| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2006–2010 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2006–2010 | Poverty Rate, 2006–2010 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006–2010 |
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| United States | 296,141,149 | 40,917,513 | 13.8% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,244,056 | 3,791,020 | 15.6% | 113.2% |
| West Virginia | 1,789,092 | 310,495 | 17.4% | 125.6% |
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| County |
| Barbour | 15,956 | 2,932 | 18.4% | 133.0% |
| Berkeley | 99,178 | 10,042 | 10.1% | 73.3% |
| Boone | 24,665 | 4,754 | 19.3% | 139.5% |
| Braxton | 13,751 | 2,893 | 21.0% | 152.3% |
| Brooke | 23,554 | 2,598 | 11.0% | 79.8% |
| Cabell | 93,385 | 19,253 | 20.6% | 149.2% |
| Calhoun | 7,578 | 1,557 | 20.5% | 148.7% |
| Clay | 9,215 | 2,182 | 23.7% | 171.4% |
| Doddridge | 7,996 | 2,007 | 25.1% | 181.7% |
| Fayette | 43,788 | 9,324 | 21.3% | 154.1% |
| Gilmer | 5,828 | 1,763 | 30.3% | 218.9% |
| Grant | 11,839 | 1,522 | 12.9% | 93.0% |
| Greenbrier | 34,546 | 6,685 | 19.4% | 140.1% |
| Hampshire | 22,955 | 3,759 | 16.4% | 118.5% |
| Hancock | 30,473 | 4,505 | 14.8% | 107.0% |
| Hardy | 13,786 | 2,055 | 14.9% | 107.9% |
| Harrison | 67,828 | 12,803 | 18.9% | 136.6% |
| Jackson | 28,560 | 5,171 | 18.1% | 131.0% |
| Jefferson | 50,490 | 4,234 | 8.4% | 60.7% |
| Kanawha | 190,094 | 26,102 | 13.7% | 99.4% |
| Lewis | 15,848 | 3,110 | 19.6% | 142.0% |
| Lincoln | 21,727 | 5,788 | 26.6% | 192.8% |
| Logan | 35,543 | 7,752 | 21.8% | 157.9% |
| Marion | 55,064 | 9,236 | 16.8% | 121.4% |
| Marshall | 32,544 | 5,848 | 18.0% | 130.1% |
| Mason | 26,397 | 4,998 | 18.9% | 137.0% |
| McDowell | 22,305 | 7,277 | 32.6% | 236.1% |
| Mercer | 60,665 | 13,848 | 22.8% | 165.2% |
| Mineral | 27,222 | 4,391 | 16.1% | 116.7% |
| Mingo | 26,741 | 5,775 | 21.6% | 156.3% |
| Monongalia | 84,692 | 17,827 | 21.0% | 152.3% |
| Monroe | 13,402 | 1,778 | 13.3% | 96.0% |
| Morgan | 17,205 | 2,726 | 15.8% | 114.7% |
| Nicholas | 26,070 | 4,867 | 18.7% | 135.1% |
| Ohio | 43,003 | 6,849 | 15.9% | 115.3% |
| Pendleton | 7,654 | 1,159 | 15.1% | 109.6% |
| Pleasants | 7,263 | 993 | 13.7% | 99.0% |
| Pocahontas | 8,284 | 1,265 | 15.3% | 110.5% |
| Preston | 30,735 | 4,258 | 13.9% | 100.3% |
| Putnam | 54,409 | 5,657 | 10.4% | 75.2% |
| Raleigh | 74,458 | 13,037 | 17.5% | 126.7% |
| Randolph | 26,683 | 4,558 | 17.1% | 123.6% |
| Ritchie | 10,458 | 1,973 | 18.9% | 136.5% |
| Roane | 14,834 | 4,095 | 27.6% | 199.8% |
| Summers | 12,504 | 2,706 | 21.6% | 156.6% |
| Taylor | 16,182 | 2,561 | 15.8% | 114.5% |
| Tucker | 7,090 | 1,256 | 17.7% | 128.2% |
| Tyler | 9,152 | 1,658 | 18.1% | 131.1% |
| Upshur | 22,390 | 4,330 | 19.3% | 140.0% |
| Wayne | 42,549 | 8,576 | 20.2% | 145.9% |
| Webster | 9,035 | 2,066 | 22.9% | 165.5% |
| Wetzel | 16,663 | 2,924 | 17.5% | 127.0% |
| Wirt | 5,654 | 1,088 | 19.2% | 139.3% |
| Wood | 85,398 | 14,014 | 16.4% | 118.8% |
| Wyoming | 23,804 | 4,110 | 17.3% | 125.0% |