These Are The 10 Whitest Cities In Missouri 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 Missouri?

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 Show Me State.

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

1. Glendale (Jobs)
2. Dexter (Photos | Jobs)
3. Weldon Spring (Photos | Jobs)
4. Union (Photos | Jobs)
5. Savannah (Photos | Jobs)
6. Arnold (Photos | Jobs)
7. Odessa (Jobs)
8. Park Hills (Photos | Jobs)
9. De Soto (Jobs)
10. Des Peres (Photos | Jobs)

If you’re wondering, Jennings 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 Missouri for 2018

In order to rank the whitest places in Missouri, 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 Missouri 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 129 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 129 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 Missouri.’ We’re lookin’ at you, Glendale.

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 Missouri.

1. Glendale

Population: 5,917
Percent White: 98.1%
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Glendale is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,925 at the 2010 census.

2. Dexter

Population: 7,934
Percent White: 97.3%
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Dexter is a city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, founded in 1873. The population was 7,864 at the 2010 census.

3. Weldon Spring

Population: 5,545
Percent White: 97.3%
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Weldon Spring is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,443 at the 2010 census. It was the location of the largest World War 2 explosives plant and later a uranium refining faculty.

4. Union

Population: 10,813
Percent White: 97.2%
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Union is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri, United States. It is located on the Bourbeuse River 50 miles southwest of St. Louis. The population was 10,204 at the 2010 census, with the city showing the highest growth rate in Franklin County the last decade.

5. Savannah

Population: 5,103
Percent White: 97.2%
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Savannah is a city and county seat of Andrew County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,057 at the 2010 census.

6. Arnold

Population: 21,196
Percent White: 96.1%
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Arnold is the largest city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 20,808 at the 2010 census.

7. Odessa

Population: 5,221
Percent White: 94.9%
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Odessa is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,300 at the 2010 census.

8. Park Hills

Population: 8,666
Percent White: 94.5%
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Park Hills is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri. The population was 8,759 at the 2010 census.

9. De Soto

Population: 6,466
Percent White: 94.4%
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De Soto is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 6,400 at the 2010 census and is part of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The Van Metre family were first to settle in 1803. The town was organized in 1857 and is named for the explorer Hernando De Soto, who claimed the Louisiana Territory for Spain. De Soto was the city closest to the mean center of U.S. population in 1980. The city celebrated its Bicentennial in 2003. The city made national news on and after May 6, 2003, when straightline winds and a tornado struck.

10. Des Peres

Population: 8,507
Percent White: 94.3%
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Des Peres is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,373 at the 2010 census.

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

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 Missouri.

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Detailed List Of The Whitest Cities In Missouri for 2018

Rank	City	Population	Percent White
1
Glendale	5,917	98.1%
2
Dexter	7,934	97.3%
3
Weldon Spring	5,545	97.3%
4
Union	10,813	97.2%
5
Savannah	5,103	97.2%
6
Arnold	21,196	96.1%
7
Odessa	5,221	94.9%
8
Park Hills	8,666	94.5%
9
De Soto	6,466	94.4%
10
Des Peres	8,507	94.3%
11
Troy	11,374	94.0%
12
Sullivan	6,838	93.9%
13
Republic	15,766	93.7%
14
Perryville	8,374	93.5%
15
Jackson	14,641	93.0%
16
Kearney	9,259	93.0%
17
Carl Junction	7,634	92.8%
18
Willard	5,447	92.7%
19
Ozark	18,867	92.7%
20
Parkville	6,124	92.5%
21
Marshfield	6,958	92.3%
22
Trenton	5,946	92.3%
23
Lebanon	14,652	92.3%
24
West Plains	12,259	92.3%
25
Sunset Hills	8,515	92.2%
26
Bolivar	10,592	91.8%
27
Crestwood	11,941	91.7%
28
Clinton	8,989	91.4%
29
Washington	14,012	91.1%
30
Maryville	11,957	91.1%
31
Chillicothe	9,199	91.0%
32
Nevada	8,388	90.9%
33
Festus	11,929	90.8%
34
Smithville	9,069	90.6%
35
Oak Grove	7,844	90.5%
36
Ellisville	9,188	90.4%
37
Wentzville	34,176	90.3%
38
Nixa	20,520	90.0%
39
Harrisonville	10,002	90.0%
40
Pleasant Hill	8,272	89.8%
41
Wildwood	35,764	89.5%
42
Pacific	6,246	89.4%
43
Town And Country	11,001	89.2%
44
Aurora	7,473	89.2%
45
Dardenne Prairie	12,692	88.9%
46
Pevely	5,616	88.8%
47
Webb City	11,052	88.8%
48
Eureka	10,497	88.7%
49
Lake St. Louis	15,150	88.5%
50
Kirksville	17,592	88.5%
51
Farmington	17,881	88.4%
52
Macon	5,463	88.4%
53
Liberty	30,239	88.4%
54
Richmond	5,638	88.1%
55
O’Fallon	84,018	88.0%
56
Kirkwood	27,614	87.9%
57
St. Peters	55,820	87.9%
58
Warrenton	8,077	87.8%
59
Shrewsbury	6,197	87.6%
60
Hannibal	17,707	87.5%
61
Brentwood	8,030	87.4%
62
Webster Groves	23,111	87.1%
63
Excelsior Springs	11,480	87.0%
64
Ladue	8,579	87.0%
65
Grain Valley	13,273	86.9%
66
Greenwood	5,474	86.8%
67
Ballwin	30,431	86.1%
68
Valley Park	6,956	86.0%
69
Mexico	11,622	85.9%
70
Battlefield	5,920	85.7%
71
Joplin	51,231	85.6%
72
Springfield	165,138	85.6%
73
Moberly	13,867	85.3%
74
Raymore	20,107	84.7%
75
Branson	11,158	84.6%
76
Gladstone	26,562	84.1%
77
Fulton	12,886	83.0%
78
St. Joseph	76,901	82.8%
79
Rolla	19,904	82.6%
80
Blue Springs	53,641	82.4%
81
St. Charles	68,341	82.2%
82
Belton	23,236	82.1%
83
Poplar Bluff	17,198	82.1%
84
Lee’S Summit	94,257	81.8%
85
Chesterfield	47,717	81.5%
86
Manchester	18,183	81.5%
87
Warrensburg	19,932	81.4%
88
Boonville	8,397	81.0%
89
Sedalia	21,441	80.3%
90
Neosho	12,144	80.1%
91
Cape Girardeau	39,200	79.7%
92
Independence	117,217	78.9%
93
Richmond Heights	8,486	77.6%
94
Kennett	10,500	76.6%
95
Bowling Green	5,464	76.5%
96
Bonne Terre	7,109	76.4%
97
Maplewood	7,948	76.4%
98
Cameron	10,150	76.3%
99
Columbia	117,165	76.1%
100
Creve Coeur	18,072	74.4%