<center><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight:bold;">Poverty Rates, 1980</span></center><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="2" class="datatable"><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" valign="bottom"><b><a href="http://www.arc.gov/research/SourceandMethodologyPovertyRates.asp" target="_blank" class="datafield">Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 1980</a></b></td><td align="right" valign="bottom"><b><a href="http://www.arc.gov/research/SourceandMethodologyPovertyRates.asp" target="_blank" class="datafield">Persons Below Poverty Level, 1980</a></b></td><td align="right" valign="bottom"><b><a href="http://www.arc.gov/research/SourceandMethodologyPovertyRates.asp" target="_blank" class="datafield">Poverty Rate, 1980</a></b></td><td align="right" valign="bottom"><b><a href="http://www.arc.gov/research/SourceandMethodologyPovertyRates.asp" target="_blank" class="datafield">Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1980</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background-color:#000;height:1px;margin:5px;padding:0px;"></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>United States</b></td><td>220,845,766</td><td>27,392,580</td><td>12.4%</td><td>100.0%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Appalachian Region</b></td><td>20,145,630</td><td>2,847,042</td><td>14.1%</td><td>113.9%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background-color:#000;height:1px;margin:5px;padding:0px;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background-color:#fff;text-align:left;"><b class="blue">STATE TOTALS</b></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Alabama</b></td><td>3,813,014</td><td>719,905</td><td>18.9%</td><td>152.2%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Georgia</b></td><td>5,318,410</td><td>884,383</td><td>16.6%</td><td>134.1%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Kentucky</b></td><td>3,559,034</td><td>626,240</td><td>17.6%</td><td>141.9%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Maryland</b></td><td>4,118,381</td><td>404,560</td><td>9.8%</td><td>79.2%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Mississippi</b></td><td>2,455,065</td><td>587,450</td><td>23.9%</td><td>192.9%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>New York</b></td><td>17,129,692</td><td>2,298,922</td><td>13.4%</td><td>108.2%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>North Carolina</b></td><td>5,682,948</td><td>839,950</td><td>14.8%</td><td>119.2%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Ohio</b></td><td>10,567,858</td><td>1,088,962</td><td>10.3%</td><td>83.1%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Pennsylvania</b></td><td>11,571,604</td><td>1,209,819</td><td>10.5%</td><td>84.3%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>South Carolina</b></td><td>3,013,707</td><td>500,363</td><td>16.6%</td><td>133.9%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Tennessee</b></td><td>4,476,470</td><td>736,471</td><td>16.5%</td><td>132.6%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Virginia</b></td><td>5,164,784</td><td>611,310</td><td>11.8%</td><td>95.4%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>West Virginia</b></td><td>1,914,081</td><td>286,995</td><td>15.0%</td><td>120.9%</td><tr><td colspan="5" style="background-color:#000;height:1px;margin:5px;padding:0px;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background-color:#fff;text-align:left;"><b class="blue">STATE APPALACHIAN TOTALS</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="background-color:#fff;text-align:left;">Click on the links below to get information on that state's Appalachian Counties.</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Alabama</b></td><td>2,421,498</td><td>408,883</td><td>16.9%</td><td>136.1%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian Georgia</b></td><td>1,124,481</td><td>140,896</td><td>12.5%</td><td>101.0%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Kentucky</b></td><td>1,081,384</td><td>281,333</td><td>26.0%</td><td>209.7%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian Maryland</b></td><td>211,771</td><td>25,296</td><td>11.9%</td><td>96.3%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Mississippi</b></td><td>542,150</td><td>125,151</td><td>23.1%</td><td>186.1%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian New York</b></td><td>1,031,537</td><td>124,156</td><td>12.0%</td><td>97.0%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian North Carolina</b></td><td>1,187,272</td><td>164,175</td><td>13.8%</td><td>111.5%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian Ohio</b></td><td>1,346,905</td><td>169,992</td><td>12.6%</td><td>101.8%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Pennsylvania</b></td><td>5,847,250</td><td>586,629</td><td>10.0%</td><td>80.9%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian South Carolina</b></td><td>770,339</td><td>96,995</td><td>12.6%</td><td>101.5%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Tennessee</b></td><td>2,029,828</td><td>337,437</td><td>16.6%</td><td>134.0%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian Virginia</b></td><td>637,134</td><td>99,104</td><td>15.6%</td><td>125.4%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian West Virginia</b></td><td>1,914,081</td><td>286,995</td><td>15.0%</td><td>120.9%</td></tr></table>