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Highest Medicare coverage, West Virginia counties · 2020

West Virginia counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2020 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 25.9%.

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01Pendleton County, WVWV5,82632.2%–

02McDowell County, WVWV16,87831.9%–

03Summers County, WVWV11,53231.6%–

04Tucker County, WVWV6,54030.5%–

05Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60230.3%–

06Webster County, WVWV7,76028.9%–

07Wyoming County, WVWV19,80128.9%–

08Tyler County, WVWV7,88128.2%–

09Nicholas County, WVWV23,84828.0%–

10Hampshire County, WVWV24,10527.9%–

11Monroe County, WVWV12,49127.7%–

12Roane County, WVWV13,31727.6%–

13Mercer County, WVWV57,50327.2%–

14Fayette County, WVWV38,16527.1%–

15Calhoun County, WVWV5,97827.0%–

16Mingo County, WVWV21,45527.0%–

17Grant County, WVWV11,04126.8%–

18Boone County, WVWV20,25126.8%–

19Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57826.8%–

20Randolph County, WVWV26,88226.7%–

21Wetzel County, WVWV13,73426.6%–

22Logan County, WVWV30,37526.5%–

23Clay County, WVWV7,53826.3%–

24Braxton County, WVWV11,88526.1%–

25Marshall County, WVWV29,15926.0%–

26Ritchie County, WVWV8,03426.0%–

27Morgan County, WVWV18,02726.0%–

28Brooke County, WVWV21,14225.9%–

29Doddridge County, WVWV7,63425.9%–

30Raleigh County, WVWV71,77525.8%–

31Wayne County, WVWV37,30925.6%–

32Hardy County, WVWV14,33725.5%–

33Wirt County, WVWV4,87925.0%–

34Hancock County, WVWV27,72924.8%–

35Wood County, WVWV82,38524.7%–

36Jackson County, WVWV27,45024.5%–

37Kanawha County, WVWV172,38124.4%–

38Ohio County, WVWV40,49624.4%–

39Lincoln County, WVWV19,17724.0%–

40Preston County, WVWV34,00424.0%–

41Taylor County, WVWV16,28723.9%–

42Mason County, WVWV24,70723.7%–

43Mineral County, WVWV26,79223.4%–

44Lewis County, WVWV16,39423.1%–

45Barbour County, WVWV15,41422.9%–

46Upshur County, WVWV23,75822.6%–

47Cabell County, WVWV91,18322.4%–

48Marion County, WVWV55,58422.1%–

49Harrison County, WVWV64,22121.9%–

50Gilmer County, WVWV7,08521.7%–

51Pleasants County, WVWV7,33821.3%–

52Putnam County, WVWV56,88521.0%–

53Jefferson County, WVWV63,10217.9%–

54Berkeley County, WVWV139,52216.5%–

55Monongalia County, WVWV107,99114.3%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS