Poverty Rate in Wood County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Wood County Compares
National Distribution
Where Wood County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for poverty rate.
■ Wood County: 14.7%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1,903 | Perry County, OH | 14.7% |
| #1,904 | Henderson County, TX | 14.7% |
| #1,905 | Santa Barbara County, CA | 14.7% |
| #1,906 | Wood County, WV | 14.7% |
| #1,907 | Cherokee County, AL | 14.8% |
| #1,908 | Crawford County, IA | 14.8% |
| #1,909 | Morton County, KS | 14.8% |
Poverty Rate in Wood County, West Virginia
Wood County, West Virginia has a poverty rate of 14.7%, which ranks #1,906 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 17.0% above the national value of 12.6%.
Within West Virginia, Wood County ranks #17 of 55 out of 55 counties. This places it in the 41th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.