| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2007–2011 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2007–2011 | Poverty Rate, 2007–2011 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007–2011 |
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| United States | 298,787,998 | 42,739,924 | 14.3% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,377,459 | 3,930,024 | 16.1% | 112.7% |
| West Virginia | 1,794,220 | 313,363 | 17.5% | 122.1% |
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| County |
| Barbour | 15,919 | 2,903 | 18.2% | 127.5% |
| Berkeley | 101,164 | 12,008 | 11.9% | 83.0% |
| Boone | 24,558 | 4,641 | 18.9% | 132.1% |
| Braxton | 13,698 | 2,914 | 21.3% | 148.7% |
| Brooke | 23,080 | 2,743 | 11.9% | 83.1% |
| Cabell | 92,665 | 19,903 | 21.5% | 150.2% |
| Calhoun | 7,593 | 1,585 | 20.9% | 145.9% |
| Clay | 9,353 | 2,603 | 27.8% | 194.6% |
| Doddridge | 7,796 | 1,592 | 20.4% | 142.8% |
| Fayette | 43,748 | 9,279 | 21.2% | 148.3% |
| Gilmer | 6,342 | 1,838 | 29.0% | 202.6% |
| Grant | 11,838 | 1,708 | 14.4% | 100.9% |
| Greenbrier | 34,867 | 6,725 | 19.3% | 134.8% |
| Hampshire | 23,294 | 4,249 | 18.2% | 127.5% |
| Hancock | 30,335 | 4,956 | 16.3% | 114.2% |
| Hardy | 13,789 | 2,188 | 15.9% | 110.9% |
| Harrison | 67,493 | 12,312 | 18.2% | 127.5% |
| Jackson | 28,741 | 4,813 | 16.7% | 117.1% |
| Jefferson | 51,590 | 4,695 | 9.1% | 63.6% |
| Kanawha | 189,991 | 26,768 | 14.1% | 98.5% |
| Lewis | 16,256 | 3,391 | 20.9% | 145.8% |
| Lincoln | 21,663 | 6,114 | 28.2% | 197.3% |
| Logan | 35,753 | 7,511 | 21.0% | 146.9% |
| Marion | 55,093 | 9,156 | 16.6% | 116.2% |
| Marshall | 32,493 | 5,500 | 16.9% | 118.3% |
| Mason | 26,384 | 4,708 | 17.8% | 124.7% |
| McDowell | 21,747 | 7,250 | 33.3% | 233.1% |
| Mercer | 60,615 | 12,774 | 21.1% | 147.3% |
| Mineral | 27,303 | 4,397 | 16.1% | 112.6% |
| Mingo | 26,668 | 6,243 | 23.4% | 163.7% |
| Monongalia | 87,056 | 19,021 | 21.8% | 152.7% |
| Monroe | 13,439 | 1,862 | 13.9% | 96.9% |
| Morgan | 17,331 | 2,199 | 12.7% | 88.7% |
| Nicholas | 25,992 | 4,838 | 18.6% | 130.1% |
| Ohio | 42,129 | 6,491 | 15.4% | 107.7% |
| Pendleton | 7,540 | 1,281 | 17.0% | 118.8% |
| Pleasants | 7,220 | 1,508 | 20.9% | 146.0% |
| Pocahontas | 8,367 | 1,276 | 15.3% | 106.6% |
| Preston | 30,943 | 4,003 | 12.9% | 90.4% |
| Putnam | 54,854 | 5,376 | 9.8% | 68.5% |
| Raleigh | 75,084 | 12,828 | 17.1% | 119.4% |
| Randolph | 27,374 | 5,027 | 18.4% | 128.4% |
| Ritchie | 10,338 | 2,006 | 19.4% | 135.7% |
| Roane | 14,723 | 3,702 | 25.1% | 175.8% |
| Summers | 12,637 | 2,304 | 18.2% | 127.5% |
| Taylor | 16,232 | 2,661 | 16.4% | 114.6% |
| Tucker | 7,008 | 1,227 | 17.5% | 122.4% |
| Tyler | 9,160 | 1,717 | 18.7% | 131.0% |
| Upshur | 22,564 | 4,235 | 18.8% | 131.2% |
| Wayne | 42,302 | 8,333 | 19.7% | 137.7% |
| Webster | 9,096 | 2,209 | 24.3% | 169.8% |
| Wetzel | 16,446 | 2,559 | 15.6% | 108.8% |
| Wirt | 5,684 | 1,014 | 17.8% | 124.7% |
| Wood | 85,276 | 13,633 | 16.0% | 111.8% |
| Wyoming | 23,596 | 4,586 | 19.4% | 135.9% |