Various West Virginia Statistics by County
Number of
Number of Dentists Accepting
Family Practitioners New Medicaid Number of
County 0-5 Population and Pediatricians Patients Total Dentists Child Care Centers Population Density **
Barbour 1,006 2 4 5 2 45.5
Berkeley 6,108 23 13 35 21 246.6
Boone 1,896 4 6 7 2 50.6
Braxton 948 2 3 4 1 28.7
Brooke 1,562 5 4 6 5 282.5
Cabell 6,348 105 27 51 28 339.8
Calhoun 461 1 M 1 2 26.3
Clay 768 4 1 1 0 30.2
Doddridge 515 1 M 0 1 24.2
Fayette 3,213 16 5 14 4 70.9
Gilmer 422 2 * 1 2 3 20.9
Grant 862 4 4 5 2 23.8
Greenbrier 2,301 6 9 16 10 33.8
Hampshire 1,501 3 5 6 2 32.4
Hancock 2,113 10 9 20 6 388.7
Hardy 939 3 4 4 2 21.8
Harrison 4,785 41 18 38 23 163.4
Jackson 2,030 3 5 10 6 60.3
Jefferson 3,162 20 2 12 12 207.8
Kanawha 13,695 141 66 120 54 218.5
Lewis 1,101 8 4 4 3 43.5
Lincoln 1,607 4 4 4 2 51
Logan 2,620 14 6 5 4 81.2
McDowell 1,737 13 7 4 19 49.7
Marion 3,500 12 19 24 9 182
Marshall 2,318 5 4 11 3 114.6
Mason 1,855 9 3 6 14 60.6
Mercer 4,382 27 12 23 8 148.3
Mineral 1,795 11 1 9 5 82.5
Mingo 2,000 8 1 4 25 65.6
Monongalia 4,814 99 18 87 3 226.5
Monroe 881 1 1 1 2 30.9
Morgan 1,100 4 1 5 4 66.7
Nicholas 1,713 15 2 7 2 40.7
Ohio 2,947 40 13 33 19 440.2
Pendleton 548 2 3 7 0 11.6
Pleasants 542 1 1 4 2 58.1
Pocahontas 555 2 2 3 2 9.6
Preston 1,998 12 4 7 6 45.4
Putnam 4,024 21 7 18 8 149.2
Raleigh 5,224 32 13 33 16 129.4
Randolph 1,791 13 10 13 7 27.2
Ritchie 678 1 1 2 3 22.7
Roane 1,040 6 1 3 1 31.8
Summers 757 2 1 3 2 35.4
Taylor 1,047 4 1 3 2 92.7
Tucker 427 3 2 3 3 17.2
Tyler 618 1 M 2 1 36.7
Upshur 1,520 10 6 6 8 65.9
Wayne 3,010 3 7 7 7 84.4
Webster 614 4 2 1 2 17.3
Wetzel 1,233 9 4 7 3 48.4
Wirt 400 1 1 1 2 25.5
Wood 6,150 42 8 39 33 238.3
Wyoming 1,738 4 4 5 4 50.5
* Primary work counties are Lewis and Calhoun; Gilmer is secondary
** Proxy indicator of distance from services.  The lower the number, the more likely access to services requires greater travel.
M = Missing data
Sources: Population -- childrensdefense.org, 2000.
Number of Family Practitioners and Pediatricians -- Based on primary work location, WVU Dept of Community Medicine, 2004.
Number of Dentists Accepting New Medicaid Patients--  Dr. Black's Address List, date unknown.
Total Dentists -- Dental Directory, March 2001
Number of Child Care Providers -- As of June 2004, www.wvdhhr.org/cccenters
Population Density Per Square Mile -- WV Bureau for Public Health, WV Vital Stats, 2003.