| Rank |
County |
People Below The Poverty Rate |
| 1 |
McDowell County, West Virginia
|
33.3%
|
| 2 |
Gilmer County, West Virginia
|
29.0%
|
| 3 |
Lincoln County, West Virginia
|
28.2%
|
| 4 |
Clay County, West Virginia
|
27.8%
|
| 5 |
Roane County, West Virginia
|
25.1%
|
| 6 |
Webster County, West Virginia
|
24.3%
|
| 7 |
Mingo County, West Virginia
|
23.4%
|
| 8 |
Monongalia County, West Virginia
|
21.8%
|
| 9 |
Cabell County, West Virginia
|
21.5%
|
| 10 |
Braxton County, West Virginia
|
21.3%
|
| 11 |
Fayette County, West Virginia
|
21.2%
|
| 12 |
Mercer County, West Virginia
|
21.1%
|
| 13 |
Logan County, West Virginia
|
21.0%
|
| 14 |
Lewis County, West Virginia
|
20.9%
|
| 15 |
Pleasants County, West Virginia
|
20.9%
|
| 16 |
Calhoun County, West Virginia
|
20.9%
|
| 17 |
Doddridge County, West Virginia
|
20.4%
|
| 18 |
Wayne County, West Virginia
|
19.7%
|
| 19 |
Ritchie County, West Virginia
|
19.4%
|
| 20 |
Wyoming County, West Virginia
|
19.4%
|
| 21 |
Greenbrier County, West Virginia
|
19.3%
|
| 22 |
Boone County, West Virginia
|
18.9%
|
| 23 |
Upshur County, West Virginia
|
18.8%
|
| 24 |
Tyler County, West Virginia
|
18.7%
|
| 25 |
Nicholas County, West Virginia
|
18.6%
|
| 26 |
Randolph County, West Virginia
|
18.4%
|
| 27 |
Summers County, West Virginia
|
18.2%
|
| 28 |
Barbour County, West Virginia
|
18.2%
|
| 29 |
Hampshire County, West Virginia
|
18.2%
|
| 30 |
Harrison County, West Virginia
|
18.2%
|
| 31 |
Wirt County, West Virginia
|
17.8%
|
| 32 |
Mason County, West Virginia
|
17.8%
|
| 33 |
Tucker County, West Virginia
|
17.5%
|
| 34 |
Raleigh County, West Virginia
|
17.1%
|
| 35 |
Pendleton County, West Virginia
|
17.0%
|
| 36 |
Marshall County, West Virginia
|
16.9%
|
| 37 |
Jackson County, West Virginia
|
16.7%
|
| 38 |
Marion County, West Virginia
|
16.6%
|
| 39 |
Taylor County, West Virginia
|
16.4%
|
| 40 |
Hancock County, West Virginia
|
16.3%
|
| 41 |
Mineral County, West Virginia
|
16.1%
|
| 42 |
Wood County, West Virginia
|
16.0%
|
| 43 |
Hardy County, West Virginia
|
15.9%
|
| 44 |
Wetzel County, West Virginia
|
15.6%
|
| 45 |
Ohio County, West Virginia
|
15.4%
|
| 46 |
Pocahontas County, West Virginia
|
15.3%
|
| 47 |
Grant County, West Virginia
|
14.4%
|
| 48 |
Kanawha County, West Virginia
|
14.1%
|
| 49 |
Monroe County, West Virginia
|
13.9%
|
| 50 |
Preston County, West Virginia
|
12.9%
|
| 51 |
Morgan County, West Virginia
|
12.7%
|
| 52 |
Berkeley County, West Virginia
|
11.9%
|
| 53 |
Brooke County, West Virginia
|
11.9%
|
| 54 |
Putnam County, West Virginia
|
9.8%
|
| 55 |
Jefferson County, West Virginia
|
9.1%
|