The 10 Whitest Cities In Texas For 2023


The whitest cities in Texas are Gun Barrel City and Joshua for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

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

  • The whitest city in Texas is Gun Barrel City based on the most recent Census data.

  • Gun Barrel City is 93.82% White.

  • The least White city in Texas is Hidalgo.

  • Hidalgo is 0.53% White.

  • Texas is 40.7% White.

  • Texas is the 47th Whitest state in the United States.


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


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

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

After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Texas for 2023.

Here are the 10 whites places in Texas for 2023:

  1. Gun Barrel City
  2. Joshua
  3. Lumberton
  4. Bowie
  5. Highland Park
  6. Iowa Park
  7. Vidor
  8. Bridge City
  9. Granbury
  10. Azle

What is the whitest city in Texas for 2023? According to the most recent census data Gun Barrel City ranks as the whitest. If you’re wondering, Hidalgo 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 Texas reading, check out:

The 10 Whitest Cities In Texas For 2023

1. Gun Barrel City

Source: Public Domain
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 6,152
% White: 93.82%
More on Gun Barrel City: Data | Real Estate

2. Joshua

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 7,722
% White: 92.66%
More on Joshua: Data | Real Estate

3. Lumberton

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 13,447
% White: 91.17%
More on Lumberton: Data | Real Estate

4. Bowie

Bowie, TX

Source: Wikipedia User No machine-readable author provided. Billy Hathorn assumed (based on copyright claims). | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 5,359
% White: 90.76%
More on Bowie: Data | Real Estate

5. Highland Park

Highland Park, TX

Source: Wikipedia User The original uploader was Ansem27 at English Wikipedia | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 8,895
% White: 89.21%
More on Highland Park: Data | Real Estate

6. Iowa Park

Iowa Park, TX

Source: Wikipedia User Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 6,470
% White: 87.79%
More on Iowa Park: Data | Real Estate

7. Vidor

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 9,944
% White: 87.5%
More on Vidor: Data | Real Estate

8. Bridge City

Source: Public Domain
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 9,405
% White: 86.45%
More on Bridge City: Data | Real Estate

9. Granbury

Granbury, TX

Source: Wikipedia User Slegby | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 10,453
% White: 85.43%
More on Granbury: Data | Real Estate

10. Azle

Azle, TX

Source: Flickr User Quickpics.net | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 13,157
% White: 85.06%
More on Azle: Data | Real Estate

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

To rank the whitest places in Texas, we had to determine what measurable criteria define whiteness.

We had to count how many white people living there per capita. In other words, the percentage of white people living in each city in Texas.

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 326 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 93.8% to 0.5%.

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

We updated this article for 2023. This report represents our tenth time ranking the whitest cities in Texas.

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

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

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

  1. Hidalgo
  2. Elsa
  3. Alton

For more Texas reading, check out:

White Population By City In Texas

Rank City % White Population
1 Gun Barrel City 93.82% 6,152
2 Joshua 92.66% 7,722
3 Lumberton 91.17% 13,447
4 Bowie 90.76% 5,359
5 Highland Park 89.21% 8,895
6 Iowa Park 87.79% 6,470
7 Vidor 87.5% 9,944
8 Bridge City 86.45% 9,405
9 Granbury 85.43% 10,453
10 Azle 85.06% 13,157
11 Heath 84.99% 9,362
12 University Park 84.29% 25,029
13 Whitehouse 82.56% 8,316
14 Port Neches 81.81% 13,534
15 White Oak 80.99% 6,214
16 Trophy Club 80.96% 12,659
17 Colleyville 80.94% 25,827
18 Nederland 80.29% 18,502
19 Fair Oaks Ranch 80.02% 9,951
20 Burkburnett 79.96% 10,851
21 Highland Village 79.77% 15,769
22 Keller 78.99% 45,190
23 Graham 78.94% 8,718
24 Lakeway 78.84% 18,471
25 Woodway 78.26% 9,310
26 Lago Vista 77.72% 8,769
27 Weatherford 76.46% 30,385
28 Fredericksburg 76.36% 10,864
29 Santa Fe 75.2% 12,782
30 Stephenville 75.1% 20,504
31 Sanger 75.07% 8,730
32 Fairview 75.0% 10,062
33 Canyon 74.15% 14,669
34 Denison 74.09% 24,324
35 Corinth 73.57% 22,216
36 West University Place 73.5% 14,975
37 Burleson 72.34% 47,230
38 Southlake 72.25% 30,754
39 Friendswood 71.5% 40,780
40 Marble Falls 71.21% 6,892
41 Burnet 71.17% 6,403
42 Midlothian 70.9% 33,914
43 Seabrook 70.64% 13,487
44 Alamo Heights 70.16% 7,360
45 Rockwall 69.61% 46,150
46 Prosper 69.54% 28,825
47 Rockport 69.46% 10,264
48 Flower Mound 69.39% 75,050
49 Hewitt 68.72% 15,707
50 Georgetown 68.66% 66,514
51 Benbrook 67.95% 24,248
52 Carthage 67.24% 6,510
53 Royse City 66.9% 13,512
54 Robinson 66.69% 12,336
55 North Richland Hills 66.07% 69,817
56 Kerrville 65.96% 24,071
57 Buda 65.95% 14,348
58 Richland Hills 65.91% 8,505
59 League City 65.87% 111,847
60 Sulphur Springs 65.64% 15,825
61 Boerne 64.6% 17,290
62 Decatur 64.33% 6,557
63 Bellaire 64.18% 17,262
64 Celina 64.14% 16,542
65 Gladewater 63.98% 6,189
66 Lampasas 63.87% 7,221
67 Grapevine 63.58% 50,548
68 Wake Village 63.5% 5,907
69 Brownwood 62.64% 18,865
70 Borger 62.52% 12,612
71 Forney 62.19% 22,770
72 Mineral Wells 61.95% 14,925
73 Sherman 61.85% 43,273
74 College Station 61.8% 116,276
75 Keene 61.03% 6,254
76 Bonham 60.89% 10,295
77 Cedar Park 60.78% 74,741
78 Tomball 60.72% 12,333
79 Paris 60.6% 24,447
80 Lake Jackson 60.55% 28,008
81 Bedford 60.5% 49,576
82 Roanoke 60.3% 9,270
83 Angleton 60.12% 19,408
84 Cleburne 59.96% 30,984
85 Watauga 59.46% 23,649
86 Wichita Falls 59.16% 102,563
87 Lake Dallas 58.81% 7,594
88 Anna 58.72% 16,792
89 Pampa 58.71% 16,817
90 Leander 58.37% 57,696
91 Kilgore 57.95% 13,364
92 New Braunfels 57.94% 87,549
93 White Settlement 57.91% 18,040
94 Denton 57.86% 139,704
95 Waxahachie 57.73% 39,815
96 Abilene 57.36% 125,474
97 Kennedale 57.23% 8,342
98 Greenville 57.09% 28,128
99 Orange 57.07% 19,329
100 Rusk 57.04% 5,501
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