Counties in Bold Contain Distressed Areas

County Economic Status and Number of Distressed Areas in 

Appalachian Kentucky, Fiscal Year 2021

County Status

Economic

Areas

Distressed

Number of

County Status

Economic

Areas

Distressed

Number of

Adair Distressed

Bath Distressed

Bell Distressed

Boyd At-Risk 5

Breathitt Distressed

Carter Distressed

Casey Distressed

Clark Transitional 2

Clay Distressed

Clinton Distressed

Cumberland At-Risk 1

Edmonson At-Risk

Elliott Distressed

Estill Distressed

Fleming At-Risk 1

Floyd Distressed

Garrard Transitional 1

Green At-Risk

Greenup At-Risk 2

Harlan Distressed

Hart At-Risk 3

Jackson Distressed

Johnson Distressed

Knott Distressed

Knox Distressed

Laurel At-Risk 5

Lawrence Distressed

Lee Distressed

Leslie Distressed

Letcher Distressed

Lewis Distressed

Lincoln Distressed

McCreary Distressed

Madison Transitional 3

Magoffin Distressed

Martin Distressed

Menifee Distressed

Metcalfe At-Risk 1

Monroe At-Risk 2

Montgomery At-Risk

Morgan Distressed

Nicholas At-Risk

Owsley Distressed

Perry Distressed

Pike Distressed

Powell Distressed

Pulaski At-Risk 8

Robertson Distressed

Rockcastle Distressed

Rowan Distressed

Russell Distressed

Wayne Distressed

Whitley Distressed

Wolfe Distressed

Appalachian Regional Commission, June 2020
Distressed Areas in Appalachian Kentucky, 

Fiscal Year 2021

County

Census Tract 

ID Number

Boyd 302

Boyd 303

Boyd 304

Boyd 308

Boyd 313

Clark 201.06

Clark 202.01

Cumberland 9501

Fleming 9204

Garrard 9702

Greenup 405.02

Greenup 406

Hart 9702

Hart 9703

Hart 9704

Laurel 9702

Laurel 9703

Laurel 9705

Laurel 9709

Laurel 9710.02

Madison 102

Madison 104

Madison 113.01

Metcalfe 9603

Monroe 9302

Monroe 9304

Pulaski 9302

Pulaski 9304.01

Pulaski 9306

Pulaski 9307

Pulaski 9308

Pulaski 9310

Pulaski 9311.01

Pulaski 9311.02

Appalachian Regional Commission, June 2020
PIKE

CLAY

PULASKI

LEWIS

HART

BELL

KNOX

WAYNE

ADAIR

CASEY

LESLIE

FLOYD

HARLAN

LAUREL

LEE

BATH

KNOTT

CARTER

WHITLEY

PERRY

MADISON

BREATHITT

MORGAN

GREEN

FLEMING

LINCOLN

ESTILL

CLARK

MCCREARY

ROWAN

LAWRENCE

MONROE

JACKSON

LETCHER

GREENUP

WOLFE

RUSSELL

MARTIN

MAGOFFIN

ELLIOTT

BOYD

METCALFE

JOHNSON

EDMONSON

CLINTON

ROCKCASTLE

GARRARD

MENIFEE

OWSLEY

CUMBERLAND

POWELL

NICHOLAS

MONTGOMERY

ROBERTSON

0 25 50

Miles

Levels of

Economic Status

Distressed County

At-Risk County

Transitional County

Competitive County

Attainment County

County Economic Status in Appalachian Kentucky,

Fiscal Year 2021
PIKE

CLAY

HART

BELL

PULASKI

LEWIS

ADAIR

KNOX

FLOYD

LAUREL

HARLAN

CASEY

WAYNE

LESLIE

KNOTT

CARTER

PERRY

BATH

WHITLEY

BREATHITT

LEE

ESTILL

MADISON

MORGAN

CLARK

LINCOLN

GREEN

LETCHER

MCCREARY

FLEMING

MONROE

LAWRENCE

ELLIOTT

JACKSON

ROWAN

GREENUP

WOLFE

RUSSELL

MARTIN

MAGOFFIN

BOYD

JOHNSON

GARRARD

CLINTON

ROCKCASTLE

EDMONSON

POWELL

OWSLEY

MENIFEE

CUMBERLAND

MONTGOMERY

NICHOLAS

ROBERTSON

METCALFE

County Economic Status and Distressed Areas in

Appalachian Kentucky, Fiscal Year 2021

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T N

V A

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0 15 30

Miles

Levels of

Economic Status

Distressed County

At-Risk County

Distressed Area

Transitional County

Distressed Area

Competitive County

Attainment County