| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1990 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1990 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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United States | 241,977,859 | 31,742,864 | 13.1% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 21,134,742 | 3,238,002 | 15.3% | 116.8% |
West Virginia | 1,755,331 | 345,093 | 19.7% | 149.9% |
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County |
Barbour | 15,154 | 4,323 | 28.5% | 217.5% |
Berkeley | 57,970 | 6,941 | 12.0% | 91.3% |
Boone | 25,772 | 6,957 | 27.0% | 205.8% |
Braxton | 12,872 | 3,326 | 25.8% | 197.0% |
Brooke | 25,979 | 3,148 | 12.1% | 92.4% |
Cabell | 93,489 | 17,855 | 19.1% | 145.6% |
Calhoun | 7,846 | 2,514 | 32.0% | 244.3% |
Clay | 9,958 | 3,901 | 39.2% | 298.6% |
Doddridge | 6,961 | 1,599 | 23.0% | 175.1% |
Fayette | 46,585 | 11,348 | 24.4% | 185.7% |
Gilmer | 7,102 | 2,378 | 33.5% | 255.2% |
Grant | 10,243 | 1,592 | 15.5% | 118.5% |
Greenbrier | 34,165 | 6,125 | 17.9% | 136.7% |
Hampshire | 16,183 | 2,951 | 18.2% | 139.0% |
Hancock | 34,929 | 4,149 | 11.9% | 90.5% |
Hardy | 10,892 | 1,590 | 14.6% | 111.3% |
Harrison | 68,201 | 11,852 | 17.4% | 132.5% |
Jackson | 25,577 | 5,124 | 20.0% | 152.7% |
Jefferson | 34,629 | 3,669 | 10.6% | 80.8% |
Kanawha | 205,435 | 31,423 | 15.3% | 116.6% |
Lewis | 16,768 | 3,972 | 23.7% | 180.6% |
Lincoln | 21,293 | 7,197 | 33.8% | 257.7% |
Logan | 42,722 | 11,845 | 27.7% | 211.4% |
Marion | 56,214 | 10,658 | 19.0% | 144.5% |
Marshall | 36,383 | 5,836 | 16.0% | 122.3% |
Mason | 24,858 | 5,485 | 22.1% | 168.2% |
McDowell | 34,985 | 13,195 | 37.7% | 287.5% |
Mercer | 63,404 | 12,914 | 20.4% | 155.3% |
Mineral | 26,184 | 3,871 | 14.8% | 112.7% |
Mingo | 33,523 | 10,370 | 30.9% | 235.8% |
Monongalia | 69,869 | 14,365 | 20.6% | 156.7% |
Monroe | 12,210 | 2,558 | 21.0% | 159.7% |
Morgan | 11,933 | 1,317 | 11.0% | 84.1% |
Nicholas | 26,540 | 6,471 | 24.4% | 185.9% |
Ohio | 48,727 | 7,332 | 15.0% | 114.7% |
Pendleton | 7,899 | 1,339 | 17.0% | 129.2% |
Pleasants | 7,231 | 1,406 | 19.4% | 148.2% |
Pocahontas | 8,824 | 1,870 | 21.2% | 161.5% |
Preston | 28,635 | 5,410 | 18.9% | 144.0% |
Putnam | 42,466 | 5,114 | 12.0% | 91.8% |
Raleigh | 75,685 | 15,049 | 19.9% | 151.6% |
Randolph | 26,320 | 5,765 | 21.9% | 167.0% |
Ritchie | 10,074 | 2,616 | 26.0% | 198.0% |
Roane | 14,970 | 4,208 | 28.1% | 214.3% |
Summers | 13,134 | 3,213 | 24.5% | 186.5% |
Taylor | 14,811 | 3,390 | 22.9% | 174.5% |
Tucker | 7,566 | 1,287 | 17.0% | 129.7% |
Tyler | 9,735 | 1,786 | 18.3% | 139.9% |
Upshur | 21,506 | 4,557 | 21.2% | 161.5% |
Wayne | 41,407 | 9,009 | 21.8% | 165.9% |
Webster | 10,635 | 3,700 | 34.8% | 265.2% |
Wetzel | 18,989 | 3,899 | 20.5% | 156.5% |
Wirt | 5,187 | 1,143 | 22.0% | 168.0% |
Wood | 85,829 | 12,136 | 14.1% | 107.8% |
Wyoming | 28,873 | 8,045 | 27.9% | 212.4% |