Whitest Cities In California [2023]: White Population By City In California

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10 Whitest Cities In California
Detailed Top Ten Whitest Cities
Methodology
Summary
Detailed Table Of Data

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.

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The 10 Whitest Cities In California For 2023

1. Paradise

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 7,730
% White: 85.95%
More on Paradise: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

2. Loomis

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,791
% White: 83.12%
More on Loomis: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Magnolia677 | CC BY 2.0

3. Truckee

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 16,850
% White: 83.07%
More on Truckee: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Finetooth | GFDL

4. Mill Valley

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 14,240
% White: 83.05%
More on Mill Valley: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Frank Schulenburg | CC BY-SA 3.0

5. Sausalito

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 7,260
% White: 82.96%
More on Sausalito: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

6. Fairfax

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 7,605
% White: 82.88%
More on Fairfax: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User ERobson at English Wikipe | CC BY 3.0

7. Pismo Beach

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 8,058
% White: 82.74%
More on Pismo Beach: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Cliffs Resort | CC BY-SA 3.0

8. Laguna Beach

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 23,121
% White: 81.73%
More on Laguna Beach: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User | CC BY-SA 3.0

9. San Anselmo

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 12,795
% White: 81.51%
More on San Anselmo: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Brad Coy | CC BY 2.0

10. Auburn

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 13,738
% White: 80.62%
More on Auburn: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Bobak Ha'Eri | CC BY 3.0

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*

* Not Hispanic or latino

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	Population
1	Paradise	85.95%	7,730
2	Loomis	83.12%	6,791
3	Truckee	83.07%	16,850
4	Mill Valley	83.05%	14,240
5	Sausalito	82.96%	7,260
6	Fairfax	82.88%	7,605
7	Pismo Beach	82.74%	8,058
8	Laguna Beach	81.73%	23,121
9	San Anselmo	81.51%	12,795
10	Auburn	80.62%	13,738
11	Tiburon	79.97%	9,146
12	Shasta Lake	79.65%	10,399
13	Rancho Mirage	78.69%	17,129
14	Grass Valley	78.58%	13,550
15	Scotts Valley	77.75%	12,317
16	Woodside	77.31%	5,316
17	Newport Beach	77.26%	85,806
18	Westlake Village	76.93%	8,081
19	Sonoma	76.37%	10,819
20	Pacific Grove	75.46%	15,169
21	Lafayette	75.28%	25,384
22	Larkspur	75.27%	12,972
23	Redding	75.15%	93,251
24	Placerville	74.95%	10,777
25	Encinitas	74.94%	62,140
26	Canyon Lake	74.92%	11,071
27	Ojai	74.8%	7,640
28	Corte Madera	74.7%	10,145
29	Morro Bay	74.51%	10,785
30	Anderson	74.32%	11,208
31	Atascadero	74.26%	29,771
32	Beverly Hills	74.04%	32,903
33	San Clemente	72.88%	64,600
34	Malibu	72.85%	10,915
35	Dana Point	72.63%	33,327
36	Danville	72.5%	43,673
37	Agoura Hills	72.4%	20,362
38	Sebastopol	72.01%	7,563
39	Arroyo Grande	71.95%	18,422
40	Hermosa Beach	71.83%	19,787
41	Escalon	71.8%	7,458
42	Calabasas	71.76%	23,410
43	St. Helena	71.3%	5,530
44	Manhattan Beach	71.28%	35,585
45	Cotati	71.2%	7,603
46	Piedmont	70.72%	11,368
47	San Luis Obispo	70.69%	47,257
48	West Hollywood	70.68%	35,678
49	Laguna Woods	70.65%	17,546
50	Orinda	70.41%	19,497
51	Coronado	70.13%	20,627
52	Los Gatos	70.07%	33,309
53	Solvang	69.94%	6,032
54	Seal Beach	69.87%	25,216
55	Ione	69.37%	5,462
56	Arcata	69.34%	19,038
57	Lincoln	69.24%	49,203
58	Clayton	68.97%	11,136
59	Chico	68.54%	103,898
60	Yreka	68.43%	7,807
61	Solana Beach	68.41%	13,025
62	Citrus Heights	68.4%	87,521
63	Fortuna	68.37%	12,480
64	Petaluma	68.06%	60,050
65	Carlsbad	67.91%	114,858
66	Atherton	67.87%	7,181
67	Villa Park	67.33%	5,864
68	Santee	67.25%	59,679
69	Red Bluff	66.93%	14,557
70	Rocklin	66.6%	70,317
71	Palm Desert	66.35%	51,081
72	Healdsburg	66.05%	11,439
73	Capitola	65.97%	10,041
74	Laguna Niguel	65.22%	64,608
75	Roseville	65.2%	145,687
76	Eureka	65.02%	26,763
77	Thousand Oaks	64.88%	127,274
78	Monterey	64.88%	30,014
79	Ridgecrest	64.54%	27,989
80	Big Bear Lake	64.29%	5,068
81	Rio Vista	63.97%	9,850
82	Ripon	63.71%	15,961
83	Moraga	63.44%	16,750
84	Walnut Creek	63.37%	69,876
85	Yucca Valley	63.28%	21,663
86	San Carlos	63.23%	30,754
87	Palos Verdes Estates	62.97%	13,403
88	Santa Monica	62.66%	92,828
89	Palm Springs	62.35%	44,799
90	Poway	62.16%	49,005
91	Cloverdale	61.92%	9,023
92	Glendale	61.83%	196,512
93	Mission Viejo	61.53%	93,932
94	Benicia	61.35%	27,191
95	Sierra Madre	61.29%	11,253
96	Rolling Hills Estates	61.25%	8,305
97	Grover Beach	61.05%	12,846
98	Martinez	61.02%	37,308
99	Mammoth Lakes	60.98%	7,321
100	Oroville	60.87%	20,409

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Editor's Note: We updated this article for 2023. This is our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in California.