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Highest poverty rate, West Virginia counties

West Virginia counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 55 counties in West Virginia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01McDowell County, WVWV16,87834.2%−9%

02Calhoun County, WVWV5,97832.9%+31%

03Mingo County, WVWV21,45532.4%+9%

04Clay County, WVWV7,53826.4%−4%

05Summers County, WVWV11,53223.8%−3%

06Webster County, WVWV7,76023.3%−27%

07Lincoln County, WVWV19,17723.2%−17%

08Raleigh County, WVWV71,77522.8%+23%

09Wyoming County, WVWV19,80122.6%−10%

10Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60222.5%+32%

11Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57821.8%+20%

12Logan County, WVWV30,37521.8%−10%

13Ritchie County, WVWV8,03421.6%+13%

14Braxton County, WVWV11,88520.4%−7%

15Tyler County, WVWV7,88120.2%+22%

16Barbour County, WVWV15,41420.0%−11%

17Monongalia County, WVWV107,99119.7%−14%

18Mason County, WVWV24,70719.4%−3%

19Upshur County, WVWV23,75819.2%−4%

20Fayette County, WVWV38,16519.2%−11%

21Cabell County, WVWV91,18319.2%−0%

22Roane County, WVWV13,31719.1%−16%

23Gilmer County, WVWV7,08519.0%−27%

24Jackson County, WVWV27,45018.5%+21%

25Hardy County, WVWV14,33717.7%+35%

26Ohio County, WVWV40,49617.7%+12%

27Wirt County, WVWV4,87916.8%−14%

28Marshall County, WVWV29,15916.8%+2%

29Pendleton County, WVWV5,82616.6%+45%

30Mercer County, WVWV57,50316.5%−16%

31Boone County, WVWV20,25116.2%−26%

32Lewis County, WVWV16,39416.1%−19%

33Wetzel County, WVWV13,73416.0%−19%

34Randolph County, WVWV26,88215.9%−11%

35Kanawha County, WVWV172,38115.7%+10%

36Nicholas County, WVWV23,84815.4%−20%

37Tucker County, WVWV6,54015.3%−15%

38Doddridge County, WVWV7,63414.8%−25%

39Wood County, WVWV82,38514.7%+6%

40Wayne County, WVWV37,30914.6%−25%

41Hancock County, WVWV27,72914.5%+30%

42Harrison County, WVWV64,22114.4%−17%

43Mineral County, WVWV26,79214.0%−4%

44Monroe County, WVWV12,49114.0%−14%

45Taylor County, WVWV16,28713.9%−32%

46Preston County, WVWV34,00413.8%−25%

47Marion County, WVWV55,58413.6%−17%

48Grant County, WVWV11,04113.3%−19%

49Brooke County, WVWV21,14213.1%+12%

50Hampshire County, WVWV24,10513.1%−20%

51Pleasants County, WVWV7,33811.6%−15%

52Morgan County, WVWV18,02711.2%+7%

53Berkeley County, WVWV139,52211.1%−3%

54Putnam County, WVWV56,88510.6%+14%

55Jefferson County, WVWV63,1028.7%−16%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES