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West Virginia
Environmental and community health profiles for all 55 counties in West Virginia. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).
55
Counties
53
Avg opportunity score
4
Converging-risk counties
What the data shows in West Virginia
Across West Virginia's 55 counties, 4 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.
Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is disease burden, the leading driver of community health need in West Virginia.
The most widespread specific risk pattern is Respiratory Burden, triggered in 51 counties, followed by Outage Vulnerability in 20 counties.
Pendleton County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 67 out of 100 (elevated). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.
| County | Opportunity | Env | Disease | Provider | Social | Pop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendleton County 54071 | 67 | 38 | 94 | 51 | 61 | 6,029 |
| Calhoun County 54013 | 62 | 30 | 97 | 29 | 68 | 5,959 |
| Mason County 54053 | 62 | 61 | 89 | 18 | 57 | 24,765 |
| Roane County 54087 | 61 | 37 | 93 | 19 | 69 | 13,743 |
| Tyler County 54095 | 60 | 43 | 91 | 29 | 57 | 7,919 |
| Pocahontas County 54075 | 60 | 29 | 96 | 24 | 67 | 7,765 |
| Summers County 54089 | 59 | 33 | 95 | 16 | 70 | 11,581 |
| Webster County 54101 | 59 | 22 | 96 | 20 | 75 | 8,045 |
| Lincoln County 54043 | 59 | 36 | 90 | 19 | 67 | 19,701 |
| Wayne County 54099 | 59 | 45 | 88 | 20 | 60 | 37,686 |
| Braxton County 54007 | 58 | 33 | 94 | 19 | 64 | 12,162 |
| Hardy County 54031 | 58 | 43 | 92 | 23 | 55 | 14,251 |
| Monroe County 54063 | 58 | 34 | 92 | 20 | 63 | 12,382 |
| Clay County 54015 | 57 | 21 | 92 | 21 | 76 | 7,783 |
| Fayette County 54019 | 57 | 37 | 89 | 16 | 64 | 39,072 |
| Jackson County 54035 | 57 | 49 | 85 | 18 | 57 | 27,593 |
| Marshall County 54051 | 57 | 54 | 86 | 14 | 56 | 29,405 |
| Mingo County 54059 | 57 | 23 | 92 | 19 | 77 | 22,023 |
| Ritchie County 54085 | 57 | 30 | 92 | 20 | 62 | 8,167 |
| Greenbrier County 54025 | 57 | 35 | 91 | 19 | 59 | 32,149 |
| Mercer County 54055 | 57 | 34 | 86 | 20 | 65 | 58,057 |
| Wirt County 54105 | 57 | 32 | 92 | 20 | 59 | 5,000 |
| Wetzel County 54103 | 56 | 39 | 88 | 16 | 61 | 13,890 |
| Wyoming County 54109 | 56 | 24 | 91 | 17 | 68 | 20,277 |
| McDowell County 54047 | 56 | 18 | 89 | 20 | 82 | 17,439 |
| Raleigh County 54081 | 56 | 29 | 86 | 18 | 68 | 72,356 |
| Boone County 54005 | 55 | 28 | 88 | 15 | 66 | 20,576 |
| Hampshire County 54027 | 55 | 33 | 87 | 17 | 62 | 23,649 |
| Grant County 54023 | 55 | 40 | 88 | 14 | 56 | 10,921 |
| Lewis County 54041 | 55 | 33 | 84 | 19 | 63 | 16,500 |
| Hancock County 54029 | 54 | 43 | 85 | 13 | 56 | 28,145 |
| Logan County 54045 | 54 | 22 | 90 | 17 | 65 | 30,827 |
| Cabell County 54011 | 54 | 44 | 70 | 19 | 69 | 92,082 |
| Tucker County 54093 | 54 | 29 | 89 | 26 | 52 | 6,604 |
| Nicholas County 54067 | 54 | 30 | 89 | 18 | 56 | 24,169 |
| Wood County 54107 | 52 | 46 | 83 | 20 | 46 | 83,052 |
| Brooke County 54009 | 51 | 48 | 79 | 13 | 50 | 21,373 |
| Doddridge County 54017 | 51 | 28 | 82 | 20 | 56 | 7,680 |
| Morgan County 54065 | 51 | 31 | 87 | 15 | 53 | 17,649 |
| Barbour County 54001 | 50 | 21 | 83 | 18 | 59 | 15,378 |
| Kanawha County 54039 | 50 | 29 | 78 | 18 | 59 | 174,805 |
| Upshur County 54097 | 50 | 27 | 83 | 17 | 55 | 23,529 |
| Ohio County 54069 | 49 | 39 | 74 | 14 | 56 | 41,194 |
| Preston County 54077 | 49 | 38 | 75 | 13 | 54 | 34,099 |
| Harrison County 54033 | 48 | 41 | 75 | 17 | 47 | 64,639 |
| Randolph County 54083 | 48 | 26 | 82 | 19 | 50 | 27,350 |
| Taylor County 54091 | 47 | 27 | 81 | 16 | 48 | 16,388 |
| Mineral County 54057 | 46 | 37 | 76 | 14 | 47 | 26,867 |
| Marion County 54049 | 45 | 40 | 66 | 16 | 49 | 55,807 |
| Pleasants County 54073 | 45 | 44 | 70 | 20 | 38 | 7,428 |
| Putnam County 54079 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 18 | 40 | 56,962 |
| Gilmer County 54021 | 44 | 24 | 66 | 21 | 54 | 7,254 |
| Berkeley County 54003 | 41 | 50 | 51 | 17 | 46 | 132,440 |
| Jefferson County 54037 | 40 | 52 | 50 | 20 | 40 | 59,787 |
| Monongalia County 54061 | 32 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 44 | 107,718 |
Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.
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