Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Updated on February 25, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for West Virginia counties, in April 2020, Kanawha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.59K), followed by Berkeley County (9.36K), 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 based on Black or African American Alone population.
You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in West Virginia.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone Population |
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| 1 | Kanawha County | 13592 |
| 2 | Berkeley County | 9364 |
| 3 | Raleigh County | 5847 |
| 4 | Cabell County | 4811 |
| 5 | Monongalia County | 4160 |
| 6 | Mercer County | 3720 |
| 7 | Jefferson County | 3459 |
| 8 | McDowell County | 2163 |
| 9 | Preston County | 2042 |
| 10 | Marion County | 1867 |
| 11 | Fayette County | 1680 |
| 12 | Ohio County | 1661 |
| 13 | Harrison County | 1118 |
| 14 | Wood County | 1040 |
| 15 | Gilmer County | 937 |
| 16 | Greenbrier County | 792 |
| 17 | Mineral County | 723 |
| 18 | Hancock County | 703 |
| 19 | Putnam County | 656 |
| 20 | Logan County | 581 |
| 21 | Randolph County | 433 |
| 22 | Hardy County | 414 |
| 23 | Mingo County | 409 |
| 24 | Summers County | 402 |
| 25 | Brooke County | 368 |
| 26 | Barbour County | 271 |
| 27 | Marshall County | 264 |
| 28 | Upshur County | 223 |
| 29 | Mason County | 193 |
| 30 | Hampshire County | 188 |
| 31 | Doddridge County | 174 |
| 32 | Wayne County | 168 |
| 33 | Boone County | 135 |
| 34 | Taylor County | 114 |
| 35 | Monroe County | 113 |
| 36 | Morgan County | 112 |
| 37 | Wyoming County | 107 |
| 38 | Jackson County | 101 |
| 39 | Pleasants County | 95 |
| 40 | Grant County | 85 |
| 41 | Pendleton County | 82 |
| 42 | Lewis County | 69 |
| 43 | Nicholas County | 61 |
| 44 | Pocahontas County | 57 |
| 45 | Braxton County | 50 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 49 |
| 47 | Roane County | 39 |
| 48 | Wetzel County | 34 |
| 49 | Tucker County | 21 |
| 50 | Ritchie County | 17 |
| 51 | Calhoun County | 13 |
| 52 | Clay County | 13 |
| 53 | Webster County | 13 |
| 54 | Wirt County | 6 |
| 55 | Tyler County | 4 |