Poverty Rates in Appalachia, 2000
(County Rates)

A poverty rate is the ratio of the persons below poverty level to the total number of persons for whom poverty status has been determined. The map uses natural breaks in the distribution to organize the data into groups of common values.

Source and Methodology

Downloadable files
PDF version of the map (990 KB)

Excel file of supporting data for the map (80KB)

 

This map shows the poverty rate in each of the ARC counties. Appalachian poverty rates range from 5.2% to 45.4%. The Appalachian average is 13.6%. The U.S. average is 12.4%. For a list of county data by state, see the downloadable Excel file.