Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all West Virginia counties, Gilmer County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.53%), followed by McDowell County (9.64%), and Berkeley County (8.22%).
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 2021
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Rank | County | % of County Population |
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1 | Gilmer County | 13.53 |
2 | McDowell County | 9.64 |
3 | Berkeley County | 8.22 |
4 | Raleigh County | 7.84 |
5 | Kanawha County | 7.5 |
6 | Jefferson County | 6.5 |
7 | Mercer County | 6.2 |
8 | Cabell County | 4.89 |
9 | Summers County | 4.46 |
10 | Fayette County | 4.14 |
11 | Monongalia County | 3.77 |
12 | Ohio County | 3.67 |
13 | Hardy County | 3.44 |
14 | Marion County | 3.34 |
15 | Doddridge County | 2.9 |
16 | Mineral County | 2.87 |
17 | Hancock County | 2.7 |
18 | Greenbrier County | 2.66 |
19 | Pendleton County | 2.4 |
20 | Harrison County | 1.97 |
21 | Randolph County | 1.9 |
22 | Mingo County | 1.86 |
23 | Preston County | 1.82 |
24 | Logan County | 1.77 |
25 | Pleasants County | 1.75 |
25 | Pocahontas County | 1.75 |
26 | Brooke County | 1.57 |
27 | Hampshire County | 1.34 |
27 | Putnam County | 1.34 |
28 | Wood County | 1.32 |
29 | Barbour County | 1.21 |
30 | Monroe County | 1.2 |
31 | Taylor County | 1.18 |
32 | Mason County | 1.17 |
33 | Morgan County | 1.14 |
34 | Grant County | 1.13 |
35 | Upshur County | 1.09 |
36 | Marshall County | 1.01 |
37 | Braxton County | 0.86 |
38 | Lewis County | 0.81 |
39 | Boone County | 0.78 |
40 | Wyoming County | 0.76 |
41 | Nicholas County | 0.7 |
42 | Jackson County | 0.67 |
43 | Wayne County | 0.66 |
44 | Wirt County | 0.59 |
45 | Ritchie County | 0.56 |
46 | Wetzel County | 0.54 |
47 | Clay County | 0.46 |
48 | Calhoun County | 0.44 |
48 | Lincoln County | 0.44 |
48 | Tyler County | 0.44 |
49 | Tucker County | 0.43 |
50 | Webster County | 0.36 |
51 | Roane County | 0.33 |