Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all West Virginia counties, Gilmer County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (13.21%), followed by McDowell County (9.75%), and Berkeley County (8.06%).
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 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Gilmer County | 13.21 |
| 2 | McDowell County | 9.75 |
| 3 | Berkeley County | 8.06 |
| 4 | Raleigh County | 7.86 |
| 5 | Kanawha County | 7.57 |
| 6 | Jefferson County | 6.51 |
| 7 | Mercer County | 6.22 |
| 8 | Cabell County | 4.89 |
| 9 | Summers County | 4.36 |
| 10 | Fayette County | 4.13 |
| 11 | Monongalia County | 3.82 |
| 12 | Ohio County | 3.64 |
| 13 | Hardy County | 3.53 |
| 14 | Marion County | 3.35 |
| 15 | Mineral County | 2.88 |
| 16 | Hancock County | 2.7 |
| 17 | Doddridge County | 2.63 |
| 17 | Greenbrier County | 2.63 |
| 18 | Pendleton County | 2.32 |
| 19 | Harrison County | 1.93 |
| 20 | Randolph County | 1.89 |
| 21 | Mingo County | 1.82 |
| 22 | Logan County | 1.75 |
| 23 | Pleasants County | 1.73 |
| 24 | Pocahontas County | 1.72 |
| 25 | Preston County | 1.7 |
| 26 | Brooke County | 1.51 |
| 27 | Wood County | 1.32 |
| 28 | Hampshire County | 1.29 |
| 29 | Putnam County | 1.22 |
| 30 | Taylor County | 1.19 |
| 31 | Monroe County | 1.15 |
| 32 | Barbour County | 1.14 |
| 33 | Grant County | 1.11 |
| 34 | Upshur County | 1.09 |
| 35 | Mason County | 1.03 |
| 36 | Morgan County | 1.01 |
| 37 | Marshall County | 0.92 |
| 38 | Boone County | 0.8 |
| 39 | Braxton County | 0.76 |
| 40 | Wyoming County | 0.74 |
| 41 | Lewis County | 0.71 |
| 42 | Nicholas County | 0.7 |
| 43 | Jackson County | 0.68 |
| 44 | Wayne County | 0.58 |
| 44 | Wirt County | 0.58 |
| 45 | Wetzel County | 0.56 |
| 46 | Ritchie County | 0.53 |
| 47 | Tucker County | 0.5 |
| 48 | Calhoun County | 0.44 |
| 49 | Tyler County | 0.4 |
| 50 | Clay County | 0.39 |
| 50 | Lincoln County | 0.39 |
| 51 | Webster County | 0.38 |
| 52 | Roane County | 0.29 |