Whitest Cities In Pennsylvania [2022]: White Population By City In Pennsylvania

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10 Whitest Cities In Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania?

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 Keystone State.

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Pennsylvania for 2022.

Here are the 10 whites places in Pennsylvania for 2022:

What is the whitest city in Pennsylvania for 2022? According to the most recent census data Blakely ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Yeadon 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 Pennsylvania For 2022

1. Blakely

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,234
% White: 99.37%
More on Blakely: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

2. Swoyersville

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 5,031
% White: 99.01%
More on Swoyersville: Real Estate | Data

3. Hollidaysburg

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 5,675
% White: 98.19%
More on Hollidaysburg: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User David Carey | GFDL

4. St. Marys

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 12,333
% White: 97.88%
More on St. Marys: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

5. Clearfield

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 5,878
% White: 97.84%
More on Clearfield: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Georgie lennon8705 | CC BY-SA 4.0

6. Dubois

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 7,413
% White: 97.81%
More on Dubois: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Doug Kerr | CC BY-SA 2.0

7. Lower Burrell

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 11,158
% White: 97.12%
More on Lower Burrell: Real Estate | Data

8. Punxsutawney

Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Population: 5,747
% White: 97.02%
More on Punxsutawney: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Doug Kerr from Albany, NY | CC BY-SA 2.0

9. Ellwood City

Overall SnackAbility

4
/10

Population: 7,436
% White: 96.91%
More on Ellwood City: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Wikipedia User Tim Engleman | CC BY-SA 2.0

10. Warren

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 9,127
% White: 96.9%
More on Warren: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Source: Public domain

Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Pennsylvania for 2022

In order to rank the whitest places in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania.

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 184 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 99.4% to 9.1%.

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

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

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

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

Yeadon
Darby
Chester

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Rank	City	% White	Population
1	Blakely	99.37%	6,234
2	Swoyersville	99.01%	5,031
3	Hollidaysburg	98.19%	5,675
4	St. Marys	97.88%	12,333
5	Clearfield	97.84%	5,878
6	Dubois	97.81%	7,413
7	Lower Burrell	97.12%	11,158
8	Punxsutawney	97.02%	5,747
9	Ellwood City	96.91%	7,436
10	Warren	96.9%	9,127
11	Palmerton	96.71%	5,317
12	Titusville	96.35%	5,200
13	Tyrone	96.29%	5,182
14	Economy	96.19%	9,133
15	Archbald	95.8%	7,003
16	White Oak	95.62%	7,472
17	Schuylkill Haven	95.58%	5,137
18	Oil City	95.38%	9,750
19	Greenville	95.21%	5,347
20	Mount Carmel	95.05%	5,672
21	Oakmont	94.79%	6,504
22	Exeter	94.58%	5,540
23	Jefferson Hills	94.19%	11,166
24	Nazareth	93.95%	5,705
25	Edinboro	93.53%	5,599
26	West View	93.45%	6,547
27	Connellsville	93.28%	7,414
28	Bradford	93.23%	8,284
29	Plum	93.21%	27,137
30	Grove City	93.17%	7,829
31	Lock Haven	92.95%	8,997
32	Somerset	92.48%	5,888
33	Conshohocken	92.4%	8,039
34	Elizabet	92.07%	11,445
35	Clarion	91.93%	5,650
36	Pottsville	91.59%	13,549
37	Bellefonte	91.56%	6,276
38	Sayre	91.26%	5,403
39	Doyle	91.26%	8,282
40	Dormont	91.23%	8,335
41	Altoona	91.11%	43,669
42	Tamaqua	91.0%	6,699
43	Crafton	90.76%	5,810
44	Lehighton	90.59%	5,305
45	Huntingdon	90.53%	6,950
46	Birdsboro	90.41%	5,141
47	Greensburg	90.39%	14,239
48	Hermitage	90.36%	15,603
49	New Cumberland	90.18%	7,305
50	South Williamsport	89.79%	6,129
51	Franklin	89.69%	6,092
52	Lewi	89.67%	8,157
53	Pleasant Hills	89.53%	8,072
54	Berwick	89.42%	10,003
55	Bangor	89.41%	5,229
56	Prospect Park	89.38%	6,495
57	Sunbury	89.33%	9,446
58	Dickson City	89.24%	5,778
59	Milton	89.23%	6,558
60	Canonsburg	88.88%	8,815
61	Norwood	88.77%	5,957
62	Olyphant	88.72%	5,037
63	Waynesboro	88.67%	10,898
64	Lititz	88.62%	9,503
65	Ridley Park	88.45%	7,042
66	Monaca	88.44%	5,466
67	Taylor	87.89%	5,935
68	Moosic	87.8%	5,777
69	Shamokin	87.73%	7,007
70	Corry	87.56%	6,285
71	Butler	87.48%	13,008
72	Kingston	87.38%	12,859
73	Bloomsburg	87.35%	13,916
74	Old Forge	87.34%	7,909
75	Perkasie	87.0%	8,646
76	Dunmore	86.98%	13,008
77	Meadville	86.64%	12,684
78	Carbondale	86.53%	8,438
79	Castle Shannon	86.45%	8,249
80	Lewisburg	86.4%	5,730
81	Northampton	86.37%	9,869
82	Indiana	86.12%	13,162
83	Red Lion	86.03%	6,334
84	Brookhaven	85.98%	8,045
85	Fox Chapel	85.89%	5,104
86	Mechanicsburg	85.84%	8,977
87	Ephrata	85.67%	13,817
88	West Mifflin	85.36%	19,742
89	Emmaus	85.34%	11,438
90	Helle	85.09%	5,835
91	New Kensington	85.05%	12,378
92	Shippensburg	84.84%	5,621
93	Selinsgrove	84.84%	5,923
94	Camp Hill	84.68%	7,926
95	Plymouth	84.39%	5,780
96	California	83.65%	6,306
97	Wyomissing	83.5%	10,499
98	Catasauqua	83.33%	6,592
99	Hatboro	83.28%	7,458
100	Munhall	83.22%	11,049

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Editor's Note: We updated this article for 2022. This is our ninth time ranking the whitest cities in Pennsylvania.