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Largest American population, West Virginia counties · 2020

West Virginia counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 55 counties in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Kanawha County, WVWV172,38124,543−5%

02Putnam County, WVWV56,88513,734+89%

03Wood County, WVWV82,38510,434−38%

04Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5789,667+173%

05Raleigh County, WVWV71,7759,528−71%

06Cabell County, WVWV91,1839,225−10%

07Preston County, WVWV34,0048,318+166%

08Monongalia County, WVWV107,9917,573+9%

09Berkeley County, WVWV139,5227,547−27%

10Harrison County, WVWV64,2216,248−52%

11Mercer County, WVWV57,5035,436−21%

12Wayne County, WVWV37,3095,336−4%

13Marion County, WVWV55,5844,636−40%

14Lincoln County, WVWV19,1774,516−24%

15Fayette County, WVWV38,1653,823−13%

16Jefferson County, WVWV63,1023,759+9%

17Ohio County, WVWV40,4962,933+16%

18Jackson County, WVWV27,4502,925−55%

19Mason County, WVWV24,7072,786−8%

20Nicholas County, WVWV23,8482,765+4%

21Marshall County, WVWV29,1592,350−26%

22Taylor County, WVWV16,2872,331+24%

23Randolph County, WVWV26,8822,274−24%

24Upshur County, WVWV23,7582,174−34%

25Boone County, WVWV20,2512,126−35%

26Mineral County, WVWV26,7921,963−29%

27Logan County, WVWV30,3751,756−30%

28Roane County, WVWV13,3171,749−44%

29Hancock County, WVWV27,7291,743−10%

30Tucker County, WVWV6,5401,581+174%

31Lewis County, WVWV16,3941,513−47%

32Morgan County, WVWV18,0271,509−24%

33Hardy County, WVWV14,3371,367−10%

34Grant County, WVWV11,0411,338−26%

35Doddridge County, WVWV7,6341,334+61%

36Hampshire County, WVWV24,1051,262−59%

37Wetzel County, WVWV13,7341,226−42%

38Mingo County, WVWV21,4551,212−62%

39Barbour County, WVWV15,4141,199−67%

40Brooke County, WVWV21,1421,190−32%

41Ritchie County, WVWV8,0341,168−16%

42Braxton County, WVWV11,8851,091−6%

43Pleasants County, WVWV7,3381,067−5%

44Clay County, WVWV7,538940−11%

45Monroe County, WVWV12,491935−33%

46McDowell County, WVWV16,878918−49%

47Summers County, WVWV11,532848−40%

48Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602833−5%

49Wyoming County, WVWV19,801830−74%

50Gilmer County, WVWV7,085781−3%

51Wirt County, WVWV4,879779−42%

52Calhoun County, WVWV5,978611+5%

53Webster County, WVWV7,760590−68%

54Tyler County, WVWV7,881495−55%

55Pendleton County, WVWV5,826397−37%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS