10 Whitest Cities In Louisiana [2025]

Whitest cities in Louisiana research summary. We analyzed Louisiana’s most recent Census data to determine the whitest cities in Louisiana based on the percentage of White residents. Here are the results of our analysis:

The whitest city in Louisiana is Harahan based on the most recent Census data.
Harahan is 84.99% White.
The least White city in Louisiana is Baker.
Baker is 11.01% White.
Louisiana is 56.2% White.
Louisiana is the 38th Whitest state in the United States.

Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table

Today, we are looking at the whitest places in Louisiana. We won’t measure the number of Whole Foods or Pottery Barns per capita. Instead, we’ll focus on the Census data’s report of race by place in Louisiana. In particular, we ranked each place in Louisiana by the percentage of white people.

So where are the whitest cities you can live in Louisiana?

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Louisiana for 2025.

Here are the 10 whites places in Louisiana for 2025:

What is the whitest city in Louisiana for 2025? According to the most recent census data Harahan ranks as the whitest. If you’re wondering, Baker 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 Louisiana For 2025

1. Harahan, LA

Harahan Location In Louisiana

Source: Wikipedia User Infrogmation of New Orleans | GFDL

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 8,939
% White: 84.99%
More on Harahan: Data

2. Sulphur, LA

Sulphur Location In Louisiana

Source: Public domain

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 21,004
% White: 84.16%
More on Sulphur: Data

3. Youngsville, LA

Youngsville Location In Louisiana

Source: Flickr User Cajun Byrd | CC BY 2.0

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 16,664
% White: 84.06%
More on Youngsville: Data

4. Walker, LA

Walker Location In Louisiana

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,385
% White: 82.27%
More on Walker: Data

5. Mandeville, LA

Mandeville Location In Louisiana

Source: Wikipedia User Infrogmation of New Orleans | GFDL

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 12,931
% White: 81.97%
More on Mandeville: Data

6. Central, LA

Central Location In Louisiana

Source: Flickr User [email protected] | CC BY 2.0

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 29,603
% White: 78.32%
More on Central: Data

7. Scott, LA

Scott Location In Louisiana

Source: Public domain

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 8,348
% White: 75.62%
More on Scott: Data

8. Covington, LA

Covington Location In Louisiana

Source: Wikipedia User Frankbp | CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 11,568
% White: 74.91%
More on Covington: Data

9. Broussard, LA

Broussard Location In Louisiana

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

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 13,791
% White: 73.38%
More on Broussard: Data

10. Denham Springs, LA

Denham Springs Location In Louisiana

Source: Wikipedia User Gloverepp | GFDL

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 9,362
% White: 73.07%
More on Denham Springs: Data

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Louisiana for 2025

To rank the whitest places in Louisiana, we used Saturday Night Science to look at Census demographic data.

We had to look at the number of white people living in each city in Louisiana on a per capita basis. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Louisiana.

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 town with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 57 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 85.0% to 11.0%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of White population, with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Harahan took the distinction of being the most White, while Baker was the least White city.

We updated this article for 2025. This report represents our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in Louisiana.

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

We measured the locations with the highest percentage of white people in Louisiana. According to the most recent data, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Louisiana.

The most White cities in Louisiana are Harahan, Sulphur, Youngsville, Walker, Mandeville, Central, Scott, Covington, Broussard, and Denham Springs.

If you’re curious enough, here are the least White places in Louisiana:

Baker
Tallulah
Donaldsonville

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White Population By City In Louisiana

Rank	City	Population	White Population	% White
1	Harahan	8,939	7,597	84.99%
2	Sulphur	21,004	17,678	84.16%
3	Youngsville	16,664	14,007	84.06%
4	Walker	6,385	5,253	82.27%
5	Mandeville	12,931	10,600	81.97%
6	Central	29,603	23,184	78.32%
7	Scott	8,348	6,313	75.62%
8	Covington	11,568	8,666	74.91%
9	Broussard	13,791	10,120	73.38%
10	Denham Springs	9,362	6,841	73.07%
11	Thibodaux	15,792	10,393	65.81%
12	Jennings	9,679	6,292	65.01%
13	Ponchatoula	7,839	5,060	64.55%
14	Crowley	11,554	7,433	64.33%
15	Houma	32,760	21,037	64.22%
16	Pineville	14,268	9,004	63.11%
17	Westwego	8,382	5,281	63.0%
18	Slidell	28,664	17,739	61.89%
19	Morgan City	11,208	6,778	60.47%
20	Lafayette	121,537	70,244	57.8%
21	Bossier City	62,832	34,557	55.0%
22	Eunice	9,261	4,987	53.85%
23	Deridder	9,812	5,045	51.42%
24	Rayne	7,147	3,589	50.22%
25	Hammond	20,790	10,352	49.79%
26	Patterson	5,801	2,820	48.61%
27	West Monroe	12,837	6,143	47.85%
28	Breaux Bridge	7,497	3,552	47.38%
29	Zachary	19,637	9,286	47.29%
30	Oakdale	6,614	3,110	47.02%
31	Ruston	22,224	10,432	46.94%
32	Lake Charles	81,679	37,962	46.48%
33	Leesville	5,610	2,528	45.06%
34	Minden	11,604	5,115	44.08%
35	New Iberia	27,926	12,180	43.62%
36	Gonzales	12,748	5,389	42.27%
37	Abbeville	11,086	4,678	42.2%
38	Plaquemine	6,136	2,586	42.14%
39	Kenner	65,113	27,137	41.68%
40	St. Martinville	5,367	2,196	40.92%
41	Carencro	10,882	4,326	39.75%
42	Bogalusa	10,539	4,179	39.65%
43	Gretna	17,468	6,802	38.94%
44	Franklin	6,557	2,463	37.56%
45	Alexandria	44,566	16,090	36.1%
46	Shreveport	183,483	64,913	35.38%
47	Natchitoches	17,682	6,249	35.34%
48	Baton Rouge	223,699	78,019	34.88%
49	Monroe	47,241	15,461	32.73%
50	St. Gabriel	6,569	2,062	31.39%
51	New Orleans	376,035	113,133	30.09%
52	Ville Platte	6,299	1,569	24.91%
53	Bastrop	9,408	1,608	17.09%
54	Opelousas	15,662	2,515	16.06%
55	Donaldsonville	6,792	934	13.75%
56	Tallulah	6,124	811	13.24%
57	Baker	12,322	1,357	11.01%