List of U.S. states by non-Hispanic or Latino white population

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

This is a list of U.S. states by non-Latino white population. The United States Census Bureau defines non-Latino white as white Americans who are not of Latino ancestry (i.e., having ancestry from Latin America).^[1] At 197.2 million in 2012, non-Latino whites comprise 62.8% of the total U.S. population.^[2][3]

Population by state or territory[]

Non-Latino white population by state or territory (1990–2012)^[3][4]

State/Territory	Pop 1990	% pop 1990	Pop 2000	% pop 2000	Pop 2010	% pop 2010	Pop 2012	% pop 2012	% growth 2000-2012	% pop 1990-2012
Alabama	2,960,167	73.3%	3,125,819	70.3%	3,204,402	67.0%	3,212,468	66.6%	+2.8%	-6.7 pp
Alaska	406,722	73.9%	423,788	67.6%	455,320	64.1%	460,453	63.0%	+8.7%	-10.9 pp
Arizona	2,626,185	71.7%	3,274,258	63.8%	3,695,647	57.8%	3,730,370	56.9%	+13.9%	-14.8 pp
Arkansas	1,933,082	82.2%	2,100,135	78.6%	2,173,469	74.5%	2,179,168	73.9%	+3.8%	-8.3 pp
California	17,029,126	57.2%	15,816,790	46.7%	14,956,253	40.1%	14,904,055	39.2%	-5.8%	-18.0 pp
Colorado	2,658,945	80.7%	3,202,880	74.5%	3,520,793	70.0%	3,599,838	69.4%	+12.4%	-11.3 pp
Connecticut	2,754,184	83.8%	2,638,845	77.5%	2,546,262	71.2%	2,512,773	70.0%	-4.8%	-13.8 pp
Delaware	528,092	79.3%	567,973	72.5%	586,752	65.3%	589,642	64.3%	+3.8%	-15.0 pp
District of Columbia	166,131	27.4%	159,178	27.8%	209,464	34.8%	222,975	35.3%	+40.1%	+7.9 pp
Florida	9,475,326	73.2%	10,458,509	65.4%	10,884,722	57.9%	10,966,711	56.8%	+4.9%	-16.4 pp
Georgia	4,543,425	70.1%	5,128,661	62.6%	5,413,920	55.9%	5,460,416	55.0%	+6.5%	-15.1 pp
Hawaii	347,644	31.4%	277,091	22.9%	309,343	22.7%	317,032	22.8%	+14.4%	-8.6 pp
Idaho	928,661	92.2%	1,139,291	88.0%	1,316,243	84.0%	1,330,942	83.4%	+16.8%	-8.8 pp
Illinois	8,550,208	74.8%	8,424,140	67.8%	8,167,753	63.7%	8,093,687	62.9%	-3.9%	-11.9 pp
Indiana	4,965,242	89.6%	5,219,373	85.8%	5,286,453	81.5%	5,289,249	80.9%	+1.3%	-8.7 pp
Iowa	2,663,840	95.9%	2,710,344	92.6%	2,701,123	88.7%	2,705,704	88.0%	-0.2%	-7.9 pp
Kansas	2,190,524	88.4%	2,233,997	83.1%	2,230,539	78.2%	2,234,826	77.4%	0.0%	-11.0 pp
Kentucky	3,378,022	91.7%	3,608,013	89.3%	3,745,655	86.3%	3,760,302	85.8%	+4.2%	-5.9 pp
Louisiana	2,776,022	65.8%	2,794,391	62.5%	2,734,884	60.3%	2,748,748	59.7%	-1.6%	-6.1 pp
Maine	1,203,357	98.0%	1,230,297	96.5%	1,254,297	94.4%	1,250,688	94.1%	+1.7%	-3.9 pp
Maryland	3,326,109	69.6%	3,286,547	62.1%	3,157,958	54.7%	3,166,263	53.8%	-3.7%	-15.8 pp
Massachusetts	5,280,292	87.8%	5,198,359	81.9%	4,984,800	76.1%	5,003,798	75.3%	-3.7%	-12.6 pp
Michigan	7,649,951	82.3%	7,806,691	78.6%	7,569,939	76.6%	7,523,647	76.1%	-3.6%	-6.2 pp
Minnesota	4,101,266	93.7%	4,337,143	88.2%	4,405,142	83.1%	4,424,944	82.3%	+2.0%	-11.4 pp
Mississippi	1,624,198	63.1%	1,727,908	60.7%	1,722,287	58.0%	1,717,214	57.5%	-0.6%	-5.6 pp
Missouri	4,448,465	86.9%	4,686,474	83.8%	4,850,748	81.0%	4,848,758	80.5%	+3.5%	-6.4 pp
Montana	733,878	91.8%	807,823	89.5%	868,628	87.8%	876,782	87.2%	+8.5%	-4.6 pp
Nebraska	1,460,095	92.5%	1,494,494	87.3%	1,499,753	82.1%	1,509,066	81.3%	+1.0%	-11.2 pp
Nevada	946,357	78.7%	1,303,001	65.2%	1,462,081	54.1%	1,455,200	52.7%	+11.7%	-26.0 pp
New Hampshire	1,079,484	97.3%	1,175,252	95.1%	1,215,050	92.3%	1,212,389	91.8%	+3.2%	-5.5 pp
New Jersey	5,718,966	74.0%	5,557,209	66.0%	5,214,878	59.3%	5,134,994	57.9%	-7.6%	-16.1 pp
New Mexico	764,164	50.4%	813,495	44.7%	833,810	40.5%	827,066	39.7%	+1.7%	-10.7 pp
New York	12,460,189	69.3%	11,760,981	62.0%	11,304,247	58.3%	11,227,534	57.4%	-4.5%	-11.9 pp
North Carolina	4,971,127	75.0%	5,647,155	70.2%	6,223,995	65.3%	6,292,533	64.5%	+11.4%	-10.5 pp
North Dakota	601,592	94.2%	589,149	91.7%	598,007	88.9%	616,194	88.1%	+4.6%	-6.1 pp
Ohio	9,444,622	87.1%	9,538,111	84.0%	9,359,263	81.1%	9,309,291	80.6%	-2.4%	-6.5 pp
Oklahoma	2,547,588	81.0%	2,556,368	74.1%	2,575,381	68.7%	2,585,779	67.8%	+1.2%	-13.2 pp
Oregon	2,579,732	90.8%	2,857,616	83.5%	3,005,848	78.5%	3,026,649	77.6%	+5.9%	-13.2 pp
Pennsylvania	10,422,058	87.7%	10,322,455	84.1%	10,094,652	79.5%	10,035,953	78.6%	-2.8%	-9.1 pp
Rhode Island	896,109	89.3%	858,433	81.9%	803,685	76.4%	791,560	75.4%	-7.8%	-13.9 pp
South Carolina	2,390,056	68.5%	2,652,291	66.1%	2,962,740	64.1%	3,016,843	63.9%	+13.7%	-4.6 pp
South Dakota	634,788	91.2%	664,585	88.0%	689,502	84.7%	698,504	83.8%	+5.1%	-7.4 pp
Tennessee	4,027,631	82.6%	4,505,930	79.2%	4,800,782	75.6%	4,840,886	75.0%	+7.4%	-7.6 pp
Texas	10,291,680	60.6%	10,933,313	52.4%	11,397,345	45.3%	11,554,528	44.3%	+5.7%	-16.3 pp
Utah	1,571,254	91.2%	1,904,265	85.3%	2,221,719	80.4%	2,278,904	79.8%	+19.7%	-11.4 pp
Vermont	552,184	98.1%	585,431	96.2%	590,223	94.3%	588,138	94.0%	+0.5%	-4.3 pp
Virginia	4,701,650	76.0%	4,965,637	70.2%	5,186,450	64.8%	5,234,502	63.9%	+5.4%	-12.1 pp
Washington	4,221,622	86.7%	4,652,490	78.9%	4,876,804	72.5%	4,927,042	71.4%	+5.9%	-15.3 pp
West Virginia	1,718,896	95.8%	1,709,966	94.6%	1,726,256	93.2%	1,721,901	92.8%	+0.7%	-3.0 pp
Wisconsin	4,464,677	91.3%	4,681,630	87.3%	4,738,411	83.3%	4,738,842	82.8%	+1.2%	-8.5 pp
Wyoming	412,711	91.0%	438,799	88.9%	483,874	85.9%	487,672	84.6%	+11.1%	-6.4 pp
American Samoa			682	1.2%	611	1.1%			-10.4%
Guam			10,666	6.9%	11,001	6.9%			+3.1%
Northern Mariana Islands			1,274	1.8%	916	1.7%			-28.1%
Puerto Rico			33,966	0.9%	26,946	0.7%	23,542	0.6%	-30.7%
U.S. Virgin Islands			8,580	7.9%	3,830	3.6%			-55.3%
United States of America	188,128,296	75.6%	194,552,774	69.1%	196,817,552	63.7%	197,243,423	62.8%	+1.4%	–11.9 pp

In 2012, in 37 out of the 50 U.S. states non-Latino whites made up a greater percentage of the state's population than the U.S. overall share of 62.8%; however, the 13 states with greater shares of non-whites include the four most populous states (California, Texas, New York, and Florida). Also, note that while the total non-Latino white population has grown since 2000 in 36 out of the 50 states, 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 2012, four states are majority-minority: Hawaii, California, New Mexico, and Texas, in addition to the District of Columbia and all 5 inhabited territories.

Historical population by state or territory[]

  Currently are majority minority states

  Non-Latino 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.

Non-Mexican white (1910-1930) and non-Latino white % of population (1940-2010) by U.S. State^[5][6][7]

State/Territory	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Alabama				65.3%			73.3%	73.3%	73.3%	70.3%	67.0%
Alaska			48.3%				77.2%	75.8%	73.9%	67.6%	64.1%
Arizona				65.1%			74.3%	74.5%	71.7%	63.8%	57.8%
Arkansas				75.2%			81.0%	82.2%	82.2%	78.6%	74.5%
California				89.5%			76.3%	66.6%	57.2%	46.7%	40.1%
Colorado				90.3%			84.6%	82.7%	80.7%	74.5%	70.0%
Connecticut				97.9%			91.4%	88.0%	83.8%	77.5%	71.2%
Delaware				86.4%			84.1%	81.3%	79.3%	72.5%	65.3%
District of Columbia				71.4%			26.5%	25.7%	27.4%	27.8%	34.8%
Florida				71.5%			77.9%	76.7%	73.2%	65.4%	57.9%
Georgia				65.2%			73.4%	71.6%	70.1%	62.6%	55.9%
Hawaii						31.5%	38.0%	31.1%	31.4%	22.9%	22.7%
Idaho				98.4%			95.9%	93.9%	92.2%	88.0%	84.0%
Illinois				94.7%			83.5%	78.0%	74.8%	67.8%	63.7%
Indiana				96.3%			91.7%	90.2%	89.6%	85.8%	81.5%
Iowa				99.2%			98.0%	96.9%	95.9%	92.6%	88.7%
Kansas				95.6%			92.7%	90.5%	88.4%	83.1%	78.2%
Kentucky				92.5%			92.4%	91.7%	91.7%	89.3%	86.3%
Louisiana				63.7%			68.2%	67.6%	65.8%	62.5%	60.3%
Maine				99.7%			99.1%	98.3%	98.0%	96.5%	94.4%
Maryland				83.3%			80.4%	73.9%	69.6%	62.1%	54.7%
Massachusetts				98.6%			95.4%	92.3%	87.8%	81.9%	76.1%
Michigan				95.7%			87.1%	84.1%	82.3%	78.6%	76.6%
Minnesota				99.0%			97.7%	96.1%	93.7%	88.2%	83.1%
Mississippi				50.6%			62.6%	63.6%	63.1%	60.7%	58.0%
Missouri				93.4%			88.6%	87.7%	86.9%	83.8%	81.0%
Montana				96.2%			94.7%	93.4%	91.8%	89.5%	87.8%
Nebraska				98.2%			95.2%	94.0%	92.5%	87.3%	82.1%
Nevada				91.6%			86.7%	83.2%	78.7%	65.2%	54.1%
New Hampshire				99.9%			99.1%	98.4%	97.3%	95.1%	92.3%
New Jersey				94.3%			84.7%	79.1%	74.0%	66.0%	59.3%
New Mexico				50.9%			53.8%	52.6%	50.4%	44.7%	40.5%
New York				94.6%			80.1%	75.0%	69.3%	62.0%	58.3%
North Carolina				71.9%			76.5%	75.3%	75.0%	70.2%	65.3%
North Dakota				98.3%			96.9%	95.5%	94.2%	91.7%	88.9%
Ohio				95.0%			89.8%	88.2%	87.1%	84.0%	81.1%
Oklahoma				89.9%			88.1%	85.0%	81.0%	74.1%	68.7%
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%
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%

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 or Latino white plurality populations in 2010
• List of U.S. states by African-American population
• List of U.S. states by Hispanic and Latino population

References[]