Poverty Rate in Barbour County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.0%
Rank #2,670/3,222 · #40 in WV
17th
Barbour 20.0%
WV 16.7% +19.5%
US 12.6% +58.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Barbour County's poverty rate of 20.0% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Barbour County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,667 | Camp County, TX | 19.9% |
| #2,668 | Montgomery County, AL | 19.9% |
| #2,669 | Wayne County, TN | 20.0% |
| #2,670 | Barbour County, WV | 20.0% |
| #2,671 | Hopkins County, KY | 20.0% |
| #2,672 | Pickens County, AL | 20.0% |
| #2,673 | Escambia County, AL | 20.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Barbour County, West Virginia has a poverty rate of 20.0%, ranking #2,670 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 58.5% above the national value of 12.6%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #40 of 55. This places it in the 17th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.