U.S. Department of Commerce

State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States

WHITE POPULATION ALONE, PERCENT -- JULY 2008

[When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown, but different ranks. Cautionary note]

State Percent Rank
    United States 79.8 (X)
Alabama 71.0 43
Alaska 70.6 44
Arizona 86.5 21
Arkansas 80.8 32
California 76.6 37
Colorado 89.7 14
Connecticut 84.3 27
Delaware 74.3 39
District of Columbia 40.1 (X)
Florida 79.8 34
Georgia 65.4 46
Hawaii 29.7 50
Idaho 94.6 4
Illinois 79.1 35
Indiana 88.0 20
Iowa 94.2 6
Kansas 88.7 17
Kentucky 89.9 13
Louisiana 64.8 47
Maine 96.4 2
Maryland 63.4 48
Massachusetts 86.2 22
Michigan 81.2 30
Minnesota 89.0 16
Mississippi 60.6 49
Missouri 85.0 24
Montana 90.5 11
Nebraska 91.4 10
Nevada 80.9 31
New Hampshire 95.5 3
New Jersey 76.0 38
New Mexico 84.0 28
New York 73.4 41
North Carolina 73.9 40
North Dakota 91.4 9
Ohio 84.8 25
Oklahoma 78.1 36
Oregon 90.1 12
Pennsylvania 85.4 23
Rhode Island 88.5 18
South Carolina 68.7 45
South Dakota 88.2 19
Tennessee 80.4 33
Texas 82.4 29
Utah 92.9 8
Vermont 96.4 1
Virginia 73.0 42
Washington 84.3 26
West Virginia 94.5 5
Wisconsin 89.7 15
Wyoming 93.9 7

Symbol
X Not applicable.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau,
"Estimates of the Resident Population by Race and Hispanic Origin for the
United States and States:   July 1, 2008 (SC-EST2008-04)"; published 14 May 2009;
http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/asrh/2008/tables/SC-EST2008-04.xls. [XLS]
See Table 19, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2010.

For more information:
Population Estimates

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