Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all West Virginia counties, Lincoln County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.96%), followed by Tyler County (98.83%), and Wetzel County (98.81%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2011
Lincoln
Tyler
Wetzel
Ritchie
Clay
Boone
Webster
Calhoun
Wayne
Tucker
Ranking of West Virginia Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Lincoln County 98.96
2 Tyler County 98.83
3 Wetzel County 98.81
4 Ritchie County 98.71
5 Clay County 98.68
6 Boone County 98.63
7 Webster County 98.56
8 Calhoun County 98.52
9 Wayne County 98.5
10 Tucker County 98.49
11 Roane County 98.43
12 Jackson County 98.29
13 Braxton County 98.25
14 Wirt County 98.21
14 Wyoming County 98.21
15 Nicholas County 98.18
16 Grant County 98.13
17 Marshall County 98.05
18 Lewis County 97.86
19 Upshur County 97.78
20 Mason County 97.72
21 Pocahontas County 97.71
21 Preston County 97.71
22 Taylor County 97.55
23 Monroe County 97.48
24 Hampshire County 97.38
25 Pleasants County 97.27
25 Randolph County 97.27
26 Morgan County 97.24
27 Barbour County 96.97
28 Brooke County 96.94
29 Doddridge County 96.9
30 Putnam County 96.88
31 Mingo County 96.8
32 Logan County 96.74
33 Wood County 96.7
34 Pendleton County 96.13
35 Harrison County 96.12
36 Hancock County 95.89
37 Mineral County 95.3
38 Greenbrier County 94.92
39 Hardy County 94.82
40 Marion County 94.33
41 Fayette County 93.68
42 Ohio County 93.42
43 Summers County 93.25
44 Mercer County 91.64
45 Cabell County 91.61
46 Monongalia County 91.14
47 McDowell County 89.46
48 Kanawha County 89.29
49 Jefferson County 89.12
50 Berkeley County 88.93
51 Raleigh County 88.78
52 Gilmer County 84.17