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You're at your local Whole Foods shopping for kale chips and asparagus water, trying to work out if you'll have time to stop at the Pottery Barn before you head to your yoga class taught by a girl named Sage. It hits you: you're leading the whitest life imaginable.
But does that mean the city you live in is one of the whitest places in California?
Don't worry, we've figured it out for you. Using actual census data combined with our favorite white people stereotypes (as confirmed by the internet), we can determine which cities are the whitest of the white in Golden State.
After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in California for 2023.
Here are the 10 whites places in California for 2023:
What is the whitest city in California for 2023? According to the most recent census data Paradise ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Maywood is the least white city of all those we measured.
Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.
For more California reading, check out:
- Worst Places To Live In California
- Best Places To Live In California
- Cheapest Places To Live In California
The 10 Whitest Cities In California For 2023
1. Paradise
/10
Population: 7,730
% White: 85.95%
More on Paradise: Real Estate | Data | Photos
2. Loomis
/10
Population: 6,791
% White: 83.12%
More on Loomis: Real Estate | Data | Photos
3. Truckee
/10
Population: 16,850
% White: 83.07%
More on Truckee: Real Estate | Data | Photos
4. Mill Valley
/10
Population: 14,240
% White: 83.05%
More on Mill Valley: Real Estate | Data | Photos
5. Sausalito
/10
Population: 7,260
% White: 82.96%
More on Sausalito: Real Estate | Data | Photos
6. Fairfax
/10
Population: 7,605
% White: 82.88%
More on Fairfax: Real Estate | Data | Photos
7. Pismo Beach
/10
Population: 8,058
% White: 82.74%
More on Pismo Beach: Real Estate | Data | Photos
8. Laguna Beach
/10
Population: 23,121
% White: 81.73%
More on Laguna Beach: Real Estate | Data | Photos
9. San Anselmo
/10
Population: 12,795
% White: 81.51%
More on San Anselmo: Real Estate | Data | Photos
10. Auburn
/10
Population: 13,738
% White: 80.62%
More on Auburn: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in California for 2023
In order to rank the whitest places in California, we had to determine what measurable criteria defines whiteness.
Obviously we had to count how many white people living there, specifically the percentage of white people living in each city in California.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- Hispanic or Latino
- White alone*
- Black or African American alone*
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
- Asian alone*
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
- Some other race alone*
- Two or more races*
Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as White alone.
We limited our analysis to non-CDPs with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 421 cities.
We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 86.0% to 0.7%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percent of White population with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Paradise took the distinction of being the most White, while Maywood was the least White city. You can download the data here.
Read on for more information on how the cities in California ranked by population of White residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.
Summary: White Populations Across California
Measuring the locations with the highest percentage of white people, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in California according to the most recent data.
If you're curious enough, here are the least White places in California:
- Maywood
- Calexico
- Compton
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| Rank | City | % White |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paradise | 85.95% |
| 2 | Loomis | 83.12% |
| 3 | Truckee | 83.07% |
| 4 | Mill Valley | 83.05% |
| 5 | Sausalito | 82.96% |
| 6 | Fairfax | 82.88% |
| 7 | Pismo Beach | 82.74% |
| 8 | Laguna Beach | 81.73% |
| 9 | San Anselmo | 81.51% |
| 10 | Auburn | 80.62% |
| 11 | Tiburon | 79.97% |
| 12 | Shasta Lake | 79.65% |
| 13 | Rancho Mirage | 78.69% |
| 14 | Grass Valley | 78.58% |
| 15 | Scotts Valley | 77.75% |
| 16 | Woodside | 77.31% |
| 17 | Newport Beach | 77.26% |
| 18 | Westlake Village | 76.93% |
| 19 | Sonoma | 76.37% |
| 20 | Pacific Grove | 75.46% |
| 21 | Lafayette | 75.28% |
| 22 | Larkspur | 75.27% |
| 23 | Redding | 75.15% |
| 24 | Placerville | 74.95% |
| 25 | Encinitas | 74.94% |
| 26 | Canyon Lake | 74.92% |
| 27 | Ojai | 74.8% |
| 28 | Corte Madera | 74.7% |
| 29 | Morro Bay | 74.51% |
| 30 | Anderson | 74.32% |
| 31 | Atascadero | 74.26% |
| 32 | Beverly Hills | 74.04% |
| 33 | San Clemente | 72.88% |
| 34 | Malibu | 72.85% |
| 35 | Dana Point | 72.63% |
| 36 | Danville | 72.5% |
| 37 | Agoura Hills | 72.4% |
| 38 | Sebastopol | 72.01% |
| 39 | Arroyo Grande | 71.95% |
| 40 | Hermosa Beach | 71.83% |
| 41 | Escalon | 71.8% |
| 42 | Calabasas | 71.76% |
| 43 | St. Helena | 71.3% |
| 44 | Manhattan Beach | 71.28% |
| 45 | Cotati | 71.2% |
| 46 | Piedmont | 70.72% |
| 47 | San Luis Obispo | 70.69% |
| 48 | West Hollywood | 70.68% |
| 49 | Laguna Woods | 70.65% |
| 50 | Orinda | 70.41% |
| 51 | Coronado | 70.13% |
| 52 | Los Gatos | 70.07% |
| 53 | Solvang | 69.94% |
| 54 | Seal Beach | 69.87% |
| 55 | Ione | 69.37% |
| 56 | Arcata | 69.34% |
| 57 | Lincoln | 69.24% |
| 58 | Clayton | 68.97% |
| 59 | Chico | 68.54% |
| 60 | Yreka | 68.43% |
| 61 | Solana Beach | 68.41% |
| 62 | Citrus Heights | 68.4% |
| 63 | Fortuna | 68.37% |
| 64 | Petaluma | 68.06% |
| 65 | Carlsbad | 67.91% |
| 66 | Atherton | 67.87% |
| 67 | Villa Park | 67.33% |
| 68 | Santee | 67.25% |
| 69 | Red Bluff | 66.93% |
| 70 | Rocklin | 66.6% |
| 71 | Palm Desert | 66.35% |
| 72 | Healdsburg | 66.05% |
| 73 | Capitola | 65.97% |
| 74 | Laguna Niguel | 65.22% |
| 75 | Roseville | 65.2% |
| 76 | Eureka | 65.02% |
| 77 | Thousand Oaks | 64.88% |
| 78 | Monterey | 64.88% |
| 79 | Ridgecrest | 64.54% |
| 80 | Big Bear Lake | 64.29% |
| 81 | Rio Vista | 63.97% |
| 82 | Ripon | 63.71% |
| 83 | Moraga | 63.44% |
| 84 | Walnut Creek | 63.37% |
| 85 | Yucca Valley | 63.28% |
| 86 | San Carlos | 63.23% |
| 87 | Palos Verdes Estates | 62.97% |
| 88 | Santa Monica | 62.66% |
| 89 | Palm Springs | 62.35% |
| 90 | Poway | 62.16% |
| 91 | Cloverdale | 61.92% |
| 92 | Glendale | 61.83% |
| 93 | Mission Viejo | 61.53% |
| 94 | Benicia | 61.35% |
| 95 | Sierra Madre | 61.29% |
| 96 | Rolling Hills Estates | 61.25% |
| 97 | Grover Beach | 61.05% |
| 98 | Martinez | 61.02% |
| 99 | Mammoth Lakes | 60.98% |
| 100 | Oroville | 60.87% |
