Ancestry in West Virginia (State)

European and African Ancestry#1

Self-reported anscestry as a percentage of the total population; more than one answer per person permitted.
Scope: population of the United States and West Virginia
West Virginia
United States
0%10%20%30%CountUnclassified1GermanOther2IrishAmericanEnglishItalianScottishScotch-IrishPolishDutchFrenchEuropeanWelsh30.441441%15.173733%30.441441%30.4%561,977562k17.630866%14.402193%17.630866%17.6%325,482325k16.737086%38.428408%16.737086%16.7%308,982309k14.365481%10.388542%14.365481%14.4%265,200265k12.376523%6.893915%12.376523%12.4%228,482228k10.767069%7.667869%10.767069%10.8%198,770199k4.509851%5.391399%4.509851%4.5%83,25683.3k2.096699%1.713281%2.096699%2.1%38,70738.7k2.060732%0.959589%2.060732%2.1%38,04338.0k1.891834%2.933256%1.891834%1.9%34,92534.9k1.860254%1.321827%1.860254%1.9%34,34234.3k1.405835%2.558873%1.405835%1.4%25,95326.0k0.936140%1.231449%0.936140%0.9%17,28217.3k0.721524%0.566797%0.721524%0.7%13,32013.3k
Count number of people reporting given ancestry
1and unreported 2includes Hispanics and Asians

Hispanic Ancestry#2

Self-reported Hispanic anscestry as a percentage of the Hispanic population.
Scope: population of the United States and West Virginia
West Virginia
United States
0%20%40%60%Count%MexicanPuerto RicanOther HispanicCentral AmericanSouth AmericanSpaniardCubanSalvadoranPeruvianGuatemalanHonduranSpanishDominicanColombianPanamanianCosta RicanChileanNicaraguanEcuadorianVenezuelan44.138378%63.606971%44.138378%44.1%11,58511.6k0.628%0.63%19.274584%9.556329%19.274584%19.3%5,0590.274%0.27%11.753724%4.710506%11.753724%11.8%3,0850.167%0.17%10.225931%9.063007%10.225931%10.2%2,6840.145%0.15%8.023774%6.058500%8.023774%8.0%2,1060.114%0.11%5.600640%1.391783%5.600640%5.6%1,4700.080%0.08%4.850078%3.764242%4.850078%4.9%1,2730.069%0.07%3.421343%3.727366%3.421343%3.4%8980.049%0.05%3.318474%1.140825%3.318474%3.3%8710.047%0.05%2.369795%2.407590%2.369795%2.4%6220.034%0.03%2.118337%1.505399%2.118337%2.1%5560.030%0.03%2.084048%0.908158%2.084048%2.1%5470.030%0.03%1.733531%3.240446%1.733531%1.7%4550.025%0.02%1.501124%1.955032%1.501124%1.5%3940.021%0.02%0.861051%0.346728%0.861051%0.9%2260.012%0.01%0.765802%0.266656%0.765802%0.8%2010.011%0.01%0.765802%0.269403%0.765802%0.8%2010.011%0.01%0.689603%0.738907%0.689603%0.7%1810.010%0.01%0.685793%1.247325%0.685793%0.7%1800.010%0.01%0.548634%0.537721%0.548634%0.5%1440.008%0.01%
Count number of people reporting given ancestry
% as a percentage of the total population

Asian Ancestry#3

Self-reported Asian anscestry as a percentage of the Asian population.
Scope: population of the United States and West Virginia
West Virginia
United States
0%5%10%15%20%Count%ChineseIndianFilipinoVietnameseKoreanJapanesePakistaniThaiNot SpecifiedMixedNepaleseSri LankanTaiwaneseBangladeshi24.045747%22.878500%24.045747%24.0%3,3640.182%0.18%23.145104%20.803641%23.145104%23.1%3,2380.175%0.18%17.591137%16.556564%17.591137%17.6%2,4610.133%0.13%9.199428%10.347871%9.199428%9.2%1,2870.070%0.07%8.899214%8.710278%8.899214%8.9%1,2450.067%0.07%4.403145%4.706558%4.403145%4.4%6160.033%0.03%3.030736%2.630381%3.030736%3.0%4240.023%0.02%2.044317%1.136294%2.044317%2.0%2860.015%0.02%1.586848%0.802052%1.586848%1.6%2220.012%0.01%1.193710%2.308201%1.193710%1.2%1670.009%0.01%1.015011%0.723646%1.015011%1.0%1420.008%0.01%0.764832%0.288866%0.764832%0.8%1070.006%0.01%0.693352%0.950392%0.693352%0.7%970.005%0.01%0.557541%0.963735%0.557541%0.6%780.004%0.00%
Count number of people reporting given ancestry
% as a percentage of the total population

Map of Ancestry by County in West Virginia

German Ancestry by County#4

Percentage of the population reporting 'German' ancestry (%):
8%16%23%30%38%46%

Irish Ancestry by County#5

Percentage of the population reporting 'Irish' ancestry (%):
5.9%8.8%11.6%14.4%17.2%20.1%

American Ancestry by County#6

Percentage of the population reporting 'American' ancestry (%):
2.4%7.3%12.1%17.0%21.9%26.8%

English Ancestry by County#7

Percentage of the population reporting 'English' ancestry (%):
5.3%8.2%11.0%13.8%16.7%19.5%

Italian Ancestry by County#8

Percentage of the population reporting 'Italian' ancestry (%):
0.7%4.1%7.5%10.9%14.3%17.7%

Scottish Ancestry by County#9

Percentage of the population reporting 'Scottish' ancestry (%):
0.4%1.1%1.8%2.6%3.3%4.0%

Scotch-Irish Ancestry by County#10

Percentage of the population reporting 'Scotch-Irish' ancestry (%):
0.4%1.3%2.2%3.1%4.0%5.0%

Polish Ancestry by County#11

Percentage of the population reporting 'Polish' ancestry (%):
0.0%1.6%3.1%4.6%6.1%7.6%

Dutch Ancestry by County#12

Percentage of the population reporting 'Dutch' ancestry (%):
0.7%1.6%2.5%3.4%4.2%5.1%

French Ancestry by County#13

Percentage of the population reporting 'French' ancestry (%):
0.3%0.8%1.3%1.9%2.4%3.0%

European Ancestry by County#14

Percentage of the population reporting 'European' ancestry (%):
0.0%0.9%1.8%2.7%3.5%4.5%

Welsh Ancestry by County#15

Percentage of the population reporting 'Welsh' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.33%0.66%1.00%1.33%1.67%

Hungarian Ancestry by County#16

Percentage of the population reporting 'Hungarian' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.26%0.52%0.77%1.03%1.29%

Swedish Ancestry by County#17

Percentage of the population reporting 'Swedish' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.21%0.42%0.63%0.84%1.06%

Arab Ancestry by County#18

Percentage of the population reporting 'Arab' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.25%0.49%0.74%0.99%1.24%

Mexican Ancestry by County#19

Percentage of the population reporting ' Mexican' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.39%0.79%1.18%1.57%1.97%

Puerto Rican Ancestry by County#20

Percentage of the population reporting ' Puerto Rican' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.21%0.42%0.63%0.84%1.05%

Central American Ancestry by County#21

Percentage of the population reporting ' Central American' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.22%0.44%0.66%0.88%1.11%

South American Ancestry by County#22

Percentage of the population reporting ' South American' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.24%0.48%0.72%0.96%1.21%

Spaniard Ancestry by County#23

Percentage of the population reporting ' Spaniard' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.07%0.15%0.22%0.30%0.37%

Chinese Ancestry by County#24

Percentage of the population reporting 'Chinese' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.25%0.49%0.74%0.98%1.23%

Indian Ancestry by County#25

Percentage of the population reporting 'Indian' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.16%0.32%0.47%0.63%0.79%

Filipino Ancestry by County#26

Percentage of the population reporting 'Filipino' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.17%0.34%0.50%0.67%0.84%

Vietnamese Ancestry by County#27

Percentage of the population reporting 'Vietnamese' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.06%0.13%0.19%0.25%0.32%

Korean Ancestry by County#28

Percentage of the population reporting 'Korean' ancestry (%):
0.00%0.10%0.20%0.29%0.39%0.50%
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Ancestry by Place in West Virginia

There are 404 places in West Virginia. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other, West Virginia, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with West Virginia. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 3,043.

German Ancestry by Place#29

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Virginia, selected places in West Virginia, and entities that contain West Virginia
0%10%20%30%Count#MoorefieldRipleyShannondaleWheelingKeyserGraftonBrookhavenElkinsCheat LakePhilippiPleasant ValleyPleasant VlyBridgeportMoundsvilleViennaWestonLewisburgMorgantownParkersburgSouth CharlestonS CharlestonNew MartinsvilleWeirtonClarksburgMartinsburgCross LanesCharles TownWest VirginiaFairmontBuckhannonDunbarSt. AlbansRansonTeays ValleyHuntingtonUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesHurricaneBluefieldPrincetonCullodenCharlestonWestoverSissonvilleRavenswoodNitroPoint PleasantPt PleasantPea RidgeSummersvilleKenovaShady SpringSouth AtlanticWelchSouthOak HillBeckleyBarboursville39.552000%39.552000%39.6%1,236130.503242%30.503242%30.5%988229.677614%29.677614%29.7%985327.761366%27.761366%27.8%7,706425.660521%25.660521%25.7%1,350525.271528%25.271528%25.3%1,303624.132075%24.132075%24.1%1,279723.492810%23.492810%23.5%1,699823.037949%23.037949%23.0%2,228922.014052%22.014052%22.0%7521021.659855%21.659855%21.7%6891121.341463%21.341463%21.3%1,7851220.749605%20.749605%20.7%1,8381320.386144%20.386144%20.4%2,1541420.171359%20.171359%20.2%8241519.584495%19.584495%19.6%7731619.391385%19.391385%19.4%5,8881719.323687%19.323687%19.3%5,9831819.094219%19.094219%19.1%2,5171919.029496%19.029496%19.0%1,0002018.998291%18.998291%19.0%3,6682118.957229%18.957229%19.0%3,0762218.951911%18.951911%19.0%3,3382318.254369%18.254369%18.3%1,8072418.057022%18.057022%18.1%1,0262517.630866%17.630866%17.6%325,482325k17.589176%17.589176%17.6%3,2892616.457042%16.457042%16.5%9292716.191340%16.191340%16.2%1,2492816.027067%16.027067%16.0%1,7292915.300207%15.300207%15.3%7393015.073690%15.073690%15.1%2,0663114.615779%14.615779%14.6%7,1233214.402193%14.402193%14.4%45,879,36045.9M14.210526%14.210526%14.2%9183314.074860%14.074860%14.1%1,4593413.754954%13.754954%13.8%8333513.677195%13.677195%13.7%4723613.178650%13.178650%13.2%6,6173713.062201%13.062201%13.1%5463813.000221%13.000221%13.0%5883912.867169%12.867169%12.9%4954012.267487%12.267487%12.3%7984112.146695%12.146695%12.1%5204212.133228%12.133228%12.1%7654312.128146%12.128146%12.1%4244411.600257%11.600257%11.6%3614510.621302%10.621302%10.6%3594610.391841%10.391841%10.4%6,496,8966.50M10.253040%10.253040%10.3%3124710.062070%10.062070%10.1%12,049,90512.0M9.355652%9.355652%9.4%816488.490892%8.490892%8.5%1,473495.502162%5.502162%5.5%22950
Count number of people reporting 'German' ancestry
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage reporting 'German' anscestry