<center><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight:bold;">Poverty Rates, 2000</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, 2000</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, 2000</a></b></td><td align="right" valign="bottom"><b><a href="http://www.arc.gov/research/SourceandMethodologyPovertyRates.asp" target="_blank" class="datafield">Poverty Rate, 2000</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, 2000</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>273,882,232</td><td>33,899,812</td><td>12.4%</td><td>100.0%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Appalachian Region</b></td><td>22,212,416</td><td>3,030,896</td><td>13.6%</td><td>110.2%</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>4,334,919</td><td>698,097</td><td>16.1%</td><td>130.1%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Georgia</b></td><td>7,959,649</td><td>1,033,793</td><td>13.0%</td><td>104.9%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Kentucky</b></td><td>3,927,047</td><td>621,096</td><td>15.8%</td><td>127.8%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Maryland</b></td><td>5,164,376</td><td>438,676</td><td>8.5%</td><td>68.6%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Mississippi</b></td><td>2,750,677</td><td>548,079</td><td>19.9%</td><td>161.0%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>New York</b></td><td>18,449,899</td><td>2,692,202</td><td>14.6%</td><td>117.9%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>North Carolina</b></td><td>7,805,328</td><td>958,667</td><td>12.3%</td><td>99.2%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Ohio</b></td><td>11,046,987</td><td>1,170,698</td><td>10.6%</td><td>85.6%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Pennsylvania</b></td><td>11,879,950</td><td>1,304,117</td><td>11.0%</td><td>88.7%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>South Carolina</b></td><td>3,883,329</td><td>547,869</td><td>14.1%</td><td>114.0%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Tennessee</b></td><td>5,539,896</td><td>746,789</td><td>13.5%</td><td>108.9%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left"><b>Virginia</b></td><td>6,844,372</td><td>656,641</td><td>9.6%</td><td>77.5%</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>West Virginia</b></td><td>1,763,866</td><td>315,794</td><td>17.9%</td><td>144.6%</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>2,767,821</td><td>397,223</td><td>14.4%</td><td>115.9%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian Georgia</b></td><td>2,169,854</td><td>200,543</td><td>9.2%</td><td>74.7%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Kentucky</b></td><td>1,109,411</td><td>271,113</td><td>24.4%</td><td>197.4%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian Maryland</b></td><td>220,722</td><td>25,719</td><td>11.7%</td><td>94.1%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Mississippi</b></td><td>598,698</td><td>116,283</td><td>19.4%</td><td>156.9%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian New York</b></td><td>1,016,532</td><td>138,586</td><td>13.6%</td><td>110.1%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian North Carolina</b></td><td>1,482,507</td><td>173,822</td><td>11.7%</td><td>94.7%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian Ohio</b></td><td>1,409,519</td><td>191,502</td><td>13.6%</td><td>109.8%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Pennsylvania</b></td><td>5,613,487</td><td>639,853</td><td>11.4%</td><td>92.1%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian South Carolina</b></td><td>1,000,780</td><td>117,314</td><td>11.7%</td><td>94.7%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian Tennessee</b></td><td>2,420,962</td><td>342,706</td><td>14.2%</td><td>114.4%</td></tr><tr class="alternatedata"><td align="left">Appalachian Virginia</b></td><td>638,257</td><td>100,438</td><td>15.7%</td><td>127.1%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Appalachian West Virginia</b></td><td>1,763,866</td><td>315,794</td><td>17.9%</td><td>144.6%</td></tr></table>