The 10 Whitest Cities In Kansas For 2023


We used science and data to determine which cities in Kansas are whiter than wonder bread.

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 Kansas?

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 Sunflower State.

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

Here are the 10 whites places in Kansas for 2023:

  1. Abilene
  2. Mulvane
  3. Augusta
  4. Paola
  5. Prairie Village
  6. Ottawa
  7. Colby
  8. Hays
  9. El Dorado
  10. Chanute

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

1. Abilene

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,507
% White: 92.19%
More on Abilene: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Abilene, KS

2. Mulvane

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 5,676
% White: 91.7%
More on Mulvane: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Mulvane, KS

3. Augusta

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 9,299
% White: 91.42%
More on Augusta: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Augusta, KS

4. Paola

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 5,733
% White: 89.17%
More on Paola: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Paola, KS

5. Prairie Village

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 22,812
% White: 89.14%
More on Prairie Village: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Prairie Village, KS

6. Ottawa

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 12,592
% White: 89.06%
More on Ottawa: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Ottawa, KS

7. Colby

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 5,434
% White: 88.59%
More on Colby: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Colby, KS

8. Hays

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 20,870
% White: 88.46%
More on Hays: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Hays, KS

Source: Public domain

9. El Dorado

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 12,855
% White: 88.46%
More on El Dorado: Real Estate | Data | Photos

El Dorado, KS

Source: Public domain

10. Chanute

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 8,737
% White: 88.26%
More on Chanute: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Chanute, KS

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

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

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 58 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 92.2% to 26.1%.

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

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

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

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

  1. Liberal
  2. Dodge City
  3. Garden City

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Rank City % White Population
1 Abilene 92.19% 6,507
2 Mulvane 91.7% 5,676
3 Augusta 91.42% 9,299
4 Paola 89.17% 5,733
5 Prairie Village 89.14% 22,812
6 Ottawa 89.06% 12,592
7 Colby 88.59% 5,434
8 Hays 88.46% 20,870
9 El Dorado 88.46% 12,855
10 Chanute 88.26% 8,737
11 Leawood 87.63% 33,748
12 Mcpherson 87.07% 13,916
13 Valley Center 86.75% 8,365
14 Concordia 86.48% 5,096
15 Fort Scott 86.4% 7,579
16 Pratt 85.46% 6,618
17 Iola 85.27% 5,378
18 Haysville 85.02% 10,887
19 Eudora 84.62% 6,457
20 Atchison 83.46% 10,773
21 De Soto 82.91% 6,160
22 Derby 82.27% 25,365
23 Wellington 81.89% 7,745
24 Andover 81.28% 15,162
25 Gardner 80.85% 23,065
26 Shawnee 80.76% 67,021
27 Mission 80.55% 9,884
28 Independence 80.45% 8,584
29 Winfield 79.88% 11,817
30 Roeland Park 79.73% 6,871
31 Pittsburg 79.61% 20,667
32 Merriam 79.14% 11,110
33 Parsons 78.97% 9,652
34 Hutchinson 78.55% 40,202
35 Salina 78.2% 46,896
36 Lenexa 78.19% 56,755
37 Bonner Springs 76.85% 7,858
38 Manhattan 76.49% 54,794
39 Overland Park 75.83% 195,249
40 Olathe 74.93% 140,339
41 Lawrence 74.62% 94,745
42 Newton 74.2% 18,576
43 Park City 73.95% 7,817
44 Great Bend 70.98% 14,864
45 Leavenworth 70.6% 37,216
46 Lansing 70.15% 11,321
47 Arkansas City 68.37% 12,028
48 Bel Aire 67.77% 8,148
49 Topeka 66.99% 126,802
50 Emporia 62.96% 24,220
51 Coffeyville 62.79% 9,032
52 Wichita 61.9% 394,574
53 Junction City 49.64% 23,033
54 Ulysses 45.49% 5,812
55 Kansas City 37.13% 155,745
56 Garden City 35.19% 28,022
57 Dodge City 29.69% 27,899
58 Liberal 26.09% 19,340

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

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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