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Largest Irish population, West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Kanawha County, WVWV172,38120,442−25%

02Berkeley County, WVWV139,52217,579+18%

03Monongalia County, WVWV107,99113,509−15%

04Harrison County, WVWV64,22111,192−11%

05Wood County, WVWV82,38511,116−6%

06Cabell County, WVWV91,18310,352−37%

07Marion County, WVWV55,5849,538−5%

08Jefferson County, WVWV63,1028,592+36%

09Mercer County, WVWV57,5037,168−29%

10Ohio County, WVWV40,4966,679−22%

11Raleigh County, WVWV71,7756,677−0%

12Putnam County, WVWV56,8856,393+9%

13Marshall County, WVWV29,1595,000−15%

14Hancock County, WVWV27,7294,810−16%

15Randolph County, WVWV26,8824,295−8%

16Fayette County, WVWV38,1654,178−41%

17Upshur County, WVWV23,7583,555+40%

18Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5783,517−44%

19Brooke County, WVWV21,1423,430−19%

20Preston County, WVWV34,0043,398−28%

21Wayne County, WVWV37,3093,348−57%

22Hampshire County, WVWV24,1053,201+14%

23Mineral County, WVWV26,7923,114−30%

24Nicholas County, WVWV23,8483,074−46%

25Logan County, WVWV30,3752,945−51%

26Barbour County, WVWV15,4142,496+13%

27Jackson County, WVWV27,4502,447−47%

28Mason County, WVWV24,7072,230−27%

29Taylor County, WVWV16,2872,219−42%

30Mingo County, WVWV21,4552,167−36%

31Morgan County, WVWV18,0272,089−9%

32Wyoming County, WVWV19,8012,013−39%

33Lewis County, WVWV16,3941,943+20%

34Boone County, WVWV20,2511,924−40%

35Braxton County, WVWV11,8851,867−15%

36Wetzel County, WVWV13,7341,748−34%

37Roane County, WVWV13,3171,592−41%

38McDowell County, WVWV16,8781,361−56%

39Lincoln County, WVWV19,1771,336−52%

40Doddridge County, WVWV7,6341,333−1%

41Summers County, WVWV11,5321,264−55%

42Hardy County, WVWV14,3371,132−17%

43Monroe County, WVWV12,4911,088−59%

44Ritchie County, WVWV8,0341,075−30%

45Tyler County, WVWV7,8811,047−12%

46Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602994−44%

47Pleasants County, WVWV7,338978−17%

48Clay County, WVWV7,538919−46%

49Webster County, WVWV7,760885−39%

50Calhoun County, WVWV5,978864−47%

51Gilmer County, WVWV7,085818−35%

52Grant County, WVWV11,041773−30%

53Tucker County, WVWV6,540670−40%

54Wirt County, WVWV4,879284−60%

55Pendleton County, WVWV5,826230−59%

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES