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Largest German population, West Virginia counties · 2010

West Virginia counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2010 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 4,703.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS –

01Kanawha County, WVWV172,38128,465–

02Berkeley County, WVWV139,52227,219–

03Monongalia County, WVWV107,99123,851–

04Wood County, WVWV82,38519,300–

05Ohio County, WVWV40,49615,169–

06Cabell County, WVWV91,18315,165–

07Harrison County, WVWV64,22113,577–

08Jefferson County, WVWV63,10213,460–

09Marion County, WVWV55,58413,252–

10Preston County, WVWV34,0049,691–

11Mineral County, WVWV26,7929,153–

12Mercer County, WVWV57,5038,803–

13Marshall County, WVWV29,1598,736–

14Fayette County, WVWV38,1657,788–

15Randolph County, WVWV26,8827,686–

16Putnam County, WVWV56,8857,062–

17Hampshire County, WVWV24,1056,850–

18Raleigh County, WVWV71,7756,756–

19Hancock County, WVWV27,7296,504–

20Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5786,008–

21Hardy County, WVWV14,3375,902–

22Jackson County, WVWV27,4505,338–

23Mason County, WVWV24,7075,254–

24Brooke County, WVWV21,1425,208–

25Wayne County, WVWV37,3095,024–

26Nicholas County, WVWV23,8484,963–

27Logan County, WVWV30,3754,860–

28Morgan County, WVWV18,0274,703–

29Wetzel County, WVWV13,7344,600–

30Taylor County, WVWV16,2874,363–

31Upshur County, WVWV23,7584,339–

32Boone County, WVWV20,2513,837–

33Barbour County, WVWV15,4143,810–

34Grant County, WVWV11,0413,214–

35Wyoming County, WVWV19,8013,035–

36Braxton County, WVWV11,8852,875–

37McDowell County, WVWV16,8782,715–

38Lincoln County, WVWV19,1772,703–

39Summers County, WVWV11,5322,520–

40Lewis County, WVWV16,3942,468–

41Pendleton County, WVWV5,8262,342–

42Roane County, WVWV13,3172,310–

43Monroe County, WVWV12,4912,198–

44Tyler County, WVWV7,8812,176–

45Tucker County, WVWV6,5402,162–

46Ritchie County, WVWV8,0342,134–

47Pocahontas County, WVWV7,6022,026–

48Doddridge County, WVWV7,6341,951–

49Gilmer County, WVWV7,0851,942–

50Mingo County, WVWV21,4551,885–

51Calhoun County, WVWV5,9781,696–

52Wirt County, WVWV4,8791,325–

53Pleasants County, WVWV7,3381,289–

54Clay County, WVWV7,5381,267–

55Webster County, WVWV7,7601,163–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS