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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 2020 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, WVWV172,38120,152−26%

02Berkeley County, WVWV139,52217,458+17%

03Monongalia County, WVWV107,99115,153−4%

04Harrison County, WVWV64,22111,755−6%

05Wood County, WVWV82,38511,013−7%

06Cabell County, WVWV91,1839,745−41%

07Marion County, WVWV55,5848,804−12%

08Raleigh County, WVWV71,7758,434+26%

09Jefferson County, WVWV63,1028,396+33%

10Mercer County, WVWV57,5037,325−28%

11Ohio County, WVWV40,4966,830−20%

12Putnam County, WVWV56,8855,818−0%

13Hancock County, WVWV27,7295,678−1%

14Fayette County, WVWV38,1655,351−25%

15Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5784,991−21%

16Randolph County, WVWV26,8824,519−3%

17Marshall County, WVWV29,1594,484−24%

18Upshur County, WVWV23,7584,362+72%

19Preston County, WVWV34,0043,990−16%

20Logan County, WVWV30,3753,790−37%

21Nicholas County, WVWV23,8483,773−34%

22Mineral County, WVWV26,7923,737−16%

23Brooke County, WVWV21,1423,410−19%

24Wayne County, WVWV37,3093,397−56%

25Hampshire County, WVWV24,1053,134+12%

26Mingo County, WVWV21,4552,858−16%

27Jackson County, WVWV27,4502,822−38%

28Barbour County, WVWV15,4142,809+27%

29Mason County, WVWV24,7072,595−15%

30Morgan County, WVWV18,0272,506+9%

31Taylor County, WVWV16,2872,334−39%

32McDowell County, WVWV16,8782,315−25%

33Wyoming County, WVWV19,8012,258−32%

34Braxton County, WVWV11,8852,115−3%

35Lewis County, WVWV16,3942,024+25%

36Summers County, WVWV11,5321,797−36%

37Boone County, WVWV20,2511,773−45%

38Lincoln County, WVWV19,1771,764−37%

39Monroe County, WVWV12,4911,576−40%

40Wetzel County, WVWV13,7341,551−42%

41Doddridge County, WVWV7,6341,490+10%

42Roane County, WVWV13,3171,361−50%

43Pocahontas County, WVWV7,6021,209−32%

44Ritchie County, WVWV8,0341,165−24%

45Clay County, WVWV7,5381,095−35%

46Calhoun County, WVWV5,9781,023−37%

47Hardy County, WVWV14,3371,007−26%

48Tucker County, WVWV6,540920−18%

49Pleasants County, WVWV7,338894−24%

50Grant County, WVWV11,041850−23%

51Gilmer County, WVWV7,085823−34%

52Wirt County, WVWV4,879805+13%

53Webster County, WVWV7,760704−51%

54Tyler County, WVWV7,881670−44%

55Pendleton County, WVWV5,826222−61%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS