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Outcomes

16.2% of people in West Virginia live below the poverty line.

Children below the poverty line, 2024
20.1%
Country: 15.5%
Median household income, 2024
$60,662
Country: $81,604
real output grew over five years
11.3%
bills traced into law in 24 months
0
Real output, year by year.
1997: $60Bchained 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation2025: $83B

What became law

Enacted bills traced to their place on the books, latest first.

No enacted bill has been traced to its statute for West Virginia.

Coverage is partial, and nothing here says a law moved a number.

Counties by poverty rate: 8 counties
Counties by poverty rate
McDowell County$35,7217.9%38.4%
Gilmer County$48,2255.0%26.8%
Mingo County$43,2895.8%25.7%
Wyoming County$48,0864.6%24.8%
Webster County$41,6875.9%24.4%
Summers County$45,5804.3%24.2%
Calhoun County$47,8677.6%22.9%
Lincoln County$48,2854.8%21.4%