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Exhibit 23

McKinsey & Company’s blueprint to help engineer economic development and growth.

Exhibit 23A: Trends in labor force participation rates in West Virginia and neighboring states [93]
Year West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania United States Ohio Maryland Virginia
2007 3.90573381 9.78896291 12.2403797 13.7812218 14.9251928 16.3960127 16.606113
2008 3.8330597 9.06265822 12.9147887 13.8019667 14.4089549 16.6268747 17.3039019
2009 3.80711186 9.52696688 12.1184282 13.1456842 13.6592871 16.8110272 16.4842119
2010 2.7072824 9.03412566 11.1119506 12.4660555 12.7462116 16.2248006 15.407712
2011 2.09767588 8.65801618 10.9692878 11.7863931 11.7863763 15.6852666 15.1015744
2012 2.07174482 8.30520269 11.4336132 11.4569428 10.9433063 15.4258721 14.4219288
2013 1.43877517 7.83572461 10.9641015 10.9641015 10.9407216 14.9796564 13.9291212
2014 0.87589491 5.91870587 10.5179027 10.6579975 10.4945563 14.3934298 13.4829055
2015 0.68652263 4.32858634 10.5153515 10.3519439 10.14181 14.4842305 12.6865786
2016 0.82403278 4.86293404 11.1898277 10.5828226 10.8162861 14.4816458 12.1003352
Participation Rates in Percentage -0.6% -0.9% -0.5% -0.7% -0.2% -0.7% -0.3%

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