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Largest Scotch-Irish population, West Virginia counties · 2020

West Virginia counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Kanawha County, WVWV172,3813,940−42%

02Berkeley County, WVWV139,5221,911−23%

03Monongalia County, WVWV107,9911,884−46%

04Wood County, WVWV82,3851,877−11%

05Cabell County, WVWV91,1831,816−43%

06Harrison County, WVWV64,2211,360−41%

07Putnam County, WVWV56,8851,257−31%

08Ohio County, WVWV40,4961,248−18%

09Raleigh County, WVWV71,7751,123−11%

10Marion County, WVWV55,584999−42%

11Mercer County, WVWV57,503972−35%

12Jefferson County, WVWV63,102866+9%

13Greenbrier County, WVWV31,578819−52%

14Fayette County, WVWV38,165815−23%

15Hancock County, WVWV27,729802−46%

16Marshall County, WVWV29,159792−31%

17Preston County, WVWV34,004593−26%

18Mason County, WVWV24,707542+31%

19Wayne County, WVWV37,309532−66%

20Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602527+76%

21Brooke County, WVWV21,142464−67%

22Morgan County, WVWV18,027452+10%

23Monroe County, WVWV12,491433−43%

24Nicholas County, WVWV23,848426−50%

25Jackson County, WVWV27,450391−58%

26Taylor County, WVWV16,287385+5%

27Logan County, WVWV30,375384−34%

28Randolph County, WVWV26,882368−64%

29Roane County, WVWV13,317320−37%

30Doddridge County, WVWV7,634296+85%

31Upshur County, WVWV23,758294−36%

32Braxton County, WVWV11,885250−53%

33Webster County, WVWV7,760233−28%

34Lincoln County, WVWV19,177228−61%

35Mineral County, WVWV26,792223−49%

36Clay County, WVWV7,538222−16%

37Hampshire County, WVWV24,105213−67%

38Summers County, WVWV11,532211−22%

39Wetzel County, WVWV13,734194−31%

40Wyoming County, WVWV19,801188−36%

41Barbour County, WVWV15,414186−72%

42Mingo County, WVWV21,455184−51%

43Tyler County, WVWV7,881179−26%

44Ritchie County, WVWV8,034161−62%

45Lewis County, WVWV16,394161−40%

46Wirt County, WVWV4,879155+158%

47Tucker County, WVWV6,540147+137%

48Boone County, WVWV20,251119−81%

49Grant County, WVWV11,04181−30%

50McDowell County, WVWV16,87873−71%

51Hardy County, WVWV14,33755−67%

52Calhoun County, WVWV5,97833−77%

53Pendleton County, WVWV5,82626−58%

54Gilmer County, WVWV7,08519−86%

55Pleasants County, WVWV7,3387−96%

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