Counties in West Virginia by gini index

Pleasants County had the highest gini index of 55 counties in 2021, at 55.5 index. Monroe County had the lowest, at 39.6 index. The median was 45.4 index and the figure for West Virginia was 47 index. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest55.5Pleasants County
Lowest39.6Monroe County
Median45.455 counties
West Virginia47History

All counties, 2021

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Pleasants CountyPleasants County: 55.5 index55.5Cabell CountyCabell County: 51.7 index51.7Monongalia CountyMonongalia County: 51.3 index51.3Mingo CountyMingo County: 49.8 index49.8Raleigh CountyRaleigh County: 49.5 index49.5Roane CountyRoane County: 49.2 index49.2Ohio CountyOhio County: 49 index49Logan CountyLogan County: 49 index49Mason CountyMason County: 49 index49Greenbrier CountyGreenbrier County: 49 index49Kanawha CountyKanawha County: 48.9 index48.9Marshall CountyMarshall County: 48.8 index48.8Wayne CountyWayne County: 48.6 index48.6Lincoln CountyLincoln County: 48.5 index48.5Lewis CountyLewis County: 48.5 index48.5Calhoun CountyCalhoun County: 48.4 index48.4Upshur CountyUpshur County: 48.3 index48.3Clay CountyClay County: 48 index48Jackson CountyJackson County: 46.7 index46.7Barbour CountyBarbour County: 46.1 index46.1Webster CountyWebster County: 46 index46Wood CountyWood County: 46 index46Hardy CountyHardy County: 45.9 index45.9Doddridge CountyDoddridge County: 45.9 index45.9Wyoming CountyWyoming County: 45.8 index45.8Ritchie CountyRitchie County: 45.8 index45.8McDowell CountyMcDowell County: 45.5 index45.5Mercer CountyMercer County: 45.4 index45.4Hancock CountyHancock County: 45 index45Tyler CountyTyler County: 44.9 index44.9Randolph CountyRandolph County: 44.8 index44.8Harrison CountyHarrison County: 44.3 index44.3Mineral CountyMineral County: 44.2 index44.2Pocahontas CountyPocahontas County: 43.3 index43.3Fayette CountyFayette County: 43 index43Braxton CountyBraxton County: 42.9 index42.9Nicholas CountyNicholas County: 42.9 index42.9Putnam CountyPutnam County: 42.6 index42.6Marion CountyMarion County: 42.6 index42.6Summers CountySummers County: 42.5 index42.5Taylor CountyTaylor County: 42.4 index42.4Grant CountyGrant County: 42.2 index42.2Wetzel CountyWetzel County: 42.2 index42.2Preston CountyPreston County: 42.1 index42.1Wirt CountyWirt County: 41.9 index41.9Tucker CountyTucker County: 41.7 index41.7Jefferson CountyJefferson County: 41.7 index41.7Boone CountyBoone County: 41.4 index41.4Hampshire CountyHampshire County: 41.3 index41.3Gilmer CountyGilmer County: 41.1 index41.1Brooke CountyBrooke County: 40.2 index40.2Pendleton CountyPendleton County: 40.2 index40.2Morgan CountyMorgan County: 40 index40Berkeley CountyBerkeley County: 39.9 index39.9Monroe CountyMonroe County: 39.6 index39.6
index. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.

Eurostat, equivalised disposable income after social transfers (EU-SILC), for the EU and its countries. For other countries use gini_index_world_bank, which is measured on a different basis. For the United States, ACS five-year estimate B19083 measures inequality in household money income before taxes. Census publishes a coefficient from 0 to 1; Invokely multiplies it by 100. The displayed year is the final year of the five-year period. Negative household incomes are treated as zero. This differs from the EU-SILC measure based on equivalised disposable income and should not be treated as directly comparable.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Which county has the highest gini index?

Pleasants County, with 55.5 index in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest gini index?

Monroe County, with 39.6 index in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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