Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all West Virginia counties, Kanawha County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (12.98K), followed by Berkeley County (11.30K), and Raleigh County (5.65K).

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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Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Kanawha County 12983
2 Berkeley County 11299
3 Raleigh County 5651
4 Cabell County 4522
5 Monongalia County 4096
6 Jefferson County 3808
7 Mercer County 3598
8 Marion County 1824
9 McDowell County 1653
10 Ohio County 1563
11 Fayette County 1560
12 Harrison County 1293
13 Wood County 1125
14 Gilmer County 992
15 Greenbrier County 821
16 Putnam County 811
17 Hancock County 778
18 Mineral County 762
19 Preston County 594
20 Randolph County 589
21 Summers County 558
22 Logan County 536
23 Hardy County 510
24 Mingo County 416
25 Brooke County 367
26 Hampshire County 334
27 Marshall County 317
28 Wayne County 292
29 Mason County 290
30 Upshur County 272
31 Barbour County 231
32 Morgan County 229
33 Taylor County 224
34 Doddridge County 222
35 Jackson County 218
36 Boone County 172
37 Nicholas County 170
38 Wyoming County 168
39 Monroe County 163
40 Pendleton County 150
41 Lewis County 148
42 Grant County 144
43 Pocahontas County 143
44 Pleasants County 138
45 Braxton County 99
45 Lincoln County 99
46 Wetzel County 89
47 Roane County 63
48 Tyler County 49
49 Ritchie County 48
50 Clay County 43
51 Webster County 32
52 Wirt County 31
53 Tucker County 30
54 Calhoun County 29