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Demographic Data Report for West Virginia by County
Poverty: Persons 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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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
West Virginia N/A 16.6 287,660 48 of 52
Barbour County Rural 20.8 3,083 2,723
Berkeley County Urban 11.4 14,159 1,109
Boone County Urban 17.3 3,642 2,327
Braxton County Rural 18.8 2,236 2,536
Brooke County Urban 12.1 2,552 1,275
Cabell County Urban 19.8 17,623 2,642
Calhoun County Rural 33.4 2,046 3,113
Clay County Urban 24.9 1,952 2,972
Doddridge County Rural 14.5 966 1,844
Fayette County Urban 18.8 7,282 2,536
Gilmer County Rural 12.9 684 1,487
Grant County Rural 13.4 1,458 1,600
Greenbrier County Rural 20.7 6,611 2,716
Hampshire County Urban 14.2 3,214 1,779
Hancock County Urban 15.0 4,211 1,944
Hardy County Rural 17.6 2,491 2,369
Harrison County Rural 13.6 8,708 1,641
Jackson County Rural 17.5 4,826 2,356
Jefferson County Urban 8.8 5,038 530
Kanawha County Urban 16.1 28,216 2,126
Lewis County Rural 19.4 3,222 2,608
Lincoln County Rural 20.6 4,099 2,709
Logan County Rural 21.4 6,621 2,782
Marion County Rural 13.6 7,414 1,641
Marshall County Urban 15.0 4,396 1,944
Mason County Rural 17.9 4,366 2,418
McDowell County Rural 30.9 5,054 3,091
Mercer County Rural 18.0 10,372 2,433
Mineral County Rural 14.3 3,719 1,803
Mingo County Rural 29.9 6,804 3,082
Monongalia County Urban 20.5 20,538 2,697
Monroe County Rural 15.7 1,929 2,066
Morgan County Urban 11.0 1,891 1,010
Nicholas County Rural 17.8 4,323 2,405
Ohio County Urban 15.7 6,216 2,066
Pendleton County Rural 16.3 982 2,150
Pleasants County Rural 8.0 565 357
Pocahontas County Rural 20.8 1,558 2,723
Preston County Urban 14.1 4,284 1,752
Putnam County Urban 10.7 6,070 937
Raleigh County Urban 21.6 15,123 2,793
Randolph County Rural 14.7 3,725 1,887
Ritchie County Rural 21.7 1,785 2,804
Roane County Rural 20.2 2,790 2,669
Summers County Rural 19.2 2,105 2,584
Taylor County Rural 14.7 2,366 1,887
Tucker County Rural 13.2 859 1,552
Tyler County Rural 17.7 1,426 2,385
Upshur County Rural 18.3 4,093 2,472
Wayne County Urban 15.7 6,015 2,066
Webster County Rural 22.1 1,812 2,833
Wetzel County Rural 16.6 2,303 2,213
Wirt County Urban 18.3 930 2,472
Wood County Urban 14.8 12,208 1,910
Wyoming County Rural 22.6 4,699 2,867
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/15/2025 4:25 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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