10 Whitest Cities In Texas [2023]

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:

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.

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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

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

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

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

Source: Wikipedia User Slegby | GFDL

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

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

10. Azle

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:

Hidalgo
Elsa
Alton

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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