#### County Economic Status, Fiscal Year 2002

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|                                                                              | **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** |
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| **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%                                          |
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| **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%                                          |
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| **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%                                          |