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The reported poverty rate for West Virginia was 16.6% in the 2019–2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The profile keeps each measure separate and does not turn them into an overall assessment of the state.
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Poverty rate
16.6%ACS percentages are estimates; this report does not include margins of error or statistical significance testing.
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$57,917This input does not include each estimate's margin of error, so rank order does not establish statistically significant differences between states.
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Position 5 of 52 · West Virginia: 16.6%
2019–2023 ACS 5-year estimates · Unit: percent of population · Source: Census ACS. These point estimates do not establish statistically significant differences between states, and this view does not show a trend or cause.