West Virginia

Demographic & Health Data

Data West Virginia United States Units

Demography
Total Population 1 1,819,777 307,006,550
Race/Ethnicity 2
White (Non-Hispanic) 93.5% 65.6% Percent of total population
Black 3.6% 12.8% Percent of total population
Hispanic 1.1% 15.4% Percent of total population
Other 3 0.9% 5.7% Percent of total population
Population Below Poverty Level 4 17.4% 13.2% Percent of total population
Median Annual Household Income 5 $37,528 $52,029
Unemployment Rate 6 9.2% 9.7%
Population Living in Rural Areas7 43% 16% Percent of total population
Health Cost & Budgets 8
Health Spending Per Capita $5,954 $5,283
Medicaid Spending per Enrollee $6,342 $6,119
Medicare Spending per Enrollee $6,861 $7,439
Health Coverage
Uninsured Population 9 14.6% 15.4% Percent of total population
Uninsured Children 10 5.3% 10.3% Percent of total children
Medicaid Enrollment 11 320,000 46,867,100
Medicare Enrollment 12 359,393 42,020,086
Monthly CHIP 13 Enrollment 14 24,555 4,966,030

Health Insurance Coverage of the

Total Population of West Virginia Compared to United States 15

Employer

United States 52.3 4.7 14.1 12.4 1.2 15.4 Individual

Medicaid

Medicare

49.6 0.4 14.8 17.4 1.2 14.6 Other Public

West Virgina
Uninsured

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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1
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. STATE AND COUNTY QUICKFACTS (2010), available at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/54000.html (last accessed June 2010).
These figures are from 2009.
2
Ibid. These figures are from 2008.
3
Others include American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islanders.
4
See U.S. CENSUS BUREAU supra note 1. These figures are from 2008.
5
Ibid. These figures are from 2008.
6
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, U.S. DEP’T OF LABOR, ECONOMY AT A GLANCE (2010), available at http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.wv.htm (last accessed June
2010). These figures are from April 2010.
7
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Demographics and the Economy, Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on
Medicaid and the Uninsured estimated based on the Census Bureau’s March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and
Economic Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparecat.jsp?cat=1&rgn=50&rgn=1 (last accessed June 2010).
8
NAT’L HEALTH STATISTICS GROUP, CTRS. FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVS., HEALTH EXPENDITURE DATE, HEALTH EXPENDITURES BY STATE OF RESIDENCE (2006),
available at http://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/downloads/res-states.pdf (last accessed June 2010).
9
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population, States (2007-2008), U.S. (2008), Data
Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009
Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements), available at
http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparetable.jsp?ind=125&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
10
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Health Insurance Coverage of Children 0-18, States (2007-2008), U.S. (2008), Data Source:
Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current
Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements), available at
http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparetable.jsp?ind=127&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
11
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Monthly Medicaid Enrollment, June 2009, Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission
on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and
Economic Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileind.jsp?ind=774&cat=4&rgn=50 (last accessed June 2010).
12
CTRS. FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVS., MEDICARE ENROLLMENT – ALL BENEFICIARIES: AS OF JULY 2006, available at
http://www.cms.gov/MedicareEnRpts/Downloads/06All.pdf (last accessed June 2010).
13
CHIP stands for Children’s Health Insurance Program.
14
VERNON SMITH ET AL., KAISER COMMISSION ON MEDICAID AND THE UNINSURED, CHIP ENROLLMENT JUNE 2009: AN UPDATED ON CURRENT ENROLLMENT AND POLICY
DIRECTIONS (2010), available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7642-04.pdf (last accessed June 2010).
15
See supra note 9.

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