Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all West Virginia counties, Gilmer County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (10.75%), followed by McDowell County (8.56%), and Raleigh County (8.09%).
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 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Gilmer County | 10.75 |
| 2 | McDowell County | 8.56 |
| 3 | Raleigh County | 8.09 |
| 4 | Kanawha County | 7.62 |
| 5 | Berkeley County | 7.55 |
| 6 | Jefferson County | 6.43 |
| 7 | Mercer County | 6.12 |
| 8 | Cabell County | 4.91 |
| 9 | Summers County | 4.48 |
| 10 | Fayette County | 4.37 |
| 11 | Monongalia County | 3.85 |
| 12 | Ohio County | 3.58 |
| 13 | Hardy County | 3.52 |
| 14 | Marion County | 3.34 |
| 15 | Greenbrier County | 2.87 |
| 16 | Mineral County | 2.85 |
| 17 | Hancock County | 2.55 |
| 18 | Pendleton County | 1.97 |
| 19 | Logan County | 1.84 |
| 19 | Mingo County | 1.84 |
| 20 | Doddridge County | 1.83 |
| 21 | Harrison County | 1.72 |
| 22 | Pleasants County | 1.59 |
| 23 | Randolph County | 1.49 |
| 24 | Brooke County | 1.4 |
| 25 | Hampshire County | 1.22 |
| 26 | Wood County | 1.2 |
| 27 | Taylor County | 1.17 |
| 28 | Preston County | 1.14 |
| 29 | Pocahontas County | 1.13 |
| 30 | Barbour County | 1.11 |
| 31 | Grant County | 1.09 |
| 32 | Putnam County | 1.08 |
| 33 | Upshur County | 0.91 |
| 34 | Mason County | 0.82 |
| 35 | Monroe County | 0.81 |
| 36 | Morgan County | 0.77 |
| 37 | Marshall County | 0.73 |
| 38 | Wyoming County | 0.72 |
| 39 | Boone County | 0.7 |
| 40 | Braxton County | 0.64 |
| 41 | Lewis County | 0.62 |
| 42 | Jackson County | 0.52 |
| 43 | Wetzel County | 0.47 |
| 44 | Wirt County | 0.45 |
| 45 | Nicholas County | 0.43 |
| 46 | Wayne County | 0.42 |
| 46 | Webster County | 0.42 |
| 47 | Tucker County | 0.4 |
| 48 | Roane County | 0.34 |
| 49 | Ritchie County | 0.33 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 0.28 |
| 51 | Calhoun County | 0.26 |
| 52 | Tyler County | 0.25 |
| 53 | Clay County | 0.24 |