The graph below ranks each West Virginia County by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
West Virginia total of Black population by county
| County | Black Population |
| Kanawha |  14,405 |
| Berkeley | 7,928 |
| Raleigh | 6,493 |
| Cabell | 4,944 |
| Mercer | 3,931 |
| Monongalia | 3,820 |
| Jefferson | 3,710 |
| Fayette | 2,157 |
| Marion | 1,990 |
| McDowell | 1,984 |
| Ohio | 1,586 |
| Harrison | 1,176 |
| Gilmer | 1,110 |
| Wood | 1,040 |
| Greenbrier | 1,001 |
| Mineral | 838 |
| Logan | 800 |
| Hancock | 729 |
| Summers | 688 |
| Putnam | 566 |
| Mingo | 496 |
| Preston | 407 |
| Hardy | 401 |
| Randolph | 382 |
| Brooke | 334 |
| Hampshire | 285 |
| Mason | 218 |
| Upshur | 196 |
| Marshall | 196 |
| Pendleton | 174 |
| Taylor | 153 |
| Boone | 147 |
| Barbour | 135 |
| Wayne | 125 |
| Doddridge | 123 |
| Morgan | 122 |
| Jackson | 117 |
| Wyoming | 116 |
| Monroe | 108 |
| Grant | 106 |
| Pleasants | 106 |
| Lewis | 99 |
| Braxton | 73 |
| Pocahontas | 69 |
| Nicholas | 52 |
| Wetzel | 49 |
| Roane | 44 |
| Lincoln | 43 |
| Ritchie | 31 |
| Tucker | 28 |
| Tyler | 27 |
| Webster | 27 |
| Calhoun | 23 |
| Clay | 19 |
| Wirt | 18 |