2025

Cities in Washington ranked by White Population

This list ranks the 281 cities in Washington based on their White population, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau. It also highlights population changes in these cities over the past five years.
Updated Feb 10, 2025

Top 5 cities with the largest White population in Washington

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  • 1
    Seattle
    White population in Seattle is 530,250
    64.04% of Seattle population is White
  • 2
    Spokane
    White population in Spokane is 205,187
    81.28% of Spokane population is White
  • 3
    Tacoma
    White population in Tacoma is 159,004
    61.97% of Tacoma population is White
  • 4
    Vancouver
    White population in Vancouver is 158,778
    72.61% of Vancouver population is White
  • 5
    Spokane Valley
    White population in Spokane Valley is 97,977
    85.45% of Spokane Valley population is White

List of 281 cities in Washington by White Population

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Rank by White Population
City
White Population
% of Total City Population
% of Total Washington White Population
5 Year Rank Trend
1 Seattle 530,250 64.04% 13.88%
2 Spokane 205,187 81.28% 5.37%
3 Tacoma 159,004 61.97% 4.16%
4 Vancouver 158,778 72.61% 4.16%
5 Spokane Valley 97,977 85.45% 2.56%
6 Bellingham 81,688 80.42% 2.14%
7 Bellevue 80,193 48.46% 2.10%
8 79,917 63.43% 2.09%
9 71,792 60.31% 1.88%
10 69,507 69.11% 1.82%
11 68,120 70.44% 1.78%
12 67,080 44.08% 1.76%
13 59,665 48.57% 1.56%
14 58,671 71.48% 1.54%
15 56,536 58.33% 1.48%
16 55,667 57.02% 1.46%
17 54,847 79.84% 1.44%
18 50,891 44.08% 1.33%
19 48,238 77.32% 1.26%
20 43,919 66.93% 1.15%
21 43,877 68.14% 1.15%
22 41,833 51.28% 1.09%
23 40,252 53.53% 1.05%
24 40,078 55.94% 1.05%
25 36,542 67.15% 0.96%
26 36,299 70.94% 0.95%
27 36,284 77.89% 0.95%
28 35,941 74.23% 0.94%
29 34,887 82.48% 0.91%
30 34,050 77.14% 0.89%
31 31,073 54.00% 0.81%
32 27,736 74.37% 0.73%
33 26,876 65.73% 0.70%
34 26,568 73.15% 0.70%
35 26,429 65.84% 0.69%
36 26,396 60.26% 0.69%
37 26,273 57.45% 0.69%
38 25,880 66.10% 0.68%
39 23,155 74.47% 0.61%
40 22,834 85.37% 0.60%
41 22,735 75.39% 0.60%
42 22,511 75.21% 0.59%
43 20,706 89.22% 0.54%
44 20,560 77.37% 0.54%
45 20,537 66.69% 0.54%
46 19,747 53.14% 0.52%
47 19,536 68.87% 0.51%
48 19,007 68.28% 0.50%
49 18,650 83.97% 0.49%
50 18,416 70.22% 0.48%
51 17,646 77.47% 0.46%
52 16,984 88.95% 0.44%
53 16,900 80.91% 0.44%
54 16,611 78.36% 0.43%
55 16,112 64.25% 0.42%
56 16,004 85.23% 0.42%
57 15,721 71.04% 0.41%
58 15,669 66.04% 0.41%
59 15,593 65.45% 0.41%
60 15,576 77.38% 0.41%
61 14,928 66.34% 0.39%
62 14,596 76.98% 0.38%
63 14,386 74.73% 0.38%
64 13,849 79.02% 0.36%
65 12,856 75.95% 0.34%
66 12,344 55.60% 0.32%
67 12,264 35.49% 0.32%
68 12,116 93.49% 0.32%
69 11,932 84.72% 0.31%
70 11,769 83.87% 0.31%
71 11,720 83.49% 0.31%
72 11,444 83.01% 0.30%
73 11,430 76.62% 0.30%
74 11,154 77.47% 0.29%
75 10,978 79.83% 0.29%
76 10,889 80.24% 0.29%
77 10,835 77.37% 0.28%
78 10,740 73.38% 0.28%
79 10,148 69.99% 0.27%
80 10,023 62.72% 0.26%
81 9,712 80.44% 0.25%
82 9,703 89.31% 0.25%
83 9,394 85.29% 0.25%
84 8,784 70.16% 0.23%
85 8,776 36.97% 0.23%
86 8,548 79.93% 0.22%
87 8,397 71.33% 0.22%
88 8,344 82.44% 0.22%
89 7,968 84.32% 0.21%
90 7,943 65.70% 0.21%
91 7,882 56.06% 0.21%
92 7,659 79.12% 0.20%
93 7,512 85.01% 0.20%
94 7,462 76.98% 0.20%
95 7,407 86.59% 0.19%
96 7,114 62.66% 0.19%
97 7,062 48.32% 0.18%
98 7,027 80.98% 0.18%
99 6,968 66.69% 0.18%
100 6,814 75.57% 0.18%
101 6,758 87.40% 0.18%
102 6,621 89.35% 0.17%
103 6,420 69.50% 0.17%
104 6,154 82.57% 0.16%
105 6,067 66.62% 0.16%
106 6,052 48.02% 0.16%
107 6,040 54.10% 0.16%
108 5,946 71.31% 0.16%
109 5,856 79.55% 0.15%
110 5,797 76.50% 0.15%
111 5,397 45.24% 0.14%
112 5,373 79.90% 0.14%
113 5,236 61.91% 0.14%
114 5,222 78.56% 0.14%
115 5,168 94.48% 0.14%
116 5,151 68.11% 0.13%
117 4,811 76.12% 0.13%
118 4,791 87.16% 0.13%
119 4,738 66.38% 0.12%
120 4,572 76.54% 0.12%
121 4,407 86.41% 0.12%
122 4,401 53.90% 0.12%
123 4,369 88.30% 0.11%
124 4,106 78.36% 0.11%
125 4,053 90.79% 0.11%
126 4,052 41.86% 0.11%
127 3,992 79.16% 0.10%
128 3,716 73.03% 0.10%
129 3,700 65.51% 0.10%
130 3,311 82.42% 0.09%
131 3,234 91.20% 0.08%
132 2,903 79.08% 0.08%
133 2,860 68.24% 0.07%
134 2,834 79.45% 0.07%
135 2,806 65.35% 0.07%
136 2,761 43.91% 0.07%
137 2,756 68.57% 0.07%
138 2,696 80.10% 0.07%
139 2,642 74.89% 0.07%
140 2,624 66.48% 0.07%
141 2,606 50.06% 0.07%
142 2,541 89.31% 0.07%
143 2,534 79.54% 0.07%
144 2,525 73.19% 0.07%
145 2,442 77.16% 0.06%
146 2,439 91.14% 0.06%
147 2,375 85.52% 0.06%
148 2,374 82.40% 0.06%
149 2,306 83.55% 0.06%
150 2,281 80.01% 0.06%
151 2,272 81.93% 0.06%
152 2,167 85.31% 0.06%
153 2,165 88.62% 0.06%
154 2,137 76.84% 0.06%
155 2,089 62.71% 0.05%
156 2,079 80.27% 0.05%
157 2,040 85.53% 0.05%
158 2,028 52.28% 0.05%
159 2,001 58.15% 0.05%
160 1,940 89.52% 0.05%
161 1,833 83.66% 0.05%
162 1,793 89.56% 0.05%
163 1,776 83.77% 0.05%
163 1,776 74.53% 0.05%
164 1,756 78.11% 0.05%
164 1,756 83.03% 0.05%
165 1,746 36.89% 0.05%
166 1,710 73.77% 0.04%
167 1,689 87.69% 0.04%
168 1,664 90.29% 0.04%
169 1,623 45.05% 0.04%
170 1,583 94.39% 0.04%
171 1,577 85.80% 0.04%
172 1,521 86.91% 0.04%
173 1,411 83.54% 0.04%
174 1,397 54.29% 0.04%
175 1,365 84.16% 0.04%
176 1,362 90.92% 0.04%
177 1,335 64.40% 0.03%
178 1,334 89.71% 0.03%
179 1,281 81.02% 0.03%
180 1,262 62.32% 0.03%
181 1,196 39.52% 0.03%
182 1,136 75.73% 0.03%
183 1,113 85.75% 0.03%
184 1,108 76.31% 0.03%
185 1,090 81.28% 0.03%
186 1,046 91.83% 0.03%
187 1,038 80.84% 0.03%
188 1,026 83.62% 0.03%
189 1,004 75.04% 0.03%
190 991 33.71% 0.03%
191 986 87.33% 0.03%
192 982 78.18% 0.03%
193 975 89.86% 0.03%
194 933 65.43% 0.02%
195 901 82.36% 0.02%
196 893 90.38% 0.02%
197 881 77.55% 0.02%
198 877 54.85% 0.02%
199 846 40.42% 0.02%
200 838 69.54% 0.02%
201 836 78.87% 0.02%
202 832 62.65% 0.02%
203 831 84.37% 0.02%
204 808 79.68% 0.02%
205 804 93.16% 0.02%
206 792 76.82% 0.02%
207 784 87.01% 0.02%
208 782 76.44% 0.02%
209 778 37.19% 0.02%
210 768 83.48% 0.02%
211 761 74.98% 0.02%
212 701 89.99% 0.02%
213 699 68.26% 0.02%
214 695 87.64% 0.02%
215 687 54.57% 0.02%
216 650 43.25% 0.02%
217 648 75.52% 0.02%
218 638 87.40% 0.02%
219 631 85.97% 0.02%
220 628 88.83% 0.02%
220 628 88.20% 0.02%
221 610 95.02% 0.02%
222 600 85.47% 0.02%
223 579 87.99% 0.02%
224 555 86.05% 0.01%
225 553 94.37% 0.01%
226 551 90.48% 0.01%
227 529 87.01% 0.01%
228 519 89.64% 0.01%
229 508 92.53% 0.01%
230 507 92.69% 0.01%
231 440 93.02% 0.01%
232 433 82.95% 0.01%
233 429 44.69% 0.01%
234 427 79.96% 0.01%
235 425 86.03% 0.01%
236 416 88.32% 0.01%
236 416 74.69% 0.01%
237 414 82.63% 0.01%
238 399 90.89% 0.01%
239 398 82.23% 0.01%
240 383 64.81% 0.01%
241 382 83.96% 0.01%
242 374 54.12% 0.01%
243 368 44.23% 0.01%
244 347 91.32% 0.01%
245 341 85.04% 0.01%
246 340 89.47% 0.01%
247 332 86.91% 0.01%
248 321 80.05% 0.01%
249 281 92.13% 0.01%
250 274 84.83% 0.01%
251 269 68.62% 0.01%
252 262 86.47% 0.01%
253 260 76.70% 0.01%
254 252 78.02% 0.01%
255 238 83.22% 0.01%
256 217 91.95% 0.01%
257 207 88.84% 0.01%
258 202 87.45% 0.01%
259 199 86.90% 0.01%
260 190 94.53% -
261 188 78.33% -
262 176 82.24% -
263 167 50.76% -
264 164 100.00% -
265 162 89.01% -
266 161 86.56% -
267 154 84.15% -
268 149 70.95% -
269 134 95.71% -
270 132 88.00% -
271 115 72.78% -
272 104 83.20% -
273 99 81.15% -
274 76 66.67% -
275 52 11.26% -
276 35 79.55% -
277 17 10.30% -

Methodology

This ranking list is based on data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The ACS is one of the most reliable sources for understanding population trends across different locations, and it provides estimates for various racial and ethnic groups at city, county, state and all geography levels down to the Census block group.
This list ranks cities in Washington by their White population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census Defines White Population

The U.S. Census Bureau allows people to self-identify their race, meaning individuals can choose one or more racial categories when responding to the survey. In this ranking, we include everyone who identifies as White, whether alone or in combination with another race.
Here are a few important things to know about how race is reported:
  • Some people identify as White alone, while others identify as White along with another race (such as White and White).
  • Hispanic / Latino origin is reported separately from race, so someone can be both Hispanic and White .
  • We’ve used the “White alone or in combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the White population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as White alone or in combination in cities. To provide additional context, we’ve also included two key percentages:
  1. % of Total City Population – This shows what percentage of the total state population identifies as White .
  2. % of Total Washington White Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. White population lives in that state.
To keep things simple, all population numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number, and percentages are rounded to one decimal place. Because of rounding, some percentages may not add up to exactly 100%.

Things to Keep in Mind

Like all survey-based data, ACS estimates come with some limitations. Here are a few things to be aware of:
  • In places with very small White populations, the numbers may not be reported at all due to privacy protections or sampling variability in the survey.
  • Since the ACS is based on a sample, the numbers are estimates, not exact counts. That means they may slightly differ from other sources like the decennial U.S. Census.
  • Cities that don’t have any reported White population are not included in the ranking but are listed separately below for reference.
This ranking is meant to provide a clear, data-driven look at where White populations are most concentrated while keeping the numbers easy to understand.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.