ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Population - 1.8m

Gross state product (GSP) - $42,368m

GSP growth - 0.9% (2000/2001)

Per capita income - $23,628

Country credit rating - n/a

Literacy rate - n/a

Services (% GSP) - 18.3%

Telephone lines - 94.9% of households

Internet users 46%

Export of services and goods/GSP - 5%

FDI inflows - $7bn

POLITICAL INFORMATION

Head of state - Bob Wise (governor)

Date of next election - November 2004 (governor)

IPA

Name - West Virginia Development Office

Address - Capitol Complex, Bldg. 6, Room 553, 1900 Kanawha Blvd,

E. Charleston WV 25305-0311

Telephone - 304 558 2234

Fax - 304 558 0449

Web address - www.wvdo.org

All data provided by West Virginia Development Office