County Economic Status in Appalachia, FY 2007

The Appalachian Regional Commission uses an index-based county economic classification system to identify and monitor the economic status of Appalachian counties. See the methodology for a description of each economic level.

Source and Methodology

Downloadable files
PDF version of the map (1.3 MB)

Excel file of supporting data for the map (145 KB)

 

This map shows ARC’s economic classification of the 410 counties in the Appalachian Region for FY 2007 (October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007). Seventy-eight counties are classified as distressed, 78 are classified as at-risk, 221 are classified as transitional, 26 are classified as competitive, and 7 are classified as attainment. For a list of county classifications, see the downloadable Excel file.