West Virginia is the third poorest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $23,450 (2015).
West Virginia counties ranked by per capita income
Note: County Data is from the 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Rank County Per capita income Median household income Median family income Population Number of households 1 Jefferson $30,912 $66,677 $79,830 55,214 20,331 2 Putnam $29,412 $56,774 $67,353 56,596 21,707 United States $28,930 $53,889 $66,011 316,515,021 116,926,305 3 Kanawha $27,642 $45,882 $57,069 190,781 82,250 4 Ohio $27,053 $40,569 $60,247 43,637 18,408 5 Berkeley $26,469 $55,239 $63,304 108,724 40,991 6 Monongalia $26,314 $45,467 $68,691 101,668 37,035 7 Harrison $24,415 $43,987 $58,008 68,998 27,502 8 Wood $24,364 $41,884 $51,984 86,559 36,192 9 Cabell $23,908 $38,344 $54,671 96,824 39,973 10 Hancock $23,845 $39,959 $51,407 30,201 12,894 11 Brooke $23,819 $46,215 $58,460 23,665 10,030 12 Marion $23,807 $43,165 $54,437 56,790 22,481 13 Marshall $23,543 $45,182 $54,659 32,480 13,569 14 Morgan $23,456 $39,324 $53,838 17,475 7,348 West Virginia $23,450 $41,751 $52,866 1,851,420 740,890 15 Nicholas $23,404 $39,171 $48,821 25,930 10,757 16 Pleasants $23,291 $44,288 $52,833 7,636 2,893 17 Jackson $23,090 $41,314 $56,384 29,256 11,118 18 Taylor $22,799 $43,970 $50,920 16,977 6,732 19 Raleigh $22,405 $41,032 $49,881 78,493 31,274 20 Greenbrier $22,340 $39,746 $48,287 35,666 15,339 21 Tucker $22,321 $40,533 $51,500 6,972 3,010 22 Hardy $22,195 $40,303 $46,422 13,936 5,156 23 Wirt $22,125 $39,352 $44,929 5,841 2,430 24 Pendleton $21,979 $36,953 $46,091 7,402 3,095 25 Pocahontas $21,847 $36,827 $51,109 8,697 3,737 26 Wetzel $21,619 $39,096 $48,724 16,157 6,525 27 Boone $21,387 $39,958 $50,777 24,000 9,547 28 Randolph $21,139 $39,457 $49,520 29,365 11,563 29 Preston $21,097 $45,064 $54,931 33,809 12,472 30 Lewis $21,067 $37,849 $45,766 16,434 6,526 31 Tyler $21,018 $38,854 $51,823 9,033 3,616 32 Mercer $20,942 $36,195 $46,227 61,891 25,451 33 Monroe $20,678 $36,918 $43,629 13,525 5,822 34 Logan $20,477 $36,763 $46,928 35,760 14,043 35 Mingo $20,417 $33,221 $44,384 25,931 10,844 36 Summers $20,347 $36,651 $46,814 13,544 5,584 37 Upshur $20,230 $40,330 $50,007 24,560 9,093 38 Grant $20,052 $39,088 $48,133 11,815 4,175 39 Doddridge $19,992 $39,974 $51,212 8,201 2,674 40 Wayne $19,867 $36,318 $46,827 41,499 16,691 41 Mason $19,694 $36,448 $45,474 27,177 10,838 42 Calhoun $19,635 $35,568 $45,519 7,557 3,090 43 Ritchie $19,632 $37,636 $49,943 10,140 3,942 44 Braxton $19,409 $32,750 $47,583 14,466 5,607 45 Fayette $19,232 $36,293 $43,721 45,534 17,669 46 Lincoln $19,114 $35,800 $43,990 21,560 7,994 47 Mineral $19,111 $31,790 $50,078 27,755 11,265 48 Wyoming $19,009 $33,730 $47,273 22,866 9,199 49 Roane $18,957 $31,813 $42,745 14,636 5,872 50 Hampshire $18,477 $27,995 $41,950 23,542 10,194 51 Barbour $18,039 $37,066 $45,005 16,731 6,041 52 Webster $17,864 $29,086 $37,736 8,927 3,887 53 Gilmer $17,115 $37,536 $50,698 8,644 2,744 54 Clay $16,827 $31,325 $39,851 9,141 3,460 55 McDowell $14,874 $24,921 $31,984 20,802 8,180
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