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Georgia's Appalachian counties had the lowest average poverty rate (9.2%). Mississippi's Appalachian counties had the highest average unemployment rate at 7.9%, while Kentucky's Appalachian counties had the lowest average per capita market income ($15,690) and the highest average poverty rate (24.4%). [1]
Fayette County, Alabama (7 C, 8 P) Fayette County, Pennsylvania (8 C, 15 P) Fentress County, Tennessee (6 C, 5 P) Fleming County, Kentucky (5 C, 5 P) Floyd County, Georgia (6 C, 5 P) Floyd County, Kentucky (6 C, 7 P) Floyd County, Virginia (8 C, 6 P) Forest County, Pennsylvania (7 C, 5 P)
2,313 (Robertson) – 772,144 (Jefferson) Areas. 100 square miles (260 km 2) (Robertson) – 788 square miles (2,040 km 2) (Pike) Government. County government. There are 120 counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, fourth among states (including Virginia's independent ...
The study covered 80 counties in six states approximating the area designated "Southern Appalachia" as defined by Thomas R. Ford's 1962 work. The states selected were Alabama (15 counties), Kentucky (12 counties), North Carolina (12 counties), Tennessee (14 counties), Virginia (12 counties), and West Virginia (15 counties).
Knox County is a county located in Appalachia near the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,193. [1] Its county seat is Barbourville. [2] The county is named for General Henry Knox. It is one of the few coal-producing counties in Kentucky that has not suffered massive population loss.
Website. www.lesliecounty.ky.gov. Leslie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat and largest city is Hyden. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,513. [2] It was formed in 1878 from portions of Clay, Harlan, and Perry counties, and named for Preston Leslie, governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875.
5th. Owsley County is a county located in the Eastern Coalfield region of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,051, [1] making it the second-least populous county in Kentucky. The county seat is Booneville. [2] The county was organized on January 23, 1843, from Clay, Estill, and Breathitt counties and named ...
A day before they found the body of 32-year-old Joseph Couch, who opened fire Sept. 7 on a busy stretch of interstate near Exit 49, about nine miles north of London, the couple told Kentucky state ...