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Lowest median household income, West Virginia counties · 2000

West Virginia counties with the lowest median household income in the 2000 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 1990

01McDowell County, WVWV16,878$16,931+29%

02Webster County, WVWV7,760$21,055+57%

03Summers County, WVWV11,532$21,147+28%

04Mingo County, WVWV21,455$21,347+33%

05Calhoun County, WVWV5,978$21,578+49%

06Clay County, WVWV7,538$22,120+72%

07Lincoln County, WVWV19,177$22,662+55%

08Gilmer County, WVWV7,085$22,857+57%

09Wyoming County, WVWV19,801$23,932+39%

10Braxton County, WVWV11,885$24,412+49%

11Roane County, WVWV13,317$24,511+59%

12Logan County, WVWV30,375$24,603+37%

13Barbour County, WVWV15,414$24,729+58%

14Fayette County, WVWV38,165$24,788+48%

15Boone County, WVWV20,251$25,669+50%

16Tucker County, WVWV6,540$26,250+46%

17Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602$26,401+53%

18Mercer County, WVWV57,503$26,628+38%

19Doddridge County, WVWV7,634$26,744+56%

20Greenbrier County, WVWV31,578$26,927+39%

21Upshur County, WVWV23,758$26,973+44%

22Nicholas County, WVWV23,848$26,974+49%

23Lewis County, WVWV16,394$27,066+51%

24Taylor County, WVWV16,287$27,124+51%

25Mason County, WVWV24,707$27,134+35%

26Randolph County, WVWV26,882$27,299+49%

27Ritchie County, WVWV8,034$27,332+58%

28Wayne County, WVWV37,309$27,352+39%

29Monroe County, WVWV12,491$27,575+51%

30Preston County, WVWV34,004$27,927+40%

31Raleigh County, WVWV71,775$28,181+44%

32Cabell County, WVWV91,183$28,479+34%

33Monongalia County, WVWV107,991$28,625+29%

34Marion County, WVWV55,584$28,626+40%

35Grant County, WVWV11,041$28,916+38%

36Tyler County, WVWV7,881$29,290+44%

37Pendleton County, WVWV5,826$30,429+56%

38Harrison County, WVWV64,221$30,562+50%

39Wirt County, WVWV4,879$30,748+81%

40Ohio County, WVWV40,496$30,836+37%

41Wetzel County, WVWV13,734$30,935+44%

42Marshall County, WVWV29,159$30,989+37%

43Mineral County, WVWV26,792$31,149+41%

44Hampshire County, WVWV24,105$31,666+53%

45Hardy County, WVWV14,337$31,846+54%

46Jackson County, WVWV27,450$32,434+50%

47Pleasants County, WVWV7,338$32,736+57%

48Brooke County, WVWV21,142$32,981+24%

49Wood County, WVWV82,385$33,285+32%

50Hancock County, WVWV27,729$33,759+30%

51Kanawha County, WVWV172,381$33,766+41%

52Morgan County, WVWV18,027$35,016+44%

53Berkeley County, WVWV139,522$38,763+41%

54Putnam County, WVWV56,885$41,892+53%

55Jefferson County, WVWV63,102$44,374+43%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS