The 10 Whitest Cities In Washington For 2022


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

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 Washington?

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 Evergreen State.

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

Here are the 10 whites places in Washington for 2022:

  1. Liberty Lake
  2. Port Townsend
  3. Stanwood
  4. Battle Ground
  5. Bainbridge Island
  6. Anacortes
  7. Washougal
  8. Spokane Valley
  9. Gig Harbor
  10. Snohomish

What is the whitest city in Washington for 2022? According to the most recent census data Liberty Lake ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Toppenish 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 Washington For 2022

1. Liberty Lake

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 10,381
% White: 92.27%
More on Liberty Lake: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Liberty Lake, WA

2. Port Townsend

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 9,710
% White: 90.63%
More on Port Townsend: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Port Townsend, WA

3. Stanwood

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 7,228
% White: 90.2%
More on Stanwood: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Stanwood, WA

4. Battle Ground

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 20,931
% White: 89.44%
More on Battle Ground: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Battle Ground, WA

5. Bainbridge Island

Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10

Population: 24,859
% White: 88.16%
More on Bainbridge Island: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Bainbridge Island, WA

6. Anacortes

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 17,231
% White: 87.49%
More on Anacortes: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Anacortes, WA

7. Washougal

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Population: 15,927
% White: 86.41%
More on Washougal: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Washougal, WA

8. Spokane Valley

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 99,275
% White: 84.88%
More on Spokane Valley: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Spokane Valley, WA

9. Gig Harbor

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 10,280
% White: 84.69%
More on Gig Harbor: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Gig Harbor, WA

10. Snohomish

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 10,141
% White: 83.95%
More on Snohomish: Real Estate | Data | Photos

Snohomish, WA

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

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

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 6,000 people. That left us with 115 cities.

We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 92.3% to 7.9%.

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

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

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

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

  1. Toppenish
  2. Grandview
  3. Sunnyside

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White Population By City In { state|title }}

Rank City % White Population
1 Liberty Lake 92.27% 10,381
2 Port Townsend 90.63% 9,710
3 Stanwood 90.2% 7,228
4 Battle Ground 89.44% 20,931
5 Bainbridge Island 88.16% 24,859
6 Anacortes 87.49% 17,231
7 Washougal 86.41% 15,927
8 Spokane Valley 84.88% 99,275
9 Gig Harbor 84.69% 10,280
10 Snohomish 83.95% 10,141
11 Clarkston 83.51% 7,435
12 Edgewood 83.41% 12,010
13 Ocean Shores 83.12% 6,196
14 Hoquiam 82.96% 8,570
15 Normandy Park 81.66% 6,643
16 Port Angeles 81.48% 20,071
17 Duvall 80.89% 7,979
18 Lynden 80.78% 14,700
19 Spokane 80.61% 219,185
20 West Richland 80.34% 14,842
21 Poulsbo 80.17% 10,869
22 Sequim 79.67% 7,441
23 Chehalis 79.3% 7,607
24 Orting 79.12% 8,267
25 Enumclaw 78.87% 12,062
26 Kelso 78.69% 12,237
27 Lake Stevens 78.65% 33,470
28 Camas 78.61% 24,043
29 Bonney Lake 78.24% 21,247
30 Longview 77.92% 37,914
31 Centralia 77.75% 17,473
32 Sumner 77.42% 10,246
33 Bellingham 77.39% 90,821
34 Ellensburg 77.28% 20,679
35 Snoqualmie 77.28% 13,550
36 Yelm 77.16% 9,262
37 Lake Forest Park 76.67% 13,455
38 Maple Valley 76.59% 26,739
39 Richland 76.46% 57,353
40 Puyallup 76.29% 41,666
41 Tumwater 76.16% 23,390
42 Brier 75.68% 6,899
43 Arlington 74.9% 19,947
44 Ferndale 74.84% 14,591
45 Edmonds 74.83% 42,347
46 Sedro-Woolley 74.55% 11,919
47 Cheney 74.24% 12,455
48 Woodland 74.22% 6,223
49 Olympia 74.08% 52,290
50 Woodinville 74.07% 13,038
51 Kenmore 73.4% 22,969
52 Fircrest 72.5% 6,844
53 Milton 71.94% 8,211
54 Ephrata 71.93% 8,081
55 Marysville 71.29% 69,629
56 Pullman 71.04% 33,974
57 North Bend 71.0% 7,161
58 College Place 70.82% 9,311
59 Vancouver 69.97% 182,792
60 Shelton 69.51% 10,467
61 Mercer Island 69.36% 25,820
62 Selah 69.34% 7,957
63 Kirkland 68.94% 91,146
64 Walla Walla 68.62% 32,951
65 Aberdeen 68.58% 16,571
66 Covington 68.13% 21,131
67 Port Orchard 67.28% 14,303
68 Monroe 67.05% 19,403
69 Bremerton 66.95% 41,258
70 University Place 66.53% 33,661
71 Mountlake Terrace 66.2% 21,328
72 Airway Heights 65.56% 8,885
73 Kennewick 64.97% 82,633
74 Mukilteo 64.93% 21,414
75 Bothell 64.5% 46,386
76 Lacey 64.46% 50,827
77 Shoreline 64.39% 56,835
78 Steilacoom 63.52% 6,366
79 Dupont 63.44% 9,514
80 Seattle 62.57% 741,251
81 Burlington 62.49% 9,085
82 East Wenatchee 62.25% 14,012
83 Everett 61.95% 110,840
84 Mill Creek 61.63% 20,750
85 Wenatchee 61.25% 34,249
86 Issaquah 59.31% 38,707
87 Oak Harbor 58.31% 23,358
88 Mount Vernon 58.06% 35,502
89 Moses Lake 58.05% 23,442
90 Tacoma 57.55% 215,766
91 Sammamish 57.47% 65,265
92 Lynnwood 53.62% 38,538
93 Auburn 52.08% 80,914
94 Des Moines 49.75% 31,983
95 Redmond 49.14% 67,959
96 Lakewood 48.08% 60,564
97 Burien 47.86% 51,588
98 Bellevue 47.66% 146,145
99 Prosser 46.49% 6,288
100 Yakima 46.44% 93,829

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

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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