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West Virginia #49
24.0 composite of 100 Sourced metrics: 68%
PM
Patrick Morrisey R
Governor · since 2025-01-01
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Median household income55,948 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
3.2
Income growth (YoY)2.98% · 2022→2023 ·
40.8
Poverty rate16.4% · SAIPE 2023 ·
21.6
Income inequality (Gini)0.468 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
51.6
Not yet sourced: Real (cost-of-living-adjusted) income (BEA Regional Price Parities API key pending); Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights dataset download pending).