The 10 Whitest Cities In Montana For 2025


The whitest cities in Montana are Whitefish and Livingston for 2025 based on Saturday Night Science.

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

  • The whitest city in Montana is Whitefish based on the most recent Census data.

  • Whitefish is 95.38% White.

  • The least White city in Montana is Havre.

  • Havre is 77.61% White.

  • Montana is 84.1% White.

  • Montana is the 5th Whitest state in the United States.

Cities With Highest White Population In Montana Map


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


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

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

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Montana for 2025.

Here are the 10 whites places in Montana for 2025:

  1. Whitefish
  2. Livingston
  3. Lewistown
  4. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
  5. Miles City
  6. Kalispell
  7. Helena
  8. Belgrade
  9. Bozeman
  10. Laurel

What is the whitest city in Montana for 2025? According to the most recent census data Whitefish ranks as the whitest. If you’re wondering, Havre 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 Montana For 2025

Whitefish, MT

Source: Wikipedia User Elkman | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 8,422
% White: 95.38%
More on Whitefish: Data

Livingston, MT

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 8,635
% White: 93.39%
More on Livingston: Data

Lewistown, MT

Source: Wikipedia User | CC BY-SA 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,028
% White: 91.09%
More on Lewistown: Data

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT

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

5
/10

Population: 9,512
% White: 89.89%
More on Anaconda-Deer Lodge County: Data

Miles City, MT

Source: Wikipedia User Larry D. Moore | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 8,412
% White: 88.59%
More on Miles City: Data

Kalispell, MT

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

6
/10

Population: 26,830
% White: 88.09%
More on Kalispell: Data

Helena, MT

Source: Wikipedia User RTC at English Wikipedia | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 33,126
% White: 87.16%
More on Helena: Data

Belgrade, MT

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 11,425
% White: 86.21%
More on Belgrade: Data

Bozeman, MT

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 55,042
% White: 85.72%
More on Bozeman: Data

Laurel, MT

Source: Wikipedia User Forest Service Northern Region | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 7,198
% White: 85.4%
More on Laurel: Data

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Montana for 2025

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

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 6,000 people. That left us with 15 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 95.4% to 77.6%.

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

We updated this article for 2025. This report represents our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in Montana.

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

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

The most White cities in Montana are Whitefish, Livingston, Lewistown, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Miles City, Kalispell, Helena, Belgrade, Bozeman, and Laurel.

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

  1. Havre
  2. Great Falls
  3. Billings

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White Population By City In Montana

Rank City Population White Population % White
1 Whitefish 8,422 8,033 95.38%
2 Livingston 8,635 8,064 93.39%
3 Lewistown 6,028 5,491 91.09%
4 Anaconda-Deer Lodge County 9,512 8,550 89.89%
5 Miles City 8,412 7,452 88.59%
6 Kalispell 26,830 23,635 88.09%
7 Helena 33,126 28,872 87.16%
8 Belgrade 11,425 9,849 86.21%
9 Bozeman 55,042 47,184 85.72%
10 Laurel 7,198 6,147 85.4%
11 Missoula 75,600 64,392 85.17%
12 Sidney 6,235 5,211 83.58%
13 Billings 118,321 98,465 83.22%
14 Great Falls 60,412 50,082 82.9%
15 Havre 9,333 7,243 77.61%
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