Area Name | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, 2008 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 |
|
United States | 6.6% |
$34,004 |
13.5% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 6.8% |
$25,391 |
15.4% |
103.6% |
74.7% |
114.2% |
|
STATE TOTALS |
Alabama | 6.2% |
$26,962 |
16.8% |
94.7% |
79.3% |
124.7% |
Georgia | 6.8% |
$29,751 |
15.0% |
103.8% |
87.5% |
111.4% |
Kentucky | 7.5% |
$25,182 |
17.4% |
115.1% |
74.1% |
129.5% |
Maryland | 5.0% |
$42,556 |
8.2% |
75.8% |
125.1% |
60.7% |
Mississippi | 7.5% |
$23,374 |
21.4% |
114.9% |
68.7% |
159.0% |
New York | 6.1% |
$40,904 |
13.8% |
92.8% |
120.3% |
102.8% |
North Carolina | 7.2% |
$29,101 |
15.1% |
109.5% |
85.6% |
111.8% |
Ohio | 7.5% |
$29,344 |
13.6% |
113.9% |
86.3% |
101.2% |
Pennsylvania | 5.9% |
$32,502 |
12.1% |
90.3% |
95.6% |
89.8% |
South Carolina | 8.1% |
$25,973 |
15.8% |
123.5% |
76.4% |
117.4% |
Tennessee | 7.4% |
$28,321 |
16.1% |
112.3% |
83.3% |
119.6% |
Virginia | 4.5% |
$38,922 |
10.1% |
69.2% |
114.5% |
74.8% |
West Virginia | 5.4% |
$23,697 |
17.6% |
83.0% |
69.7% |
130.7% |
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STATE APPALACHIAN TOTALS |
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Appalachian Alabama | 6.0% |
$28,246 |
15.4% |
91.9% |
83.1% |
114.5% |
Appalachian Georgia | 6.6% |
$26,788 |
12.3% |
100.3% |
78.8% |
91.0% |
Appalachian Kentucky | 8.4% |
$16,630 |
24.5% |
128.6% |
48.9% |
182.1% |
Appalachian Maryland | 6.5% |
$26,389 |
11.4% |
98.6% |
77.6% |
84.6% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 9.4% |
$20,051 |
22.5% |
143.9% |
59.0% |
166.7% |
Appalachian New York | 6.2% |
$25,203 |
15.1% |
94.1% |
74.1% |
112.2% |
Appalachian North Carolina | 7.2% |
$25,418 |
15.3% |
109.8% |
74.7% |
113.6% |
Appalachian Ohio | 8.4% |
$22,294 |
16.0% |
128.2% |
65.6% |
118.8% |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | 6.2% |
$28,124 |
12.7% |
94.3% |
82.7% |
94.4% |
Appalachian South Carolina | 7.8% |
$26,261 |
14.8% |
119.3% |
77.2% |
109.7% |
Appalachian Tennessee | 7.4% |
$24,139 |
16.7% |
112.5% |
71.0% |
123.8% |
Appalachian Virginia | 6.4% |
$21,636 |
17.7% |
96.9% |
63.6% |
131.4% |
West Virginia | 5.4% |
$23,697 |
17.6% |
83.0% |
69.7% |
130.7% |