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Appalachian Ohio, shaded in green, shown within Appalachia. Appalachian Ohio is a bioregion and political unit in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, characterized by the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and the Appalachian Plateau. The Appalachian Regional Commission defines the region as consisting of thirty-two ...
Ohio counties on the Ohio River (14 P) A. Adams County, Ohio (7 C, 4 P) Ashtabula County, Ohio (8 C, 3 P) B. ... Category: Ohio counties of Appalachia.
The 3-year average unemployment rate for the Appalachian region in 2006-2008 was 5.2%. The region's per capita market income in 2007 was $24,360. The region's poverty rate was 13.6%. [1] Alabama's Appalachian counties led all states' Appalachian counties in unemployment (3.8%) and per capita market income ($27,723).
State Route 32 (SR 32), also known as the James A. Rhodes Appalachian Highway, [3] is a major east–west highway across the southern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the eighth longest state route in Ohio, spanning southern Ohio from Cincinnati to Belpre , across the Ohio River from Parkersburg, West Virginia .
The Allegheny Plateau (/ ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ ɡ eɪ n i / AL-ig-AY-nee) is a large dissected plateau area of the Appalachian Mountains in western and central New York, northern and western Pennsylvania, northern and western West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. It is divided into the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau and the glaciated Allegheny Plateau.
The area encompassing the Edge of Appalachia Preserve was first studied by ecologist Emma Lucy Braun in the 1920s. However, it was not until 1959 when the Nature Conservancy purchased 42 acres (170,000 m 2) near Lynx, Ohio that the Edge of Appalachia Preserve was created and established as a protected preserve.
The Appalachian region, as defined by Congress, includes all of West Virginia and parts of several other states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, Georgia, North and ...
A map depicting the economic status of counties within the ARC's service area as of fiscal year 2024. An animated map depicting the economic status of counties within the ARC's service area from fiscal year 2002–2024. The ARC uses several indicators to designate an area as distressed, including median family income and the local poverty rate ...