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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. The median across all 55 is 2,979. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Pleasants County, WV, up 17 places to #37.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

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

02▲1Monongalia County, WVWV107,99120,039−16%

03▼1Kanawha County, WVWV172,38119,049−33%

04Wood County, WVWV82,38513,192−32%

05▲3Jefferson County, WVWV63,10212,241−9%

06▼1Harrison County, WVWV64,22111,707−14%

07Cabell County, WVWV91,18311,333−25%

08▼2Marion County, WVWV55,58411,007−17%

09Ohio County, WVWV40,49610,745−29%

10▲4Putnam County, WVWV56,8857,487+6%

11▲2Mineral County, WVWV26,7927,215−21%

12▼2Raleigh County, WVWV71,7756,143−9%

13▼2Preston County, WVWV34,0046,108−37%

14▲1Marshall County, WVWV29,1596,089−30%

15▼3Mercer County, WVWV57,5035,950−32%

16▲1Hancock County, WVWV27,7295,720−12%

17▼1Randolph County, WVWV26,8824,739−38%

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

19▲3Brooke County, WVWV21,1424,181−20%

20▼1Fayette County, WVWV38,1653,756−52%

21▼1Upshur County, WVWV23,7583,588−17%

22▲5Grant County, WVWV11,0413,489+9%

23▲3Jackson County, WVWV27,4503,350−37%

24▼1Morgan County, WVWV18,0273,159−33%

25▲8Hardy County, WVWV14,3373,151−47%

26▲3Nicholas County, WVWV23,8483,058−38%

27▼6Mason County, WVWV24,7073,024−42%

28▼3Taylor County, WVWV16,2872,979−32%

29▼1Barbour County, WVWV15,4142,923−23%

30▲1Lewis County, WVWV16,3942,762+12%

31▼7Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5782,573−57%

32▲3Wetzel County, WVWV13,7342,410−48%

33▼1Wayne County, WVWV37,3092,232−56%

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

35▼5Braxton County, WVWV11,8851,923−33%

36▲12Wyoming County, WVWV19,8011,530−50%

37▲17Pleasants County, WVWV7,3381,501+16%

38▼2Logan County, WVWV30,3751,493−69%

39▲1Tucker County, WVWV6,5401,473−32%

40▲1Boone County, WVWV20,2511,444−62%

41▲3Monroe County, WVWV12,4911,394−37%

42▼4McDowell County, WVWV16,8781,364−50%

43▼1Roane County, WVWV13,3171,221−47%

44▲8Clay County, WVWV7,5381,218−4%

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

46▼7Ritchie County, WVWV8,0341,203−44%

47▲2Doddridge County, WVWV7,6341,180−40%

48▲2Tyler County, WVWV7,8811,120−49%

49▼2Gilmer County, WVWV7,085966−50%

50▼7Summers County, WVWV11,532942−63%

51Lincoln County, WVWV19,177845−69%

52▼6Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602841−58%

53▼16Mingo County, WVWV21,455673−64%

54▼1Wirt County, WVWV4,879593−55%

55Calhoun County, WVWV5,978572−66%

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