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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 Mississippi?
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 Magnolia State.
After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Mississippi for 2023.
Here are the 10 whites places in Mississippi for 2023:
What is the whitest city in Mississippi for 2023? According to the most recent census data Long Beach ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Jackson 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 Mississippi For 2023
1. Long Beach
/10
Population: 16,654
% White: 84.33%
More on Long Beach: Real Estate | Data | Photos
2. Waveland
/10
Population: 7,063
% White: 82.53%
More on Waveland: Real Estate | Data | Photos
3. Ocean Springs
/10
Population: 18,275
% White: 78.97%
More on Ocean Springs: Real Estate | Data | Photos
4. Booneville
/10
Population: 8,702
% White: 77.41%
More on Booneville: Real Estate | Data | Photos
5. Hernando
/10
Population: 16,730
% White: 77.2%
More on Hernando: Real Estate | Data | Photos
6. Brandon
/10
Population: 24,887
% White: 77.14%
More on Brandon: Real Estate | Data | Photos
7. Madison
/10
Population: 27,459
% White: 76.81%
More on Madison: Real Estate | Data | Photos
8. Petal
/10
Population: 11,342
% White: 75.72%
More on Petal: Real Estate | Data | Photos
9. Corinth
/10
Population: 14,545
% White: 71.96%
More on Corinth: Real Estate | Data | Photos
10. Bay St. Louis
/10
Population: 9,568
% White: 70.46%
More on Bay St. Louis: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Mississippi for 2023
In order to rank the whitest places in Mississippi, 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 Mississippi.
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*
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 60 cities.
We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 84.3% to 14.5%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percent of White population with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Long Beach took the distinction of being the most White, while Jackson was the least White city. You can download the data here.
Read on for more information on how the cities in Mississippi 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 Mississippi
Measuring the locations with the highest percentage of white people, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Mississippi according to the most recent data.
If you're curious enough, here are the least White places in Mississippi:
- Jackson
- Greenville
- Clarksdale
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| Rank | City | % White |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Beach | 84.33% |
| 2 | Waveland | 82.53% |
| 3 | Ocean Springs | 78.97% |
| 4 | Booneville | 77.41% |
| 5 | Hernando | 77.2% |
| 6 | Brandon | 77.14% |
| 7 | Madison | 76.81% |
| 8 | Petal | 75.72% |
| 9 | Corinth | 71.96% |
| 10 | Bay St. Louis | 70.46% |
| 11 | Richland | 70.04% |
| 12 | Oxford | 66.39% |
| 13 | D'iberville | 61.53% |
| 14 | Pearl | 60.74% |
| 15 | Amory | 60.36% |
| 16 | Biloxi | 60.36% |
| 17 | Starkville | 59.25% |
| 18 | Flowood | 59.24% |
| 19 | Southaven | 58.79% |
| 20 | Olive Branch | 56.2% |
| 21 | Senatobia | 56.17% |
| 22 | New Albany | 55.01% |
| 23 | Tupelo | 54.93% |
| 24 | Picayune | 54.22% |
| 25 | Clinton | 53.05% |
| 26 | Ripley | 52.97% |
| 27 | Gautier | 52.88% |
| 28 | Columbia | 52.03% |
| 29 | Gulfport | 49.95% |
| 30 | Ridgeland | 49.17% |
| 31 | Pontotoc | 48.82% |
| 32 | Batesville | 48.38% |
| 33 | Pascagoula | 45.71% |
| 34 | Kosciusko | 43.03% |
| 35 | Horn Lake | 42.12% |
| 36 | Grenada | 40.88% |
| 37 | Philadelphia | 40.69% |
| 38 | Carthage | 40.32% |
| 39 | Cleveland | 38.99% |
| 40 | Brookhaven | 37.44% |
| 41 | Hattiesburg | 37.29% |
| 42 | Forest | 35.96% |
| 43 | Columbus | 34.8% |
| 44 | West Point | 33.35% |
| 45 | Louisville | 33.12% |
| 46 | Natchez | 31.58% |
| 47 | Laurel | 30.19% |
| 48 | Meridian | 28.94% |
| 49 | Vicksburg | 27.0% |
| 50 | Greenwood | 24.01% |
| 51 | Mccomb | 22.73% |
| 52 | Byram | 22.27% |
| 53 | Canton | 19.65% |
| 54 | Holly Springs | 18.48% |
| 55 | Moss Point | 17.63% |
| 56 | Indianola | 16.64% |
| 57 | Yazoo City | 16.46% |
| 58 | Clarksdale | 16.19% |
| 59 | Greenville | 15.48% |
| 60 | Jackson | 14.53% |
