West Virginia’s budget decreased, cumulatively, making it well below pop+inf in state funds and all funds from 2013-22.



State Funds Budget Data
- Estimated 2023 State Funds Budget ($ Billions): $12.64
- Budget Limit ($ Billions): $13.16
- Budget Limit Growth ($ Billions): 4.09%
- Cost per person of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2022 budget: ($4,355.77)
- Cost per family of 4 of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2022 budget: ($17,423)
- Cumulative cost per person of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade: ($34,877.57)
- Cumulative cost per family of 4 of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade: ($139,510.27)
State All Funds Budget Data
- Estimated 2023 All Funds Budget ($ Billions): $19.88
- Budget Limit ($ Billions): $20.69
- Budget Limit Growth ($ Billions): 4.09%
- Cost per person of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2022 budget: ($1,075.30)
- Cost per family of 4 of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade in 2022 budget: ($4,301.20)
- Cumulative cost per person of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade: ($11,763.29)
- Cumulative cost per family of 4 of budgeting more than pop+inf over the last decade: ($47,053.15)
Other Considerations
- Economic Freedom (2020) (Rank): 44 [Fraser Institute]
- State Tax Collections Per Capita (FY2021) ($): $3,391 [Tax Foundation]
- State Tax Collections Per Capita (FY2021) (Rank): 30 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Total Tax Burden per Capita (2022) ($): $4,479 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Tax Burden per Capita (2022) (%): 9.80% [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Tax Burden per Capita (2022) (Rank): 22 [Tax Foundation]
- Top Income Tax Rate (2023) (%): 6.50% [Tax Foundation]
- Top Income Tax Rate (2023) (Rank): 1 [Tax Foundation]
- Flat or Progressive Income Tax (2023) (Flat/Progressive/Zero): P [Tax Foundation]
- Overall State Business Tax Climate Index (2023)(Rank): 20 [Tax Foundation]
- Corporate Income Top Tax Rate (2023) (%): 6.50% [Tax Foundation]
- Corporate Income Top Tax Rate (2023) (Rank): 23 [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Sales Tax Rate (2023) (%): 6.55% [Tax Foundation]
- State-Local Sales Tax Rate (2023) (Rank): 31 [Tax Foundation]
- Property Taxes Paid as a Percentage of Owner-Occupied Housing Value (2021) (%): 0.57% [Tax Foundation]
- Property Taxes Paid as a Percentage of Owner-Occupied Housing Value (2021) (Rank): 44 [Tax Foundation]
- Tax and Expenditure Limit (0-3): 0 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Tax and Expenditure Limit (Rank): 32 [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- Right-to-Work Law (2022) (Y/N): Y [American Legislative Exchange Council]
- State-Local Spending per Capita (2022) ($): $12,650 [US Government Spending]
- State-Local Spending per Capita (2022) (Rank): 27 [US Government Spending]
- Official Poverty Rate (2020-22) (%): 15.6 [Census Bureau]
- Official Poverty Rate (2020-22) (Rank): 44 [Census Bureau]
- Supplemental Poverty Rate (2020-22) (%): 10.1 [Census Bureau]
- Supplemental Poverty Rate (2020-22) (Rank): 38 [Census Bureau]
- Labor Force Participation Rate (Dec. 2022) (%): 54.70% [Bureau of Labor Statistics]
- Labor Force Participation Rate (Dec. 2022) (Rank): 49 [Bureau of Labor Statistics]