Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all West Virginia counties, Kanawha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.36K), followed by Berkeley County (10.37K), and Raleigh County (5.79K).

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 2021
Kanawha
Berkeley
Raleigh
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Monongalia
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Mercer
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Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Kanawha County 13362
2 Berkeley County 10374
3 Raleigh County 5786
4 Cabell County 4567
5 Monongalia County 4018
6 Jefferson County 3806
7 Mercer County 3668
8 Marion County 1870
9 McDowell County 1775
10 Fayette County 1656
11 Ohio County 1537
12 Harrison County 1290
13 Wood County 1102
14 Gilmer County 1000
15 Greenbrier County 868
16 Hancock County 772
17 Mineral County 771
18 Putnam County 769
19 Preston County 624
20 Logan County 562
21 Randolph County 531
22 Summers County 529
23 Hardy County 487
24 Mingo County 429
25 Brooke County 346
26 Hampshire County 312
27 Marshall County 306
28 Mason County 295
29 Upshur County 259
30 Wayne County 256
31 Doddridge County 224
32 Morgan County 197
33 Taylor County 195
34 Barbour County 187
35 Jackson County 185
36 Nicholas County 172
37 Boone County 166
38 Wyoming County 159
39 Monroe County 148
40 Pendleton County 146
41 Pocahontas County 138
42 Lewis County 136
43 Pleasants County 133
44 Grant County 124
45 Braxton County 106
46 Lincoln County 88
47 Wetzel County 76
48 Ritchie County 47
49 Roane County 46
50 Clay County 36
50 Tyler County 36
51 Webster County 30
51 Wirt County 30
52 Tucker County 29
53 Calhoun County 27