| | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, 1998 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1998 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
|
| United States | 4.6% |
$23,564 |
13.1% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 5.0% |
$18,344 |
15.4% |
109.5% |
77.8% |
117.1% |
|
| STATE TOTALS |
| Alabama | 4.7% |
$18,385 |
18.3% |
102.8% |
78.0% |
139.8% |
| Georgia | 4.2% |
$22,862 |
14.7% |
93.0% |
97.0% |
111.7% |
| Kentucky | 4.8% |
$18,354 |
19.0% |
105.8% |
77.9% |
145.1% |
| Maryland | 4.4% |
$27,370 |
8.3% |
96.4% |
116.2% |
63.0% |
| Mississippi | 5.4% |
$16,030 |
25.2% |
118.6% |
68.0% |
192.2% |
| New York | 5.7% |
$26,933 |
13.0% |
125.8% |
114.3% |
99.3% |
| North Carolina | 3.4% |
$21,718 |
13.0% |
74.8% |
92.2% |
98.9% |
| Ohio | 4.4% |
$22,318 |
12.5% |
96.0% |
94.7% |
95.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 4.7% |
$23,020 |
11.1% |
104.1% |
97.7% |
84.8% |
| South Carolina | 4.3% |
$18,917 |
15.4% |
93.6% |
80.3% |
117.2% |
| Tennessee | 4.5% |
$20,656 |
15.7% |
99.4% |
87.7% |
119.7% |
| Virginia | 3.2% |
$25,291 |
10.2% |
70.5% |
107.3% |
78.1% |
| West Virginia | 6.7% |
$15,460 |
19.7% |
147.3% |
65.6% |
149.9% |
|
| STATE APPALACHIAN TOTALS |
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| Appalachian Alabama | 4.3% |
$19,246 |
16.1% |
94.3% |
81.7% |
122.9% |
| Appalachian Georgia | 3.4% |
$21,628 |
10.2% |
73.5% |
91.8% |
77.5% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | 7.0% |
$12,069 |
29.0% |
153.1% |
51.2% |
221.0% |
| Appalachian Maryland | 6.3% |
$17,503 |
12.5% |
138.7% |
74.3% |
94.9% |
| Appalachian Mississippi | 6.1% |
$14,860 |
23.5% |
134.6% |
63.1% |
179.1% |
| Appalachian New York | 5.2% |
$17,122 |
12.9% |
113.5% |
72.7% |
98.1% |
| Appalachian North Carolina | 3.3% |
$20,337 |
12.4% |
72.5% |
86.3% |
94.9% |
| Appalachian Ohio | 6.3% |
$15,767 |
17.4% |
137.2% |
66.9% |
132.7% |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | 5.4% |
$19,776 |
12.5% |
118.9% |
83.9% |
95.0% |
| Appalachian South Carolina | 3.1% |
$20,457 |
11.6% |
68.1% |
86.8% |
88.1% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | 4.9% |
$18,067 |
16.1% |
107.5% |
76.7% |
122.9% |
| Appalachian Virginia | 5.9% |
$14,664 |
18.3% |
128.8% |
62.2% |
139.3% |
| West Virginia | 6.7% |
$15,460 |
19.7% |
147.3% |
65.6% |
149.9% |
