Author: Julia Mellett & Sadaf Nikzad

Fact-check: Did West Virginia Rank 50th in Household Income in 2017?

In a Nov. 8 op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Mike Romano, a Democratic West Virginia state senator, said West Virginia’s median household income was nearly $17,000 below the national average. “In 2017, West Virginia’s $43,469 median household income was $16,867 below the national average, ranking 50th, according to the U.S. Census Bureau,” […]

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