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Kanawha County, West Virginia
13,592 Black residents · 7.5% of the county · ranked 1 of 55 in West Virginia by Black population
In Kanawha County, West Virginia, the 2020 Census counted 180,745 people, 13,592 of them Black alone. At 7.5%, Kanawha County's Black share stands against the state's 3.7% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 180,745 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 13,592 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 7.5% |
| Rank by Black population among West Virginia counties | 1 of 55 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
In 2010 Kanawha County counted 14,115 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 13,592. The population declined by 3.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Kanawha County moved from 7.3% to 7.5%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
The state's Black population of 65,813 is spread across 55 counties and county equivalents; Kanawha County holds 13,592 of it, rank 1 in the state's order. The county page for Kanawha County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Kanawha County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Kanawha County page holds the frame around them — 180,745 people in all, 13,592 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.