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

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10 Whitest Cities In Idaho
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 Idaho?

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 Gem State.

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Idaho for 2023.

Here are the 10 whites places in Idaho for 2023:

What is the whitest city in Idaho for 2023? According to the most recent census data Hayden ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Rupert 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 Idaho For 2023

1. Hayden

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 15,316
% White: 94.82%
More on Hayden: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Nancy Reilly Young | CC BY-SA 3.0

2. Star

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 10,929
% White: 91.24%
More on Star: Real Estate | Data

Source: Wikipedia User Tamanoeconomico | CC BY-SA 4.0

3. Lewiston

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 33,964
% White: 90.52%
More on Lewiston: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Iidxplus at English Wikip | GFDL

4. Preston

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 5,545
% White: 89.25%
More on Preston: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Ken Lund | CC BY-SA 2.0

5. Rathdrum

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 9,099
% White: 88.55%
More on Rathdrum: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Michael Rivera | CC BY-SA 4.0

6. Ammon

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 17,401
% White: 87.84%
More on Ammon: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Sociotard | CC BY 3.0

7. Post Falls

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 38,162
% White: 87.17%
More on Post Falls: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Nancy Reilly Young | CC BY-SA 3.0

8. Rexburg

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 33,684
% White: 86.13%
More on Rexburg: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

9. Coeur D'alene

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 53,189
% White: 85.96%
More on Coeur D'alene: Real Estate | Data | Photos

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

10. Sandpoint

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 8,448
% White: 85.75%
More on Sandpoint: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Mitchazenia | CC BY-SA 4.0

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Idaho for 2023

In order to rank the whitest places in Idaho, 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 Idaho.

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 32 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 94.8% to 53.4%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percent of White population with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Hayden took the distinction of being the most White, while Rupert was the least White city. You can download the data here.

Read on for more information on how the cities in Idaho 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 Idaho

Measuring the locations with the highest percentage of white people, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Idaho according to the most recent data.

If you're curious enough, here are the least White places in Idaho:

Rupert
Jerome
Caldwell

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White Population By City In { state|title }}

Rank	City	% White	Population
1	Hayden	94.82%	15,316
2	Star	91.24%	10,929
3	Lewiston	90.52%	33,964
4	Preston	89.25%	5,545
5	Rathdrum	88.55%	9,099
6	Ammon	87.84%	17,401
7	Post Falls	87.17%	38,162
8	Rexburg	86.13%	33,684
9	Coeur D'alene	85.96%	53,189
10	Sandpoint	85.75%	8,448
11	Eagle	85.59%	29,665
12	Garden City	85.12%	12,056
13	Moscow	84.96%	25,336
14	Meridian	83.72%	115,227
15	Chubbuck	83.63%	15,445
16	Kuna	82.52%	23,765
17	Boise City	82.05%	231,537
18	Pocatello	81.49%	55,865
19	Twin Falls	77.26%	51,223
20	Idaho Falls	77.03%	64,399
21	Emmett	76.12%	7,408
22	Middleton	75.5%	9,091
23	Blackfoot	73.65%	12,106
24	Mountain Home	72.92%	15,863
25	Payette	71.11%	7,999
26	Nampa	68.61%	98,881
27	Hailey	64.56%	9,001
28	Weiser	64.4%	5,578
29	Burley	60.3%	11,274
30	Caldwell	56.69%	58,872
31	Jerome	54.88%	12,182
32	Rupert	53.37%	5,994

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