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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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West Virginia N/A 11.9 53,766 48 of 52
United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
McDowell County Rural 29.2 1,173 3,118
Mingo County Rural 23.6 1,456 3,080
Calhoun County Rural 20.8 304 3,008
Webster County Rural 19.3 357 2,965
Clay County Urban 18.1 364 2,912
Wyoming County Rural 18.0 1,029 2,908
Ritchie County Rural 17.1 375 2,852
Raleigh County Urban 16.5 3,117 2,792
Logan County Rural 16.3 1,386 2,775
Roane County Rural 16.2 536 2,767
Summers County Rural 16.2 426 2,767
Barbour County Rural 16.1 619 2,757
Lincoln County Rural 15.8 825 2,725
Greenbrier County Rural 15.2 1,280 2,664
Hardy County Rural 14.9 523 2,637
Pocahontas County Rural 14.8 261 2,624
Mercer County Rural 14.4 2,266 2,584
Upshur County Rural 14.3 867 2,574
Wirt County Urban 14.1 205 2,551
Gilmer County Rural 14.0 210 2,544
Fayette County Urban 13.8 1,435 2,525
Boone County Urban 13.4 725 2,470
Braxton County Rural 13.2 424 2,441
Lewis County Rural 13.2 594 2,441
Cabell County Urban 13.1 2,878 2,423
Wayne County Urban 12.9 1,330 2,386
Kanawha County Urban 12.3 5,613 2,288
Doddridge County Rural 11.9 206 2,216
Marshall County Urban 11.7 989 2,189
Nicholas County Rural 11.6 725 2,163
Jackson County Rural 11.3 824 2,101
Tyler County Rural 11.2 210 2,077
Hampshire County Urban 11.1 599 2,047
Hancock County Urban 11.1 883 2,047
Mason County Rural 11.1 747 2,047
Wetzel County Rural 10.8 393 1,985
Monongalia County Urban 10.6 2,471 1,933
Randolph County Rural 10.6 690 1,933
Monroe County Rural 10.5 321 1,912
Ohio County Urban 10.5 1,087 1,912
Mineral County Rural 10.3 724 1,873
Wood County Urban 10.2 2,225 1,851
Preston County Urban 9.6 827 1,726
Marion County Rural 9.2 1,377 1,613
Taylor County Rural 9.1 403 1,580
Pendleton County Rural 9.0 144 1,551
Tucker County Rural 8.8 158 1,489
Harrison County Rural 8.6 1,344 1,424
Berkeley County Urban 8.2 2,626 1,292
Brooke County Urban 8.1 442 1,265
Morgan County Urban 7.5 371 1,082
Putnam County Urban 7.4 1,190 1,055
Grant County Rural 6.2 176 691
Pleasants County Rural 6.2 118 691
Jefferson County Urban 6.1 918 666
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/23/2025 12:57 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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