According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Waukee, an area located outside Iowa's capital city of Des Moines, is 98.17 percent white. If suburbs are increasingly becoming "majority minority," what explains Waukee's demographics?
A) Waukee has a white mayor, which makes it less welcoming to residents of color.
B) Waukee is an exurb, not a suburb, so it is one of the few places that remain majority white.
C) Suburbs in the Midwest are generally exempt from the "majority minority" pattern.
D) Waukee has a lower average income compared to surrounding areas.

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Waukee is an exurb, which means that it is located outside of the suburbs and is less likely to experience the same patterns of demographic change as areas closer to the urban center. Being an exurb puts Waukee at an advantage in terms of maintaining a majority white population.