| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2008–2012 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2008–2012 | Poverty Rate, 2008–2012 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008–2012 |
|
| United States | 301,333,410 | 44,852,527 | 14.9% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,471,864 | 4,060,430 | 16.6% | 111.5% |
| West Virginia | 1,798,265 | 316,526 | 17.6% | 118.3% |
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| County |
| Barbour | 16,017 | 2,741 | 17.1% | 115.0% |
| Berkeley | 102,919 | 13,057 | 12.7% | 85.2% |
| Boone | 24,433 | 4,964 | 20.3% | 136.5% |
| Braxton | 13,812 | 2,794 | 20.2% | 135.9% |
| Brooke | 23,012 | 2,932 | 12.7% | 85.6% |
| Cabell | 92,921 | 19,775 | 21.3% | 143.0% |
| Calhoun | 7,564 | 1,694 | 22.4% | 150.5% |
| Clay | 9,333 | 2,453 | 26.3% | 176.6% |
| Doddridge | 7,755 | 1,655 | 21.3% | 143.4% |
| Fayette | 43,854 | 8,702 | 19.8% | 133.3% |
| Gilmer | 6,374 | 1,743 | 27.3% | 183.7% |
| Grant | 11,813 | 1,650 | 14.0% | 93.8% |
| Greenbrier | 34,871 | 6,778 | 19.4% | 130.6% |
| Hampshire | 23,256 | 4,231 | 18.2% | 122.2% |
| Hancock | 30,176 | 5,245 | 17.4% | 116.8% |
| Hardy | 13,807 | 2,165 | 15.7% | 105.3% |
| Harrison | 67,909 | 12,601 | 18.6% | 124.7% |
| Jackson | 28,742 | 5,123 | 17.8% | 119.7% |
| Jefferson | 52,258 | 5,808 | 11.1% | 74.7% |
| Kanawha | 189,672 | 26,978 | 14.2% | 95.6% |
| Lewis | 16,235 | 3,622 | 22.3% | 149.9% |
| Lincoln | 21,605 | 5,801 | 26.9% | 180.4% |
| Logan | 35,771 | 7,437 | 20.8% | 139.7% |
| Marion | 55,215 | 9,619 | 17.4% | 117.0% |
| Marshall | 32,359 | 5,312 | 16.4% | 110.3% |
| Mason | 26,466 | 4,576 | 17.3% | 116.2% |
| McDowell | 21,511 | 7,199 | 33.5% | 224.8% |
| Mercer | 60,766 | 12,425 | 20.4% | 137.4% |
| Mineral | 27,322 | 4,221 | 15.4% | 103.8% |
| Mingo | 26,450 | 6,064 | 22.9% | 154.0% |
| Monongalia | 89,085 | 20,135 | 22.6% | 151.8% |
| Monroe | 13,434 | 1,783 | 13.3% | 89.2% |
| Morgan | 17,363 | 2,594 | 14.9% | 100.4% |
| Nicholas | 25,968 | 4,992 | 19.2% | 129.2% |
| Ohio | 42,047 | 6,466 | 15.4% | 103.3% |
| Pendleton | 7,479 | 1,138 | 15.2% | 102.2% |
| Pleasants | 7,135 | 1,111 | 15.6% | 104.6% |
| Pocahontas | 8,356 | 1,557 | 18.6% | 125.2% |
| Preston | 31,024 | 4,015 | 12.9% | 86.9% |
| Putnam | 55,193 | 5,574 | 10.1% | 67.8% |
| Raleigh | 75,259 | 13,154 | 17.5% | 117.4% |
| Randolph | 27,321 | 4,394 | 16.1% | 108.0% |
| Ritchie | 10,251 | 2,085 | 20.3% | 136.6% |
| Roane | 14,567 | 3,639 | 25.0% | 167.8% |
| Summers | 12,622 | 2,687 | 21.3% | 143.0% |
| Taylor | 16,270 | 2,902 | 17.8% | 119.8% |
| Tucker | 6,983 | 1,220 | 17.5% | 117.4% |
| Tyler | 9,097 | 1,654 | 18.2% | 122.2% |
| Upshur | 22,766 | 3,867 | 17.0% | 114.1% |
| Wayne | 41,990 | 8,014 | 19.1% | 128.2% |
| Webster | 9,057 | 2,332 | 25.7% | 173.0% |
| Wetzel | 16,389 | 2,861 | 17.5% | 117.3% |
| Wirt | 5,760 | 904 | 15.7% | 105.4% |
| Wood | 85,216 | 13,615 | 16.0% | 107.3% |
| Wyoming | 23,435 | 4,468 | 19.1% | 128.1% |
