RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 55 SHOWN OF 55

Highest Medicaid coverage, West Virginia counties · 2020

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 (2020 ACS). This list covers the 55 counties in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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01Clay County, WVWV7,53847.5%–

02McDowell County, WVWV16,87846.3%–

03Webster County, WVWV7,76046.2%–

04Mingo County, WVWV21,45541.0%–

05Calhoun County, WVWV5,97839.8%–

06Lincoln County, WVWV19,17736.2%–

07Wyoming County, WVWV19,80136.2%–

08Summers County, WVWV11,53235.6%–

09Boone County, WVWV20,25135.4%–

10Logan County, WVWV30,37534.9%–

11Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60233.1%–

12Roane County, WVWV13,31732.8%–

13Nicholas County, WVWV23,84832.7%–

14Wirt County, WVWV4,87932.2%–

15Fayette County, WVWV38,16532.1%–

16Wayne County, WVWV37,30931.7%–

17Raleigh County, WVWV71,77531.0%–

18Mercer County, WVWV57,50330.9%–

19Ritchie County, WVWV8,03430.2%–

20Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57830.0%–

21Monroe County, WVWV12,49129.8%–

22Lewis County, WVWV16,39429.6%–

23Braxton County, WVWV11,88529.5%–

24Randolph County, WVWV26,88229.4%–

25Barbour County, WVWV15,41428.5%–

26Wetzel County, WVWV13,73428.1%–

27Hardy County, WVWV14,33727.4%–

28Upshur County, WVWV23,75827.3%–

29Kanawha County, WVWV172,38127.1%–

30Wood County, WVWV82,38527.1%–

31Cabell County, WVWV91,18327.0%–

32Jackson County, WVWV27,45027.0%–

33Tyler County, WVWV7,88126.2%–

34Grant County, WVWV11,04125.6%–

35Harrison County, WVWV64,22124.9%–

36Ohio County, WVWV40,49624.6%–

37Gilmer County, WVWV7,08524.4%–

38Hancock County, WVWV27,72924.1%–

39Mason County, WVWV24,70724.0%–

40Tucker County, WVWV6,54024.0%–

41Doddridge County, WVWV7,63423.2%–

42Taylor County, WVWV16,28723.1%–

43Marion County, WVWV55,58422.9%–

44Brooke County, WVWV21,14222.7%–

45Preston County, WVWV34,00422.3%–

46Pendleton County, WVWV5,82622.2%–

47Berkeley County, WVWV139,52221.7%–

48Mineral County, WVWV26,79221.3%–

49Hampshire County, WVWV24,10521.0%–

50Marshall County, WVWV29,15921.0%–

51Pleasants County, WVWV7,33820.6%–

52Morgan County, WVWV18,02719.1%–

53Jefferson County, WVWV63,10216.9%–

54Putnam County, WVWV56,88516.7%–

55Monongalia County, WVWV107,99116.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS