The 10 Whitest Cities In Maryland For 2023


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

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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 Maryland?

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 Old Line State.

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

Here are the 10 whites places in Maryland for 2023:

  1. Thurmont
  2. Ocean City
  3. Cumberland
  4. Hampstead
  5. Taneytown
  6. Mount Airy
  7. Chesapeake Beach
  8. Walkersville
  9. Bel Air
  10. Westminster

What is the whitest city in Maryland for 2023? According to the most recent census data Thurmont ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, District Heights 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.

For more Maryland reading, check out:

The 10 Whitest Cities In Maryland For 2023

1. Thurmont

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,247
% White: 91.18%
More on Thurmont: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Thurmont, MD

2. Ocean City

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 6,869
% White: 90.0%
More on Ocean City: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Ocean City, MD

3. Cumberland

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 19,028
% White: 88.87%
More on Cumberland: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Cumberland, MD

4. Hampstead

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,273
% White: 87.63%
More on Hampstead: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Hampstead, MD

Source: Public domain

5. Taneytown

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 7,183
% White: 87.33%
More on Taneytown: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Taneytown, MD

6. Mount Airy

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 9,621
% White: 82.56%
More on Mount Airy: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Mount Airy, MD

7. Chesapeake Beach

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,303
% White: 81.47%
More on Chesapeake Beach: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Chesapeake Beach, MD

8. Walkersville

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,134
% White: 79.25%
More on Walkersville: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Walkersville, MD

Source: Public domain

9. Bel Air

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 10,663
% White: 78.72%
More on Bel Air: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Bel Air, MD

Source: Public domain

10. Westminster

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 19,783
% White: 77.86%
More on Westminster: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Westminster, MD

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

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

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 39 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 91.2% to 1.5%.

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

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

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

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

  1. District Heights
  2. Bladensburg
  3. Glenarden

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White Population By City In { state|title }}

Rank City % White Population
1 Thurmont 91.18% 6,247
2 Ocean City 90.0% 6,869
3 Cumberland 88.87% 19,028
4 Hampstead 87.63% 6,273
5 Taneytown 87.33% 7,183
6 Mount Airy 82.56% 9,621
7 Chesapeake Beach 81.47% 6,303
8 Walkersville 79.25% 6,134
9 Bel Air 78.72% 10,663
10 Westminster 77.86% 19,783
11 Frostburg 75.13% 7,282
12 Brunswick 73.42% 7,578
13 Havre De Grace 73.18% 14,625
14 Cheste 70.94% 5,557
15 Easton 68.35% 16,912
16 Elkton 67.16% 15,724
17 Hagerstown 63.07% 43,015
18 La Plata 58.2% 10,054
19 Aberdeen 54.98% 16,176
20 Frederick 54.95% 76,376
21 Annapolis 54.43% 40,581
22 Rockville 47.7% 67,095
23 Salisbury 46.91% 32,583
24 College Park 43.19% 34,961
25 Takoma Park 41.55% 17,610
26 Cambridge 39.77% 13,026
27 Gaithersburg 33.67% 68,827
28 Cheverly 31.11% 6,191
29 Bowie 27.71% 58,113
30 Baltimore 27.35% 592,211
31 Hyattsville 26.51% 20,790
32 Greenbelt 22.47% 24,602
33 Mount Rainier 18.66% 8,290
34 Laurel 17.54% 29,438
35 Riverdale Park 16.66% 7,321
36 New Carrollton 7.48% 13,574
37 Glenarden 2.32% 6,341
38 Bladensburg 1.5% 9,591
39 District Heights 1.45% 5,927

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

About Chris Kolmar

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