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Counties in West Virginia by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate

Pendleton County had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 55 counties in 2021, at 45.4%. Monongalia County had the lowest, at 31.1%. The median was 41.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest45.4Pendleton County
Lowest31.1Monongalia County
Median41.755 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Barbour County: 40.4 %Berkeley County: 36.1 %Boone County: 43.5 %Braxton County: 43 %Brooke County: 40.3 %Cabell County: 36 %Calhoun County: 44.9 %Clay County: 44.4 %Doddridge County: 40 %Fayette County: 41.9 %Gilmer County: 38.5 %Grant County: 42.4 %Greenbrier County: 40.6 %Hampshire County: 41.1 %Hancock County: 39.7 %Hardy County: 40.6 %Harrison County: 42 %Jackson County: 43.2 %Jefferson County: 35.3 %Kanawha County: 42.7 %Lewis County: 41.7 %Lincoln County: 43.2 %Logan County: 43.1 %McDowell County: 45.1 %Marion County: 36.4 %Marshall County: 40.7 %Mason County: 42.9 %Mercer County: 39.4 %Mineral County: 38.2 %Mingo County: 44.1 %Monongalia County: 31.1 %Monroe County: 43.7 %Morgan County: 41.5 %Nicholas County: 39.7 %Ohio County: 39.1 %Pendleton County: 45.4 %Pleasants County: 40 %Pocahontas County: 43.3 %Preston County: 38.4 %Putnam County: 39.8 %Raleigh County: 42.6 %Randolph County: 39.3 %Ritchie County: 42.5 %Roane County: 43.4 %Summers County: 42.6 %Taylor County: 41.7 %Tucker County: 42.4 %Tyler County: 42.9 %Upshur County: 39.1 %Wayne County: 42.6 %Webster County: 44.1 %Wetzel County: 40.4 %Wirt County: 43 %Wood County: 40.1 %Wyoming County: 43.9 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

Pendleton County: 45.4 %Pendleton County45.4McDowell County: 45.1 %McDowell County45.1Calhoun County: 44.9 %Calhoun County44.9Clay County: 44.4 %Clay County44.4Mingo County: 44.1 %Mingo County44.1Webster County: 44.1 %Webster County44.1Wyoming County: 43.9 %Wyoming County43.9Monroe County: 43.7 %Monroe County43.7Boone County: 43.5 %Boone County43.5Roane County: 43.4 %Roane County43.4Pocahontas County: 43.3 %Pocahontas County43.3Jackson County: 43.2 %Jackson County43.2Lincoln County: 43.2 %Lincoln County43.2Logan County: 43.1 %Logan County43.1Braxton County: 43 %Braxton County43Wirt County: 43 %Wirt County43Mason County: 42.9 %Mason County42.9Tyler County: 42.9 %Tyler County42.9Kanawha County: 42.7 %Kanawha County42.7Raleigh County: 42.6 %Raleigh County42.6Summers County: 42.6 %Summers County42.6Wayne County: 42.6 %Wayne County42.6Ritchie County: 42.5 %Ritchie County42.5Grant County: 42.4 %Grant County42.4Tucker County: 42.4 %Tucker County42.4Harrison County: 42 %Harrison County42Fayette County: 41.9 %Fayette County41.9Lewis County: 41.7 %Lewis County41.7Taylor County: 41.7 %Taylor County41.7Morgan County: 41.5 %Morgan County41.5Hampshire County: 41.1 %Hampshire County41.1Marshall County: 40.7 %Marshall County40.7Greenbrier County: 40.6 %Greenbrier County40.6Hardy County: 40.6 %Hardy County40.6Barbour County: 40.4 %Barbour County40.4Wetzel County: 40.4 %Wetzel County40.4Brooke County: 40.3 %Brooke County40.3Wood County: 40.1 %Wood County40.1Doddridge County: 40 %Doddridge County40Pleasants County: 40 %Pleasants County40Putnam County: 39.8 %Putnam County39.8Hancock County: 39.7 %Hancock County39.7Nicholas County: 39.7 %Nicholas County39.7Mercer County: 39.4 %Mercer County39.4Randolph County: 39.3 %Randolph County39.3Ohio County: 39.1 %Ohio County39.1Upshur County: 39.1 %Upshur County39.1Gilmer County: 38.5 %Gilmer County38.5Preston County: 38.4 %Preston County38.4Mineral County: 38.2 %Mineral County38.2Marion County: 36.4 %Marion County36.4Berkeley County: 36.1 %Berkeley County36.1Cabell County: 36 %Cabell County36Jefferson County: 35.3 %Jefferson County35.3Monongalia County: 31.1 %Monongalia County31.1Pendleton County: 45.4 %Pendleton County45.4McDowell County: 45.1 %McDowell County45.1Calhoun County: 44.9 %Calhoun County44.9Clay County: 44.4 %Clay County44.4Mingo County: 44.1 %Mingo County44.1Webster County: 44.1 %Webster County44.1Wyoming County: 43.9 %Wyoming County43.9Monroe County: 43.7 %Monroe County43.7Boone County: 43.5 %Boone County43.5Roane County: 43.4 %Roane County43.4Pocahontas County: 43.3 %Pocahontas County43.3Jackson County: 43.2 %Jackson County43.2Lincoln County: 43.2 %Lincoln County43.2Logan County: 43.1 %Logan County43.1Braxton County: 43 %Braxton County43Wirt County: 43 %Wirt County43Mason County: 42.9 %Mason County42.9Tyler County: 42.9 %Tyler County42.9Kanawha County: 42.7 %Kanawha County42.7Raleigh County: 42.6 %Raleigh County42.6Summers County: 42.6 %Summers County42.6Wayne County: 42.6 %Wayne County42.6Ritchie County: 42.5 %Ritchie County42.5Grant County: 42.4 %Grant County42.4Tucker County: 42.4 %Tucker County42.4Harrison County: 42 %Harrison County42Fayette County: 41.9 %Fayette County41.9Lewis County: 41.7 %Lewis County41.7Taylor County: 41.7 %Taylor County41.7Morgan County: 41.5 %Morgan County41.5Hampshire County: 41.1 %Hampshire County41.1Marshall County: 40.7 %Marshall County40.7Greenbrier County: 40.6 %Greenbrier County40.6Hardy County: 40.6 %Hardy County40.6Barbour County: 40.4 %Barbour County40.4Wetzel County: 40.4 %Wetzel County40.4Brooke County: 40.3 %Brooke County40.3Wood County: 40.1 %Wood County40.1Doddridge County: 40 %Doddridge County40Pleasants County: 40 %Pleasants County40Putnam County: 39.8 %Putnam County39.8Hancock County: 39.7 %Hancock County39.7Nicholas County: 39.7 %Nicholas County39.7Mercer County: 39.4 %Mercer County39.4Randolph County: 39.3 %Randolph County39.3Ohio County: 39.1 %Ohio County39.1Upshur County: 39.1 %Upshur County39.1Gilmer County: 38.5 %Gilmer County38.5Preston County: 38.4 %Preston County38.4Mineral County: 38.2 %Mineral County38.2Marion County: 36.4 %Marion County36.4Berkeley County: 36.1 %Berkeley County36.1Cabell County: 36 %Cabell County36Jefferson County: 35.3 %Jefferson County35.3Monongalia County: 31.1 %Monongalia County31.1
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Pendleton County45.4
2McDowell County45.1
3Calhoun County44.9
4Clay County44.4
5Mingo County44.1
5Webster County44.1
7Wyoming County43.9
8Monroe County43.7
9Boone County43.5
10Roane County43.4
11Pocahontas County43.3
12Jackson County43.2
12Lincoln County43.2
14Logan County43.1
15Braxton County43
15Wirt County43
17Mason County42.9
17Tyler County42.9
19Kanawha County42.7
20Raleigh County42.6
20Summers County42.6
20Wayne County42.6
23Ritchie County42.5
24Grant County42.4
24Tucker County42.4
26Harrison County42
27Fayette County41.9
28Lewis County41.7
28Taylor County41.7
30Morgan County41.5
31Hampshire County41.1
32Marshall County40.7
33Greenbrier County40.6
33Hardy County40.6
35Barbour County40.4
35Wetzel County40.4
37Brooke County40.3
38Wood County40.1
39Doddridge County40
39Pleasants County40
41Putnam County39.8
42Hancock County39.7
42Nicholas County39.7
44Mercer County39.4
45Randolph County39.3
46Ohio County39.1
46Upshur County39.1
48Gilmer County38.5
49Preston County38.4
50Mineral County38.2
51Marion County36.4
52Berkeley County36.1
53Cabell County36
54Jefferson County35.3
55Monongalia County31.1

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever had their cholesterol checked and were told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that it was high. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2021; its eight former counties are not served. The question is asked in odd years only.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence (Counties in West Virginia by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in West Virginia by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/west-virginia-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Counties in West Virginia by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/west-virginia-counties?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in West Virginia by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/west-virginia-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Pendleton County, with 45.4% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Monongalia County, with 31.1% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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