These Are The 10 Whitest Cities In Florida For 2018

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 Florida?

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 Sunshine State.

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Florida for 2018:

1. Sanibel (Photos | Jobs)
2. Gulf Breeze (Photos | Jobs)
3. Longboat Key (Photos | Jobs)
4. South Pasadena (Jobs)
5. Venice (Photos | Jobs)
6. Fort Myers Beach (Photos | Jobs)
7. Palm Beach (Photos | Jobs)
8. Cocoa Beach (Photos | Jobs)
9. St. Pete Beach (Jobs)
10. Treasure Island (Photos | Jobs)

If you’re wondering, Hialeah Gardens 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.

How we determined the whitest places in Florida for 2018

In order to rank the whitest places in Florida, we had to determine what measurable criteria defines whiteness.

Obviously we had to count how many white people living there, but being one of the whitest cities in Florida means much more than just having a high percentage of folks who are of the Caucasian persuasion.

These are cities jam-packed with all the stuff white folks love, based on everyone’s favorite stereotypes. After breaking it down, we came up with following criteria to run on 217 cities:

• Percentage of population that’s white
• Whole Foods per capita
• Farmers markets per capita
• Vegan restaurants per capita
• Pottery Barns per capita
• Yoga studios per capita

Note: For the sake of getting reliable numbers, we counted places within a city’s border, as well as within a short driving distance.

All of these results are listed in a per capita basis, meaning number of stores per person in a state. Additionally, we limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 5,000 people.

We ranked each place with scores from 1 to 217 in each category, where 1 was the whitest.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each place to create a whiteness index.

And finally, we crowned the city with the highest whiteness index the ‘Whitest City In Florida.’ We’re lookin’ at you, Sanibel.

Read on below to learn more about what it’s like to live in whitebread central. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from whitest to most diverse in Florida.

1. Sanibel

Population: 7,044
Percent White: 97.6%
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Sanibel is a city in Lee County, Florida, United States, on Sanibel Island. The population was 6,469 at the 2010 census, with an estimated 2012 population of 6,741. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sanibel is a barrier island – a collection of sand on the leeward side of the more solid coral-rock of Pine Island.

2. Gulf Breeze

Population: 6,205
Percent White: 97.5%
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3. Longboat Key

Population: 7,158
Percent White: 95.9%
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Longboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located on and coterminous with the barrier island of the same name. Longboat Key is south of Anna Maria Island, between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It is almost equally divided between Manatee and Sarasota counties. The town of Longboat Key was incorporated in 1955 and is part of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area.

4. South Pasadena

Population: 5,040
Percent White: 94.7%
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5. Venice

Population: 21,722
Percent White: 94.6%
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Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The city includes what locals call ‘Venice Island’, a portion of the mainland that is accessed via bridges over the artificially created Intracoastal Waterway. The city is located south of Nokomis and north of Englewood. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,748. It is noted for its large snowbird population and was voted as a top 10 Happiest Seaside Towns by Coastal Living.

6. Fort Myers Beach

Population: 6,801
Percent White: 94.4%
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Fort Myers Beach is a town located on Estero Island in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,277 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was officially incorporated on December 31, 1995.

7. Palm Beach

Population: 8,501
Percent White: 93.9%
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The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. In 2000, Palm Beach had a year-round population of 10,468, with an estimated seasonal population of 30,000.

8. Cocoa Beach

Population: 11,466
Percent White: 93.3%
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Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 11,231 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

9. St. Pete Beach

Population: 9,528
Percent White: 92.7%
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10. Treasure Island

Population: 6,827
Percent White: 92.5%
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Treasure Island is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is situated on a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico.

There You Have It – The Whitest of The White Bread In Florida

Measuring both the locations with the highest percentage of white people, as well as the number of stereo-typically white venues, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Florida.

For more Florida reading , check out:

• 10 Safest Places In Florida
• 10 Worst Places To Live In Florida
• These Are The 10 Richest Cities In Florida

Detailed List Of The Whitest Cities In Florida for 2018

Rank	City	Population	Percent White
1
Sanibel	7,044	97.6%
2
Gulf Breeze	6,205	97.5%
3
Longboat Key	7,158	95.9%
4
South Pasadena	5,040	94.7%
5
Venice	21,722	94.6%
6
Fort Myers Beach	6,801	94.4%
7
Palm Beach	8,501	93.9%
8
Cocoa Beach	11,466	93.3%
9
St. Pete Beach	9,528	92.7%
10
Treasure Island	6,827	92.5%
11
St. Augustine Beach	6,710	91.1%
12
Edgewater	21,306	90.5%
13
Indian Harbour Beach	8,381	90.3%
14
Cape Canaveral	10,116	90.3%
15
Naples	20,980	90.3%
16
Tequesta	5,873	90.2%
17
Punta Gorda	17,721	89.9%
18
Marco Island	17,361	89.8%
19
Seminole	17,906	88.8%
20
New Smyrna Beach	24,574	88.7%
21
Neptune Beach	6,817	88.5%
22
Inverness	7,204	87.2%
23
Satellite Beach	10,495	86.4%
24
North Palm Beach	12,581	85.8%
25
Sebastian	23,432	85.8%
26
Destin	13,312	85.4%
27
Jacksonville Beach	22,519	85.3%
28
Lighthouse Point	10,946	85.2%
29
Ormond Beach	40,686	85.0%
30
Port Orange	58,780	84.8%
31
Dunedin	35,882	84.5%
32
Lady Lake	14,501	84.2%
33
Vero Beach	16,070	83.9%
34
Safety Harbor	17,268	82.4%
35
Atlantic Beach	13,089	82.2%
36
Lauderdale-By-The-Sea	6,375	82.0%
37
Gulfport	12,222	81.7%
38
Tarpon Springs	24,244	81.6%
39
St. Augustine	13,867	81.4%
40
Debary	19,761	81.3%
41
North Port	60,871	80.8%
42
Jupiter	60,597	80.6%
43
Zephyrhills	14,454	80.6%
44
Brooksville	7,814	80.3%
45
New Port Richey	15,503	79.9%
46
Panama City Beach	12,333	79.5%
47
Palm Beach Gardens	51,865	78.8%
48
Wildwood	6,776	78.4%
49
West Melbourne	20,207	78.3%
50
Lynn Haven	19,799	78.3%
51
Largo	80,678	78.0%
52
Fernandina Beach	12,156	78.0%
53
Winter Park	29,543	77.7%
54
Niceville	14,325	77.5%
55
Boca Raton	91,702	77.0%
56
Macclenny	6,451	76.3%
57
Tavares	14,965	75.7%
58
Milton	9,462	75.5%
59
South Daytona	12,470	75.5%
60
Titusville	44,746	75.4%
61
Orange City	11,127	74.9%
62
Lake Mary	15,478	74.8%
63
Pinellas Park	50,946	74.5%
64
Belle Isle	6,542	74.4%
65
High Springs	5,678	74.3%
66
Oldsmar	14,023	73.8%
67
Cape Coral	170,063	73.4%
68
Fort Walton Beach	21,238	73.1%
69
Melbourne	78,911	73.0%
70
Bonita Springs	49,807	72.5%
71
Stuart	16,204	72.2%
72
Holly Hill	11,839	71.9%
73
Palm Coast	80,948	71.8%
74
Valparaiso	5,084	70.7%
75
Rockledge	26,144	70.7%
76
Wilton Manors	12,270	70.6%
77
Orange Park	8,603	70.5%
78
Newberry	5,410	70.3%
79
Winter Springs	34,439	70.2%
80
Clearwater	111,747	69.7%
81
Longwood	14,117	68.9%
82
Mount Dora	13,204	68.3%
83
Green Cove Springs	7,205	68.2%
84
Maitland	16,911	67.9%
85
Defuniak Springs	5,873	67.7%
86
Auburndale	14,638	67.4%
87
Kenneth City	5,048	66.6%
88
Panama City	36,654	66.4%
89
Parkland	28,354	66.2%
90
Springfield	9,318	65.6%
91
Starke	5,398	65.5%
92
Lake Alfred	5,353	65.2%
93
Eustis	19,661	65.2%
94
Crestview	22,941	64.9%
95
Callaway	14,942	64.2%
96
Sarasota	54,425	64.1%
97
Key West	26,039	64.1%
98
Deland	29,442	63.8%
99
Alachua	9,553	63.6%
100
Oviedo	37,545	63.5%