Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all West Virginia counties, Gilmer County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.48%), followed by McDowell County (9.59%), and Berkeley County (8.34%).
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 2022
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Gilmer County | 13.48 |
| 2 | McDowell County | 9.59 |
| 3 | Berkeley County | 8.34 |
| 4 | Raleigh County | 7.81 |
| 5 | Kanawha County | 7.43 |
| 6 | Jefferson County | 6.42 |
| 7 | Mercer County | 6.22 |
| 8 | Cabell County | 4.88 |
| 9 | Summers County | 4.62 |
| 10 | Fayette County | 4.08 |
| 11 | Ohio County | 3.8 |
| 12 | Monongalia County | 3.77 |
| 13 | Hardy County | 3.67 |
| 14 | Marion County | 3.26 |
| 15 | Doddridge County | 2.89 |
| 16 | Mineral County | 2.86 |
| 17 | Hancock County | 2.72 |
| 18 | Greenbrier County | 2.65 |
| 19 | Pendleton County | 2.42 |
| 20 | Randolph County | 2.08 |
| 21 | Harrison County | 1.99 |
| 22 | Pleasants County | 1.81 |
| 23 | Logan County | 1.77 |
| 23 | Pocahontas County | 1.77 |
| 23 | Preston County | 1.77 |
| 24 | Mingo County | 1.76 |
| 25 | Brooke County | 1.64 |
| 26 | Hampshire County | 1.43 |
| 27 | Barbour County | 1.37 |
| 28 | Putnam County | 1.35 |
| 28 | Wood County | 1.35 |
| 29 | Taylor County | 1.29 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 1.24 |
| 31 | Grant County | 1.23 |
| 32 | Morgan County | 1.18 |
| 33 | Mason County | 1.12 |
| 34 | Upshur County | 1.11 |
| 35 | Marshall County | 1.05 |
| 36 | Braxton County | 0.87 |
| 37 | Lewis County | 0.81 |
| 38 | Wayne County | 0.8 |
| 39 | Boone County | 0.79 |
| 39 | Wyoming County | 0.79 |
| 40 | Nicholas County | 0.75 |
| 41 | Jackson County | 0.71 |
| 42 | Wetzel County | 0.62 |
| 43 | Wirt County | 0.61 |
| 44 | Calhoun County | 0.59 |
| 45 | Ritchie County | 0.56 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 0.55 |
| 47 | Clay County | 0.54 |
| 48 | Tyler County | 0.52 |
| 49 | Tucker County | 0.44 |
| 50 | Roane County | 0.42 |
| 51 | Webster County | 0.39 |