So, you guys have heard of the Great Migration, right? It's an important thing. Especially critical to keep in mind when thinking about Reconstruction. Also, slavery was banned from the Great Lakes states way back in the Articles of Confederation days. So, that's why outside of the big Industrial cities, there are still no black people in the farm country up that way.
Actually, a lot of it was deliberately racist policy, particularly in the Lower Midwest.
How is West Virginia a different color than Virginia?
I suppose he went through by counties.