Quality of life comparison
If you lived in West Virginia instead of Georgia, you would:
Health
be 13.4% more likely to be obese
In Georgia, 35.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In West Virginia, that number is 40.5% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 63.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Georgia, 12.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In West Virginia, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
make 4.8 times more money
Georgia has a GDP per capita of $9,692 as of 2025, while in West Virginia, the GDP per capita is $46,834 as of 2024.
be 73.4% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Georgia, 9.4% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In West Virginia, however, that number is 16.3% as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
