Ranking of West Virginia Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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 voting-age population in West Virginia, Beckley city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (19.38%), followed by Martinsburg city (15.15%), and Charleston city (13.93%).
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 voting-age population, based on the percentage of the voting-age 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 as well as for the different racial groups in West Virginia.
| Rank | City or Place | % of Place Voting-age Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckley city | 19.38 |
| 2 | Martinsburg city | 15.15 |
| 3 | Charleston city | 13.93 |
| 4 | Huntington city | 8.33 |
| 5 | South Charleston city | 7.13 |
| 6 | Fairmont city | 7.01 |
| 7 | Wheeling city | 5.01 |
| 8 | Morgantown city | 4.35 |
| 9 | Clarksburg city | 3.82 |
| 10 | Weirton city | 3.80 |
| 11 | Parkersburg city | 1.84 |
| 12 | Teays Valley CDP | 1.62 |