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

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%

2. Gulf Breeze

Population: 6,205
Percent White: 97.5%

3. Longboat Key

Population: 7,158
Percent White: 95.9%

4. South Pasadena

Population: 5,040
Percent White: 94.7%

5. Venice

Population: 21,722
Percent White: 94.6%

6. Fort Myers Beach

Population: 6,801
Percent White: 94.4%

7. Palm Beach

Population: 8,501
Percent White: 93.9%

8. Cocoa Beach

Population: 11,466
Percent White: 93.3%

9. St. Pete Beach

Population: 9,528
Percent White: 92.7%

10. Treasure Island

Population: 6,827
Percent White: 92.5%

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.

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• These Are The 10 Best Places To Live In Florida

Detailed List Of The Whitest Cities In Florida for 2018

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