Poverty Rates, 2012-2016: West Virginia
 Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2012–2016Persons Below Poverty Level, 2012–2016Poverty Rate, 2012–2016Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016
United States310,629,64546,932,22515.1%100.0%
Appalachian Region24,678,2974,126,52016.7%110.7%
West Virginia1,792,808318,06017.7%117.4%
County
Barbour16,3143,65722.4%148.4%
Berkeley109,07614,43613.2%87.6%
Boone23,4076,09026.0%172.2%
Braxton14,0402,84220.2%134.0%
Brooke22,4002,85112.7%84.2%
Cabell92,69620,24921.8%144.6%
Calhoun7,4021,17615.9%105.2%
Clay8,9702,07323.1%153.0%
Doddridge7,7121,18615.4%101.8%
Fayette43,3948,30619.1%126.7%
Gilmer6,6631,74126.1%172.9%
Grant11,6301,52513.1%86.8%
Greenbrier34,8566,39818.4%121.5%
Hampshire22,8223,86416.9%112.1%
Hancock29,6494,28614.5%95.7%
Hardy13,8321,89713.7%90.8%
Harrison67,68610,74315.9%105.1%
Jackson28,9274,31514.9%98.7%
Jefferson53,9885,88410.9%72.1%
Kanawha186,22629,77916.0%105.8%
Lewis16,2403,14219.3%128.1%
Lincoln21,4235,39425.2%166.6%
Logan34,5326,98620.2%133.9%
Marion55,3309,22216.7%110.3%
Marshall31,5714,60014.6%96.4%
Mason26,3484,97018.9%124.8%
McDowell18,7997,07637.6%249.1%
Mercer60,21712,71221.1%139.7%
Mineral26,7724,38616.4%108.4%
Mingo25,3636,59426.0%172.1%
Monongalia96,05821,35322.2%147.1%
Monroe13,3322,28317.1%113.3%
Morgan17,2731,96211.4%75.2%
Nicholas25,4734,48617.6%116.6%
Ohio40,8316,62616.2%107.4%
Pendleton7,1771,30718.2%120.5%
Pleasants7,0101,18716.9%112.1%
Pocahontas8,3231,54518.6%122.9%
Preston31,0824,76115.3%101.4%
Putnam56,3405,5469.8%65.2%
Raleigh74,54013,17317.7%117.0%
Randolph26,9824,56816.9%112.1%
Ritchie9,8881,91919.4%128.5%
Roane14,1662,87020.3%134.1%
Summers12,2742,25418.4%121.5%
Taylor16,4002,72916.6%110.1%
Tucker6,73589913.3%88.3%
Tyler8,8851,66318.7%123.9%
Upshur23,1484,15417.9%118.8%
Wayne40,9318,56620.9%138.5%
Webster8,7512,38327.2%180.2%
Wetzel15,8413,34021.1%139.6%
Wirt5,76187615.2%100.6%
Wood84,99014,74717.4%114.8%
Wyoming22,3324,48320.1%132.9%