County Economic Status in Appalachia, FY 2003

Each fiscal year the Appalachian Regional Commission classifies the Region's counties into one of four economic levels based on a comparison of county and national rates for three economic indicators: three-year average unemployment rates, per-capita market income rates, and poverty rates. See the methodology for a description of each economic level.

Source and Methodology

Downloadable files
Excel file of supporting data for the map (90KB)

PDF version of the map (400 KB)

 

This maps shows ARC's economic classification of the 410 counties in the Appalachian Region for FY 2003 (October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003). One hundred twenty-one counties are classified as distressed, 259 are classified as transitional, 21 are classified as competitive, and 9 are classified as attainment. For a list of county classifications, see the downloadable Excel file.