| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
|
United States | 273,882,232 | 33,899,812 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 22,944,990 | 3,120,197 | 13.6% | 109.9% |
West Virginia | 1,763,866 | 315,794 | 17.9% | 144.6% |
|
County |
Barbour | 15,113 | 3,409 | 22.6% | 182.2% |
Berkeley | 74,541 | 8,556 | 11.5% | 92.7% |
Boone | 25,382 | 5,584 | 22.0% | 177.7% |
Braxton | 14,117 | 3,103 | 22.0% | 177.6% |
Brooke | 24,562 | 2,862 | 11.7% | 94.1% |
Cabell | 93,521 | 17,983 | 19.2% | 155.4% |
Calhoun | 7,529 | 1,887 | 25.1% | 202.5% |
Clay | 10,240 | 2,816 | 27.5% | 222.2% |
Doddridge | 7,239 | 1,434 | 19.8% | 160.0% |
Fayette | 45,596 | 9,878 | 21.7% | 175.0% |
Gilmer | 6,662 | 1,726 | 25.9% | 209.3% |
Grant | 11,149 | 1,820 | 16.3% | 131.9% |
Greenbrier | 33,822 | 6,160 | 18.2% | 147.1% |
Hampshire | 19,784 | 3,221 | 16.3% | 131.5% |
Hancock | 32,178 | 3,580 | 11.1% | 89.9% |
Hardy | 12,546 | 1,640 | 13.1% | 105.6% |
Harrison | 67,396 | 11,593 | 17.2% | 139.0% |
Jackson | 27,614 | 4,207 | 15.2% | 123.1% |
Jefferson | 40,972 | 4,231 | 10.3% | 83.4% |
Kanawha | 197,359 | 28,374 | 14.4% | 116.2% |
Lewis | 16,571 | 3,305 | 19.9% | 161.1% |
Lincoln | 21,972 | 6,134 | 27.9% | 225.5% |
Logan | 37,122 | 8,960 | 24.1% | 195.0% |
Marion | 55,388 | 9,034 | 16.3% | 131.8% |
Marshall | 34,837 | 5,769 | 16.6% | 133.8% |
Mason | 25,585 | 5,098 | 19.9% | 161.0% |
McDowell | 26,981 | 10,169 | 37.7% | 304.5% |
Mercer | 61,626 | 12,162 | 19.7% | 159.4% |
Mineral | 26,482 | 3,892 | 14.7% | 118.7% |
Mingo | 28,072 | 8,324 | 29.7% | 239.6% |
Monongalia | 76,198 | 17,394 | 22.8% | 184.4% |
Monroe | 13,075 | 2,121 | 16.2% | 131.1% |
Morgan | 14,699 | 1,531 | 10.4% | 84.1% |
Nicholas | 26,308 | 5,057 | 19.2% | 155.3% |
Ohio | 44,927 | 7,093 | 15.8% | 127.6% |
Pendleton | 8,022 | 917 | 11.4% | 92.4% |
Pleasants | 7,238 | 992 | 13.7% | 110.7% |
Pocahontas | 8,796 | 1,508 | 17.1% | 138.5% |
Preston | 28,939 | 5,302 | 18.3% | 148.0% |
Putnam | 51,313 | 4,785 | 9.3% | 75.3% |
Raleigh | 75,525 | 14,006 | 18.5% | 149.8% |
Randolph | 26,703 | 4,800 | 18.0% | 145.2% |
Ritchie | 10,233 | 1,956 | 19.1% | 154.4% |
Roane | 15,248 | 3,448 | 22.6% | 182.7% |
Summers | 12,827 | 3,133 | 24.4% | 197.3% |
Taylor | 15,573 | 3,161 | 20.3% | 164.0% |
Tucker | 7,174 | 1,302 | 18.1% | 146.6% |
Tyler | 9,447 | 1,569 | 16.6% | 134.2% |
Upshur | 21,994 | 4,401 | 20.0% | 161.7% |
Wayne | 42,666 | 8,345 | 19.6% | 158.0% |
Webster | 9,625 | 3,056 | 31.8% | 256.5% |
Wetzel | 17,495 | 3,464 | 19.8% | 160.0% |
Wirt | 5,809 | 1,138 | 19.6% | 158.3% |
Wood | 86,473 | 11,979 | 13.9% | 111.9% |
Wyoming | 25,601 | 6,425 | 25.1% | 202.8% |