Economic Development

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ARC’s ‘The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey

Helpful data for planning economic development projects. This study examines state- and county-level data for the 13 Appalachian states from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey (ACS) and from U.S. Census Bureau population estimates on topics including population, age, race and ethnicity, housing occupancy and tenure, education, labor force, employment and unemployment, income and poverty, health insurance coverage, disability status, migration patterns, and veteran status.

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