| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2012–2016 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 |
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| United States | 310,629,645 | 46,932,225 | 15.1% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,678,297 | 4,126,520 | 16.7% | 110.7% |
| West Virginia | 1,792,808 | 318,060 | 17.7% | 117.4% |
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| County |
| Barbour | 16,314 | 3,657 | 22.4% | 148.4% |
| Berkeley | 109,076 | 14,436 | 13.2% | 87.6% |
| Boone | 23,407 | 6,090 | 26.0% | 172.2% |
| Braxton | 14,040 | 2,842 | 20.2% | 134.0% |
| Brooke | 22,400 | 2,851 | 12.7% | 84.2% |
| Cabell | 92,696 | 20,249 | 21.8% | 144.6% |
| Calhoun | 7,402 | 1,176 | 15.9% | 105.2% |
| Clay | 8,970 | 2,073 | 23.1% | 153.0% |
| Doddridge | 7,712 | 1,186 | 15.4% | 101.8% |
| Fayette | 43,394 | 8,306 | 19.1% | 126.7% |
| Gilmer | 6,663 | 1,741 | 26.1% | 172.9% |
| Grant | 11,630 | 1,525 | 13.1% | 86.8% |
| Greenbrier | 34,856 | 6,398 | 18.4% | 121.5% |
| Hampshire | 22,822 | 3,864 | 16.9% | 112.1% |
| Hancock | 29,649 | 4,286 | 14.5% | 95.7% |
| Hardy | 13,832 | 1,897 | 13.7% | 90.8% |
| Harrison | 67,686 | 10,743 | 15.9% | 105.1% |
| Jackson | 28,927 | 4,315 | 14.9% | 98.7% |
| Jefferson | 53,988 | 5,884 | 10.9% | 72.1% |
| Kanawha | 186,226 | 29,779 | 16.0% | 105.8% |
| Lewis | 16,240 | 3,142 | 19.3% | 128.1% |
| Lincoln | 21,423 | 5,394 | 25.2% | 166.6% |
| Logan | 34,532 | 6,986 | 20.2% | 133.9% |
| Marion | 55,330 | 9,222 | 16.7% | 110.3% |
| Marshall | 31,571 | 4,600 | 14.6% | 96.4% |
| Mason | 26,348 | 4,970 | 18.9% | 124.8% |
| McDowell | 18,799 | 7,076 | 37.6% | 249.1% |
| Mercer | 60,217 | 12,712 | 21.1% | 139.7% |
| Mineral | 26,772 | 4,386 | 16.4% | 108.4% |
| Mingo | 25,363 | 6,594 | 26.0% | 172.1% |
| Monongalia | 96,058 | 21,353 | 22.2% | 147.1% |
| Monroe | 13,332 | 2,283 | 17.1% | 113.3% |
| Morgan | 17,273 | 1,962 | 11.4% | 75.2% |
| Nicholas | 25,473 | 4,486 | 17.6% | 116.6% |
| Ohio | 40,831 | 6,626 | 16.2% | 107.4% |
| Pendleton | 7,177 | 1,307 | 18.2% | 120.5% |
| Pleasants | 7,010 | 1,187 | 16.9% | 112.1% |
| Pocahontas | 8,323 | 1,545 | 18.6% | 122.9% |
| Preston | 31,082 | 4,761 | 15.3% | 101.4% |
| Putnam | 56,340 | 5,546 | 9.8% | 65.2% |
| Raleigh | 74,540 | 13,173 | 17.7% | 117.0% |
| Randolph | 26,982 | 4,568 | 16.9% | 112.1% |
| Ritchie | 9,888 | 1,919 | 19.4% | 128.5% |
| Roane | 14,166 | 2,870 | 20.3% | 134.1% |
| Summers | 12,274 | 2,254 | 18.4% | 121.5% |
| Taylor | 16,400 | 2,729 | 16.6% | 110.1% |
| Tucker | 6,735 | 899 | 13.3% | 88.3% |
| Tyler | 8,885 | 1,663 | 18.7% | 123.9% |
| Upshur | 23,148 | 4,154 | 17.9% | 118.8% |
| Wayne | 40,931 | 8,566 | 20.9% | 138.5% |
| Webster | 8,751 | 2,383 | 27.2% | 180.2% |
| Wetzel | 15,841 | 3,340 | 21.1% | 139.6% |
| Wirt | 5,761 | 876 | 15.2% | 100.6% |
| Wood | 84,990 | 14,747 | 17.4% | 114.8% |
| Wyoming | 22,332 | 4,483 | 20.1% | 132.9% |
