Berkeley County, WV Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 4, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 120.46K Berkeley County, WV population, 40.99K had Unclassified ancestry (34.03%), 22.78K had German ancestry (18.91%), and 22.16K had Other Groups ancestry (18.39%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

You can see similar information for other West Virginia counties, and for West Virginia.

Berkeley County, WV Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Unclassified
German
Other Groups
Irish
English
American
Italian
European
French (except Basque)
Scottish
Berkeley County, WV Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Unclassified 40991 34.03
German 22782 18.91
Other Groups 22157 18.39
Irish 17319 14.38
English 14395 11.95
American 7038 5.84
Italian 5545 4.60
European 3375 2.80
French (except Basque) 2429 2.02
Scottish 2410 2.00
Scotch Irish 2100 1.74
Polish 1696 1.41
Subsaharan African 1563 1.30
Russian 1388 1.15
African 980 0.81
Welsh 942 0.78
Dutch 682 0.57
British 645 0.54
Norwegian 408 0.34
Swedish 372 0.31
Eastern European 361 0.30
Austrian 352 0.29
Scandinavian 350 0.29
Greek 317 0.26
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 285 0.24
Jamaican 272 0.23
Slovak 267 0.22
Hungarian 261 0.22
Romanian 247 0.21
Swiss 236 0.20
Northern European 234 0.19
French Canadian 209 0.17
Egyptian 193 0.16
Ghanaian 193 0.16
Canadian 159 0.13
Guyanese 137 0.11
Czech 128 0.11
Czechoslovakian 125 0.10
Danish 125 0.10
Nigerian 115 0.10
Ukrainian 104 0.09
Senegalese 99 0.08
Portuguese 91 0.08
Serbian 57 0.05
Croatian 43 0.04
Lithuanian 39 0.03
Pennsylvania German 39 0.03
Yugoslavian 38 0.03
Australian 33 0.03
Israeli 28 0.02
Liberian 28 0.02
Albania 25 0.02
Iranian 24 0.02
Macedonian 19 0.02
Turkish 19 0.02
Alsatian 16 0.01
Celtic 15 0.01
Armenian 14 0.01
Latvian 13 0.01
West Indian 13 0.01
Lebanese 12 0.01
Arab 4 0.00