These Are The 10 Whitest Cities In Minnesota For 2018

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 Minnesota?

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 North Star State.

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Minnesota for 2018:

1. Byron
2. East Bethel (Photos)
3. Baxter
4. Zimmerman
5. Grand Rapids (Photos)
6. Lake City (Photos)
7. New Ulm (Photos)
8. Orono
9. Alexandria (Photos)
10. Wyoming

If you’re wondering, Worthington 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.

How we determined the whitest places in Minnesota for 2018

In order to rank the whitest places in Minnesota, we had to determine what measurable criteria defines whiteness.

Obviously we had to count how many white people living there, but being one of the whitest cities in Minnesota means much more than just having a high percentage of folks who are of the Caucasian persuasion.

These are cities jam-packed with all the stuff white folks love, based on everyone’s favorite stereotypes. After breaking it down, we came up with following criteria to run on 144 cities:

• Percentage of population that’s white
• Whole Foods per capita
• Farmers markets per capita
• Vegan restaurants per capita
• Pottery Barns per capita
• Yoga studios per capita

Note: For the sake of getting reliable numbers, we counted places within a city’s border, as well as within a short driving distance.

All of these results are listed in a per capita basis, meaning number of stores per person in a state. Additionally, we limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 5,000 people.

We ranked each place with scores from 1 to 144 in each category, where 1 was the whitest.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each place to create a whiteness index.

And finally, we crowned the city with the highest whiteness index the ‘Whitest City In Minnesota.’ We’re lookin’ at you, Byron.

Read on below to learn more about what it’s like to live in whitebread central. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from whitest to most diverse in Minnesota.

1. Byron

Population: 5,191
Percent White: 98.8%

2. East Bethel

Population: 11,618
Percent White: 96.8%

3. Baxter

Population: 7,858
Percent White: 96.4%

4. Zimmerman

Population: 5,330
Percent White: 96.3%

5. Grand Rapids

Population: 11,053
Percent White: 95.3%

6. Lake City

Population: 5,111
Percent White: 95.0%

7. New Ulm

Population: 13,279
Percent White: 94.9%

8. Orono

Population: 7,772
Percent White: 94.9%

9. Alexandria

Population: 13,185
Percent White: 94.9%

10. Wyoming

Population: 7,785
Percent White: 94.8%

There You Have It – The Whitest of The White Bread In Minnesota

Measuring both the locations with the highest percentage of white people, as well as the number of stereo-typically white venues, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Minnesota.

For more Minnesota reading , check out:

• These Are The 10 Snobbiest Places In Minnesota
• These Are The 10 Most Boring Places In Minnesota
• These Are The 10 Poorest Cities In Minnesota

Detailed List Of The Whitest Cities In Minnesota for 2018

City	Rank	Population	Percent White
Byron	1	5,191	98.8%
East Bethel	2	11,618	96.8%
Baxter	3	7,858	96.4%
Zimmerman	4	5,330	96.3%
Grand Rapids	5	11,053	95.3%
Lake City	6	5,111	95.0%
New Ulm	7	13,279	94.9%
Orono	8	7,772	94.9%
Alexandria	9	13,185	94.9%
Wyoming	10	7,785	94.8%
New Prague	11	7,534	94.6%
Hibbing	12	16,230	94.6%
Victoria	13	8,385	94.5%
Kasson	14	6,143	94.5%
Minnetrista	15	6,963	94.4%
Belle Plaine	16	6,892	94.4%
Isanti	17	5,453	94.3%
North Branch	18	10,157	94.3%
Delano	19	5,754	94.1%
Waconia	20	11,523	94.1%
Little Falls	21	8,682	94.0%
Rogers	22	12,284	94.0%
Hugo	23	14,223	93.9%
Shorewood	24	7,548	93.5%
Forest Lake	25	19,208	93.4%
St. Francis	26	7,377	93.3%
Elk River	27	23,743	93.3%
Lake Elmo	28	8,445	93.0%
Winona	29	27,372	92.9%
Fergus Falls	30	13,310	92.9%
Otsego	31	15,065	92.8%
Hastings	32	22,501	92.6%
Cambridge	33	8,383	92.6%
St. Joseph	34	6,775	92.5%
Buffalo	35	15,927	92.5%
Stewartville	36	6,062	92.4%
Sauk Rapids	37	13,334	92.4%
Hermantown	38	9,599	92.4%
International Falls	39	6,226	92.4%
Hutchinson	40	13,891	92.3%
Litchfield	41	6,667	92.0%
St. Michael	42	17,045	92.0%
Ham Lake	43	15,878	91.9%
Stillwater	44	19,142	91.9%
Mahtomedi	45	7,964	91.6%
Brainerd	46	13,440	91.5%
Mound	47	9,306	91.4%
Albertville	48	7,286	91.0%
Fairmont	49	10,311	90.6%
Sartell	50	16,442	90.5%
Ramsey	51	25,329	90.4%
Lino Lakes	52	20,758	90.3%
Red Wing	53	16,484	90.2%
Thief River Falls	54	8,726	90.1%
North Mankato	55	13,451	90.0%
Andover	56	31,906	89.9%
Mendota Heights	57	11,231	89.8%
Virginia	58	8,594	89.5%
Monticello	59	13,214	89.4%
Oak Grove	60	8,334	89.3%
Farmington	61	22,226	89.2%
Jordan	62	5,981	89.1%
Morris	63	5,343	89.0%
Detroit Lakes	64	9,060	88.8%
Prior Lake	65	24,997	88.8%
Medina	66	5,633	88.7%
Duluth	67	86,164	88.6%
Chanhassen	68	24,796	88.3%
Corcoran	69	5,572	88.2%
Lakeville	70	59,786	87.5%
Arden Hills	71	10,126	87.2%
Montevideo	72	5,207	86.9%
Moorhead	73	41,321	86.9%
Minnetonka	74	51,651	86.9%
Big Lake	75	10,393	86.6%
Mankato	76	40,900	86.2%
East Grand Forks	77	8,636	86.2%
White Bear Lake	78	24,992	86.1%
Owatonna	79	25,580	85.5%
Redwood Falls	80	5,086	85.5%
St. Peter	81	11,567	85.1%
Dayton	82	5,031	85.1%
Edina	83	49,976	85.0%
Waseca	84	9,267	84.6%
Shoreview	85	26,161	84.4%
Maple Grove	86	66,969	84.2%
Anoka	87	17,325	84.1%
Chaska	88	25,078	83.9%
St. Paul Park	89	5,352	83.9%
Northfield	90	20,405	83.9%
Glencoe	91	5,535	83.8%
Coon Rapids	92	62,159	83.5%
Golden Valley	93	21,040	83.2%
Rosemount	94	23,099	82.7%
Vadnais Heights	95	13,115	82.7%
Champlin	96	23,929	82.3%
Cottage Grove	97	35,632	81.8%
Albert Lea	98	17,775	81.8%
Savage	99	29,399	81.3%
Cloquet	100	12,047	81.2%