# Counties in West Virginia by poverty rate, 2024

All 55 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in families or alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), all ages.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people of all ages in poverty, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/official-poverty-rate/west-virginia-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/official-poverty-rate/west-virginia-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | McDowell County | 38.4 |
| 2 | Gilmer County | 26.8 |
| 3 | Mingo County | 25.7 |
| 4 | Wyoming County | 24.8 |
| 5 | Webster County | 24.4 |
| 6 | Summers County | 24.2 |
| 7 | Calhoun County | 22.9 |
| 8 | Lincoln County | 21.4 |
| 9 | Logan County | 21.1 |
| 10 | Fayette County | 20.8 |
| 11 | Clay County | 20.1 |
| 12 | Braxton County | 19.9 |
| 13 | Barbour County | 19.3 |
| 14 | Doddridge County | 19.2 |
| 14 | Ohio County | 19.2 |
| 14 | Roane County | 19.2 |
| 17 | Boone County | 18.8 |
| 18 | Raleigh County | 18.7 |
| 19 | Upshur County | 18.5 |
| 20 | Monongalia County | 18.1 |
| 21 | Mercer County | 17.9 |
| 22 | Marshall County | 17.6 |
| 23 | Jackson County | 17.5 |
| 24 | Pocahontas County | 17.4 |
| 25 | Randolph County | 17.3 |
| 26 | Cabell County | 17.2 |
| 27 | Taylor County | 16.8 |
| 28 | Tyler County | 16.6 |
| 28 | Wirt County | 16.6 |
| 30 | Wetzel County | 16.5 |
| 31 | Nicholas County | 16.4 |
| 32 | Mason County | 16.3 |
| 33 | Greenbrier County | 16.2 |
| 33 | Lewis County | 16.2 |
| 35 | Pleasants County | 15.9 |
| 36 | Wood County | 15.5 |
| 37 | Preston County | 15.4 |
| 38 | Kanawha County | 15.3 |
| 39 | Wayne County | 14.9 |
| 40 | Ritchie County | 14.8 |
| 41 | Marion County | 14.7 |
| 41 | Tucker County | 14.7 |
| 43 | Grant County | 14.5 |
| 44 | Harrison County | 14.2 |
| 45 | Hampshire County | 14.1 |
| 45 | Hardy County | 14.1 |
| 47 | Monroe County | 13.9 |
| 48 | Brooke County | 13.6 |
| 48 | Hancock County | 13.6 |
| 50 | Mineral County | 13.2 |
| 51 | Pendleton County | 12.2 |
| 52 | Morgan County | 11.2 |
| 53 | Berkeley County | 11 |
| 54 | Putnam County | 9.6 |
| 55 | Jefferson County | 8.7 |