RANKING · 2024 ACS · 55 SHOWN OF 55

Highest Medicaid coverage, West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicaid or other means-tested public insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 55 counties in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAIDVS 2020

01McDowell County, WVWV16,87851.6%+5.3 pts

02Clay County, WVWV7,53845.7%−1.8 pts

03Mingo County, WVWV21,45544.9%+3.9 pts

04Lincoln County, WVWV19,17742.3%+6.1 pts

05Webster County, WVWV7,76042.0%−4.2 pts

06Wyoming County, WVWV19,80135.9%−0.3 pts

07Roane County, WVWV13,31735.8%+3.0 pts

08Summers County, WVWV11,53234.9%−0.7 pts

09Logan County, WVWV30,37534.7%−0.2 pts

10Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60233.4%+0.3 pts

11Calhoun County, WVWV5,97833.2%−6.6 pts

12Fayette County, WVWV38,16533.2%+1.1 pts

13Boone County, WVWV20,25133.1%−2.3 pts

14Braxton County, WVWV11,88532.3%+2.8 pts

15Taylor County, WVWV16,28732.0%+8.9 pts

16Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57831.6%+1.6 pts

17Raleigh County, WVWV71,77531.2%+0.2 pts

18Lewis County, WVWV16,39430.4%+0.8 pts

19Tyler County, WVWV7,88130.1%+3.9 pts

20Monroe County, WVWV12,49129.6%−0.2 pts

21Gilmer County, WVWV7,08529.2%+4.8 pts

22Ritchie County, WVWV8,03429.2%−1.0 pts

23Doddridge County, WVWV7,63429.2%+6.0 pts

24Hardy County, WVWV14,33728.8%+1.4 pts

25Mercer County, WVWV57,50328.8%−2.1 pts

26Barbour County, WVWV15,41428.3%−0.2 pts

27Jackson County, WVWV27,45027.6%+0.6 pts

28Randolph County, WVWV26,88227.5%−1.9 pts

29Upshur County, WVWV23,75827.3%+0.0 pts

30Pleasants County, WVWV7,33827.1%+6.5 pts

31Mason County, WVWV24,70727.0%+3.0 pts

32Nicholas County, WVWV23,84826.9%−5.8 pts

33Wetzel County, WVWV13,73426.6%−1.5 pts

34Kanawha County, WVWV172,38126.4%−0.7 pts

35Wayne County, WVWV37,30926.4%−5.3 pts

36Wood County, WVWV82,38526.4%−0.7 pts

37Hancock County, WVWV27,72926.3%+2.2 pts

38Pendleton County, WVWV5,82626.2%+4.0 pts

39Cabell County, WVWV91,18326.1%−0.9 pts

40Wirt County, WVWV4,87926.0%−6.2 pts

41Ohio County, WVWV40,49624.9%+0.3 pts

42Harrison County, WVWV64,22124.7%−0.2 pts

43Mineral County, WVWV26,79224.6%+3.3 pts

44Preston County, WVWV34,00424.5%+2.2 pts

45Marshall County, WVWV29,15924.2%+3.2 pts

46Grant County, WVWV11,04123.9%−1.7 pts

47Tucker County, WVWV6,54023.3%−0.7 pts

48Marion County, WVWV55,58423.2%+0.3 pts

49Morgan County, WVWV18,02722.5%+3.4 pts

50Hampshire County, WVWV24,10522.3%+1.3 pts

51Berkeley County, WVWV139,52220.9%−0.8 pts

52Brooke County, WVWV21,14219.9%−2.8 pts

53Putnam County, WVWV56,88519.8%+3.1 pts

54Monongalia County, WVWV107,99117.1%+0.5 pts

55Jefferson County, WVWV63,10215.6%−1.3 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES