BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - According to U.S. Census Bureau data, child poverty is on the rise in West Virginia. In 2023, 20.1% of all children in the mountain state lived below the poverty line. In ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCHS) — A West Virginia woman joined several others at the White House on Wednesday calling for attention to poverty in America. Pam Garrison, a member of the West Virginia Poor ...

WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia consistently ranks as one of the five poorest states in the U.S. -- and one local nonprofit is looking to help lower that statistic. Catholic Charities West Virginia ...

In 2021, West Virginia experienced a poverty rate of 16.8% thereby becoming one of the states with the highest poverty in the US. Child poverty was especially high in the state while the Black and the ...

Poverty rate in West Virginia was recorded at 15% in 2021. Huntington is the poorest city in West Virginia, with an estimated 18.6% of its population living in poverty. About 14.2% of the population ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new study shows more students are living in poverty now compared to students almost a decade ago. The nonprofit EdBuild analyzed U.S. Census estimates to determine an increase ...

West Virginia was first inhabited by the Paleo-Indians. Life was not easy. The climate was much colder then and people hunted mastodon and musk ox to survive. Now, 12,500 years later, West Virginia is ...