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So... The whitest states, also share a value of being some of the coldest states...
That's because they are the farthest from the South, where most of the northern cities black population migrated from. Also, those states have the least amount of industrial development, i.e., fewer low-skilled jobs available for poor Southern blacks and for poor immigrants from Africa, Mexico and Central America.
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.
I would agree with you on Iowa, although that number is changing rapidly for Hispanics, Blacks as well as Asians.
1990:
Whites: 2,663,840
Non-White: 112,915
White: 96.0%
2000:
Whites: 2,777,136
Non-White: 149,143
White%: 94.9%
2008:
Whites: 2,711,307
Non-White: 291,250
White%: 90.3%
% increase in white population: 1.8%
% increae in non-white population: 158.0%
That's because they are the farthest from the South, where most of the northern cities black population migrated from. Also, those states have the least amount of industrial development, i.e., fewer low-skilled jobs available for poor Southern blacks and for poor immigrants from Africa, Mexico and Central America.
I took my Native born So Cal wife to NH this Christmas and she was shocked by the lack of minorities. We walked out of a Mickey D's and she said "My god everyone working in there was WHITE!!"
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconson, West Virginia, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, Kentucky, Oregon.
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The answer is Idaho, the state is 91% white and home of the Aryan Nation
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