Maps show population and economic status of African Americans and Hispanics in Appalachia

The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Kentucky's Berea College has created a pair of useful maps that highlight minority population and economic status of African Americans and Hispanics in Appalachia and surrounding areas. The maps show the two minority populations as of 2010, and the economic status of each counties as of 2014, classified as attainment, competitive, transitional, at-risk and distressed. (Read more)

The map above shows the population of African Americans in Appalachia by quintile. The first quintile comprises the counties than rank in the top 20 percent in black percentage of a county's population; the second quintile comprises the next 20 percent, and so on. The map at left shows the same data for Hispanics. The pink and red counties are considered at-risk and distressed, respectively. The yellow line is the boundary of Appalachia as defined by Congress in laws applying to the Appalachian Regional Commission. To view larger versions of both maps click here)