Whitest Cities In Missouri [2023]: White Population By City In Missouri

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10 Whitest Cities In Missouri
Detailed Top Ten Whitest Cities
Methodology
Summary
Detailed Table Of Data

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 2023.

Here are the 10 whites places in Missouri for 2023:

What is the whitest city in Missouri for 2023? According to the most recent census data Dexter ranks as the whitest. 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.

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The 10 Whitest Cities In Missouri For 2023

1. Dexter

Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Population: 7,947
% White: 96.12%
More on Dexter: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Skye Marthaler | CC BY-SA 3.0

2. Odessa

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 5,538
% White: 95.97%
More on Odessa: Real Estate | Data

Source: Flickr User pasa47 | CC BY 2.0

3. West Plains

Overall SnackAbility

3
/10

Population: 12,048
% White: 95.94%
More on West Plains: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Truett Ray | CC BY-SA 4.0

4. Sunset Hills

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 9,062
% White: 95.18%
More on Sunset Hills: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User WhisperToMe | CC BY 3.0

5. Weldon Spring

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 5,348
% White: 95.08%
More on Weldon Spring: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

6. Sullivan

Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Population: 6,192
% White: 94.85%
More on Sullivan: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

7. Washington

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 14,607
% White: 94.73%
More on Washington: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

8. Des Peres

Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10

Population: 9,096
% White: 94.05%
More on Des Peres: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User LittleT889 | CC BY-SA 4.0

9. Harrisonville

Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Population: 10,070
% White: 93.71%
More on Harrisonville: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Flickr User David Reber's Hammer Photography | CC BY-SA 2.0

10. Oak Grove

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 8,228
% White: 92.65%
More on Oak Grove: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Flickr User pasa47 | CC BY 2.0

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

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, specifically the percentage of white people living in each city in Missouri.

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 122 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 96.1% to 7.3%.

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

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

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

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

Jennings
Berkeley
Black Jack

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Rank	City	% White	Population
1	Dexter	96.12%	7,947
2	Odessa	95.97%	5,538
3	West Plains	95.94%	12,048
4	Sunset Hills	95.18%	9,062
5	Weldon Spring	95.08%	5,348
6	Sullivan	94.85%	6,192
7	Washington	94.73%	14,607
8	Des Peres	94.05%	9,096
9	Harrisonville	93.71%	10,070
10	Oak Grove	92.65%	8,228
11	Richmond	92.28%	5,961
12	Carl Junction	92.18%	8,099
13	Bolivar	91.81%	10,718
14	Jackson	91.74%	15,272
15	Troy	91.71%	12,463
16	Nevada	91.69%	8,111
17	Clinton	91.61%	8,844
18	Smithville	91.47%	10,211
19	Park Hills	91.17%	8,708
20	Crestwood	90.98%	12,347
21	Trenton	90.93%	5,547
22	Ozark	90.93%	20,874
23	Republic	90.91%	18,313
24	Pleasant Hill	90.89%	8,673
25	Arnold	90.43%	20,808
26	Glendale	90.15%	6,143
27	Battlefield	90.13%	5,957
28	Maryville	89.72%	11,070
29	Union	89.43%	12,108
30	Perryville	89.38%	8,482
31	Nixa	89.15%	22,925
32	Marshfield	88.97%	7,391
33	Aurora	88.81%	7,268
34	Warrenton	88.63%	8,450
35	Dardenne Prairie	88.45%	12,689
36	Chillicothe	88.3%	9,253
37	Eureka	88.24%	11,663
38	Festus	88.09%	12,609
39	Grain Valley	87.98%	15,435
40	Kearney	87.85%	10,260
41	Webb City	87.84%	12,843
42	Lebanon	87.48%	14,880
43	Pevely	87.26%	5,974
44	Hannibal	87.15%	17,165
45	Farmington	87.04%	17,959
46	Macon	86.72%	5,459
47	Wentzville	86.67%	43,213
48	Lake St. Louis	86.62%	16,665
49	Kirksville	86.27%	17,600
50	St. Peters	86.05%	57,289
51	Fulton	85.67%	12,691
52	Valley Park	85.18%	6,864
53	Webster Groves	85.04%	23,817
54	Liberty	84.99%	30,129
55	De Soto	84.88%	6,429
56	Springfield	84.8%	168,603
57	O'fallon	84.51%	90,802
58	Mexico	84.35%	11,592
59	Kirkwood	84.22%	29,233
60	Rolla	84.07%	19,949
61	Ladue	83.73%	8,949
62	Pacific	83.31%	6,898
63	Richmond Heights	83.05%	9,188
64	Wildwood	82.77%	35,384
65	Excelsior Springs	82.7%	10,595
66	Parkville	82.45%	7,153
67	Shrewsbury	82.4%	6,362
68	Warrensburg	82.33%	19,509
69	Moberly	81.96%	13,933
70	Ballwin	81.9%	30,998
71	Joplin	81.61%	51,539
72	Town And Country	81.45%	11,440
73	St. Charles	81.27%	70,218
74	Cameron	81.18%	8,987
75	Ellisville	81.13%	9,908
76	Belton	81.11%	23,832
77	Lee's Summit	80.23%	100,772
78	St. Joseph	80.2%	73,138
79	Blue Springs	80.18%	58,265
80	Boonville	80.18%	8,036
81	Poplar Bluff	79.86%	16,318
82	Bonne Terre	78.84%	6,772
83	Manchester	78.52%	18,308
84	Brentwood	77.78%	8,198
85	Raymore	77.36%	22,722
86	Sedalia	77.2%	21,696
87	Gladstone	76.6%	26,825
88	Cape Girardeau	75.94%	39,415
89	Chesterfield	75.3%	49,675
90	Branson	75.09%	12,579
91	Kennett	74.34%	10,507
92	Neosho	74.23%	12,439
93	Independence	74.21%	122,230
94	Creve Coeur	74.07%	18,648
95	Columbia	73.35%	124,342
96	Clayton	72.77%	16,905
97	Jefferson City	72.1%	43,076
98	Maplewood	69.21%	8,220
99	Marshall	68.96%	13,431
100	Sikeston	66.52%	16,054

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