The 10 Whitest Cities In Maryland For 2024


The whitest cities in Maryland are Thurmont and Hampstead for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

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

  • The whitest city in Maryland is Thurmont based on the most recent Census data.

  • Thurmont is 91.32% White.

  • The least White city in Maryland is Bladensburg.

  • Bladensburg is 1.17% White.

  • Maryland is 48.5% White.

  • Maryland is the 45th Whitest state in the United States.

Cities With Highest White Population In Maryland Map


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


Today, we are looking at the whitest places in Maryland. 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 Maryland. In particular, we ranked each place in Maryland by the percentage of white people.

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

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Maryland for 2024.

Here are the 10 whites places in Maryland for 2024:

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

What is the whitest city in Maryland for 2024? According to the most recent census data Thurmont ranks as the whitest. If you’re wondering, Bladensburg 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 Maryland For 2024

Thurmont, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Andrew Bain | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,313
% White: 91.32%
More on Thurmont: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Hampstead, MD

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,278
% White: 87.37%
More on Hampstead: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Cumberland, MD

Source: Wikipedia User 0915426A | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 19,041
% White: 87.08%
More on Cumberland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Ocean City, MD

Source: Wikipedia User . The original uploader was Xiaphias at English Wikipedia | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 6,879
% White: 86.95%
More on Ocean City: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Taneytown, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Famartin | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 7,234
% White: 85.57%
More on Taneytown: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Mount Airy, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Acroterion | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 9,667
% White: 83.76%
More on Mount Airy: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Walkersville, MD

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,239
% White: 81.63%
More on Walkersville: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Westminster, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Farragutful | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 20,099
% White: 79.62%
More on Westminster: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Frostburg, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Lee Cannon from Bayville aka West Fenwick, DE, USA | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 7,118
% White: 78.29%
More on Frostburg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Chesapeake Beach, MD

Source: Wikipedia User PierreSelim | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 6,358
% White: 77.6%
More on Chesapeake Beach: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Maryland for 2024

To rank the whitest places in Maryland, 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 Maryland on a per capita basis. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Maryland.

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 39 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 91.3% to 1.2%.

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

We updated this article for 2024. This report represents our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in Maryland.

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

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

The most White cities in Maryland are Thurmont, Hampstead, Cumberland, Ocean City, Taneytown, Mount Airy, Walkersville, Westminster, Frostburg, and Chesapeake Beach.

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

  1. Bladensburg
  2. Glenarden
  3. District Heights

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White Population By City In Maryland

Rank City Population White Population % White
1 Thurmont 6,313 5,765 91.32%
2 Hampstead 6,278 5,485 87.37%
3 Cumberland 19,041 16,580 87.08%
4 Ocean City 6,879 5,981 86.95%
5 Taneytown 7,234 6,190 85.57%
6 Mount Airy 9,667 8,097 83.76%
7 Walkersville 6,239 5,093 81.63%
8 Westminster 20,099 16,003 79.62%
9 Frostburg 7,118 5,573 78.29%
10 Chesapeake Beach 6,358 4,934 77.6%
11 Bel Air 10,630 8,180 76.95%
12 Brunswick 7,781 5,399 69.39%
13 Havre De Grace 14,743 10,060 68.24%
14 Cheste 5,522 3,758 68.06%
15 Easton 17,118 11,471 67.01%
16 Elkton 15,830 10,203 64.45%
17 Hagerstown 43,374 25,960 59.85%
18 Frederick 78,390 42,465 54.17%
19 Aberdeen 16,422 8,877 54.06%
20 Annapolis 40,719 21,642 53.15%
21 La Plata 10,283 5,343 51.96%
22 Rockville 67,142 30,187 44.96%
23 Salisbury 32,960 14,740 44.72%
24 Takoma Park 17,542 7,391 42.13%
25 College Park 34,416 14,446 41.97%
26 Cambridge 13,058 4,872 37.31%
27 Cheverly 6,132 2,059 33.58%
28 Gaithersburg 69,016 22,415 32.48%
29 Bowie 57,922 15,808 27.29%
30 Baltimore 584,548 157,912 27.01%
31 Hyattsville 20,851 5,475 26.26%
32 Greenbelt 24,646 5,114 20.75%
33 Mount Rainier 8,262 1,680 20.33%
34 Laurel 29,581 4,913 16.61%
35 Riverdale Park 7,284 1,168 16.04%
36 New Carrollton 13,580 901 6.63%
37 District Heights 5,905 181 3.07%
38 Glenarden 6,335 156 2.46%
39 Bladensburg 9,574 112 1.17%
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