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.
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Related Topics: West Virginia ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
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 |