| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2005–2009 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 |
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United States | 293,507,923 | 39,537,240 | 13.5% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 23,914,353 | 3,677,476 | 15.4% | 114.2% |
West Virginia | 1,763,346 | 310,368 | 17.6% | 130.7% |
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County |
Barbour | 15,197 | 3,318 | 21.8% | 162.1% |
Berkeley | 97,557 | 9,465 | 9.7% | 72.0% |
Boone | 24,839 | 4,749 | 19.1% | 141.9% |
Braxton | 13,972 | 2,869 | 20.5% | 152.4% |
Brooke | 22,958 | 2,283 | 9.9% | 73.8% |
Cabell | 92,485 | 19,433 | 21.0% | 156.0% |
Calhoun | 7,199 | 1,445 | 20.1% | 149.0% |
Clay | 9,500 | 2,390 | 25.2% | 186.8% |
Doddridge | 7,224 | 1,761 | 24.4% | 181.0% |
Fayette | 44,273 | 9,114 | 20.6% | 152.8% |
Gilmer | 4,788 | 1,364 | 28.5% | 211.5% |
Grant | 11,748 | 1,802 | 15.3% | 113.9% |
Greenbrier | 33,646 | 6,105 | 18.1% | 134.7% |
Hampshire | 22,043 | 3,525 | 16.0% | 118.7% |
Hancock | 29,632 | 4,161 | 14.0% | 104.2% |
Hardy | 13,416 | 1,786 | 13.3% | 98.8% |
Harrison | 67,854 | 12,791 | 18.9% | 139.9% |
Jackson | 27,406 | 4,338 | 15.8% | 117.5% |
Jefferson | 49,367 | 3,764 | 7.6% | 56.6% |
Kanawha | 188,781 | 27,654 | 14.6% | 108.7% |
Lewis | 16,854 | 3,668 | 21.8% | 161.6% |
Lincoln | 22,002 | 5,839 | 26.5% | 197.0% |
Logan | 34,577 | 8,003 | 23.1% | 171.8% |
Marion | 55,220 | 9,635 | 17.4% | 129.5% |
Marshall | 32,410 | 5,715 | 17.6% | 130.9% |
Mason | 24,971 | 4,971 | 19.9% | 147.8% |
McDowell | 22,654 | 7,695 | 34.0% | 252.2% |
Mercer | 60,305 | 14,287 | 23.7% | 175.9% |
Mineral | 26,246 | 3,805 | 14.5% | 107.6% |
Mingo | 26,502 | 5,891 | 22.2% | 165.0% |
Monongalia | 80,180 | 17,173 | 21.4% | 159.0% |
Monroe | 13,563 | 1,565 | 11.5% | 85.7% |
Morgan | 16,081 | 2,546 | 15.8% | 117.5% |
Nicholas | 25,941 | 4,800 | 18.5% | 137.4% |
Ohio | 42,805 | 6,650 | 15.5% | 115.3% |
Pendleton | 7,489 | 1,145 | 15.3% | 113.5% |
Pleasants | 7,260 | 955 | 13.2% | 97.7% |
Pocahontas | 7,982 | 1,271 | 15.9% | 118.2% |
Preston | 28,499 | 4,285 | 15.0% | 111.6% |
Putnam | 54,393 | 6,079 | 11.2% | 83.0% |
Raleigh | 75,439 | 13,305 | 17.6% | 130.9% |
Randolph | 26,209 | 4,544 | 17.3% | 128.7% |
Ritchie | 10,132 | 1,667 | 16.5% | 122.1% |
Roane | 14,819 | 3,820 | 25.8% | 191.4% |
Summers | 12,152 | 2,719 | 22.4% | 166.1% |
Taylor | 15,807 | 2,121 | 13.4% | 99.6% |
Tucker | 6,807 | 1,280 | 18.8% | 139.6% |
Tyler | 8,739 | 1,719 | 19.7% | 146.0% |
Upshur | 22,097 | 4,333 | 19.6% | 145.6% |
Wayne | 41,411 | 8,322 | 20.1% | 149.2% |
Webster | 9,184 | 2,132 | 23.2% | 172.3% |
Wetzel | 16,478 | 2,946 | 17.9% | 132.7% |
Wirt | 5,589 | 1,074 | 19.2% | 142.7% |
Wood | 85,167 | 15,625 | 18.3% | 136.2% |
Wyoming | 23,497 | 4,666 | 19.9% | 147.4% |