Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all West Virginia counties, Gilmer County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (11.17%), followed by McDowell County (8.73%), and Raleigh County (8.18%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Gilmer County | 11.17 |
| 2 | McDowell County | 8.73 |
| 3 | Raleigh County | 8.18 |
| 4 | Kanawha County | 7.56 |
| 5 | Berkeley County | 7.45 |
| 6 | Jefferson County | 6.5 |
| 7 | Mercer County | 6.17 |
| 8 | Cabell County | 4.94 |
| 9 | Fayette County | 4.45 |
| 10 | Summers County | 4.27 |
| 11 | Monongalia County | 3.78 |
| 12 | Ohio County | 3.53 |
| 13 | Marion County | 3.37 |
| 14 | Hardy County | 3.26 |
| 15 | Mineral County | 2.92 |
| 16 | Greenbrier County | 2.9 |
| 17 | Hancock County | 2.57 |
| 18 | Pendleton County | 2.17 |
| 19 | Doddridge County | 2.01 |
| 20 | Mingo County | 1.86 |
| 21 | Logan County | 1.83 |
| 22 | Harrison County | 1.72 |
| 23 | Brooke County | 1.49 |
| 24 | Randolph County | 1.46 |
| 25 | Pleasants County | 1.45 |
| 26 | Preston County | 1.22 |
| 27 | Hampshire County | 1.21 |
| 28 | Wood County | 1.2 |
| 29 | Barbour County | 1.13 |
| 30 | Pocahontas County | 1.1 |
| 31 | Taylor County | 1.09 |
| 32 | Putnam County | 1.08 |
| 33 | Grant County | 1 |
| 34 | Upshur County | 0.84 |
| 35 | Morgan County | 0.81 |
| 36 | Marshall County | 0.8 |
| 37 | Mason County | 0.79 |
| 38 | Monroe County | 0.76 |
| 39 | Wyoming County | 0.65 |
| 40 | Boone County | 0.63 |
| 41 | Lewis County | 0.58 |
| 42 | Braxton County | 0.57 |
| 43 | Jackson County | 0.54 |
| 44 | Wetzel County | 0.46 |
| 45 | Wayne County | 0.44 |
| 46 | Tucker County | 0.38 |
| 47 | Nicholas County | 0.37 |
| 48 | Wirt County | 0.36 |
| 49 | Lincoln County | 0.34 |
| 50 | Ritchie County | 0.32 |
| 51 | Roane County | 0.28 |
| 51 | Webster County | 0.28 |
| 52 | Calhoun County | 0.24 |
| 53 | Clay County | 0.21 |
| 53 | Tyler County | 0.21 |