Counties in West Virginia by population speaking Spanish at home

Gilmer County had the highest population speaking Spanish at home of 55 counties in 2021, at 3.2%. Doddridge County had the lowest, at 0%. The median was 0.6% and the figure for West Virginia was 1%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Map of counties, 2021

Barbour County: 0.9 %Berkeley County: 2.8 %Boone County: 0.4 %Braxton County: 0.2 %Brooke County: 0.6 %Cabell County: 1.3 %Calhoun County: 0.2 %Clay County: 0.2 %Doddridge County: 0 %Fayette County: 0.6 %Gilmer County: 3.2 %Grant County: 1.4 %Greenbrier County: 1.4 %Hampshire County: 0.9 %Hancock County: 0.3 %Hardy County: 1.4 %Harrison County: 0.5 %Jackson County: 0.3 %Jefferson County: 3 %Kanawha County: 0.6 %Lewis County: 0.4 %Lincoln County: 0.3 %Logan County: 0.1 %McDowell County: 0.9 %Marion County: 0.7 %Marshall County: 1.3 %Mason County: 0 %Mercer County: 1.3 %Mineral County: 1.9 %Mingo County: 0.2 %Monongalia County: 1.4 %Monroe County: 0.7 %Morgan County: 0.9 %Nicholas County: 0.1 %Ohio County: 0.7 %Pendleton County: 0.6 %Pleasants County: 0.5 %Pocahontas County: 0.2 %Preston County: 1.2 %Putnam County: 0.7 %Raleigh County: 1.7 %Randolph County: 0.8 %Ritchie County: 1.7 %Roane County: 0.2 %Summers County: 1.3 %Taylor County: 0.6 %Tucker County: 0.5 %Tyler County: 0.4 %Upshur County: 0.5 %Wayne County: 0.9 %Webster County: 0.1 %Wetzel County: 0.1 %Wirt County: 0.6 %Wood County: 0.5 %Wyoming County: 0 %
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%, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

Gilmer County: 3.2 %Gilmer County3.2Jefferson County: 3 %Jefferson County3Berkeley County: 2.8 %Berkeley County2.8Mineral County: 1.9 %Mineral County1.9Raleigh County: 1.7 %Raleigh County1.7Ritchie County: 1.7 %Ritchie County1.7Grant County: 1.4 %Grant County1.4Hardy County: 1.4 %Hardy County1.4Monongalia County: 1.4 %Monongalia County1.4Greenbrier County: 1.4 %Greenbrier County1.4Cabell County: 1.3 %Cabell County1.3Mercer County: 1.3 %Mercer County1.3Marshall County: 1.3 %Marshall County1.3Summers County: 1.3 %Summers County1.3Preston County: 1.2 %Preston County1.2Morgan County: 0.9 %Morgan County0.9Barbour County: 0.9 %Barbour County0.9McDowell County: 0.9 %McDowell County0.9Wayne County: 0.9 %Wayne County0.9Hampshire County: 0.9 %Hampshire County0.9Randolph County: 0.8 %Randolph County0.8Putnam County: 0.7 %Putnam County0.7Monroe County: 0.7 %Monroe County0.7Ohio County: 0.7 %Ohio County0.7Marion County: 0.7 %Marion County0.7Brooke County: 0.6 %Brooke County0.6Fayette County: 0.6 %Fayette County0.6Pendleton County: 0.6 %Pendleton County0.6Kanawha County: 0.6 %Kanawha County0.6Wirt County: 0.6 %Wirt County0.6Taylor County: 0.6 %Taylor County0.6Tucker County: 0.5 %Tucker County0.5Upshur County: 0.5 %Upshur County0.5Wood County: 0.5 %Wood County0.5Pleasants County: 0.5 %Pleasants County0.5Harrison County: 0.5 %Harrison County0.5Boone County: 0.4 %Boone County0.4Tyler County: 0.4 %Tyler County0.4Lewis County: 0.4 %Lewis County0.4Jackson County: 0.3 %Jackson County0.3Hancock County: 0.3 %Hancock County0.3Lincoln County: 0.3 %Lincoln County0.3Roane County: 0.2 %Roane County0.2Calhoun County: 0.2 %Calhoun County0.2Pocahontas County: 0.2 %Pocahontas County0.2Clay County: 0.2 %Clay County0.2Mingo County: 0.2 %Mingo County0.2Braxton County: 0.2 %Braxton County0.2Nicholas County: 0.1 %Nicholas County0.1Wetzel County: 0.1 %Wetzel County0.1Webster County: 0.1 %Webster County0.1Logan County: 0.1 %Logan County0.1Mason County: 0 %Mason County0Wyoming County: 0 %Wyoming County0Doddridge County: 0 %Doddridge County0Gilmer County: 3.2 %Gilmer County3.2Jefferson County: 3 %Jefferson County3Berkeley County: 2.8 %Berkeley County2.8Mineral County: 1.9 %Mineral County1.9Raleigh County: 1.7 %Raleigh County1.7Ritchie County: 1.7 %Ritchie County1.7Grant County: 1.4 %Grant County1.4Hardy County: 1.4 %Hardy County1.4Monongalia County: 1.4 %Monongalia County1.4Greenbrier County: 1.4 %Greenbrier County1.4Cabell County: 1.3 %Cabell County1.3Mercer County: 1.3 %Mercer County1.3Marshall County: 1.3 %Marshall County1.3Summers County: 1.3 %Summers County1.3Preston County: 1.2 %Preston County1.2Morgan County: 0.9 %Morgan County0.9Barbour County: 0.9 %Barbour County0.9McDowell County: 0.9 %McDowell County0.9Wayne County: 0.9 %Wayne County0.9Hampshire County: 0.9 %Hampshire County0.9Randolph County: 0.8 %Randolph County0.8Putnam County: 0.7 %Putnam County0.7Monroe County: 0.7 %Monroe County0.7Ohio County: 0.7 %Ohio County0.7Marion County: 0.7 %Marion County0.7Brooke County: 0.6 %Brooke County0.6Fayette County: 0.6 %Fayette County0.6Pendleton County: 0.6 %Pendleton County0.6Kanawha County: 0.6 %Kanawha County0.6Wirt County: 0.6 %Wirt County0.6Taylor County: 0.6 %Taylor County0.6Tucker County: 0.5 %Tucker County0.5Upshur County: 0.5 %Upshur County0.5Wood County: 0.5 %Wood County0.5Pleasants County: 0.5 %Pleasants County0.5Harrison County: 0.5 %Harrison County0.5Boone County: 0.4 %Boone County0.4Tyler County: 0.4 %Tyler County0.4Lewis County: 0.4 %Lewis County0.4Jackson County: 0.3 %Jackson County0.3Hancock County: 0.3 %Hancock County0.3Lincoln County: 0.3 %Lincoln County0.3Roane County: 0.2 %Roane County0.2Calhoun County: 0.2 %Calhoun County0.2Pocahontas County: 0.2 %Pocahontas County0.2Clay County: 0.2 %Clay County0.2Mingo County: 0.2 %Mingo County0.2Braxton County: 0.2 %Braxton County0.2Nicholas County: 0.1 %Nicholas County0.1Wetzel County: 0.1 %Wetzel County0.1Webster County: 0.1 %Webster County0.1Logan County: 0.1 %Logan County0.1Mason County: 0 %Mason County0Wyoming County: 0 %Wyoming County0Doddridge County: 0 %Doddridge County0
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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People aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability or Hispanic origin. Hispanic origin is hispanic_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (Counties in West Virginia by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in West Virginia by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/west-virginia-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Counties in West Virginia by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/west-virginia-counties?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, Counties in West Virginia by population speaking Spanish at home, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/spanish-spoken-at-home/west-virginia-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest population speaking Spanish at home?

Gilmer County, with 3.2% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population speaking Spanish at home?

Doddridge County, with 0% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak Spanish at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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