Poverty Rates, 2000: West Virginia

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 Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000Poverty Rate, 2000Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000
United States273,882,23233,899,81212.4%100.0%
Appalachian Region22,944,9903,120,19713.6%109.9%
West Virginia1,763,866315,79417.9%144.6%
County
Barbour15,1133,40922.6%182.2%
Berkeley74,5418,55611.5%92.7%
Boone25,3825,58422.0%177.7%
Braxton14,1173,10322.0%177.6%
Brooke24,5622,86211.7%94.1%
Cabell93,52117,98319.2%155.4%
Calhoun7,5291,88725.1%202.5%
Clay10,2402,81627.5%222.2%
Doddridge7,2391,43419.8%160.0%
Fayette45,5969,87821.7%175.0%
Gilmer6,6621,72625.9%209.3%
Grant11,1491,82016.3%131.9%
Greenbrier33,8226,16018.2%147.1%
Hampshire19,7843,22116.3%131.5%
Hancock32,1783,58011.1%89.9%
Hardy12,5461,64013.1%105.6%
Harrison67,39611,59317.2%139.0%
Jackson27,6144,20715.2%123.1%
Jefferson40,9724,23110.3%83.4%
Kanawha197,35928,37414.4%116.2%
Lewis16,5713,30519.9%161.1%
Lincoln21,9726,13427.9%225.5%
Logan37,1228,96024.1%195.0%
Marion55,3889,03416.3%131.8%
Marshall34,8375,76916.6%133.8%
Mason25,5855,09819.9%161.0%
McDowell26,98110,16937.7%304.5%
Mercer61,62612,16219.7%159.4%
Mineral26,4823,89214.7%118.7%
Mingo28,0728,32429.7%239.6%
Monongalia76,19817,39422.8%184.4%
Monroe13,0752,12116.2%131.1%
Morgan14,6991,53110.4%84.1%
Nicholas26,3085,05719.2%155.3%
Ohio44,9277,09315.8%127.6%
Pendleton8,02291711.4%92.4%
Pleasants7,23899213.7%110.7%
Pocahontas8,7961,50817.1%138.5%
Preston28,9395,30218.3%148.0%
Putnam51,3134,7859.3%75.3%
Raleigh75,52514,00618.5%149.8%
Randolph26,7034,80018.0%145.2%
Ritchie10,2331,95619.1%154.4%
Roane15,2483,44822.6%182.7%
Summers12,8273,13324.4%197.3%
Taylor15,5733,16120.3%164.0%
Tucker7,1741,30218.1%146.6%
Tyler9,4471,56916.6%134.2%
Upshur21,9944,40120.0%161.7%
Wayne42,6668,34519.6%158.0%
Webster9,6253,05631.8%256.5%
Wetzel17,4953,46419.8%160.0%
Wirt5,8091,13819.6%158.3%
Wood86,47311,97913.9%111.9%
Wyoming25,6016,42525.1%202.8%