Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all West Virginia counties, Kanawha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.65K), followed by Berkeley County (9.89K), and Raleigh County (5.85K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all West Virginia counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
Kanawha
Berkeley
Raleigh
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Monongalia
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Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Kanawha County 13647
2 Berkeley County 9887
3 Raleigh County 5847
4 Cabell County 4606
5 Monongalia County 4048
6 Jefferson County 3762
7 Mercer County 3702
8 Marion County 1884
9 McDowell County 1846
10 Fayette County 1671
11 Ohio County 1539
12 Harrison County 1272
13 Wood County 1113
14 Gilmer County 977
15 Greenbrier County 865
16 Hancock County 785
17 Mineral County 773
18 Putnam County 702
19 Preston County 582
20 Logan County 570
21 Randolph County 528
22 Summers County 521
23 Hardy County 502
24 Mingo County 427
25 Brooke County 339
26 Hampshire County 298
27 Marshall County 279
28 Mason County 262
29 Upshur County 259
30 Wayne County 224
31 Doddridge County 205
32 Taylor County 198
33 Jackson County 187
34 Barbour County 176
35 Boone County 173
35 Morgan County 173
36 Nicholas County 172
37 Wyoming County 157
38 Monroe County 142
38 Pendleton County 142
39 Pocahontas County 135
40 Pleasants County 132
41 Grant County 122
42 Lewis County 121
43 Braxton County 94
44 Lincoln County 80
44 Wetzel County 80
45 Ritchie County 45
46 Roane County 41
47 Tucker County 34
48 Tyler County 33
49 Webster County 32
50 Clay County 31
51 Wirt County 30
52 Calhoun County 27