West Virginia Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of West Virginia was 28,864, which was 1.60% of the population of West Virginia.
The highest percentage of the West Virginia foreign-born population where born in India (8.83%), followed by Mexico (6.69%), and Philippines (6.38%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the West Virginia Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total West Virginia foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the West Virginia foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: West Virginia ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
West Virginia Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| India | 2548 | 8.83 |
| Mexico | 1932 | 6.69 |
| Philippines | 1841 | 6.38 |
| China | 1760 | 6.10 |
| Germany | 1421 | 4.92 |
| Canada | 1203 | 4.17 |
| Vietnam | 865 | 3.00 |
| Japan | 778 | 2.70 |
| Korea | 772 | 2.68 |
| El Salvador | 758 | 2.63 |
| England | 720 | 2.49 |
| Nigeria | 615 | 2.13 |
| Jamaica | 603 | 2.09 |
| Italy | 565 | 1.96 |
| Syria | 513 | 1.78 |
| Dominican Republic | 485 | 1.68 |
| Kuwait | 466 | 1.61 |
| Saudi Arabia | 409 | 1.42 |
| Guatemala | 404 | 1.40 |
| Honduras | 400 | 1.39 |
| Egypt | 384 | 1.33 |
| Pakistan | 367 | 1.27 |
| Russia | 292 | 1.01 |
| Nepal | 291 | 1.01 |
| Ghana | 272 | 0.94 |
| Colombia | 264 | 0.92 |
| Iran | 250 | 0.87 |
| Peru | 249 | 0.86 |
| Spain | 219 | 0.76 |
| France | 217 | 0.75 |
| Brazil | 210 | 0.73 |
| Taiwan | 209 | 0.72 |
| Lebanon | 207 | 0.72 |
| Cuba | 202 | 0.70 |
| Venezuela | 196 | 0.68 |
| Guyana | 191 | 0.66 |
| Bangladesh | 181 | 0.63 |
| Australia | 170 | 0.59 |
| Ethiopia | 165 | 0.57 |
| Ecuador | 165 | 0.57 |
| Costa Rica | 150 | 0.52 |
| Chile | 138 | 0.48 |
| Zimbabwe | 137 | 0.48 |
| Burma | 133 | 0.46 |
| Argentina | 133 | 0.46 |
| Panama | 125 | 0.43 |
| Netherlands | 120 | 0.42 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 120 | 0.42 |
| Thailand | 118 | 0.41 |
| Bahamas | 118 | 0.41 |
| Romania | 116 | 0.40 |
| Sri Lanka | 115 | 0.40 |
| Turkey | 107 | 0.37 |
| Czechoslovakia | 106 | 0.37 |
| Greece | 105 | 0.36 |
| Belarus | 103 | 0.36 |
| Liberia | 99 | 0.34 |
| Israel | 94 | 0.33 |
| Indonesia | 92 | 0.32 |
| Hungary | 89 | 0.31 |
| Ukraine | 88 | 0.31 |
| Sudan | 86 | 0.30 |
| Scotland | 79 | 0.27 |
| Portugal | 78 | 0.27 |
| Morocco | 78 | 0.27 |
| Poland | 73 | 0.25 |
| Iraq | 71 | 0.25 |
| Senegal | 70 | 0.24 |
| Kenya | 58 | 0.20 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 0.20 |
| Austria | 50 | 0.17 |
| Denmark | 47 | 0.16 |
| Yemen | 47 | 0.16 |
| Belgium | 46 | 0.16 |
| Jordan | 43 | 0.15 |
| Kazakhstan | 42 | 0.15 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 0.15 |
| Moldova | 38 | 0.13 |
| Hong Kong | 37 | 0.13 |
| Uruguay | 36 | 0.13 |
| Sierra Leone | 34 | 0.12 |
| Singapore | 30 | 0.10 |
| Ireland | 29 | 0.10 |
| Albania | 25 | 0.09 |
| Sweden | 24 | 0.08 |
| Laos | 21 | 0.07 |
| Haiti | 21 | 0.07 |
| Croatia | 17 | 0.06 |
| Somalia | 16 | 0.06 |
| Congo | 15 | 0.05 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 0.05 |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 0.04 |
| Uganda | 10 | 0.04 |
| Norway | 9 | 0.03 |
| Lithuania | 9 | 0.03 |
| Micronesia | 9 | 0.03 |
| Nicaragua | 9 | 0.03 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | 0.02 |
| Serbia | 7 | 0.02 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 0.02 |
| Belize | 3 | 0.01 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 0.01 |