The Appalachian Region...

The Appalachian region includes southeastern Quebec and all the Atlantic states. The Appalachian Mountains is an ancient chain ranging from Newfoundland and southern Labrador to the Alabama state of America. Land in this area is generally hilly land. Many mountains are worn by glaciers and erosion. The highest mountain range is Shickshock Mountains on the Gaspe peninsula of Quebec.

Most people who live in Appalachia live along the coast. Hundreds of entrances and entrances offer excellent harbors for fishing boats. Some of Newfoundland, Labrador, and Nova Scotia have sharp rocky coastlines

Evergreen trees and deciduous trees are planted in many forests seen in this area. Good farmlands are in Prince Edward Island State, New Brunswick Province of St. John River, Nova Scotia State Annapolis River. Quebec has the world's richest asbestos reserves. Coal and gypsum are mined in New Brunswick. Mining of copper, lead, zinc in Newfoundland, Labrador, New Brunswick

The Appalachia region covers an area of ​​200,000 square miles and extends from southern New York to the state of Mississippi. After the Appalachian Mountains, the area consists of 410 counties. Appalachia is the poorest region in our country. About 42% of the population of 23 million people live in rural areas. The northern and southern counties have poverty rates of about 16, and the central poverty rate is about 27%. Appalachians are poor areas that have fallen into the depths of poverty. This site is designed to introduce visitors to the poverty of our house.

Appalachians have the highest poverty rate in the United States. The poverty rate in the United States is 15.6%, whereas 19.7% in the Appalachians. But the most obvious is to compare the poverty level of Appalachia with the poverty level of the Appalachian province of the same state. For example, in Virginia, the poverty rate is 11.5%, much lower than the US poverty rate. However, looking at the poverty rate in the Appalachia region of Virginia state, it will increase dramatically to 18.8% (Fahe.org). The same can be said in Kentucky and West Virginia states as shown in the following figure. This is a mistake often overlooked.

Unemployment is only one aspect of poverty in this region. As you can see from the map below, the wages of the Appalachians are the lowest in the United States. The average income in the Appalachians is $ 37,260 and the average income in the US is $ 46,049. The most noteworthy is the labor market participation map. This is an indicator of employment level, labor participation, and education level in the census area. Most of this area suffers from inadequate labor market participation. This directly reflects poor employment prospects and low wages.

Since the Appalachian Regional Assembly (ARC) was founded in 1965, the area has made major progress. With the new roads, schools, medical facilities, water and sewer systems, and other improvements, the lives of many Appalachians have improved. In the 1960s, 219 counties in 13 provinces of Appalachia were considered economically difficult. Since the list has been reduced to more than half, 82 counties have been reduced, but these are "hardcore" poverty pockets and do not appear to completely improve their fate. Johnson's speech place in 1964 in Martin County, Kentucky is still a county that has been evaluated as "suffering" by ARC. As of 2000, per capita income for Martin County is $ 10,650, 37% of which live below the poverty line.