi 1658893
35 West Virginia 1610749
36 Nevada 1588463
37 Nebraska 1538052
38 Idaho 1510360
39 Maine 1237041
40 New Hampshire 1216203
41 New Mexico 1078937
42 Montana 916524
43 Rhode Island 782920
44 South Dakota 715336
45 North Dakota 645938
46 Delaware 597763
47 Vermont 577751
48 Wyoming 488374
49 Alaska 435392
50 Hawaii 333261
51 District of Columbia 273194