# Counties in West Virginia by black or African American population share, 2024

All 55 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `black_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/black-population-share/west-virginia-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/black-population-share/west-virginia-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Gilmer County | 13.6 |
| 2 | McDowell County | 8.8 |
| 3 | Berkeley County | 7.1 |
| 4 | Raleigh County | 6.7 |
| 5 | Preston County | 6.5 |
| 6 | Summers County | 6.1 |
| 7 | Jefferson County | 5.6 |
| 8 | Kanawha County | 4.8 |
| 9 | Hardy County | 4.7 |
| 10 | Fayette County | 4.2 |
| 11 | Cabell County | 4.1 |
| 12 | Mercer County | 4.1 |
| 13 | Ohio County | 3.3 |
| 14 | Monongalia County | 3.1 |
| 15 | Marion County | 2.6 |
| 16 | Doddridge County | 2.5 |
| 17 | Greenbrier County | 2.3 |
| 18 | Mingo County | 2 |
| 19 | Logan County | 2 |
| 20 | Hancock County | 1.8 |
| 21 | Grant County | 1.7 |
| 22 | Brooke County | 1.5 |
| 23 | Barbour County | 1.5 |
| 24 | Harrison County | 1.5 |
| 25 | Monroe County | 1.5 |
| 26 | Pendleton County | 1.4 |
| 27 | Randolph County | 1.4 |
| 28 | Mineral County | 1.3 |
| 29 | Upshur County | 1.2 |
| 30 | Wood County | 1.1 |
| 31 | Lewis County | 1.1 |
| 32 | Mason County | 1 |
| 33 | Hampshire County | 1 |
| 33 | Wayne County | 1 |
| 35 | Putnam County | 1 |
| 36 | Tyler County | 0.9 |
| 37 | Taylor County | 0.6 |
| 38 | Braxton County | 0.6 |
| 39 | Nicholas County | 0.6 |
| 40 | Pocahontas County | 0.5 |
| 41 | Boone County | 0.4 |
| 41 | Pleasants County | 0.4 |
| 43 | Marshall County | 0.3 |
| 44 | Wyoming County | 0.3 |
| 45 | Wetzel County | 0.2 |
| 46 | Jackson County | 0.1 |
| 46 | Webster County | 0.1 |
| 48 | Ritchie County | 0.1 |
| 49 | Calhoun County | 0.1 |
| 50 | Clay County | 0.1 |
| 50 | Morgan County | 0.1 |
| 52 | Roane County | 0 |
| 53 | Lincoln County | 0 |
| 54 | Tucker County | 0 |
| 54 | Wirt County | 0 |