Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all West Virginia counties, Gilmer County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (14.87%), followed by McDowell County (12.22%), and Raleigh County (8.07%).

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 voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in West Virginia.