The 10 Whitest Cities In Tennessee For 2022


We used science and data to determine which cities in Tennessee are whiter than wonder bread.

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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 Tennessee?

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 Volunteer State.

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

Here are the 10 whites places in Tennessee for 2022:

  1. Signal Mountain
  2. Soddy-Daisy
  3. Mount Carmel
  4. Church Hill
  5. La Follette
  6. Clinton
  7. Harriman
  8. Bristol
  9. Crossville
  10. Erwin

What is the whitest city in Tennessee for 2022? According to the most recent census data Signal Mountain ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Memphis 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.

For more Tennessee reading, check out:

The 10 Whitest Cities In Tennessee For 2022

1. Signal Mountain

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 8,574
% White: 97.55%
More on Signal Mountain: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Signal Mountain, TN

2. Soddy-Daisy

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 13,510
% White: 96.15%
More on Soddy-Daisy: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Soddy-Daisy, TN

3. Mount Carmel

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 5,297
% White: 95.41%
More on Mount Carmel: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Mount Carmel, TN

4. Church Hill

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 6,664
% White: 95.11%
More on Church Hill: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Church Hill, TN

5. La Follette

Overall SnackAbility

3
/10

Population: 6,762
% White: 94.74%
More on La Follette: Real Estate | Data | Photos

La Follette, TN

6. Clinton

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 10,006
% White: 94.4%
More on Clinton: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Clinton, TN

7. Harriman

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,144
% White: 92.43%
More on Harriman: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Harriman, TN

8. Bristol

Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 26,973
% White: 91.04%
More on Bristol: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Bristol, TN

9. Crossville

Overall SnackAbility

3
/10

Population: 11,704
% White: 90.99%
More on Crossville: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Crossville, TN

10. Erwin

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 5,910
% White: 90.81%
More on Erwin: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Erwin, TN

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

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

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 93 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 97.6% to 24.9%.

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

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

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

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

  1. Memphis
  2. Brownsville
  3. Bolivar

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White Population By City In { state|title }}

Rank City % White Population
1 Signal Mountain 97.55% 8,574
2 Soddy-Daisy 96.15% 13,510
3 Mount Carmel 95.41% 5,297
4 Church Hill 95.11% 6,664
5 La Follette 94.74% 6,762
6 Clinton 94.4% 10,006
7 Harriman 92.43% 6,144
8 Bristol 91.04% 26,973
9 Crossville 90.99% 11,704
10 Erwin 90.81% 5,910
11 Kingsport 90.27% 53,699
12 Elizabethton 89.1% 13,568
13 Maryville 88.99% 29,325
14 Kingston 88.85% 5,946
15 Farragut 87.99% 23,110
16 Germantown 87.62% 39,196
17 Greenbrier 87.52% 6,859
18 White House 87.16% 12,258
19 Fairview 86.98% 8,989
20 Greeneville 86.94% 14,938
21 Portland 86.93% 12,928
22 Sweetwater 86.72% 5,894
23 Rockwood 86.03% 5,446
24 Tullahoma 86.02% 19,982
25 Newport 85.33% 6,865
26 Atoka 85.14% 9,407
27 Jefferson City 85.13% 8,220
28 Nolensville 84.57% 9,221
29 Red Bank 84.48% 11,785
30 Lawrenceburg 84.18% 10,925
31 Spring Hill 84.03% 41,797
32 Brentwood 83.78% 42,700
33 Hendersonville 83.68% 57,888
34 Savannah 83.46% 6,934
35 Cookeville 83.08% 33,922
36 Hartsville/trousdale County 82.56% 10,910
37 Dickson 82.48% 15,500
38 Oakland 81.43% 8,135
39 Dayton 81.38% 7,357
40 Winchester 81.12% 8,818
41 Johnson City 81.09% 66,934
42 Mcminnville 80.94% 13,707
43 Lenoir City 80.57% 9,191
44 Mount Juliet 80.47% 35,834
45 Sevierville 80.34% 17,185
46 Manchester 80.21% 10,896
47 Munford 79.47% 6,090
48 Athens 78.31% 13,931
49 Mckenzie 78.07% 5,517
50 Millersville 77.89% 6,403
51 Cleveland 77.47% 45,115
52 Oak Ridge 77.26% 29,124
53 Pigeon Forge 77.09% 6,247
54 Lakeland 76.82% 12,644
55 Lexington 76.59% 7,838
56 Franklin 76.56% 80,675
57 Martin 75.85% 10,585
58 Arlington 75.19% 11,715
59 Henderson 74.3% 6,323
60 Pulaski 73.54% 7,614
61 Collierville 73.32% 50,596
62 Alcoa 72.92% 9,809
63 East Ridge 72.85% 21,187
64 Lewisburg 72.5% 12,150
65 Knoxville 72.39% 187,487
66 Gallatin 71.72% 40,262
67 Lebanon 71.22% 34,759
68 Bartlett 70.66% 59,252
69 Paris 70.18% 10,021
70 Milan 69.68% 7,642
71 Morristown 68.57% 29,887
72 Columbia 68.15% 39,515
73 Collegedale 67.92% 11,402
74 Fayetteville 67.58% 7,046
75 Dyersburg 67.54% 16,371
76 Union City 66.66% 10,426
77 Murfreesboro 65.83% 141,704
78 Smyrna 65.71% 50,820
79 Goodlettsville 63.4% 16,829
80 Clarksville 57.54% 156,092
81 Shelbyville 57.52% 21,841
82 Chattanooga 56.53% 181,370
83 Nashville 55.35% 667,070
84 Millington 54.9% 10,650
85 Springfield 53.71% 17,147
86 Humboldt 53.68% 8,145
87 La Vergne 50.55% 35,556
88 Covington 47.06% 8,863
89 Jackson 46.9% 67,036
90 Ripley 40.54% 7,852
91 Bolivar 31.47% 5,005
92 Brownsville 25.65% 9,497
93 Memphis 24.86% 650,910

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

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