RANKING · 2024 ACS · 55 SHOWN OF 55

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. The median across all 55 is 2,230. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Tyler County, WV, up 9 places to #45.

Irish Americans: full group profile →

West VirginiaAll states All rankings

SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

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%

08▲1Jefferson County, WVWV63,1028,592+36%

09▲1Mercer County, WVWV57,5037,168−29%

10▲1Ohio County, WVWV40,4966,679−22%

11▼3Raleigh County, WVWV71,7756,6770%

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

13▲4Marshall County, WVWV29,1595,000−15%

14▼1Hancock County, WVWV27,7294,810−16%

15▲1Randolph County, WVWV26,8824,295−8%

16▼2Fayette County, WVWV38,1654,178−41%

17▲1Upshur County, WVWV23,7583,555+40%

18▼3Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5783,517−44%

19▲4Brooke County, WVWV21,1423,430−19%

20▼1Preston County, WVWV34,0043,398−28%

21▲3Wayne County, WVWV37,3093,348−57%

22▲3Hampshire County, WVWV24,1053,201+14%

23▼1Mineral County, WVWV26,7923,114−30%

24▼3Nicholas County, WVWV23,8483,074−46%

25▼5Logan County, WVWV30,3752,945−51%

26▲2Barbour County, WVWV15,4142,496+13%

27Jackson County, WVWV27,4502,447−47%

28▲1Mason County, WVWV24,7072,230−27%

29▲2Taylor County, WVWV16,2872,219−42%

30▼4Mingo County, WVWV21,4552,167−36%

31▼1Morgan County, WVWV18,0272,089−9%

32▲1Wyoming County, WVWV19,8012,013−39%

33▲2Lewis County, WVWV16,3941,943+20%

34▲3Boone County, WVWV20,2511,924−40%

35▼1Braxton County, WVWV11,8851,867−15%

36▲4Wetzel County, WVWV13,7341,748−34%

37▲5Roane County, WVWV13,3171,592−41%

38▼6McDowell County, WVWV16,8781,361−56%

39▼1Lincoln County, WVWV19,1771,336−52%

40▲1Doddridge County, WVWV7,6341,333−1%

41▼5Summers County, WVWV11,5321,264−55%

42▲5Hardy County, WVWV14,3371,132−17%

43▼4Monroe County, WVWV12,4911,088−59%

44Ritchie County, WVWV8,0341,075−30%

45▲9Tyler County, WVWV7,8811,047−12%

46▼3Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602994−44%

47▲2Pleasants County, WVWV7,338978−17%

48▼3Clay County, WVWV7,538919−46%

49▲4Webster County, WVWV7,760885−39%

50▼4Calhoun County, WVWV5,978864−47%

51Gilmer County, WVWV7,085818−35%

52▼2Grant County, WVWV11,041773−30%

53▼5Tucker County, WVWV6,540670−40%

54▼2Wirt County, WVWV4,879284−60%

55Pendleton County, WVWV5,826230−59%

SHOWING 1–55 OF 55

Download CSV (full list, 55 rows)

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