Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all West Virginia counties, Webster County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as White Alone (97.17%), followed by Lincoln County (97.01%), and Wirt County (96.89%).

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 White 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.

Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Webster
97.17%
Lincoln
97.01%
Wirt
96.89%
Ritchie
96.80%
Calhoun
96.65%
Braxton
96.63%
Wyoming
96.61%
Mason
96.55%
Tyler
96.48%
Tucker
96.43%
Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Webster County 97.17
2 Lincoln County 97.01
3 Wirt County 96.89
4 Ritchie County 96.80
5 Calhoun County 96.65
6 Braxton County 96.63
7 Wyoming County 96.61
8 Mason County 96.55
9 Tyler County 96.48
10 Tucker County 96.43
11 Wayne County 96.33
12 Jackson County 96.20
13 Nicholas County 96.11
14 Pocahontas County 95.92
15 Grant County 95.81
16 Monroe County 95.77
17 Clay County 95.76
18 Wetzel County 95.70
19 Boone County 95.62
20 Pendleton County 95.53
21 Lewis County 95.47
22 Mingo County 95.39
23 Roane County 95.35
24 Logan County 95.18
25 Pleasants County 95.04
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