For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook (304) 543-4879 (Charleston, WV) - More West Virginians lived in poverty in 2017 than in 2016, according to Census data released today. An estimated 336,301 West Virginians lived in poverty in 2017, for a total poverty rate of 19.1 percent, a 1.2 percentage point increase from 2016. West Virginia’s poverty rate in…