State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Demographics Data

Demographic Data Report for West Virginia by County
Food Access: Limited Access to Healthy Foods
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019 USDA Food Environment Atlas
Sorted by Percent

West Virginia

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Value (Percent) : The value is 8 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 139,050.

United States

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Value (Percent) : The value is data not available
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is data not available.

Gilmer County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 31 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,702.

Pendleton County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 20 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,567.

Pocahontas County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 20 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,719.

Monroe County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 19 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,528.

Hancock County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 17 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 5,343.

Raleigh County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 17 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 13,405.

Wetzel County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 17 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,774.

Calhoun County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 13 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,021.

Mercer County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 13 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 7,871.

Roane County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 13 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,888.

Berkeley County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 11 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 11,239.

Wayne County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 11 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 4,600.

Clay County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 10 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 925.

Hampshire County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 10 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,371.

Preston County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 10 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 3,396.

Braxton County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 9 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,373.

Greenbrier County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 9 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 3,170.

Kanawha County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 9 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 17,756.

Wood County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 9 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 7,884.

Summers County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 8 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,147.

Ohio County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 7 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,905.

Fayette County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 6 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,775.

Hardy County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 6 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 903.

Jefferson County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 6 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,944.

Mason County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 6 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,767.

Mineral County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 6 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,562.

Monongalia County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 6 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 5,865.

Barbour County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 5 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 875.

Brooke County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 5 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,158.

Grant County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 5 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 622.

Jackson County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 5 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,572.

Marion County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 5 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,894.

Mingo County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 5 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,235.

Ritchie County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 5 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 496.

Harrison County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 4 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,857.

Lewis County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 4 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 713.

Marshall County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 4 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,312.

Morgan County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 4 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 783.

Nicholas County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 4 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,042.

Putnam County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 4 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,224.

Boone County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 3 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 810.

Cabell County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 3 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 2,886.

Logan County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 3 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1,198.

Randolph County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 3 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 995.

Upshur County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 3 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 826.

McDowell County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 2 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 436.

Webster County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 2 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 201.

Doddridge County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 1 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 97.

Lincoln County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 1 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 251.

Tucker County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 1 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 65.

Tyler County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 1 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 65.

Wirt County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Value (Percent) : The value is 1 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 37.

Pleasants County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 0 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 0.

Wyoming County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is 0 percent.
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is 1.

Taylor County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Value (Percent) : The value is data not available
• People (with Limited Access) : The number of people (with limited access) is data not available.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2026 10:19 pm.

Data not available for this combination of geography, cancer site, age, and race/ethnicity.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

Source: Limited Access to Healthy Foods data provided by the USDA Food Environment Atlas.

For more information about Food Access: Limited Access to Healthy Foods, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.