Ranking of West Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for West Virginia counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in West Virginia, Beckley city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (19.58%), followed by Martinsburg city (15.23%), and Charleston city (14.60%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in West Virginia, and the table below shows the ranking of all West Virginia cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities and for the different racial groups in West Virginia.

Ranking of West Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Beckley
19.58%
Martinsburg
15.23%
Charleston
14.60%
Huntington
8.64%
South Charleston
8.13%
Fairmont
7.19%
Wheeling
5.45%
St. Albans
4.60%
Morgantown
4.48%
Weirton
3.86%
Ranking of West Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
City or Place
% of Place Population
1 Beckley city 19.58
2 Martinsburg city 15.23
3 Charleston city 14.60
4 Huntington city 8.64
5 South Charleston city 8.13
6 Fairmont city 7.19
7 Wheeling city 5.45
8 St. Albans city 4.60
9 Morgantown city 4.48
10 Weirton city 3.86
11 Clarksburg city 3.84
12 Parkersburg city 1.99
13 Teays Valley CDP 1.77
14 Vienna city 1.16
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