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Sara Srygley; Nurfadila Khairunnisa; Diana Elliott – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2024
This chartbook is the 14th version to be produced for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). The Chartbook describes the diversity of the Appalachian Region on a host of demographic and economic measures and provides an important annual view of the area and its people. The data contained in the…
Descriptors: Demography, Geographic Location, Community Surveys, Data Analysis
Pollard, Kelvin; Srygley, Sara; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2023
"The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2017-2021 American Community Survey," also known as "The Chartbook," draws from the most recent American Community Survey and comparable Census Population Estimates. The report contains over 300,000 data points about Appalachia's economy, income, employment, education, and other…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Community Surveys, Data Analysis, Community Characteristics
Pollard, Kevin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2022
The American Community Survey (ACS), a nationwide study collected continuously every year in every county in the United States, is designed to provide communities with reliable and timely demographic, social, economic, and housing data each year. These ACS estimates are not averages of monthly or annual values, but rather an aggregation of data…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Health, Community Characteristics
Pollard, Kevin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2021
This report presents state- and county-level data for the Appalachian Region. The 12 chapters focus on: (1) Population Basics; (2) Age; (3) Race and Hispanic Origin; (4) Housing Occupancy, Tenure, and Type; (5) Education, Device Ownership, and Internet Access; (6) Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment; (7) Transportation and Commuting…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Urban Areas, Geographic Regions, Regional Characteristics
Bowen, Eric; Christiadi; Deskins, John; Lego, Brian – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2021
"An Overview of Coal and the Economy in Appalachia," a report commissioned by the Appalachian Regional Commission, details major trends in coal employment and production in the Appalachian Region over the past two decades. The report examines where employment and production losses have been concentrated within the Region, and also what…
Descriptors: Fuels, Mining, Geographic Regions, Employment
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2020
This report presents state- and county-level data for the Appalachian Region. The 12 chapters focus on: (1) Population Basics; (2) Age; (3) Race and Hispanic Origin; (4) Housing Occupancy, Tenure, and Type; (5) Education, Device Ownership, and Internet Access; (6) Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment; (7) Transportation and Commuting…
Descriptors: Regional Characteristics, Geographic Regions, Population Trends, Population Distribution
Jilleah G. Welch; Matthew N. Murray – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2020
This is the first of two reports exploring the relationship between coal activity and funding for elementary and secondary education in the Appalachian Region. In this first report, patterns in funding for elementary and secondary education are explored using annual data from 1995 to 2016. Counties that had some level of coal employment over this…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Fuels, Mining
Jilleah G. Welch; Matthew N. Murray – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2020
This report is the second of two reports exploring the relationship between coal activity and funding for elementary and secondary education. The first report provided a descriptive analysis while this report examines the impact of changes in coal employment or production on local revenues for education using an econometric analysis. Coal…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Fuels, Mining
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2019
This study examines state- and county-level data for the 13 Appalachian states from the 2013-2017 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…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Community Surveys, Population Trends, Population Distribution
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2018
This study examines state- and county-level data for the Appalachian Region. The 11 chapters focus on: (1) Population Basics; (2) Age; (3) Race and Hispanic Origin; (4) Housing Occupancy, Tenure, and Type; (5) Education; (6) Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment, and Commuting Patterns; (7) Income and Poverty; (8) Health Insurance Coverage (9)…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Population Distribution, Population Trends, Age Differences
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2017
This study examines state- and county-level data on population, age, race and ethnicity, housing occupancy and housing tenure, education, labor force, employment and unemployment, income and poverty, health insurance coverage, disability status, migration patterns, and veteran status from the 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) for the 13…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Population Distribution, Population Trends, Age Differences
Pollard, Kelvin; Jacobsen, Linda A. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2016
This study examines state- and county-level data on population, age, race and ethnicity, housing occupancy and housing tenure, education, labor force, employment and unemployment, income and poverty, health insurance coverage, disability status, migration patterns, and veteran status from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS) for the 13…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Housing, Ethnicity, Race
Armstrong, John; Zaback, Katie – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2014
This report analyzes college completion metrics for the Appalachian Region, compares outcomes of students attending campuses in the Region with those of students attending campuses outside the Region, and offers insight about major stumbling blocks to college progression and completion for students in Appalachia.
Descriptors: College Graduates, Graduation Rate, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs
Appalachian Regional Commission, 2011
This study uses the best available national data to project future supply and demand for occupations associated with the energy industry for each Appalachian state, and the number of people enrolled in and graduating from programs in the Region's institutions of higher education that will be available to meet or exceed the demand. The report…
Descriptors: Energy Education, Power Technology, Labor Force Development, Trend Analysis
Schwartz, Jeffrey H. – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2004
In 1998, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) began developing what is now the Appalachian Higher Education (AHE) Network. The AHE Network, currently composed of eight centers, has the mission of increasing the college-going rate in Appalachia, the numbers of students who continue their education directly after graduating high school. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Networks, Educational Attainment, Program Effectiveness