West Virginia Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all the West Virginia voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 52,688 people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 3.68% of the total voting-age population of West Virginia.

Kanawha County had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (10,518), followed by Berkeley County (7,163), and Raleigh County (4,770).

On the other hand, the three counties with low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Wirt County (0), Tyler County (1), and Tucker County (4).

In terms of the percentage of each county's voting-age population, Gilmer County had the highest percentage, with 14.87% of its voting-age population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by McDowell County (12.22%), and Raleigh County (8.07%).

You can see similar information for other states and also for the United States by state. You can also see similar information for other racial groups as well as the different ethnicities in West Virginia.

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.