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

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all West Virginia counties, Gilmer County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (12.46%), followed by McDowell County (11.19%), and Raleigh County (7.76%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all West Virginia counties 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 of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in West Virginia.

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Gilmer
McDowell
Raleigh
Berkeley
Kanawha
Mercer
Jefferson
Preston
Cabell
Fayette
Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Gilmer County 12.46
2 McDowell County 11.19
3 Raleigh County 7.76
4 Berkeley County 7.47
5 Kanawha County 7.42
6 Mercer County 6.19
7 Jefferson County 5.86
8 Preston County 5.85
9 Cabell County 5.04
10 Fayette County 4.11
11 Ohio County 3.90
12 Monongalia County 3.84
13 Summers County 3.35
14 Marion County 3.28
15 Hardy County 2.82
16 Mineral County 2.64
17 Hancock County 2.39
18 Greenbrier County 2.32
19 Doddridge County 2.23
20 Logan County 1.78
21 Mingo County 1.72
22 Barbour County 1.68
23 Harrison County 1.68
24 Brooke County 1.62
25 Randolph County 1.52
26 Pendleton County 1.32
27 Pleasants County 1.24
28 Wood County 1.21
29 Putnam County 1.13
30 Monroe County 0.91
31 Upshur County 0.89
32 Marshall County 0.85
33 Hampshire County 0.77
34 Grant County 0.76
35 Mason County 0.76
36 Taylor County 0.67
37 Pocahontas County 0.65
38 Morgan County 0.63
39 Boone County 0.62
40 Wyoming County 0.50
41 Wayne County 0.43
42 Braxton County 0.40
43 Lewis County 0.39
44 Jackson County 0.36
45 Tucker County 0.30
46 Roane County 0.25
47 Wetzel County 0.24
48 Nicholas County 0.23
49 Lincoln County 0.22
50 Calhoun County 0.21
51 Ritchie County 0.19
52 Clay County 0.14
53 Webster County 0.12
54 Wirt County 0.12
55 Tyler County 0.05