#### County Economic Status, Fiscal Year 2003

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|                                                                              | **Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1998-2000** | **Per Capita Market Income, 1999** | **Poverty Rate, 1990** | **Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1998-2000** | **Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1999** | **Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990** |
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| **United States**                                                                 | 4.2%                                                | $24,819                            | 13.1%                  | 100.0%                                                           | 100.0%                                                      | 100.0%                                          |
| **Appalachian Region**                                                            | 4.6%                                                | $19,210                            | 15.4%                  | 108.8%                                                           | 77.4%                                                       | 117.1%                                          |
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| **STATE TOTALS**                                                                  |
| **Alabama**                                                                       | 4.5%                                                | $19,192                            | 18.3%                  | 106.6%                                                           | 77.3%                                                       | 139.8%                                          |
| **Georgia**                                                                       | 4.0%                                                | $24,299                            | 14.7%                  | 93.2%                                                            | 97.9%                                                       | 111.7%                                          |
| **Kentucky**                                                                      | 4.4%                                                | $19,303                            | 19.0%                  | 103.6%                                                           | 77.8%                                                       | 145.1%                                          |
| **Maryland**                                                                      | 4.0%                                                | $29,238                            | 8.3%                   | 93.8%                                                            | 117.8%                                                      | 63.0%                                           |
| **Mississippi**                                                                   | 5.4%                                                | $16,847                            | 25.2%                  | 126.9%                                                           | 67.9%                                                       | 192.2%                                          |
| **New York**                                                                      | 5.1%                                                | $28,578                            | 13.0%                  | 120.4%                                                           | 115.1%                                                      | 99.3%                                           |
| **North Carolina**                                                                | 3.4%                                                | $22,861                            | 13.0%                  | 80.4%                                                            | 92.1%                                                       | 98.9%                                           |
| **Ohio**                                                                          | 4.2%                                                | $23,370                            | 12.5%                  | 99.1%                                                            | 94.2%                                                       | 95.6%                                           |
| **Pennsylvania**                                                                  | 4.4%                                                | $24,026                            | 11.1%                  | 103.7%                                                           | 96.8%                                                       | 84.8%                                           |
| **South Carolina**                                                                | 4.0%                                                | $19,992                            | 15.4%                  | 95.2%                                                            | 80.6%                                                       | 117.2%                                          |
| **Tennessee**                                                                     | 4.1%                                                | $21,625                            | 15.7%                  | 95.4%                                                            | 87.1%                                                       | 119.7%                                          |
| **Virginia**                                                                      | 2.6%                                                | $26,932                            | 10.2%                  | 62.0%                                                            | 108.5%                                                      | 78.1%                                           |
| **West Virginia**                                                                 | 6.3%                                                | $16,171                            | 19.7%                  | 147.3%                                                           | 65.2%                                                       | 149.9%                                          |
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| **STATE APPALACHIAN TOTALS**                                                      |
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| Appalachian Alabama                                                               | 4.2%                                                | $20,012                            | 16.1%                  | 98.1%                                                            | 80.6%                                                       | 122.9%                                          |
| Appalachian Georgia                                                               | 3.0%                                                | $22,647                            | 10.2%                  | 71.1%                                                            | 91.2%                                                       | 77.5%                                           |
| Appalachian Kentucky                                                              | 6.3%                                                | $12,594                            | 29.0%                  | 148.1%                                                           | 50.7%                                                       | 221.0%                                          |
| Appalachian Maryland                                                              | 5.5%                                                | $18,323                            | 12.5%                  | 130.5%                                                           | 73.8%                                                       | 94.9%                                           |
| Appalachian Mississippi                                                           | 5.9%                                                | $15,412                            | 23.5%                  | 139.8%                                                           | 62.1%                                                       | 179.1%                                          |
| Appalachian New York                                                              | 4.9%                                                | $17,933                            | 12.9%                  | 115.0%                                                           | 72.3%                                                       | 98.1%                                           |
| Appalachian North Carolina                                                        | 3.2%                                                | $21,499                            | 12.4%                  | 76.5%                                                            | 86.6%                                                       | 94.9%                                           |
| Appalachian Ohio                                                                  | 5.9%                                                | $16,550                            | 17.4%                  | 139.6%                                                           | 66.7%                                                       | 132.7%                                          |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania                                                          | 5.0%                                                | $20,711                            | 12.5%                  | 117.7%                                                           | 83.4%                                                       | 95.0%                                           |
| Appalachian South Carolina                                                        | 2.9%                                                | $21,543                            | 11.6%                  | 69.3%                                                            | 86.8%                                                       | 88.1%                                           |
| Appalachian Tennessee                                                             | 4.2%                                                | $18,943                            | 16.1%                  | 100.0%                                                           | 76.3%                                                       | 122.9%                                          |
| Appalachian Virginia                                                              | 5.1%                                                | $15,576                            | 18.3%                  | 120.7%                                                           | 62.8%                                                       | 139.3%                                          |
| West Virginia                                                                     | 6.3%                                                | $16,171                            | 19.7%                  | 147.3%                                                           | 65.2%                                                       | 149.9%                                          |