RANKING · 2024 ACS · 55 SHOWN OF 55

Highest Medicare coverage, West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 55 counties in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 55 is 26.8%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Wirt County, WV, up 18 places to #15.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01▲2Summers County, WVWV11,53233.2%+1.6 pts

02▲13Calhoun County, WVWV5,97832.1%+5.1 pts

03▼2Pendleton County, WVWV5,82632.0%−0.2 pts

04Tucker County, WVWV6,54032.0%+1.5 pts

05▼3McDowell County, WVWV16,87831.6%−0.3 pts

06▼1Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60231.0%+0.7 pts

07Wyoming County, WVWV19,80130.5%+1.6 pts

08▲1Nicholas County, WVWV23,84830.4%+2.4 pts

09▼1Tyler County, WVWV7,88130.4%+2.2 pts

10▲6Mingo County, WVWV21,45529.0%+2.0 pts

11▲13Braxton County, WVWV11,88528.7%+2.6 pts

12▼6Webster County, WVWV7,76028.6%−0.3 pts

13▲16Doddridge County, WVWV7,63428.6%+2.7 pts

14▲8Logan County, WVWV30,37528.5%+2.0 pts

15▲18Wirt County, WVWV4,87928.5%+3.5 pts

16▼4Roane County, WVWV13,31728.3%+0.7 pts

17▲9Ritchie County, WVWV8,03428.1%+2.1 pts

18▼8Hampshire County, WVWV24,10528.0%+0.1 pts

19Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57827.9%+1.1 pts

20▼2Boone County, WVWV20,25127.8%+1.0 pts

21▲6Morgan County, WVWV18,02727.8%+1.8 pts

22▲8Raleigh County, WVWV71,77527.6%+1.8 pts

23Clay County, WVWV7,53827.3%+1.0 pts

24▲1Marshall County, WVWV29,15927.2%+1.2 pts

25▲3Brooke County, WVWV21,14227.1%+1.2 pts

26▼13Mercer County, WVWV57,50327.0%−0.2 pts

27▼16Monroe County, WVWV12,49127.0%−0.7 pts

28▲4Hardy County, WVWV14,33726.8%+1.3 pts

29▼12Grant County, WVWV11,04126.7%−0.1 pts

30▲1Wayne County, WVWV37,30926.7%+1.1 pts

31▲3Hancock County, WVWV27,72926.6%+1.8 pts

32▲7Lincoln County, WVWV19,17726.2%+2.2 pts

33▲8Taylor County, WVWV16,28726.0%+2.1 pts

34▼13Wetzel County, WVWV13,73425.7%−0.9 pts

35▼21Fayette County, WVWV38,16525.6%−1.5 pts

36▼16Randolph County, WVWV26,88225.3%−1.4 pts

37Kanawha County, WVWV172,38125.2%+0.8 pts

38▲4Mason County, WVWV24,70725.2%+1.5 pts

39▲1Preston County, WVWV34,00424.8%+0.8 pts

40▼4Jackson County, WVWV27,45024.7%+0.2 pts

41▼3Ohio County, WVWV40,49624.6%+0.2 pts

42▲3Barbour County, WVWV15,41424.5%+1.6 pts

43▼8Wood County, WVWV82,38524.4%−0.3 pts

44▼1Mineral County, WVWV26,79224.3%+0.9 pts

45▲1Upshur County, WVWV23,75824.3%+1.7 pts

46▲4Gilmer County, WVWV7,08523.9%+2.2 pts

47▲4Pleasants County, WVWV7,33823.9%+2.6 pts

48▼4Lewis County, WVWV16,39423.7%+0.6 pts

49▼1Marion County, WVWV55,58423.0%+0.9 pts

50▼3Cabell County, WVWV91,18322.4%0.0 pts

51▼2Harrison County, WVWV64,22121.9%0.0 pts

52Putnam County, WVWV56,88521.9%+0.9 pts

53Jefferson County, WVWV63,10219.0%+1.1 pts

54Berkeley County, WVWV139,52217.1%+0.6 pts

55Monongalia County, WVWV107,99114.8%+0.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES