Counties with the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in West Virginia
Counties with the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in West Virginia
The vaccine deployment in December 2020 signaled a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of May 2021, 40% of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated. But as vaccination rates lagged over the summer, new surges of COVID-19 came, including Delta in the summer of 2021, and now the Omicron variant, which comprises the majority of cases in the U.S.
The United States as of Oct. 28 reached over 1 million COVID-19-related deaths and 97.4 million COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Currently, 68.4% of the population is fully vaccinated, and 7.3% of people have received the most recent bivalent booster dose.
Stacker compiled a list of the counties with highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in West Virginia using data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Covid Act Now. Counties are ranked by the highest vaccination rate as of Oct. 27, 2022. Due to inconsistencies in reporting, some counties do not have vaccination data available. Case count data based on Oct. 13 numbers reported by the Department of Health and Human Services. Keep reading to see whether your county ranks among the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in your state.
#50. Marshall County
--- 42.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 537 (164 total deaths)
--- 28.2% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 35,358 (10,795 total cases)
--- 4.4% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#49. Grant County
--- 42.0% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 519 (60 total deaths)
--- 23.9% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 38,797 (4,488 total cases)
--- 14.6% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#48. Hampshire County
--- 39.8% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 319 (74 total deaths)
--- 23.9% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,843 (6,916 total cases)
--- 11.9% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#47. Taylor County
--- 39.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 491 (82 total deaths)
--- 17.2% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 33,112 (5,528 total cases)
--- 2.2% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#46. Boone County
--- 39.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 443 (95 total deaths)
--- 5.7% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 38,169 (8,190 total cases)
--- 12.7% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#45. Webster County
--- 38.9% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 456 (37 total deaths)
--- 8.8% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 33,473 (2,716 total cases)
--- 1.1% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#44. Roane County
--- 38.7% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 321 (44 total deaths)
--- 23.4% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 30,443 (4,167 total cases)
--- 10.1% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#43. Wirt County
--- 37.8% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 447 (26 total deaths)
--- 6.7% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,222 (1,701 total cases)
--- 13.7% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#42. Monroe County
--- 37.4% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 369 (49 total deaths)
--- 11.9% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 40,384 (5,361 total cases)
--- 19.3% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#41. Ritchie County
--- 36.3% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 335 (32 total deaths)
--- 20.0% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 30,050 (2,871 total cases)
--- 11.2% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#40. Barbour County
--- 35.6% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 468 (77 total deaths)
--- 11.7% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 35,010 (5,756 total cases)
--- 3.4% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#39. Upshur County
--- 35.6% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 426 (103 total deaths)
--- 1.7% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 35,469 (8,575 total cases)
--- 4.8% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#38. Mason County
--- 35.3% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 392 (104 total deaths)
--- 6.4% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,468 (8,344 total cases)
--- 7.1% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#37. Lincoln County
--- 35.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 441 (90 total deaths)
--- 5.3% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 33,279 (6,792 total cases)
--- 1.7% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#36. Brooke County
--- 34.9% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 488 (107 total deaths)
--- 16.5% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,353 (6,001 total cases)
--- 19.2% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#35. Wyoming County
--- 33.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 623 (127 total deaths)
--- 48.7% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 44,410 (9,057 total cases)
--- 31.2% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#34. Mineral County
--- 33.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 614 (165 total deaths)
--- 46.5% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 35,805 (9,620 total cases)
--- 5.8% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#33. McDowell County
--- 33.0% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 471 (83 total deaths)
--- 12.4% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 40,150 (7,076 total cases)
--- 18.6% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#32. Jackson County
--- 33.0% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 504 (144 total deaths)
--- 20.3% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,087 (8,312 total cases)
--- 14.1% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#31. Harrison County
--- 32.7% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 404 (272 total deaths)
--- 3.6% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 36,748 (24,715 total cases)
--- 8.5% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#30. Pocahontas County
--- 32.4% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 412 (34 total deaths)
--- 1.7% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 29,344 (2,420 total cases)
--- 13.3% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#29. Nicholas County
--- 32.4% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 433 (106 total deaths)
--- 3.3% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 36,790 (9,012 total cases)
--- 8.7% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#28. Pleasants County
--- 32.3% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 509 (38 total deaths)
--- 21.5% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 32,185 (2,401 total cases)
--- 4.9% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#27. Raleigh County
--- 30.9% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 532 (390 total deaths)
--- 27.0% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 39,010 (28,618 total cases)
--- 15.2% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#26. Mercer County
--- 29.9% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 480 (282 total deaths)
--- 14.6% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 37,384 (21,966 total cases)
--- 10.4% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#25. Wayne County
--- 29.8% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 355 (140 total deaths)
--- 15.3% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,638 (11,284 total cases)
--- 15.4% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#24. Randolph County
--- 29.5% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 338 (97 total deaths)
--- 19.3% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 39,700 (11,392 total cases)
--- 17.3% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#23. Greenbrier County
--- 29.4% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 505 (175 total deaths)
--- 20.5% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 34,808 (12,065 total cases)
--- 2.8% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#22. Clay County
--- 28.1% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 588 (50 total deaths)
--- 40.3% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,006 (2,638 total cases)
--- 8.4% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#21. Logan County
--- 28.1% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 625 (200 total deaths)
--- 49.2% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 38,240 (12,244 total cases)
--- 12.9% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#20. Fayette County
--- 28.1% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 514 (218 total deaths)
--- 22.7% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 37,410 (15,864 total cases)
--- 10.5% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#19. Berkeley County
--- 28.1% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 274 (327 total deaths)
--- 34.6% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 35,604 (42,430 total cases)
--- 5.2% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#18. Hardy County
--- 27.9% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 370 (51 total deaths)
--- 11.7% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 38,894 (5,358 total cases)
--- 14.9% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#17. Wetzel County
--- 27.0% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 611 (92 total deaths)
--- 45.8% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 34,550 (5,205 total cases)
--- 2.0% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#16. Preston County
--- 26.8% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 422 (141 total deaths)
--- 0.7% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,829 (10,641 total cases)
--- 6.0% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#15. Marion County
--- 26.6% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 348 (195 total deaths)
--- 16.9% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 33,634 (18,859 total cases)
--- 0.7% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#14. Lewis County
--- 25.9% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 591 (94 total deaths)
--- 41.1% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 42,158 (6,706 total cases)
--- 24.5% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#13. Putnam County
--- 25.0% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 360 (203 total deaths)
--- 14.1% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 35,275 (19,913 total cases)
--- 4.2% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#12. Pendleton County
--- 24.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 330 (23 total deaths)
--- 21.2% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 32,013 (2,231 total cases)
--- 5.4% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#11. Monongalia County
--- 23.6% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 195 (206 total deaths)
--- 53.5% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,289 (29,877 total cases)
--- 16.4% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#10. Doddridge County
--- 23.5% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 213 (18 total deaths)
--- 49.2% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,646 (2,420 total cases)
--- 15.4% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#9. Wood County
--- 23.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 436 (364 total deaths)
--- 4.1% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,990 (26,717 total cases)
--- 5.5% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#8. Gilmer County
--- 22.2% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 281 (22 total deaths)
--- 32.9% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,522 (2,466 total cases)
--- 6.9% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#7. Cabell County
--- 22.1% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 451 (415 total deaths)
--- 7.6% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 35,415 (32,562 total cases)
--- 4.6% more cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#6. Tucker County
--- 21.6% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 556 (38 total deaths)
--- 32.7% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 33,675 (2,303 total cases)
--- 0.5% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#5. Summers County
--- 19.0% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 477 (60 total deaths)
--- 13.8% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 28,052 (3,527 total cases)
--- 17.1% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#4. Jefferson County
--- 17.1% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 245 (140 total deaths)
--- 41.5% less deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 30,142 (17,225 total cases)
--- 11.0% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#3. Kanawha County
--- 15.6% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 455 (810 total deaths)
--- 8.6% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 31,627 (56,336 total cases)
--- 6.6% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#2. Ohio County
--- 14.4% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 459 (190 total deaths)
--- 9.5% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 32,093 (13,290 total cases)
--- 5.2% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia
#1. Hancock County
--- 13.8% lower vaccination rate than West Virginia
- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 517 (149 total deaths)
--- 23.4% more deaths per 100k residents than West Virginia
- Cumulative cases per 100k: 27,640 (7,963 total cases)
--- 18.4% less cases per 100k residents than West Virginia