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Total Population
1. California (28,081,544)
2. Texas (19,741,868)
3. Florida (14,603,949)
4. New York (14,194,212)
5. Pennsylvania (10,639,922)
6. Illinois (10,177,118)
7. Ohio (9,730,889)
8. Michigan (8,174,743)
9. North Carolina (6,703,706)
10. New Jersey (6,623,779)
State Rankings--Statistical Abstract of the United States--White Population Alone, Number (http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ranks/rank11.html - broken link)
Percent
1. Maine (96.5%)
2. Vermont (96.5%)
3. New Hampshire (95.6%)
4. Idaho (94.8%)
5. West Virginia (94.6%)
6. Iowa (94.4%)
7. Wyoming (94.1%)
8. Utah (93.2%)
9. North Dakota (91.6%)
10. Nebraska (91.6%)
State Rankings--Statistical Abstract of the United States--White Population Alone, Percent (http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ranks/rank05.html - broken link)
Upper New England is at the top percentage wise.
No state is in both top 10s
I guess Indiana and Wisconsin are as close as you get to having both.
All of the percentages are pretty close together
Maine and Vermont have almost exactly the same percentage. Maine does have a bigger population. Vermont has less land and is more dense.
California almost has 9 million more than the next closest in raw numbers.
The top 10 raw wise pretty closely mirrors the actual order of the population of the states.
Those population figures are skewed. Because most of the white pop. of Texas, Cali, and Fla are white-hispanic, not american white. Texas has a population of 24million and has 8million hispanics, 2million blacks, and 800,000 asians. Cali has about 13million hispanics, 2million blacks, and 4million asians. Florida is the closest, it has 3million blacks, 3million hispanics, 400,000 asians.
Alaska also has a military base that tends to keep things diversified.
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Originally Posted by Dredre
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It's rather interesting to see the states with most number of white (and black) people also happen to be some of the most diverse states in this nation.
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Originally Posted by polo89
Those population figures are skewed. Because most of the white pop. of Texas, Cali, and Fla are white-hispanic, not american white.
Of the top ten whitest Iowa seems to have the largest white population if I'm reading it right. Of the states with the largest number of whites Pennsylvania seems to be the whitest, again if I'm reading it right. Although I think I read much of Pennsylvania, outside the most urbanized areas, really is pretty white.
Last edited by Thomas R.; 01-04-2010 at 06:31 AM..
Those population figures are skewed. Because most of the white pop. of Texas, Cali, and Fla are white-hispanic, not american white. Texas has a population of 24million and has 8million hispanics, 2million blacks, and 800,000 asians. Cali has about 13million hispanics, 2million blacks, and 4million asians. Florida is the closest, it has 3million blacks, 3million hispanics, 400,000 asians.
Actually census report now that Texas, Georgia, Florida and I believe California now have over 3 million blacks or very close to it. Texas and Georgia have the fastest growing black populations.
Of the top ten whitest Iowa seems to have the largest white population if I'm reading it right. Of the states with the largest number of whites Pennsylvania seems to be the whitest, again if I'm reading it right. Although I think I read much of Pennsylvania, outside the most urbanized areas, really is pretty white.
Not sure I understand. Doesn't the list say Iowa is #6? Or are you talking absolute #s rather than percentages?
Not sure I understand. Doesn't the list say Iowa is #6? Or are you talking absolute #s rather than percentages?
What I meant is Iowa has the highest raw number of white people among the states in the "highest percentage white" list. While Pennsylvania has the highest "white percentage" of those in the top ten for population. And if that's still unclear maybe I'll try again later.
Although a different method I guess would be to take the average of the ranks a state has. Going by that Pennsylvania would be whitest as it averages as 14th on the two lists. (5 on population, 23 on percentage) Although the percentage list on its own is likely the best measure. So it's Maine and Vermont I take it.
Last edited by Thomas R.; 01-04-2010 at 07:27 PM..
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