| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1990 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1990 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
|
| United States | 241,977,859 | 31,742,864 | 13.1% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 21,134,742 | 3,238,002 | 15.3% | 116.8% |
| West Virginia | 1,755,331 | 345,093 | 19.7% | 149.9% |
|
| County |
| Barbour | 15,154 | 4,323 | 28.5% | 217.5% |
| Berkeley | 57,970 | 6,941 | 12.0% | 91.3% |
| Boone | 25,772 | 6,957 | 27.0% | 205.8% |
| Braxton | 12,872 | 3,326 | 25.8% | 197.0% |
| Brooke | 25,979 | 3,148 | 12.1% | 92.4% |
| Cabell | 93,489 | 17,855 | 19.1% | 145.6% |
| Calhoun | 7,846 | 2,514 | 32.0% | 244.3% |
| Clay | 9,958 | 3,901 | 39.2% | 298.6% |
| Doddridge | 6,961 | 1,599 | 23.0% | 175.1% |
| Fayette | 46,585 | 11,348 | 24.4% | 185.7% |
| Gilmer | 7,102 | 2,378 | 33.5% | 255.2% |
| Grant | 10,243 | 1,592 | 15.5% | 118.5% |
| Greenbrier | 34,165 | 6,125 | 17.9% | 136.7% |
| Hampshire | 16,183 | 2,951 | 18.2% | 139.0% |
| Hancock | 34,929 | 4,149 | 11.9% | 90.5% |
| Hardy | 10,892 | 1,590 | 14.6% | 111.3% |
| Harrison | 68,201 | 11,852 | 17.4% | 132.5% |
| Jackson | 25,577 | 5,124 | 20.0% | 152.7% |
| Jefferson | 34,629 | 3,669 | 10.6% | 80.8% |
| Kanawha | 205,435 | 31,423 | 15.3% | 116.6% |
| Lewis | 16,768 | 3,972 | 23.7% | 180.6% |
| Lincoln | 21,293 | 7,197 | 33.8% | 257.7% |
| Logan | 42,722 | 11,845 | 27.7% | 211.4% |
| Marion | 56,214 | 10,658 | 19.0% | 144.5% |
| Marshall | 36,383 | 5,836 | 16.0% | 122.3% |
| Mason | 24,858 | 5,485 | 22.1% | 168.2% |
| McDowell | 34,985 | 13,195 | 37.7% | 287.5% |
| Mercer | 63,404 | 12,914 | 20.4% | 155.3% |
| Mineral | 26,184 | 3,871 | 14.8% | 112.7% |
| Mingo | 33,523 | 10,370 | 30.9% | 235.8% |
| Monongalia | 69,869 | 14,365 | 20.6% | 156.7% |
| Monroe | 12,210 | 2,558 | 21.0% | 159.7% |
| Morgan | 11,933 | 1,317 | 11.0% | 84.1% |
| Nicholas | 26,540 | 6,471 | 24.4% | 185.9% |
| Ohio | 48,727 | 7,332 | 15.0% | 114.7% |
| Pendleton | 7,899 | 1,339 | 17.0% | 129.2% |
| Pleasants | 7,231 | 1,406 | 19.4% | 148.2% |
| Pocahontas | 8,824 | 1,870 | 21.2% | 161.5% |
| Preston | 28,635 | 5,410 | 18.9% | 144.0% |
| Putnam | 42,466 | 5,114 | 12.0% | 91.8% |
| Raleigh | 75,685 | 15,049 | 19.9% | 151.6% |
| Randolph | 26,320 | 5,765 | 21.9% | 167.0% |
| Ritchie | 10,074 | 2,616 | 26.0% | 198.0% |
| Roane | 14,970 | 4,208 | 28.1% | 214.3% |
| Summers | 13,134 | 3,213 | 24.5% | 186.5% |
| Taylor | 14,811 | 3,390 | 22.9% | 174.5% |
| Tucker | 7,566 | 1,287 | 17.0% | 129.7% |
| Tyler | 9,735 | 1,786 | 18.3% | 139.9% |
| Upshur | 21,506 | 4,557 | 21.2% | 161.5% |
| Wayne | 41,407 | 9,009 | 21.8% | 165.9% |
| Webster | 10,635 | 3,700 | 34.8% | 265.2% |
| Wetzel | 18,989 | 3,899 | 20.5% | 156.5% |
| Wirt | 5,187 | 1,143 | 22.0% | 168.0% |
| Wood | 85,829 | 12,136 | 14.1% | 107.8% |
| Wyoming | 28,873 | 8,045 | 27.9% | 212.4% |
