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Demographic Data Report for West Virginia by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Families (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
West Virginia N/A 11.9 53,766 48 of 52
Kanawha County Urban 12.3 5,613 2,288
Raleigh County Urban 16.5 3,117 2,792
Cabell County Urban 13.1 2,878 2,423
Berkeley County Urban 8.2 2,626 1,292
Monongalia County Urban 10.6 2,471 1,933
Mercer County Rural 14.4 2,266 2,584
Wood County Urban 10.2 2,225 1,851
Mingo County Rural 23.6 1,456 3,080
Fayette County Urban 13.8 1,435 2,525
Logan County Rural 16.3 1,386 2,775
Marion County Rural 9.2 1,377 1,613
Harrison County Rural 8.6 1,344 1,424
Wayne County Urban 12.9 1,330 2,386
Greenbrier County Rural 15.2 1,280 2,664
Putnam County Urban 7.4 1,190 1,055
McDowell County Rural 29.2 1,173 3,118
Ohio County Urban 10.5 1,087 1,912
Wyoming County Rural 18.0 1,029 2,908
Marshall County Urban 11.7 989 2,189
Jefferson County Urban 6.1 918 666
Hancock County Urban 11.1 883 2,047
Upshur County Rural 14.3 867 2,574
Preston County Urban 9.6 827 1,726
Lincoln County Rural 15.8 825 2,725
Jackson County Rural 11.3 824 2,101
Mason County Rural 11.1 747 2,047
Boone County Urban 13.4 725 2,470
Nicholas County Rural 11.6 725 2,163
Mineral County Rural 10.3 724 1,873
Randolph County Rural 10.6 690 1,933
Barbour County Rural 16.1 619 2,757
Hampshire County Urban 11.1 599 2,047
Lewis County Rural 13.2 594 2,441
Roane County Rural 16.2 536 2,767
Hardy County Rural 14.9 523 2,637
Brooke County Urban 8.1 442 1,265
Summers County Rural 16.2 426 2,767
Braxton County Rural 13.2 424 2,441
Taylor County Rural 9.1 403 1,580
Wetzel County Rural 10.8 393 1,985
Ritchie County Rural 17.1 375 2,852
Morgan County Urban 7.5 371 1,082
Clay County Urban 18.1 364 2,912
Webster County Rural 19.3 357 2,965
Monroe County Rural 10.5 321 1,912
Calhoun County Rural 20.8 304 3,008
Pocahontas County Rural 14.8 261 2,624
Gilmer County Rural 14.0 210 2,544
Tyler County Rural 11.2 210 2,077
Doddridge County Rural 11.9 206 2,216
Wirt County Urban 14.1 205 2,551
Grant County Rural 6.2 176 691
Tucker County Rural 8.8 158 1,489
Pendleton County Rural 9.0 144 1,551
Pleasants County Rural 6.2 118 691
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 6:38 pm.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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