Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2018
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all West Virginia counties, Gilmer County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (9.99%), followed by McDowell County (8.12%), and Raleigh County (7.84%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all West Virginia counties.
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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
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2018
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Gilmer County | 9.99 |
| 2 | McDowell County | 8.12 |
| 3 | Raleigh County | 7.84 |
| 4 | Kanawha County | 7.54 |
| 5 | Berkeley County | 7.39 |
| 6 | Jefferson County | 6.07 |
| 7 | Mercer County | 5.87 |
| 8 | Cabell County | 4.74 |
| 9 | Fayette County | 4.26 |
| 10 | Summers County | 3.96 |
| 11 | Monongalia County | 3.76 |
| 12 | Ohio County | 3.48 |
| 13 | Marion County | 3.21 |
| 14 | Hardy County | 2.82 |
| 15 | Mineral County | 2.72 |
| 16 | Greenbrier County | 2.69 |
| 16 | Hancock County | 2.69 |
| 17 | Doddridge County | 2.16 |
| 18 | Pendleton County | 1.95 |
| 19 | Logan County | 1.87 |
| 20 | Mingo County | 1.81 |
| 21 | Randolph County | 1.76 |
| 22 | Harrison County | 1.75 |
| 23 | Pleasants County | 1.66 |
| 24 | Brooke County | 1.35 |
| 25 | Wood County | 1.18 |
| 26 | Taylor County | 1.15 |
| 27 | Hampshire County | 1.14 |
| 28 | Pocahontas County | 1.11 |
| 29 | Putnam County | 1.09 |
| 30 | Preston County | 1.05 |
| 31 | Upshur County | 0.99 |
| 32 | Barbour County | 0.97 |
| 33 | Grant County | 0.9 |
| 34 | Morgan County | 0.87 |
| 35 | Mason County | 0.85 |
| 36 | Monroe County | 0.76 |
| 37 | Marshall County | 0.72 |
| 38 | Boone County | 0.68 |
| 39 | Wyoming County | 0.65 |
| 40 | Braxton County | 0.63 |
| 41 | Lewis County | 0.59 |
| 42 | Jackson County | 0.57 |
| 42 | Wayne County | 0.57 |
| 43 | Nicholas County | 0.53 |
| 44 | Ritchie County | 0.46 |
| 45 | Webster County | 0.45 |
| 45 | Wirt County | 0.45 |
| 46 | Wetzel County | 0.43 |
| 47 | Tucker County | 0.39 |
| 48 | Calhoun County | 0.33 |
| 48 | Lincoln County | 0.33 |
| 49 | Clay County | 0.29 |
| 50 | Tyler County | 0.25 |
| 51 | Roane County | 0.23 |