Table 6. Appalachian Counties of the Twenty-three Concentrated Areas by States, Census 2000
Geographic area	Total population									Hispanic or Latino(of any race)
		Race
									Two or more races
		One race
		Total	White	Black or African American	American Indian and Alaska Native	Asian		Some other race
							Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
Alabama
CONCENTRATION 1	188,445	186,079	159,839	22,063	2,392	574	34	1,177	2,366	3,001
Lauderdale County	87,966	87,270	77,743	8,663	223	308	17	316	696	894
Lawrence County	34,803	33,732	27,067	4,648	1,865	35	3	114	1,071	367
Limestone County	65,676	65,077	55,029	8,752	304	231	14	747	599	1,740
CONCENTRATION 2	1,601,162	1,588,179	1,117,283	446,714	4,223	10,903	457	8,599	12,983	22,849
Calhoun County	112,249	111,168	88,537	20,810	445	633	76	667	1,081	1,753
Chambers County	36,583	36,374	22,271	13,943	49	68	0	43	209	280
Coosa County@	12,202	12,095	7,802	4,172	39	5	1	76	107	158
Elmore County	65,874	65,189	50,737	13,597	286	238	18	313	685	805
Etowah County	103,459	102,496	85,737	15,191	345	432	36	755	963	1,763
Jefferson County	662,047	656,721	384,639	260,608	1,408	5,971	188	3,907	5,326	10,284
Pickens County	20,949	20,818	11,720	8,999	25	23	5	46	131	147
Randolph County	22,380	22,242	17,094	4,977	45	50	1	75	138	272
St. Clair County	64,742	64,189	58,288	5,263	242	112	17	267	553	686
Shelby County	143,293	142,266	128,671	10,606	473	1,477	26	1,013	1,027	2,910
Talladega County	80,321	79,751	53,830	25,339	184	162	20	216	570	812
Tallapoosa County	41,475	41,249	30,474	10,518	109	75	3	70	226	242
Tuscaloosa County	164,875	163,518	112,320	48,327	372	1,516	52	931	1,357	2,130
Walker County	70,713	70,103	65,163	4,364	201	141	14	220	610	607
Georgia
CONCENTRATION 3	523,430	516,983	425,072	65,167	1,616	4,844	397	19,887	6,447	42,553
Bartow County	76,019	75,183	66,734	6,600	214	386	21	1,228	836	2,524
Carroll County	87,268	86,272	70,265	14,241	232	538	16	980	996	2,243
Floyd County	90,565	89,533	73,668	12,050	283	845	83	2,604	1,032	4,983
Douglas County	92,174	90,847	71,235	17,065	324	1,080	21	1,122	1,327	2,640
Hall County	139,277	137,382	112,470	10,126	479	1,876	239	12,192	1,895	27,242
Polk County	38,127	37,766	30,700	5,085	84	119	17	1,761	361	2,921
Maryland
CONCENTRATION 4	131,923	130,550	118,348	10,247	239	1,050	55	611	1,373	1,570
Washington County	131,923	130,550	118,348	10,247	239	1,050	55	611	1,373	1,570
Mississippi
CONCENTRATION 5	34,993	34,777	16,925	17,622	58	39	5	128	216	425
Marshall County	34,993	34,777	16,925	17,622	58	39	5	128	216	425
CONCENTRATION 6	302,837	300,856	181,125	115,808	722	1,990	54	1,157	1,981	3,383
Chickasaw County	19,440	19,351	11,060	8,020	37	34	8	192	89	445
Clay County	21,979	21,886	9,411	12,380	12	35	2	46	93	190
Kemper County	10,453	10,393	4,080	6,076	215	8	3	11	60	76
Lee County	75,755	75,191	55,800	18,566	96	397	8	324	564	882
Lowndes County	61,586	61,060	34,775	25,594	102	333	17	239	526	684
Monroe County	38,014	37,837	25,991	11,698	37	66	4	41	177	261
Noxubee County	12,548	12,475	3,700	8,696	19	14	0	46	73	141
Oktibbeha County	42,902	42,596	25,167	16,059	70	1,086	12	202	306	461
Winston County	20,160	20,067	11,141	8,719	134	17	0	56	93	243
New York
CONCENTRATION 7	200,536	197,343	183,153	6,575	384	5,585	53	1,593	3,193	3,986
Broome County	200,536	197,343	183,153	6,575	384	5,585	53	1,593	3,193	3,986
CONCENTRATION 8	91,070	89,759	82,840	5,303	210	709	16	681	1,311	1,609
Chemung County	91,070	89,759	82,840	5,303	210	709	16	681	1,311	1,609
North Carolina
CONCENTRATION 9	206,330	203,801	183,761	15,425	803	1,368	79	2,365	2,529	5,730
Buncombe County	206,330	203,801	183,761	15,425	803	1,368	79	2,365	2,529	5,730
CONCENTRATION 10	306,067	302,093	209,552	78,388	923	3,172	96	9,962	3,974	19,577
Forsyth County	306,067	302,093	209,552	78,388	923	3,172	96	9,962	3,974	19,577
CONCENTRATION 11	152,047	150,586	131,270	13,050	395	3,312	205	2,354	1,461	4,316
Burke County	89,148	88,154	76,678	5,984	270	3,106	185	1,931	994	3,180
Rutherford County	62,899	62,432	54,592	7,066	125	206	20	423	467	1,136
Ohio
Concentration 12	73,894	73,136	68,341	4,200	147	247	14	187	758	459
Jefferson County	73,894	73,136	68,341	4,200	147	247	14	187	758	459
CONCENTRATION 13	73,345	72,467	67,288	4,544	226	259	14	136	878	429
Ross County	73,345	72,467	67,288	4,544	226	259	14	136	878	429
Pennsylvania
CONCENTRATION 14	280,843	277,344	255,282	17,202	464	1,929	61	2,406	3,499	6,126
Erie County	280,843	277,344	255,282	17,202	464	1,929	61	2,406	3,499	6,126
CONCENTRATION 15	319,250	317,435	308,476	5,408	285	1,860	47	1,359	1,815	3,713
Luzerne County	319,250	317,435	308,476	5,408	285	1,860	47	1,359	1,815	3,713
CONCENTRATION 16	120,293	119,193	112,031	6,318	127	486	27	204	1,100	803
Mercer County	120,293	119,193	112,031	6,318	127	486	27	204	1,100	803
CONCENTRATION 17	2,184,612	2,164,053	1,940,969	189,144	2,453	25,142	485	5,860	20,559	16,084
Allegheny County	1,281,666	1,267,901	1,080,800	159,058	1,593	21,716	335	4,399	13,765	11,166
Beaver County	181,412	179,735	167,890	10,811	190	458	24	362	1,677	1,315
Fayette County	148,644	147,559	141,657	5,223	168	323	18	170	1,085	564
Washington County	202,897	201,228	193,297	6,606	175	725	44	381	1,669	1,170
Westmoreland County	369,993	367,630	357,325	7,446	327	1,920	64	548	2,363	1,869
South Carolina
CONCENTRATION 18	1,028,656	1,018,475	819,482	173,631	2,070	11,393	321	11,578	10,181	27,729
Anderson County	165,740	164,430	135,177	27,491	362	703	27	670	1,310	1,832
Cherokee County	52,537	52,097	40,409	10,801	103	163	11	610	440	1,092
Greenville County	379,616	375,305	294,324	69,455	726	5,242	171	5,387	4,311	14,283
Oconee County	66,215	65,670	59,025	5,550	145	235	13	702	545	1,562
Pickens County	110,757	109,813	99,978	7,559	179	1,312	13	772	944	1,879
Spartanburg County	253,791	251,160	190,569	52,775	555	3,738	86	3,437	2,631	7,081
Tennessee
CONCENTRATION 19	382,032	377,515	336,571	32,987	1,007	4,937	111	1,902	4,517	4,803
Knox County	382,032	377,515	336,571	32,987	1,007	4,937	111	1,902	4,517	4,803
CONCENTRATION 20	307,896	304,381	235,000	62,005	900	3,924	196	2,356	3,515	5,481
Hamilton County	307,896	304,381	235,000	62,005	900	3,924	196	2,356	3,515	5,481
West Virginia
CONCENTRATION 21	142,200	141,033	129,301	10,421	269	856	21	165	1,167	1,012
Mercer County@	62,980	62,447	58,295	3,668	122	288	8	66	533	285
Raleigh County	79,220	78,586	71,006	6,753	147	568	13	99	634	727
Fayette County*
McDowell County *
CONCENTRATION 22	200,073	197,528	180,989	13,955	420	1,697	42	425	2,545	1,172
Kanawha County	200,073	197,528	180,989	13,955	420	1,697	42	425	2,545	1,172
CONCENTRATION 23	96,784	95,677	90,370	4,150	174	749	38	196	1,107	654
Cabell County@	96,784	95,677	90,370	4,150	174	749	38	196	1,107	654
Concentration Totals	8,816,795	8,728,693	7,234,920	1,310,080	20,268	85,975	2,773	74,677	88,102	175,894
Percent of Concentration Total	100	99	82.1	14.9	0.2	1	0.03	0.8	1	2
Concentration Percent of ARC Total	38.5	38.1	31.6	5.7	0.1	0.4	0.01	0.3	0.4	0.8
@ county dropped below 4000 in 1980 but increased in 2000.	* Failed below 4000 in 2000 Census