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

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10 Whitest Cities In Washington
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 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:

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

Source: Wikipedia User Joe Mabel (on Flickr as J | CC BY-SA 2.0

2. Port Townsend

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

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

Source: Wikipedia User Joe Mabel | GFDL

3. Stanwood

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

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

Source: Wikipedia User Joe Mabel | GFDL

4. Battle Ground

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

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

Source: Flickr User Gold Beach Real Estate | CC BY 2.0

5. Bainbridge Island

Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10

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

Source: Wikipedia User Casey Yee | CC BY-SA 2.0

6. Anacortes

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

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

Source: Wikipedia User Walter Siegmund | GFDL

7. Washougal

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

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

Source: Wikipedia User Jared Adams | CC BY 3.0

8. Spokane Valley

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

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

Source: Wikipedia User Cmglee | CC BY-SA 3.0

9. Gig Harbor

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

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

Source: Wikipedia User Ken Lund from Reno, NV, U | CC BY-SA 2.0

10. Snohomish

Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

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

Source: Wikipedia User Joe Mabel | GFDL

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:

Toppenish
Grandview
Sunnyside

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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.