List of Appalachian Regional Commission counties

Counties included within the Appalachian Regional Commission's charter.

The following list contains the 420 counties and eight independent cities that comprise the region of Appalachia as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The ARC was established by the United States federal government in 1965 to alleviate poverty in the Appalachian region, and currently monitors areas in 13 states.

The list shows the population of each county as of the 2000 U.S. Census; cities in Virginia, which are legally independent of counties, are included within the county with which they were historically associated. It also gives the following four variables:

* 3-year average unemployment rate, based on data collected 2006–2008
* Per capita market income, as of 2007
* Poverty rate, showing what percentage of the county lives below the national poverty rate, as of 2000
* Status, the ARC's economic status designation for the county, based on the three variables above. There are five possible designations:
* Distressed -- these counties have at least twice the national poverty rate and have a per capita market income 67% of the national average or a three-year average unemployment rate that is twice the national average.
* At-Risk -- these counties meet two of the following three criteria: 1) 3-year unemployment rate 125% of the national average, 2) per capita market income 67% or less of national average, or 3) poverty rate of 125% or more of the national average
* Transitional -- these counties are worse than the national average on at least one of the three indicators, but do not meet criteria for "At-Risk" or "Distressed"
* Competitive -- these counties have a three-year unemployment rate and poverty rate at least equal to the national average, and a per capita market income at least 80% of the national average
* Attainment -- these counties are at least equal to the national average on all three indicators.[1] To date, only six counties meet Attainment status, with five of them between Alabama and Georgia; the three that are in Georgia (Cherokee, Forsyth, and Gwinnett) are all part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The other county that has reached Attainment status, as of 2013, is in Virginia.

The national 3-year average unemployment rate for the United States was 5.0% in the period 2006–2008. The national per capita market income was $32,930 in 2007. The national poverty rate was 12.4% in 2000. The 3-year average unemployment rate for the Appalachian region in 2006-2008 was 5.2%. The region's per capita market income in 2007 was $24,360. The region's poverty rate was 13.6%.[1]

Alabama's Appalachian counties led all states' Appalachian counties in unemployment (3.8%) and per capita market income ($27,723). Georgia's Appalachian counties had the lowest average poverty rate (9.2%). Mississippi's Appalachian counties had the highest average unemployment rate at 7.9%, while Kentucky's Appalachian counties had the lowest average per capita market income ($15,690) and the highest average poverty rate (24.4%).[1]

## Alabama

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Bibb | 21,482  | 4.1%  | $16,886  | 20.6%  | At-Risk
Blount | 56,436  | 3.2%  | $19,354  | 11.7%  | Transitional
Calhoun | 112,903  | 4.0%  | $24,157  | 16.1%  | Transitional
Chambers | 35,176  | 7.9%  | $18,062  | 17.0%  | At-Risk
Cherokee | 24,863  | 4.2%  | $18,348  | 15.6%  | Transitional
Chilton | 41,953  | 3.5%  | $20,677  | 15.7%  | Transitional
Clay | 13,829  | 5.3%  | $18,756  | 17.1%  | Transitional
Cleburne | 14,700  | 3.6%  | $20,854  | 13.9%  | Transitional
Colbert | 54,766  | 4.6%  | $20,281  | 14.0%  | Transitional
Coosa | 11,044  | 5.8%  | $16,394  | 14.9%  | At-Risk
Cullman | 80,187  | 3.4%  | $21,038  | 13.0%  | Transitional
DeKalb | 69,014  | 4.2%  | $19,191  | 15.4%  | Transitional
Elmore | 75,688  | 3.5%  | $23,811  | 10.2%  | Transitional
Etowah | 103,362  | 4.3%  | $21,004  | 15.7%  | Transitional
Fayette | 18,005  | 4.7%  | $16,948  | 17.3%  | Transitional
Franklin | 30,847  | 4.9%  | $18,647  | 18.9%  | Transitional
Hale | 18,236  | 5.3%  | $15,762  | 26.9%  | Distressed
Jackson | 53,745  | 4.5%  | $20,610  | 13.7%  | Transitional
Jefferson | 656,700  | 3.9%  | $36,594  | 14.8%  | Competitive
Lamar | 14,548  | 5.7%  | $16,420  | 16.1%  | At-Risk
Lauderdale | 87,891  | 4.2%  | $22,186  | 14.4%  | Transitional
Lawrence | 34,312  | 4.5%  | $21,003  | 15.3%  | Transitional
Limestone | 72,446  | 3.4%  | $24,247  | 12.3%  | Transitional
Macon | 22,594  | 5.3%  | $15,193  | 32.8%  | Distressed
Madison | 304,307  | 3.1%  | $33,633  | 10.5%  | Attainment
Marion | 30,165  | 5.2%  | $18,726  | 15.6%  | Transitional
Marshall | 87,185  | 3.4%  | $22,546  | 14.7%  | Transitional
Morgan | 115,237  | 3.7%  | $28,069  | 12.3%  | Transitional
Pickens | 20,133  | 5.1%  | $18,275  | 24.9%  | At-Risk
Randolph | 22,673  | 5.2%  | $16,850  | 17.0%  | At-Risk
Shelby | 178,182  | 2.7%  | $40,595  | 6.3%  | Attainment
St. Clair | 75,232  | 3.5%  | $24,383  | 12.1%  | Transitional
Talladega | 80,271  | 5.2%  | $22,622  | 17.6%  | Transitional
Tallapoosa | 41,010  | 5.2%  | $20,518  | 16.6%  | Transitional
Tuscaloosa | 171,159  | 3.3%  | $28,044  | 17.0%  | Transitional
Walker | 70,034  | 4.3%  | $21,039  | 16.5%  | Transitional
Winston | 24,634  | 5.6%  | $17,041  | 17.1%  | At-Risk

## Georgia

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Banks | 14,422  | 3.6%  | $24,326  | 12.5%  | Transitional
Barrow | 46,144  | 4.9%  | $22,217  | 8.3%  | Transitional
Bartow | 76,019  | 5.7%  | $23,853  | 8.6%  | Transitional
Carroll | 87,268  | 5.5%  | $21,980  | 13.7%  | Transitional
Catoosa | 53,282  | 4.2%  | $22,313  | 9.4%  | Transitional
Chattooga | 25,470  | 6.9%  | $14,526  | 14.3%  | At-Risk
Cherokee | 141,903  | 4.2%  | $31,735  | 5.3%  | Attainment
Dade | 15,154  | 4.7%  | $20,621  | 9.7%  | Transitional
Dawson | 15,999  | 4.5%  | $28,243  | 7.6%  | Competitive
Douglas | 92,174  | 5.4%  | $24,243  | 7.8%  | Transitional
Elbert | 20,511  | 6.9%  | $18,837  | 17.3%  | At-Risk
Fannin | 19,798  | 4.7%  | $18,775  | 12.4%  | Transitional
Floyd | 90,565  | 5.2%  | $22,926  | 14.4%  | Transitional
Forsyth | 98,407  | 3.8%  | $36,334  | 5.5%  | Attainment
Franklin | 20,285  | 5.6%  | $19,603  | 13.9%  | Transitional
Gilmer | 23,456  | 4.3%  | $20,037  | 12.5.%  | Transitional
Gordon | 44,104  | 5.5%  | $20,958  | 9.9%  | Transitional
Gwinnett | 757,104  | 4.6%  | $30,541  | 5.7%  | Attainment
Habersham | 35,902  | 4.5%  | $20,006  | 12.2%  | Transitional
Hall | 139,277  | 4.3%  | $25,437  | 12.4%  | Transitional
Haralson | 25,690  | 5.3%  | $20,539  | 15.5%  | Transitional
Hart | 22,997  | 7.2%  | $17,604  | 14.8%  | At-Risk
Heard | 11,012  | 5.8%  | $18,112  | 13.6%  | Transitional
Jackson | 41,589  | 4.8%  | $23,306  | 12.0%  | Transitional
Lumpkin | 21,016  | 5.1%  | $22,870  | 13.2%  | Transitional
Madison | 25,730  | 4.2%  | $21,761  | 11.6%  | Transitional
Murray | 36,506  | 5.4%  | $19,292  | 12.7%  | Transitional
Paulding | 81,678  | 4.7%  | $26,634  | 5.5%  | Competitive
Pickens | 22,983  | 4.5%  | $28,622  | 9.2%  | Competitive
Polk | 38,127  | 5.1%  | $17,089  | 15.5%  | Transitional
Rabun | 15,050  | 5.9%  | $21,780  | 11.1%  | Transitional
Stephens | 25,435  | 5.3%  | $20,484  | 15.1%  | Transitional
Towns | 9,319  | 4.3%  | $22,737  | 11.8%  | Transitional
Union | 17,289  | 4.4%  | $20,794  | 12.5%  | Transitional
Walker | 61,053  | 5.1%  | $19,439  | 12.5%  | Transitional
White | 19,944  | 4.2%  | $19,762  | 10.5%  | Transitional
Whitfield | 83,525  | 5.5%  | $26,359  | 11.5%  | Transitional

## Kentucky

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Adair | 17,244  | 6.2%  | $14,883  | 24.0%  | Distressed
Bath | 11,085  | 8.2%  | $15,055  | 21.9%  | Distressed
Bell | 30,060  | 8.4%  | $12,161  | 31.1%  | Distressed
Boyd | 49,752  | 5.6%  | $22,853  | 15.5%  | Transitional
Breathitt | 16,100  | 7.3%  | $12,352  | 33.2%  | Distressed
Carter | 26,889  | 7.8%  | $14,335  | 22.3%  | Distressed
Casey | 15,447  | 6.3%  | $13,855  | 25.5%  | Distressed
Clark | 33,144  | 5.6%  | $24,902  | 10.6%  | Transitional
Clay | 24,556  | 10.5%  | $9,707  | 39.7%  | Distressed
Clinton | 9,634  | 6.0%  | $13,747  | 25.8%  | Distressed
Cumberland | 7,147  | 7.5%  | $11,281  | 23.8%  | Distressed
Edmonson | 12,085  | 7.0%  | $16,301  | 18.4%  | At-Risk
Elliott | 6,748  | 8.2%  | $9,977  | 25.9%  | Distressed
Estill | 15,307  | 7.1%  | $12,647  | 26.4%  | Distressed
Fleming | 13,792  | 6.8%  | $14,291  | 18.6%  | Distressed
Floyd | 42,441  | 6.7%  | $14,809  | 30.3%  | Distressed
Garrard | 14,792  | 6.1%  | $17,299  | 14.7%  | At-Risk
Green | 11,518  | 6.6%  | $13,078  | 18.4%  | Distressed
Greenup | 36,891  | 6.0%  | $21,230  | 14.1%  | Transitional
Harlan | 33,202  | 8.8%  | $12,178  | 32.5%  | Distressed
Hart | 17,445  | 6.2%  | $13,726  | 22.4%  | Distressed
Jackson | 13,495  | 11.8%  | $9,090  | 30.2%  | Distressed
Johnson | 23,445  | 6.6%  | $14,810  | 26.6%  | Distressed
Knott | 17,649  | 7.0%  | $13,015  | 31.1%  | Distressed
Knox | 31,795  | 7.2%  | $14,283  | 34.8%  | Distressed
Laurel | 52,715  | 6.0%  | $17,343  | 21.3%  | At-Risk
Lawrence | 15,569  | 8.4%  | $13,129  | 30.7%  | Distressed
Lee | 7,916  | 7.2%  | $11,883  | 30.4%  | Distressed
Leslie | 12,401  | 8.8%  | $11,428  | 32.7%  | Distressed
Letcher | 25,277  | 7.4%  | $14,191  | 27.1%  | Distressed
Lewis | 14,092  | 8.5%  | $10,770  | 28.5%  | Distressed
Lincoln | 23,361  | 7.2%  | $15,014  | 21.1%  | Distressed
Madison | 70,872  | 5.1%  | $19,835  | 16.8%  | Transitional
Magoffin | 13,332  | 10.7%  | $11,415  | 36.6%  | Distressed
Martin | 12,578  | 7.8%  | $12,930  | 37.0%  | Distressed
McCreary | 17,080  | 9.8%  | $8,985  | 32.2%  | Distressed
Menifee | 6,556  | 9.1%  | $10,459  | 29.6%  | Distressed
Metcalfe | 10,037  | 6.1%  | $13,504  | 23.6%  | Distressed
Monroe | 11,756  | 7.2%  | $13,023  | 23.4%  | Distressed
Montgomery | 22,554  | 6.5%  | $19,075  | 15.2%  | Transitional
Morgan | 13,948  | 9.2%  | $11,267  | 27.2%  | Distressed
Nicholas | 6,813  | 6.9%  | $17,044  | 13.2%  | At-Risk
Owsley | 4,858  | 8.7%  | $10,393  | 45.4%  | Distressed
Perry | 29,390  | 7.0%  | $16,825  | 29.1%  | Distressed
Pike | 68,736  | 6.0%  | $18,772  | 23.4%  | At-Risk
Powell | 13,237  | 7.6%  | $14,404  | 23.5%  | Distressed
Pulaski | 56,217  | 6.5%  | $17,883  | 19.1%  | At-Risk
Robertson | 2,266  | 5.9%  | $13,959  | 22.2%  | Distressed
Rockcastle | 16,582  | 7.0%  | $12,900  | 23.1%  | Distressed
Rowan | 22,094  | 5.8%  | $16,183  | 21.3%  | At-Risk
Russell | 16,315  | 6.8%  | $14,677  | 24.3%  | Distressed
Wayne | 19,923  | 7.3%  | $13,111  | 29.4%  | Distressed
Whitley | 35,865  | 6.7%  | $14,105  | 26.4%  | Distressed
Wolfe | 7,065  | 9.9%  | $9,737  | 35.9%  | Distressed

## Maryland

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Allegany | 73,639  | 5.5%  | $18,482  | 14.8%  | Transitional
Garrett | 29,846  | 4.7%  | $22,776  | 13.3%  | Transitional
Washington | 143,748  | 4.8%  | $27,738  | 9.5%  | Transitional

## Mississippi

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Alcorn | 34,558  | 7.5%  | $17,453  | 16.6%  | At-Risk
Benton | 8,026  | 10.1%  | $11,831  | 23.2%  | Distressed
Calhoun | 15,069  | 8.6%  | $17,397  | 18.1%  | At-Risk
Chickasaw | 19,440  | 10.2%  | $15,815  | 20.0%  | Distressed
Choctaw | 9,758  | 7.9%  | $14,063  | 24.7%  | Distressed
Clay | 21,979  | 13.2%  | $18,977  | 23.5%  | Distressed
Itawamba | 22,770  | 7.4%  | $19,426  | 14.0%  | At-Risk
Kemper | 10,453  | 8.2%  | $13,477  | 26.0%  | Distressed
Lee | 75,755  | 6.5%  | $25,212  | 13.4%  | Transitional
Lowndes | 61,586  | 7.5%  | $23,211  | 21.3%  | At-Risk
Marshall | 34,993  | 8.0%  | $17,861  | 21.9%  | Distressed
Monroe | 38,014  | 9.5%  | $18,602  | 17.2%  | At-Risk
Montgomery | 12,189  | 9.2%  | $15,433  | 24.3%  | Distressed
Noxubee | 12,548  | 12.6%  | $12,690  | 32.8%  | Distressed
Oktibbeha | 42,902  | 6.4%  | $22,010  | 28.2%  | At-Risk
Panola | 34,274  | 8.2%  | $16,610  | 25.3%  | Distressed
Pontotoc | 26,726  | 6.9%  | $18,813  | 13.8%  | Transitional
Prentiss | 25,556  | 7.8%  | $14,693  | 16.5%  | At-Risk
Tippah | 20,826  | 8.1%  | $15,886  | 16.9%  | At-Risk
Tishomingo | 19,163  | 8.2%  | $14,190  | 14.1%  | At-Risk
Union | 25,362  | 6.5%  | $18,778  | 12.6%  | Transitional
Webster | 10,294  | 8.6%  | $12,983  | 18.7%  | Distressed
Winston | 20,160  | 7.2%  | $17,094  | 23.7%  | Distressed
Yalobusha | 13,051  | 8.2%  | $15,125  | 21.8%  | Distressed

## New York

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Allegany | 49,927  | 5.8%  | $16,850  | 15.5%  | At Risk
Broome | 200,536  | 5.0%  | $24,199  | 12.8%  | Transitional
Cattaraugus | 83,955  | 5.5%  | $21,285  | 13.7%  | Transitional
Chautauqua | 136,409  | 4.9%  | $19,622  | 13.8%  | Transitional
Chemung | 91,070  | 5.1%  | $22,513  | 13.0%  | Transitional
Chenango | 51,401  | 5.5%  | $20,896  | 14.4%  | Transitional
Cortland | 48,599  | 5.7%  | $21,134  | 15.5%  | Transitional
Delaware | 48,055  | 4.9%  | $21,160  | 12.9%  | Transitional
Otsego | 61,676  | 4.9%  | $21,819  | 14.9%  | Transitional
Schoharie | 31,582  | 6.0%  | $23,145  | 11.4%  | Transitional
Schuyler | 19,224  | 5.4%  | $21,042  | 11.8%  | Transitional
Steuben | 98,726  | 5.6%  | $28,065  | 13.2%  | Transitional
Tioga | 51,784  | 4.8%  | $24,885  | 8.4%  | Transitional
Tompkins | 96,501  | 3.7%  | $26,007  | 17.6%  | Transitional

## North Carolina

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Alexander | 33,603  | 5.8%  | $22,866  | 8.5%  | Transitional
Alleghany | 10,667  | 5.9%  | $18,382  | 17.2%  | At-Risk
Ashe | 24,384  | 5.8%  | $18,759  | 13.5%  | Transitional
Avery | 17,167  | 5.2%  | $18,131  | 15.3%  | Transitional
Buncombe | 206,330  | 4.0%  | $27,032  | 11.4%  | Transitional
Burke | 89,148  | 6.7%  | $21,216  | 10.7%  | Transitional
Caldwell | 77,415  | 7.5%  | $20,559  | 10.7%  | Transitional
Cherokee | 24,298  | 7.0%  | $14,637  | 15.3%  | At-Risk
Clay | 8,775  | 4.8%  | $16,941  | 11.4%  | Transitional
Davie | 34,835  | 5.1%  | $28,942  | 8.6%  | Competitive
Forsyth | 306,067  | 4.9%  | $31,922  | 11.0%  | Competitive
Graham | 7,993  | 8.2%  | $17,362  | 19.5%  | At-Risk
Haywood | 54,033  | 4.6%  | $21,709  | 11.5%  | Transitional
Henderson | 89,173  | 4.0%  | $26,449  | 9.7%  | Competitive
Jackson | 33,121  | 4.2%  | $22,083  | 15.1%  | Transitional
Macon | 29,811  | 4.8%  | $20,931  | 12.6%  | Transitional
Madison | 19,635  | 4.6%  | $18,114  | 15.4%  | Transitional
McDowell | 42,151  | 6.7%  | $17,929  | 11.6%  | Transitional
Mitchell | 15,687  | 7.2%  | $16,171  | 13.8%  | At-Risk
Polk | 18,324  | 4.0%  | $31,391  | 10.1%  | Competitive
Rutherford | 62,889  | 7.5%  | $19,511  | 13.9%  | At-Risk
Stokes | 44,711  | 4.9%  | $21,442  | 9.1%  | Transitional
Surry | 71,219  | 6.2%  | $21,621  | 12.4%  | Transitional
Swain | 12,968  | 6.6%  | $16,981  | 18.3%  | At-Risk
Transylvania | 29,334  | 4.4%  | $23,938  | 9.5%  | Transitional
Watauga | 42,695  | 3.9%  | $25,899  | 17.9%  | Transitional
Wilkes | 65,632  | 6.2%  | $23,730  | 11.9%  | Transitional
Yadkin | 36,348  | 4.8%  | $21,503  | 10.0%  | Transitional
Yancey | 17,774  | 6.4%  | $15,555  | 15.8%  | At-Risk

## Ohio

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Adams | 27,477  | 8.2%  | $16,496  | 17.4%  | At-Risk
Ashtabula | 97,574  | 7.2%  | $19,971  | 12.1%  | Transitional
Athens | 62,431  | 6.2%  | $17,478  | 27.4%  | Distressed
Belmont | 66,497  | 5.8%  | $19,613  | 14.6%  | Transitional
Brown | 43,676  | 6.9%  | $21,053  | 11.6%  | Transitional
Carroll | 26,721  | 6.6%  | $19,794  | 11.4%  | Transitional
Clermont | 208,601  | 5.3%  | $30,139  | 7.1%  | Competitive
Columbiana | 101,877  | 6.6%  | $19,460  | 11.5%  | Transitional
Coshocton | 36,612  | 7.4%  | $20,338  | 9.1%  | Transitional
Gallia | 29,220  | 6.3%  | $19,658  | 18.1%  | At-Risk
Guernsey | 38,438  | 7.1%  | $17,783  | 16.0%  | At-Risk
Harrison | 14,483  | 6.4%  | $17,481  | 13.3%  | Transitional
Highland | 43,317  | 6.3%  | $20,528  | 11.8%  | Transitional
Hocking | 28,050  | 6.7%  | $18,832  | 13.5%  | Transitional
Holmes | 44,223  | 4.2%  | $20,215  | 12.9%  | Transitional
Jackson | 32,653  | 7.9%  | $17,334  | 16.5%  | At-Risk
Jefferson | 65,249  | 6.8%  | $19,858  | 15.1%  | Transitional
Lawrence | 58,240  | 5.3%  | $17,249  | 18.9%  | At-Risk
Mahoning | 228,614  | 6.6%  | $23,812  | 12.5%  | Transitional
Meigs | 22,210  | 9.1%  | $15,102  | 19.8%  | Distressed
Monroe | 13,385  | 9.2%  | $17,967  | 13.9%  | At-Risk
Morgan | 13,802  | 9.6%  | $13,958  | 18.4%  | Distressed
Muskingum | 86,410  | 7.8%  | $20,353  | 12.9%  | Transitional
Noble | 14,115  | 7.6%  | $13,556  | 11.4%  | At-Risk
Perry | 35,408  | 7.7%  | $16,446  | 11.8%  | At-Risk
Pike | 27,088  | 9.4%  | $16,496  | 18.6%  | Distressed
Ross | 77,093  | 7.0%  | $20,200  | 12.0%  | Transitional
Scioto | 74,008  | 7.7%  | $17,028  | 19.3%  | At-Risk
Trumbull | 201,977  | 6.6%  | $22,221  | 10.3%  | Transitional
Tuscarawas | 93,263  | 5.5%  | $21,465  | 9.4%  | Transitional
Vinton | 12,800  | 8.3%  | $14,116  | 20.0%  | Distressed
Washington | 59,711  | 5.3%  | $22,660  | 11.4%  | Transitional

## Pennsylvania

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Although none of the counties in Pennsylvania have reached Attainment status, six of them have reached Competitive stats. Of the six, four of them (Allegheny, Butler, Washington and Westmoreland) are all part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, including the city of Pittsburgh. The area has been largely unaffected by the Great Recession and has seen economic growth due to recent activity in the Marcellus Formation.[2]

County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Allegheny | 1,281,666  | 4.5%  | $38,941  | 11.2%  | Competitive
Armstrong | 72,392  | 5.4%  | $23,449  | 11.7%  | Transitional
Beaver | 181,412  | 4.9%  | $24,802  | 9.4%  | Transitional
Bedford | 49,984  | 6.1%  | $19,888  | 10.3%  | Transitional
Blair | 129,144  | 4.6%  | $22,536  | 12.6%  | Transitional
Bradford | 62,761  | 4.9%  | $20,846  | 11.8%  | Transitional
Butler | 174,083  | 4.3%  | $31,614  | 9.1%  | Competitive
Cambria | 152,593  | 5.6%  | $20,382  | 12.5%  | Transitional
Cameron | 5,974  | 7.1%  | $20,763  | 9.4%  | At-Risk
Carbon | 58,802  | 6.0%  | $22,652  | 9.5%  | Transitional
Centre | 135,758  | 3.8%  | $27,167  | 18.8%  | Transitional
Clarion | 41,765  | 5.3%  | $21,823  | 15.4%  | Transitional
Clearfield | 83,382  | 5.8%  | $19,425  | 12.5%  | Transitional
Clinton | 37,914  | 5.7%  | $20,410  | 14.2%  | Transitional
Columbia | 64,151  | 5.5%  | $23,425  | 13.1%  | Transitional
Crawford | 90,366  | 5.3%  | $$19,880  | 12.8%  | Transitional
Elk | 35,112  | 5.1%  | $23,904  | 7.0%  | Transitional
Erie | 280,843  | 5.2%  | $23,536  | 12.0%  | Transitional
Fayette | 148,644  | 6.2%  | $18,834  | 18.0%  | At-Risk
Forest | 4,946  | 7.1%  | $11,982  | 16.4  | Distressed
Fulton | 14,261  | 6.0%  | $24,424  | 10.8%  | Transitional
Greene | 40,672  | 5.5%  | $18,372  | 15.9%  | Transitional
Huntingdon | 45,586  | 5.7%  | $18,905  | 11.3%  | Transitional
Indiana | 89,605  | 5.0%  | $23,838  | 17.3%  | Transitional
Jefferson | 45,932  | 5.0%  | $20,924  | 11.8%  | Transitional
Juniata | 22,821  | 4.6%  | $22,939  | 9.5%  | Transitional
Lackawanna | 213,295  | 5.2%  | $25,979  | 10.6%  | Transitional
Lawrence | 213,295  | 5.6%  | $21,046  | 12.1%  | Transitional
Luzerne | 319,250  | 5.5%  | $25,387  | 11.1%  | Transitional
Lycoming | 120,044  | 5.3%  | $23,467  | 11.5%  | Transitional
McKean | 45,936  | 5.5%  | $21,872  | 13.1%  | Transitional
Mercer | 120,293  | 6.0%  | $21,615  | 11.5%  | Transitional
Mifflin | 46,486  | 5.6%  | $19,262  | 12.5%  | Transitional
Monroe | 138,687  | 5.4%  | $24,443  | 9.0%  | Transitional
Montour | 18,236  | 4.2%  | $30,136  | 8.7%  | Competitive
Northumberland | 94,556  | 5.6%  | $21,604  | 11.9%  | Transitional
Perry | 43,602  | 4.4%  | $24,861  | 7.7%  | Competitive
Pike | 46,302  | 5.9%  | $24,369  | 6.9%  | Transitional
Potter | 18,080  | 6.8%  | $22,442  | 12.7%  | Transitional
Schuylkill | 150,336  | 5.6%  | $20,922  | 9.5%  | Transitional
Snyder | 37,546  | 4.9%  | $22,382  | 9.9%  | Transitional
Somerset | 80,023  | 5.8%  | $19,564  | 11.8%  | Transitional
Sullivan | 6,556  | 5.2%  | $18,285  | 14.5%  | Transitional
Susquehanna | 42,238  | 4.9%  | $22,350  | 12.3%  | Transitional
Tioga | 41,373  | 5.7%  | $17,936  | 13.5%  | Transitional
Union | 41,624  | 5.5%  | $22,531  | 8.8%  | Transitional
Venango | 57,565  | 5.3%  | $19,295  | 13.4%  | Transitional
Warren | 43,863  | 5.0%  | $22,401  | 9.9%  | Transitional
Washington | 202,897  | 4.9%  | $31,320  | 9.8%  | Competitive
Wayne | 47,722  | 4.5%  | $21,725  | 11.3%  | Transitional
Westmoreland | 369,993  | 4.9%  | $28,708  | 8.6%  | Competitive
Wyoming | 28,080  | 5.5%  | $23,525  | 10.2%  | Transitional

## South Carolina

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Anderson | 203,718  | 6.4%  | $23,200  | 12.0%  | Transitional
Cherokee | 56,216  | 7.9%  | $18,593  | 13.9%  | At-Risk
Greenville | 525,534  | 5.2%  | $29,859  | 10.5%  | Transitional
Oconee | 78,607  | 7.7%  | $24,991  | 10.8%  | Transitional
Pickens | 131,404  | 5.7%  | $21,287  | 13.7%  | Transitional
Spartanburg | 327,997  | 6.3%  | $23,290  | 12.3%  | Transitional

## Tennessee

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County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Anderson | 71,330  | 4.9%  | $24,362  | 13.1%  | Transitional
Bledsoe | 12,367  | 6.9%  | $17,822  | 18.1%  | At-Risk
Blount | 105,823  | 4.8%  | $23,668  | 9.7%  | Transitional
Bradley | 87,965  | 5.3%  | $23,302  | 12.2%  | Transitional
Campbell | 39,854  | 6.4%  | $16,281  | 22.8%  | At-Risk
Cannon | 12,826  | 5.8%  | $20,820  | 12.8%  | Transitional
Carter | 56,742  | 5.5%  | $17,213  | 16.9%  | At-Risk
Claiborne | 29,862  | 6.1%  | $16,412  | 22.6%  | At-Risk
Clay | 7,976  | 9.9%  | $14,569  | 19.1%  | Distressed
Cocke | 33,565  | 7.4%  | $13,966  | 22.5%  | Distressed
Coffee | 48,014  | 5.4%  | $22,855  | 14.3%  | Transitional
Cumberland | 46,802  | 6.5%  | $19,101  | 14.7%  | Transitional
DeKalb | 17,423  | 5.5%  | $19,913  | 17.0%  | Transitional
Fentress | 16,625  | 7.5%  | $15,796  | 23.1%  | Distressed
Franklin | 39,270  | 5.7%  | $19,803  | 13.2%  | Transitional
Grainger | 20,659  | 6.4%  | $16,834  | 18.7%  | At-Risk
Greene | 62,909  | 8.0%  | $20,980  | 14.5%  | At-Risk
Grundy | 14,332  | 7.4%  | $14,565  | 25.8%  | Distressed
Hamblen | 58,128  | 5.9%  | $20,876  | 14.4%  | Transitional
Hamilton | 307,896  | 4.7%  | $30,637  | 12.1%  | Transitional
Hancock | 6,780  | 7.0%  | $8,483  | 29.4%  | Distressed
Hawkins | 53,563  | 5.7%  | $18,278  | 15.8%  | Transitional
Jackson | 10,984  | 7.5%  | $16,768  | 18.1%  | At-Risk
Jefferson | 44,294  | 6.0%  | $18,122  | 13.4%  | Transitional
Johnson | 17,499  | 6.9%  | $13,306  | 22.6%  | Distressed
Knox | 382,032  | 4.1%  | $30,203  | 12.6%  | Transitional
Lawrence | 39,926  | 9.7%  | $15,553  | 14.6%  | Distressed
Lewis | 11,367  | 8.2%  | $14,491  | 13.4%  | At-Risk
Loudon | 39,086  | 4.7%  | $26,158  | 10.0%  | Transitional
Macon | 20,386  | 7.1%  | $18,404  | 15.1%  | At-Risk
Marion | 27,776  | 6.4%  | $21,265  | 14.1%  | Transitional
McMinn | 49,015  | 6.6%  | $19,380  | 14.5%  | Transitional
Meigs | 11,086  | 7.3%  | $17,364  | 18.3%  | At-Risk
Monroe | 38,961  | 7.1%  | $18,065  | 15.5%  | At-Risk
Morgan | 19,757  | 6.7%  | $15,247  | 16.0%  | At-Risk
Overton | 20,118  | 7.7%  | $15,544  | 16.0%  | At-Risk
Pickett | 4,945  | 9.2%  | $13,450  | 15.6%  | Distressed
Polk | 16,050  | 6.2%  | $18,407  | 13.0%  | Transitional
Putnam | 62,315  | 5.6%  | $21,302  | 16.4%  | Transitional
Rhea | 28,400  | 6.7%  | $17,184  | 14.7%  | At-Risk
Roane | 51,910  | 5.2%  | $22,544  | 13.9%  | Transitional
Scott | 21,127  | 8.4%  | $13,259  | 20.2%  | Distressed
Sequatchie | 11,370  | 5.7%  | $20,216  | 16.5%  | Transitional
Sevier | 71,170  | 5.8%  | $24,619  | 10.7%  | Transitional
Smith | 17,712  | 6.4%  | $21,478  | 12.2%  | Transitional
Sullivan | 153,048  | 4.6%  | $24,950  | 12.9%  | Transitional
Unicoi | 17,667  | 6.3%  | $19,159  | 13.1%  | Transitional
Union | 17,808  | 5.2%  | $16,120  | 19.6%  | At-Risk
Van Buren | 5,508  | 7.4%  | $17,427  | 15.2%  | At-Risk
Warren | 38,276  | 7.9%  | $18,252  | 16.6%  | At-Risk
Washington | 107,198  | 4.7%  | $24,163  | 13.9%  | Transitional
White | 23,102  | 7.9%  | $14,964  | 14.3%  | At-Risk

## Virginia

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In Virginia, all municipalities incorporated as "cities" are legally separate from the counties in which they are located. As of the 2000 Census, nine cities were part of the federally designated Appalachia region. This number was reduced to eight in 2001, when Clifton Forge relinquished its city charter and reincorporated as a town within Alleghany County.

County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Alleghany (includes Covington)  | 23,518  | 5.3%  | $19,773  | 10.9%  | Transitional
Bath | 5,048  | 3.4%  | $27,394  | 7.8%  | Competitive
Bland | 6,871  | 4.1%  | $18,181  | 12.4%  | Transitional
Botetourt | 30,496  | 2.8%  | $32,851  | 5.2%  | Attainment
Buchanan | 26,978  | 4.9%  | $16,141  | 23.2%  | At-Risk
Carroll (includes Galax)  | 36,082  | 5.8%  | $17,632  | 13.6%  | Transitional
Craig | 5,091  | 3.7%  | $22,296  | 10.3%  | Transitional
Dickenson | 16,395  | 5.3%  | $13,488  | 21.3%  | Distressed
Floyd | 13,874  | 3.7%  | $19,624  | 11.7%  | Transitional
Giles | 16,657  | 4.5%  | $18,676  | 9.5%  | Transitional
Grayson | 17,917  | 5.7%  | $15,731  | 13.6%  | At-Risk
Henry (includes Martinsville)  | 73,346  | 6.7%  | $19,704  | 13.2%  | Transitional
Highland | 2,536  | 3.9%  | $21,944  | 12.6%  | Transitional
Lee | 23,589  | 4.5%  | $15,453  | 23.9%  | At-Risk
Montgomery (includes Radford)  | 99,488  | 3.6%  | $21,518  | 24.5%  | Transitional
Patrick | 19,407  | 5.0%  | $15,586  | 13.4%  | Transitional
Pulaski | 35,127  | 5.3%  | $22,219  | 13.1%  | Transitional
Rockbridge (includes Buena Vista and Lexington)  | 34,024  | 3.7%  | $23,660  | 11.5%  | Transitional
Russell | 30,308  | 5.6%  | $14,880  | 16.3%  | At-Risk
Scott | 23,403  | 5.0%  | $16,840  | 16.8%  | At-Risk
Smyth | 33,081  | 5.4%  | $18,124  | 13.3%  | Transitional
Tazewell | 44,598  | 4.3%  | $20,178  | 15.3%  | Transitional
Washington (includes Bristol)  | 68,470  | 4.7%  | $22,965  | 12.3%  | Transitional
Wise (includes Norton)  | 44,027  | 4.3%  | $17,565  | 20.2%  | At-Risk
Wythe | 27,599  | 4.6%  | $19,547  | 11.0%  | Transitional

## West Virginia

[edit]

See also: List of West Virginia counties by socioeconomic factors

County  | Population  | Unemployment Rate  | Market Income
Per Capita  | Poverty Rate  | Status

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Barbour | 15,557  | 5.1%  | $15,596  | 22.6%  | Distressed
Berkeley | 75,905  | 4.2%  | $24,517  | 11.5%  | Transitional
Boone | 25,535  | 4.2%  | $16,406  | 22.0%  | At-Risk
Braxton | 14,702  | 5.1%  | $14,237  | 22.0%  | At-Risk
Brooke | 25,447  | 6.0%  | $20,611  | 11.7%  | Transitional
Cabell | 96,784  | 4.0%  | $22,692  | 19.2%  | Transitional
Calhoun | 7,582  | 6.7%  | $12,250  | 25.1%  | Distressed
Clay | 10,330  | 6.4%  | $12,221  | 27.5%  | Distressed
Doddridge | 7,403  | 4.8%  | $16,250  | 19.8%  | At-Risk
Fayette | 47,579  | 5.0%  | $15,463  | 21.7%  | At-Risk
Gilmer | 7,160  | 4.0%  | $16,822  | 25.9%  | At-Risk
Grant | 11,299  | 5.2%  | $19,850  | 16.3%  | Transitional
Greenbrier | 34,453  | 5.6%  | $20,060  | 18.2%  | Transitional
Hampshire | 20,203  | 3.8%  | $17,146  | 16.3%  | Transitional
Hancock | 32,667  | 6.1%  | $20,434  | 11.1%  | Transitional
Hardy | 12,669  | 4.0%  | $19,041  | 13.1%  | Transitional
Harrison | 68,652  | 4.1%  | $25,006  | 17.2%  | Transitional
Jackson | 28,000  | 4.8%  | $18,265  | 15.2%  | Transitional
Jefferson | 42,190  | 3.3%  | $31,215  | 10.3%  | Competitive
Kanawha | 200,073  | 3.8%  | $30,926  | 14.4%  | Transitional
Lewis | 16,919  | 4.6%  | $19,631  | 19.9%  | Transitional
Lincoln | 22,108  | 5.2%  | $14,423  | 27.9%  | Distressed
Logan | 37,710  | 4.5%  | $16,900  | 24.1%  | At-Risk
Marion | 56,598  | 3.9%  | $22,515  | 16.3%  | Transitional
Marshall | 35,519  | 5.1%  | $21,293  | 16.6%  | Transitional
Mason | 25,957  | 6.7%  | $16,435  | 19.9%  | At-Risk
McDowell | 27,329  | 6.7%  | $10,199  | 37.7%  | Distressed
Mercer | 62,980  | 4.2%  | $18,191  | 19.7%  | Transitional
Mineral | 27,078  | 4.6%  | $19,279  | 14.7%  | Transitional
Mingo | 28,253  | 4.9%  | $15,964  | 29.7%  | Distressed
Monongalia | 81,866  | 3.0%  | $27,791  | 22.8%  | Transitional
Monroe | 14,583  | 4.6%  | $15,380  | 16.2%  | At-Risk
Morgan | 14,943  | 4.7%  | $26,818  | 10.4%  | Transitional
Nicholas | 26,562  | 4.7%  | $17,905  | 19.2%  | At-Risk
Ohio | 47,427  | 4.2%  | $27,798  | 15.8%  | Transitional
Pendleton | 8,196  | 3.9%  | $20,271  | 11.4%  | Transitional
Pleasants | 7,514  | 5.5%  | $20,858  | 13.7%  | Transitional
Pocahontas | 9,131  | 7.1%  | $16,708  | 17.1%  | At-Risk
Preston | 29,334  | 4.0%  | $18,942  | 18.3%  | Transitional
Putnam | 51,589  | 3.5%  | $28,040  | 9.3%  | Competitive
Raleigh | 79,220  | 4.1%  | $21,313  | 18.5%  | Transitional
Randolph | 28,262  | 5.0%  | $19,628  | 18.0%  | Transitional
Ritchie | 10,343  | 5.0%  | $18,308  | 19.1%  | At-Risk
Roane | 15,446  | 6.1%  | $14,434  | 22.6%  | Distressed
Summers | 12,999  | 5.5%  | $11,980  | 24.4%  | Distressed
Taylor | 16,089  | 4.6%  | $16,815  | 20.3%  | At-Risk
Tucker | 7,321  | 5.9%  | $17,487  | 18.1%  | At-Risk
Tyler | 9,592  | 6.2%  | $15,851  | 16.6%  | At-Risk
Upshur | 23,404  | 4.2%  | $17,987  | 20.0%  | At-Risk
Wayne | 42,903  | 4.7%  | $18,768  | 19.6%  | Transitional
Webster | 9,719  | 5.4%  | $12,789  | 31.8%  | Distressed
Wetzel | 17,693  | 7.1%  | $18,909  | 19.8%  | At-Risk
Wirt | 5,873  | 5.7%  | $12,895  | 19.6%  | Distressed
Wood | 87,986  | 4.6%  | $22,189  | 13.9%  | Transitional
Wyoming | 25,708  | 5.2%  | $15,336  | 25.1%  | Distressed

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Data Reports". Appalachian Regional Commission Online Resource Center. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
2. ^
* Built Green, Working Green, Everyday, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, (2012)
* Pittsburgh Is “Emerald City” with Dozens of Energy-Efficient Buildings Phil Cynar ImaginePittsburgh.com (October 20, 2012)
* Growth with a Vision, John Conti Tribune-Review (October 27, 2012)
* Natural gas locked in the Marcellus Shale has companies rushing to cash in on possibilities Elwin Green, Post-Gazette (December 6, 2009)
* Pitt: Land leased for oil, gas up 322 percent, Associated Press via Google News (August 16, 2010)
* Chevron to Buy Atlas Energy for $4.3 Billion Thomas Kaplan, The New York Times (November 9, 2010)
* CONSOL Energy to Acquire Dominion's Appalachian E&P Business for $3.475 Billion In Cash PR Newswire (March 15, 2011)

## External links

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* Arc.gov: official Appalachian Regional Commission website