The graph below ranks each West Virginia County by total of White residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
West Virginia total of White population by county
| County | White Population |
| Kanawha |  170,934 |
| Berkeley | 95,030 |
| Monongalia | 91,681 |
| Cabell | 88,700 |
| Wood | 83,711 |
| Raleigh | 70,468 |
| Harrison | 66,469 |
| Mercer | 57,091 |
| Putnam | 54,741 |
| Marion | 53,609 |
| Jefferson | 48,448 |
| Fayette | 42,915 |
| Ohio | 41,183 |
| Wayne | 40,972 |
| Logan | 35,097 |
| Greenbrier | 33,884 |
| Preston | 33,125 |
| Marshall | 31,999 |
| Hancock | 29,094 |
| Jackson | 28,711 |
| Randolph | 28,555 |
| Mineral | 26,603 |
| Mason | 26,586 |
| Nicholas | 25,767 |
| Mingo | 25,254 |
| Boone | 24,125 |
| Upshur | 23,938 |
| Brooke | 23,109 |
| Hampshire | 23,049 |
| Wyoming | 22,839 |
| Lincoln | 21,420 |
| McDowell | 19,072 |
| Morgan | 16,993 |
| Taylor | 16,523 |
| Barbour | 16,321 |
| Wetzel | 16,173 |
| Lewis | 16,060 |
| Roane | 14,443 |
| Braxton | 14,235 |
| Monroe | 13,159 |
| Hardy | 13,134 |
| Summers | 12,790 |
| Grant | 11,566 |
| Ritchie | 10,100 |
| Clay | 9,154 |
| Tyler | 8,933 |
| Webster | 8,870 |
| Pocahontas | 8,482 |
| Doddridge | 7,945 |
| Calhoun | 7,491 |
| Pleasants | 7,376 |
| Gilmer | 7,369 |
| Pendleton | 7,251 |
| Tucker | 6,862 |
| Wirt | 5,728 |