# Counties in West Virginia by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2023

All 55 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `adult_smoking_rate_modelled`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (https://www.cdc.gov/places/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | McDowell County | 28.7 |
| 2 | Mingo County | 27.6 |
| 3 | Calhoun County | 26.2 |
| 4 | Lincoln County | 24.6 |
| 4 | Wyoming County | 24.6 |
| 6 | Clay County | 24.3 |
| 7 | Webster County | 24.2 |
| 8 | Braxton County | 24.1 |
| 9 | Logan County | 24 |
| 10 | Roane County | 23.9 |
| 11 | Ritchie County | 23.3 |
| 12 | Summers County | 22.6 |
| 13 | Pocahontas County | 22.2 |
| 14 | Boone County | 21.9 |
| 14 | Mason County | 21.9 |
| 16 | Fayette County | 21.7 |
| 17 | Hardy County | 21.6 |
| 18 | Doddridge County | 21.5 |
| 18 | Wayne County | 21.5 |
| 20 | Barbour County | 21.4 |
| 20 | Wirt County | 21.4 |
| 22 | Lewis County | 21.2 |
| 23 | Mercer County | 21.1 |
| 24 | Upshur County | 20.9 |
| 25 | Greenbrier County | 20.8 |
| 26 | Gilmer County | 20.7 |
| 26 | Nicholas County | 20.7 |
| 28 | Preston County | 20.6 |
| 28 | Wetzel County | 20.6 |
| 30 | Monroe County | 20.5 |
| 30 | Raleigh County | 20.5 |
| 30 | Taylor County | 20.5 |
| 33 | Marshall County | 20.4 |
| 34 | Hampshire County | 20.3 |
| 35 | Tyler County | 20.2 |
| 36 | Randolph County | 20 |
| 37 | Jackson County | 19.7 |
| 37 | Pleasants County | 19.7 |
| 39 | Morgan County | 19.4 |
| 40 | Pendleton County | 19.3 |
| 41 | Grant County | 19.2 |
| 42 | Kanawha County | 18.9 |
| 42 | Wood County | 18.9 |
| 44 | Harrison County | 18.8 |
| 45 | Hancock County | 18.6 |
| 46 | Tucker County | 18.5 |
| 47 | Cabell County | 17.8 |
| 48 | Marion County | 17.7 |
| 49 | Mineral County | 17.5 |
| 50 | Berkeley County | 17.4 |
| 51 | Brooke County | 16.9 |
| 52 | Ohio County | 16.3 |
| 52 | Putnam County | 16.3 |
| 54 | Jefferson County | 15.1 |
| 55 | Monongalia County | 13.9 |