August 2000
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Section I
- Introduction
- Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program
Section II
- Overview of Total Poverty (all ages) in Appalachia during the 1990s
- Total Poverty in the Sub-Regions of Appalachia
- Total Poverty by State in Appalachia
- Geographical Distribution of Total Poverty, 1989, 1993, and 1995
- Development Districts
- Total Poverty by Metropolitan Status
- Total Poverty by Nonmetropolitan Social and Economic Function
- Considering the Starting Level of Total Poverty and Subsequent Change
Section III
- Child Poverty
- Changes in Child Poverty, 1989–1995
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Considering the Starting Level of Child Poverty and Subsequent Change
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Child Poverty by Age group (0–4 and 5–17)
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Considering the Starting Level of Young Child Poverty and Subsequent Change
Section IV
- The ARC Distressed County Designation
- Distressed Counties in 1980 and 1990
- The Accuracy of Distressed Status at the end of the 1980s
Section V
- The Effect of Using Post-Censal Poverty Estimates on Distressed Status during
the 1990s
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Distressed Status, by State, 1990 to 1994
- Distressed Status, by State, 1990 to 1996
- Causes of Distressed Status Transition, 1990 to 1994
- Causes of Distressed Status Transition, 1990 to 1996
- Causes of Distressed Status Transition, 1994 to 1996
- Counties Distressed Due to poverty at 200 percent of U.S. average and Above
Section VI
- Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Appendices
Report in PDF
Prepared by:
The Applied Population Laboratory
University of Wisconsin
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Prepared for:
Appalachian Regional Commission
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