Ranking of US States By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all US states and DC, Maine had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Non-Hispanic White (93.68%), followed by Vermont (93.34%), and West Virginia (92.46%).
On the other hand, Hawaii had the lowest percentage of its population who identified as Non-Hispanic White (22.28%), followed by District of Columbia (36.13%), and New Mexico (38.14%).
The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all US states and DC. The information can also be found in the table below.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of US States By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic White in 2015
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| Rank | State | % of State Population |
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| 1 | Maine | 93.68 |
| 2 | Vermont | 93.34 |
| 3 | West Virginia | 92.46 |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 90.88 |
| 5 | Montana | 86.59 |
| 6 | Iowa | 86.53 |
| 7 | North Dakota | 85.69 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 85.16 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 84.43 |
| 10 | South Dakota | 82.79 |
| 11 | Idaho | 82.65 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 81.82 |
| 13 | Minnesota | 80.88 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 80.01 |
| 15 | Indiana | 80.00 |
| 16 | Missouri | 79.96 |
| 17 | Ohio | 79.67 |
| 18 | Utah | 79.33 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania | 77.43 |
| 20 | Oregon | 76.73 |
| 21 | Kansas | 76.44 |
| 22 | Michigan | 75.55 |
| 23 | Tennessee | 74.46 |
| 24 | Rhode Island | 73.79 |
| 25 | Massachusetts | 73.55 |
| 26 | Arkansas | 73.13 |
| 27 | Washington | 69.84 |
| 28 | Colorado | 68.77 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 68.41 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 66.39 |
| 31 | Alabama | 66.05 |
| 32 | North Carolina | 63.89 |
| 32 | South Carolina | 63.89 |
| 33 | Delaware | 63.27 |
| 34 | Virginia | 62.88 |
| 35 | Illinois | 62.06 |
| 36 | Alaska | 61.58 |
| 37 | Louisiana | 59.22 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 57.05 |
| 39 | New Jersey | 56.73 |
| 40 | New York | 56.46 |
| 41 | Arizona | 55.66 |
| 42 | Florida | 55.33 |
| 43 | Georgia | 53.93 |
| 44 | Maryland | 52.12 |
| 45 | Nevada | 50.91 |
| 46 | Texas | 43.02 |
| 47 | California | 38.19 |
| 48 | New Mexico | 38.14 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 36.13 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 22.28 |