Counties in West Virginia by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)

Fayette County had the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI) of 18 counties in 1999, at 100%. Marshall County had the lowest, at 13.2%. The median was 45.8%. Source: EPA.

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Highest100Fayette County
Lowest13.2Marshall County
Median45.818 counties

Map of counties, 1999

Berkeley County: 28.3 %Brooke County: 64.7 %Cabell County: 31.8 %Fayette County: 100 %Gilmer County: 69.1 %Greenbrier County: 37.3 %Hancock County: 54.8 %Harrison County: 25.9 %Kanawha County: 40.6 %Marshall County: 13.2 %Monongalia County: 27.1 %Ohio County: 58.4 %Putnam County: 100 %Raleigh County: 29.7 %Summers County: 50.9 %Tucker County: 60.6 %Wayne County: 93.5 %Wood County: 36.5 %
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  • 29 to 37
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  • 67 and over
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%, 1999. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 1999

Fayette County: 100 %Fayette County100Putnam County: 100 %Putnam County100Wayne County: 93.5 %Wayne County93.5Gilmer County: 69.1 %Gilmer County69.1Brooke County: 64.7 %Brooke County64.7Tucker County: 60.6 %Tucker County60.6Ohio County: 58.4 %Ohio County58.4Hancock County: 54.8 %Hancock County54.8Summers County: 50.9 %Summers County50.9Kanawha County: 40.6 %Kanawha County40.6Greenbrier County: 37.3 %Greenbrier County37.3Wood County: 36.5 %Wood County36.5Cabell County: 31.8 %Cabell County31.8Raleigh County: 29.7 %Raleigh County29.7Berkeley County: 28.3 %Berkeley County28.3Monongalia County: 27.1 %Monongalia County27.1Harrison County: 25.9 %Harrison County25.9Marshall County: 13.2 %Marshall County13.2Fayette County: 100 %Fayette County100Putnam County: 100 %Putnam County100Wayne County: 93.5 %Wayne County93.5Gilmer County: 69.1 %Gilmer County69.1Brooke County: 64.7 %Brooke County64.7Tucker County: 60.6 %Tucker County60.6Ohio County: 58.4 %Ohio County58.4Hancock County: 54.8 %Hancock County54.8Summers County: 50.9 %Summers County50.9Kanawha County: 40.6 %Kanawha County40.6Greenbrier County: 37.3 %Greenbrier County37.3Wood County: 36.5 %Wood County36.5Cabell County: 31.8 %Cabell County31.8Raleigh County: 29.7 %Raleigh County29.7Berkeley County: 28.3 %Berkeley County28.3Monongalia County: 27.1 %Monongalia County27.1Harrison County: 25.9 %Harrison County25.9Marshall County: 13.2 %Marshall County13.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from EPA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties1999 (%)Change on 1998
1Fayette County1000 pts
1Putnam County100+1.8 pts
3Wayne County93.5-6.5 pts
4Gilmer County69.1-3.5 pts
5Brooke County64.7-24.6 pts
6Tucker County60.6+3.1 pts
7Ohio County58.4-18.3 pts
8Hancock County54.8-14 pts
9Summers County50.9n/a
10Kanawha County40.6-31.7 pts
11Greenbrier County37.3+13.5 pts
12Wood County36.5-21 pts
13Cabell County31.8-21.7 pts
14Raleigh County29.7n/a
15Berkeley County28.3n/a
16Monongalia County27.1-71.2 pts
17Harrison County25.9n/a
18Marshall County13.2-85.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Days with a daily Air Quality Index of 0 to 50 (good) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; both counts are stored with each value.

United States counties with air quality monitors only, about 1,000 of some 3,100 in recent years; a county without monitors has no value. The number of days with an AQI differs between counties because some monitors run only in the ozone season.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 1999 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2026). EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (Counties in West Virginia by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1999) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual

MLA 9

EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in West Virginia by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1999. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 13 July 2026, https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/west-virginia-counties?period=1999. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2026. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Counties in West Virginia by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1999. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/west-virginia-counties?period=1999.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2026) EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts, Counties in West Virginia by share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI), 1999 [Dataset]. Available at: https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/good-air-quality-days-share/west-virginia-counties?period=1999 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Fayette County, with 100% in 1999, according to EPA.

Which county has the lowest share of days with good air quality (US EPA AQI)?

Marshall County, with 13.2% in 1999.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: good days as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 counties have no value for 1999 and are not ranked.

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