Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
Data Snapshot. Income and Poverty in Appalachia (2013-2017)
Appalachia's median household income is 83% of the U.S. figure.
Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
Appalachia's median household income is 83% of the U.S. figure.
Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
25.6 million people live in Appalachia's 420 counties. Since 2010, Appalachia's population has grown 1.4%; the nation's has grown 5.3%.
A PRB analysis finds that workers in one of the hardest-hit sectors—food preparation and server-related occupations—are among the most economically vulnerable.
Offshoring is the movement of jobs and tasks from one country to another, usually from high-cost countries, such as the United States, to low-cost countries where wages are significantly lower.
Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
Data suggest that Appalachia faces a digital divide—not just between the Region’s households and the rest of the nation but also between the Region’s rural and more urban areas, say the authors of a Population Reference Bureau (PRB) report for the Appalachian Regional Commission.
(2008) Even as African women use family planning more and bear fewer children, the continent's youthful population will fuel the continent's growth for many decades to come.
(1999) Most people are concerned about their health. When they are well, they wonder how to remain that way.