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Largest Irish population, West Virginia counties · 2020

West Virginia counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish ancestry, from the 2023 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 2000

01Kanawha County, WVWV172,38120,152–

02Berkeley County, WVWV139,52217,458–

03Monongalia County, WVWV107,99115,153–

04Harrison County, WVWV64,22111,755–

05Wood County, WVWV82,38511,013–

06Cabell County, WVWV91,1839,745–

07Marion County, WVWV55,5848,804–

08Raleigh County, WVWV71,7758,434–

09Jefferson County, WVWV63,1028,396–

10Mercer County, WVWV57,5037,325–

11Ohio County, WVWV40,4966,830–

12Putnam County, WVWV56,8855,818–

13Hancock County, WVWV27,7295,678–

14Fayette County, WVWV38,1655,351–

15Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5784,991–

16Randolph County, WVWV26,8824,519–

17Marshall County, WVWV29,1594,484–

18Upshur County, WVWV23,7584,362–

19Preston County, WVWV34,0043,990–

20Logan County, WVWV30,3753,790–

21Nicholas County, WVWV23,8483,773–

22Mineral County, WVWV26,7923,737–

23Brooke County, WVWV21,1423,410–

24Wayne County, WVWV37,3093,397–

25Hampshire County, WVWV24,1053,134–

26Mingo County, WVWV21,4552,858–

27Jackson County, WVWV27,4502,822–

28Barbour County, WVWV15,4142,809–

29Mason County, WVWV24,7072,595–

30Morgan County, WVWV18,0272,506–

31Taylor County, WVWV16,2872,334–

32McDowell County, WVWV16,8782,315–

33Wyoming County, WVWV19,8012,258–

34Braxton County, WVWV11,8852,115–

35Lewis County, WVWV16,3942,024–

36Summers County, WVWV11,5321,797–

37Boone County, WVWV20,2511,773–

38Lincoln County, WVWV19,1771,764–

39Monroe County, WVWV12,4911,576–

40Wetzel County, WVWV13,7341,551–

41Doddridge County, WVWV7,6341,490–

42Roane County, WVWV13,3171,361–

43Pocahontas County, WVWV7,6021,209–

44Ritchie County, WVWV8,0341,165–

45Clay County, WVWV7,5381,095–

46Calhoun County, WVWV5,9781,023–

47Hardy County, WVWV14,3371,007–

48Tucker County, WVWV6,540920–

49Pleasants County, WVWV7,338894–

50Grant County, WVWV11,041850–

51Gilmer County, WVWV7,085823–

52Wirt County, WVWV4,879805–

53Webster County, WVWV7,760704–

54Tyler County, WVWV7,881670–

55Pendleton County, WVWV5,826222–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES