| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2011–2015 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2011–2015 | Poverty Rate, 2011–2015 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011–2015 |
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| United States | 308,619,550 | 47,749,043 | 15.5% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,640,191 | 4,219,279 | 17.1% | 110.7% |
| West Virginia | 1,797,793 | 323,384 | 18.0% | 116.3% |
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| County |
| Barbour | 16,210 | 3,482 | 21.5% | 138.8% |
| Berkeley | 107,351 | 15,235 | 14.2% | 91.7% |
| Boone | 23,743 | 5,529 | 23.3% | 150.5% |
| Braxton | 13,999 | 2,941 | 21.0% | 135.8% |
| Brooke | 22,585 | 2,960 | 13.1% | 84.7% |
| Cabell | 92,858 | 20,110 | 21.7% | 140.0% |
| Calhoun | 7,436 | 1,314 | 17.7% | 114.2% |
| Clay | 8,965 | 2,530 | 28.2% | 182.4% |
| Doddridge | 7,577 | 1,190 | 15.7% | 101.5% |
| Fayette | 43,704 | 8,683 | 19.9% | 128.4% |
| Gilmer | 6,594 | 1,781 | 27.0% | 174.6% |
| Grant | 11,663 | 1,791 | 15.4% | 99.3% |
| Greenbrier | 34,900 | 6,530 | 18.7% | 120.9% |
| Hampshire | 22,848 | 4,721 | 20.7% | 133.6% |
| Hancock | 29,789 | 4,835 | 16.2% | 104.9% |
| Hardy | 13,846 | 1,863 | 13.5% | 87.0% |
| Harrison | 67,912 | 11,072 | 16.3% | 105.4% |
| Jackson | 28,950 | 4,743 | 16.4% | 105.9% |
| Jefferson | 53,716 | 6,222 | 11.6% | 74.9% |
| Kanawha | 187,422 | 29,703 | 15.8% | 102.4% |
| Lewis | 16,308 | 3,357 | 20.6% | 133.0% |
| Lincoln | 21,500 | 5,870 | 27.3% | 176.5% |
| Logan | 35,082 | 6,902 | 19.7% | 127.2% |
| Marion | 55,530 | 8,980 | 16.2% | 104.5% |
| Marshall | 31,673 | 4,128 | 13.0% | 84.2% |
| Mason | 26,419 | 5,075 | 19.2% | 124.2% |
| McDowell | 19,570 | 6,943 | 35.5% | 229.3% |
| Mercer | 60,562 | 13,236 | 21.9% | 141.3% |
| Mineral | 26,978 | 4,562 | 16.9% | 109.3% |
| Mingo | 25,755 | 6,654 | 25.8% | 167.0% |
| Monongalia | 94,881 | 20,923 | 22.1% | 142.5% |
| Monroe | 13,400 | 2,252 | 16.8% | 108.6% |
| Morgan | 17,240 | 2,218 | 12.9% | 83.2% |
| Nicholas | 25,676 | 4,636 | 18.1% | 116.7% |
| Ohio | 41,262 | 6,658 | 16.1% | 104.3% |
| Pendleton | 7,286 | 1,500 | 20.6% | 133.1% |
| Pleasants | 6,989 | 1,260 | 18.0% | 116.5% |
| Pocahontas | 8,382 | 1,382 | 16.5% | 106.6% |
| Preston | 31,227 | 4,574 | 14.6% | 94.7% |
| Putnam | 56,182 | 5,494 | 9.8% | 63.2% |
| Raleigh | 74,926 | 13,322 | 17.8% | 114.9% |
| Randolph | 27,129 | 4,610 | 17.0% | 109.8% |
| Ritchie | 10,004 | 2,071 | 20.7% | 133.8% |
| Roane | 14,339 | 3,165 | 22.1% | 142.7% |
| Summers | 12,434 | 2,184 | 17.6% | 113.5% |
| Taylor | 16,408 | 2,731 | 16.6% | 107.6% |
| Tucker | 6,791 | 1,013 | 14.9% | 96.4% |
| Tyler | 8,929 | 1,765 | 19.8% | 127.8% |
| Upshur | 23,165 | 4,189 | 18.1% | 116.9% |
| Wayne | 41,150 | 8,468 | 20.6% | 133.0% |
| Webster | 8,844 | 2,307 | 26.1% | 168.6% |
| Wetzel | 16,011 | 3,169 | 19.8% | 127.9% |
| Wirt | 5,781 | 792 | 13.7% | 88.5% |
| Wood | 85,243 | 14,825 | 17.4% | 112.4% |
| Wyoming | 22,669 | 4,934 | 21.8% | 140.7% |
