A Saturday Night Live skit was pretty close to accurate about Vermont's insane number of farmers markets, a plethora of covered bridges, and yes, even eight bedroom homes onAirBnb in Shelburne. Those are things that exist, but what about the extent of the state's white population?

In the skit, a meeting of neo-Confederates listens to Beck Bennett's character as he lays out a plan for a move to a new community free of people who look different than they do.

"No immigrant, no minorities," Bennett's says. "An agrarian community where everyone lives in harmony because every single person is white."

Guest host Adam Driver followed up: "I know that place, that sounds like Vermont."

Yup, Vermont is very white

It's true that Vermont has a high percentage of white residents. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 94.5 percent of the state's 623,657 residents were white in 2017. That still leaves 1.9 percent of Hispanics, 1.8 percent of Asians, and 1.4 of African Americans. Almost 2 percent of state residents report being of two or more races.

More than 4 percent of residents are immigrants, with the majority coming across the border from Canada, according to the American Immigration Council. Roughly eight percent of the state's immigrants are from Bosnia and Herzegovina and more than six percent from Mexico.

For all the mentions of farmers markets and country stores in the skit, about one in 10 of the state's agricultural workers is in an immigrant.

One state barely edges out Vermont as the whitest in the country: Maine. The state's 1.3 million residents are 94.7 white. Only three percent of the state's population is made up of immigrants and more than one in five of immigrants arrived from Canada.

Vermont has stood against racism

Before it was even a state, Vermont abolished adult slavery in its constitution in 1777. Fast forward 230 years later, and a Pakistani native became what was believed to be the first Muslim in the U.S. to lead a state political party.

This past winter, about 250 Burlington residents counter-protested a group described by the city's mayor as a White supremacist that stood outside city hall.

"From the national level to the local level, we're standing against white supremacy, fascism and terrorism and a better society for all," organizer Jabari Jones said at the time.

Following the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, a South Burlington pizza chain fired an employee who took part in the event.

"We are committed to the fair treatment of all people and the safety of our guests and employees at our restaurants," chief marketing officer Skip Weldon wrote in an emailed statement.

Vermont isn't immune to racism

Earlier this year, the state's lone female African-American legislator pulled out of her re-election bid after receiving threats on and offline.

Kiah Morris reported to the police that her home was broken into and swastikas were painted on trees near her property.

Other race-related issues include a man allegedly using racial slurs against an employee before pointing a gun at her in April. The same man was accused of taking down a Black Lives Matter flag flown at a high school.

The flag was flown after 450 students and staff signed a petition. Those residents, like many others, would no doubt not share the same idea of a "paradise" that the SNL skit portrayed.

Nate Chute is a producer with the USA Today Network. Follow him on Twitter at @nchute.