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.

Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Kanawha
Berkeley
Raleigh
Cabell
Monongalia
Mercer
Jefferson
McDowell
Preston
Marion
Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone Population
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