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Largest German population, West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Berkeley County, WVWV139,52223,929−12%

02Monongalia County, WVWV107,99120,039−16%

03Kanawha County, WVWV172,38119,049−33%

04Wood County, WVWV82,38513,192−32%

05Jefferson County, WVWV63,10212,241−9%

06Harrison County, WVWV64,22111,707−14%

07Cabell County, WVWV91,18311,333−25%

08Marion County, WVWV55,58411,007−17%

09Ohio County, WVWV40,49610,745−29%

10Putnam County, WVWV56,8857,487+6%

11Mineral County, WVWV26,7927,215−21%

12Raleigh County, WVWV71,7756,143−9%

13Preston County, WVWV34,0046,108−37%

14Marshall County, WVWV29,1596,089−30%

15Mercer County, WVWV57,5035,950−32%

16Hancock County, WVWV27,7295,720−12%

17Randolph County, WVWV26,8824,739−38%

18Hampshire County, WVWV24,1054,514−34%

19Brooke County, WVWV21,1424,181−20%

20Fayette County, WVWV38,1653,756−52%

21Upshur County, WVWV23,7583,588−17%

22Grant County, WVWV11,0413,489+9%

23Jackson County, WVWV27,4503,350−37%

24Morgan County, WVWV18,0273,159−33%

25Hardy County, WVWV14,3373,151−47%

26Nicholas County, WVWV23,8483,058−38%

27Mason County, WVWV24,7073,024−42%

28Taylor County, WVWV16,2872,979−32%

29Barbour County, WVWV15,4142,923−23%

30Lewis County, WVWV16,3942,762+12%

31Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5782,573−57%

32Wetzel County, WVWV13,7342,410−48%

33Wayne County, WVWV37,3092,232−56%

34Pendleton County, WVWV5,8262,088−11%

35Braxton County, WVWV11,8851,923−33%

36Wyoming County, WVWV19,8011,530−50%

37Pleasants County, WVWV7,3381,501+16%

38Logan County, WVWV30,3751,493−69%

39Tucker County, WVWV6,5401,473−32%

40Boone County, WVWV20,2511,444−62%

41Monroe County, WVWV12,4911,394−37%

42McDowell County, WVWV16,8781,364−50%

43Roane County, WVWV13,3171,221−47%

44Clay County, WVWV7,5381,218−4%

45Webster County, WVWV7,7601,210+4%

46Ritchie County, WVWV8,0341,203−44%

47Doddridge County, WVWV7,6341,180−40%

48Tyler County, WVWV7,8811,120−49%

49Gilmer County, WVWV7,085966−50%

50Summers County, WVWV11,532942−63%

51Lincoln County, WVWV19,177845−69%

52Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602841−58%

53Mingo County, WVWV21,455673−64%

54Wirt County, WVWV4,879593−55%

55Calhoun County, WVWV5,978572−66%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES