RANKING · 2024 ACS · 55 SHOWN OF 55

Largest English population, West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties ranked by the number of residents who are English ancestry, from the 2024 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. The median across all 55 is 2,889. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Roane County, WV, up 11 places to #23.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Kanawha County, WVWV172,38130,270+13%

02▲1Raleigh County, WVWV71,77526,685+275%

03▼1Cabell County, WVWV91,18318,868+19%

04▲1Berkeley County, WVWV139,52218,758+51%

05▼1Monongalia County, WVWV107,99114,488+20%

06▲1Wood County, WVWV82,38513,487+13%

07▲1Harrison County, WVWV64,22110,759+19%

08▲4Putnam County, WVWV56,8858,379+34%

09▲2Marion County, WVWV55,5848,371+23%

10Mercer County, WVWV57,5038,304+12%

11▼2Jefferson County, WVWV63,1027,901−12%

12▼6Wayne County, WVWV37,3097,775+8%

13Fayette County, WVWV38,1657,756+55%

14▲3Wyoming County, WVWV19,8017,112+124%

15▲1Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5785,534+30%

16▼1Ohio County, WVWV40,4965,333−17%

17▲2Nicholas County, WVWV23,8484,212+24%

18▲3Marshall County, WVWV29,1593,908−10%

19▲1Jackson County, WVWV27,4503,816−4%

20▲4Preston County, WVWV34,0043,420+16%

21▲5Mason County, WVWV24,7073,352+64%

22Mineral County, WVWV26,7923,293+5%

23▲11Roane County, WVWV13,3173,234+135%

24▼10Hancock County, WVWV27,7293,174−18%

25▼7Hampshire County, WVWV24,1053,142+66%

26▲5Logan County, WVWV30,3752,935+2%

27▼2Randolph County, WVWV26,8822,931−16%

28▼5Brooke County, WVWV21,1422,889+4%

29▼1Upshur County, WVWV23,7582,576+25%

30▲3McDowell County, WVWV16,8782,448−5%

31▼4Boone County, WVWV20,2512,224+7%

32▲6Lincoln County, WVWV19,1772,103−23%

33▲7Mingo County, WVWV21,4552,015+8%

34▲7Lewis County, WVWV16,3941,902+60%

35▼3Taylor County, WVWV16,2871,810+5%

36▲7Clay County, WVWV7,5381,783+26%

37▼8Morgan County, WVWV18,0271,749−5%

38▼3Monroe County, WVWV12,4911,726−23%

39▼9Summers County, WVWV11,5321,679−29%

40▼3Braxton County, WVWV11,8851,617−5%

41▲1Wetzel County, WVWV13,7341,607−23%

42▲6Tyler County, WVWV7,8811,341−11%

43▼7Pocahontas County, WVWV7,6021,308+16%

44▼5Barbour County, WVWV15,4141,284−28%

45Hardy County, WVWV14,3371,194−35%

46▲5Calhoun County, WVWV5,9781,109+101%

47▲8Webster County, WVWV7,760964+17%

48▼4Ritchie County, WVWV8,034939−21%

49▲1Tucker County, WVWV6,540904+61%

50▼3Pleasants County, WVWV7,338902−6%

51▲3Wirt County, WVWV4,879678+27%

52▼6Doddridge County, WVWV7,634673−28%

53▼1Pendleton County, WVWV5,826658+31%

54▼1Grant County, WVWV11,041654+4%

55▼6Gilmer County, WVWV7,085578+13%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES