| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1980 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 1980 | Poverty Rate, 1980 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980 |
|
| United States | 220,845,766 | 27,392,580 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 20,928,695 | 2,930,068 | 14.0% | 112.9% |
| West Virginia | 1,914,081 | 286,995 | 15.0% | 120.9% |
|
| County |
| Barbour | 15,937 | 3,185 | 20.0% | 161.1% |
| Berkeley | 45,674 | 6,354 | 13.9% | 112.2% |
| Boone | 30,358 | 4,478 | 14.8% | 118.9% |
| Braxton | 13,846 | 3,407 | 24.6% | 198.4% |
| Brooke | 30,130 | 2,701 | 9.0% | 72.3% |
| Cabell | 103,460 | 13,978 | 13.5% | 108.9% |
| Calhoun | 8,218 | 2,076 | 25.3% | 203.7% |
| Clay | 11,213 | 3,568 | 31.8% | 256.5% |
| Doddridge | 7,393 | 1,592 | 21.5% | 173.6% |
| Fayette | 56,514 | 9,580 | 17.0% | 136.7% |
| Gilmer | 7,839 | 1,698 | 21.7% | 174.6% |
| Grant | 10,180 | 2,331 | 22.9% | 184.6% |
| Greenbrier | 37,196 | 5,588 | 15.0% | 121.1% |
| Hampshire | 14,504 | 2,451 | 16.9% | 136.2% |
| Hancock | 40,171 | 3,085 | 7.7% | 61.9% |
| Hardy | 9,924 | 2,060 | 20.8% | 167.4% |
| Harrison | 76,559 | 10,949 | 14.3% | 115.3% |
| Jackson | 25,584 | 3,403 | 13.3% | 107.2% |
| Jefferson | 29,064 | 3,881 | 13.4% | 107.7% |
| Kanawha | 229,390 | 24,319 | 10.6% | 85.5% |
| Lewis | 18,104 | 3,136 | 17.3% | 139.7% |
| Lincoln | 23,653 | 5,789 | 24.5% | 197.3% |
| Logan | 50,587 | 8,407 | 16.6% | 134.0% |
| Marion | 64,825 | 8,940 | 13.8% | 111.2% |
| Marshall | 40,754 | 4,106 | 10.1% | 81.2% |
| Mason | 26,707 | 3,549 | 13.3% | 107.1% |
| McDowell | 49,775 | 11,715 | 23.5% | 189.8% |
| Mercer | 72,729 | 10,965 | 15.1% | 121.6% |
| Mineral | 26,677 | 3,542 | 13.3% | 107.0% |
| Mingo | 37,286 | 8,811 | 23.6% | 190.5% |
| Monongalia | 69,844 | 11,369 | 16.3% | 131.2% |
| Monroe | 12,686 | 2,654 | 20.9% | 168.7% |
| Morgan | 10,556 | 1,765 | 16.7% | 134.8% |
| Nicholas | 27,979 | 4,659 | 16.7% | 134.3% |
| Ohio | 59,018 | 6,872 | 11.6% | 93.9% |
| Pendleton | 7,819 | 1,585 | 20.3% | 163.4% |
| Pleasants | 7,739 | 1,067 | 13.8% | 111.2% |
| Pocahontas | 9,719 | 1,322 | 13.6% | 109.7% |
| Preston | 30,064 | 5,628 | 18.7% | 150.9% |
| Putnam | 38,080 | 3,823 | 10.0% | 80.9% |
| Raleigh | 85,842 | 11,197 | 13.0% | 105.2% |
| Randolph | 27,295 | 4,765 | 17.5% | 140.7% |
| Ritchie | 11,362 | 2,023 | 17.8% | 143.5% |
| Roane | 15,453 | 2,856 | 18.5% | 149.0% |
| Summers | 14,784 | 3,438 | 23.3% | 187.5% |
| Taylor | 16,320 | 2,510 | 15.4% | 124.0% |
| Tucker | 8,522 | 1,445 | 17.0% | 136.7% |
| Tyler | 11,279 | 1,659 | 14.7% | 118.6% |
| Upshur | 22,108 | 3,757 | 17.0% | 137.0% |
| Wayne | 45,907 | 8,542 | 18.6% | 150.0% |
| Webster | 12,232 | 3,416 | 27.9% | 225.2% |
| Wetzel | 21,780 | 2,870 | 13.2% | 106.2% |
| Wirt | 4,885 | 866 | 17.7% | 142.9% |
| Wood | 92,595 | 10,318 | 11.1% | 89.8% |
| Wyoming | 35,962 | 6,945 | 19.3% | 155.7% |
