Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 658.19K people in West Virginia with Unclassified ancestry (36.55% of West Virginia population). Among all West Virginia counties, Mingo County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (67.53%), followed by Logan County (62.20%), and Boone County (60.03%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in West Virginia.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Mingo County
Logan County
Boone County
Lincoln County
Wetzel County
Monroe County
Tyler County
Jackson County
McDowell County
Calhoun County
Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Mingo County 67.53
2 Logan County 62.20
3 Boone County 60.03
4 Lincoln County 56.81
5 Wetzel County 55.15
6 Monroe County 53.63
7 Tyler County 50.94
8 Jackson County 49.78
9 McDowell County 49.68
10 Calhoun County 49.55
11 Mason County 47.44
12 Ritchie County 47.43
13 Webster County 47.14
14 Summers County 46.78
15 Gilmer County 46.30
16 Roane County 45.43
17 Clay County 44.12
18 Fayette County 43.55
19 Lewis County 42.67
20 Marshall County 41.84
21 Pendleton County 41.38
22 Wirt County 41.36
23 Grant County 40.33
24 Pleasants County 40.23
25 Barbour County 39.71
26 Mercer County 39.32
26 Wayne County 39.32
27 Wyoming County 39.20
28 Randolph County 38.39
29 Morgan County 38.20
30 Hampshire County 37.87
31 Braxton County 37.66
32 Wood County 37.27
33 Hardy County 36.79
34 Upshur County 36.35
35 Kanawha County 35.53
36 Doddridge County 34.87
37 Nicholas County 34.85
38 Berkeley County 34.03
39 Putnam County 33.85
40 Cabell County 33.22
41 Mineral County 32.94
42 Brooke County 31.85
43 Taylor County 31.26
44 Harrison County 30.90
45 Raleigh County 30.01
46 Marion County 29.18
47 Jefferson County 28.29
48 Pocahontas County 28.02
49 Ohio County 27.61
50 Monongalia County 26.04
51 Hancock County 25.51
52 Preston County 23.98
53 Greenbrier County 22.83
54 Tucker County 21.77