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The 1990 Census indicated that the poverty rate in central rural Appalachia was 27 percent. [12] In West Virginia, the 2000 poverty rate statewide was 17.9%; in nine counties more than a quarter of the population lived below the poverty line, with percentages as high as 37.7%. [13]
The social and economic stratification of Appalachia comes largely as the result of classism. Many politicians and businessmen took advantage of the region's natural resource industries, such as mountaintop coal mining. Appalachian laborers were heavily exploited, which prevented the region from developing socially or gaining economic independence.
Each film in the series is set in various locations throughout rural West Virginia and follows the story of a group a travelers who get lost in the backwoods of the Appalachian mountains. Stereotypes of Appalachia are most depicted in the film as the inbred and cannibalistic monsters who hunt and kill the group of travelers throughout each movie.
The problem with much of West Virginia is that the topography makes it too costly to get raw materials in and finished products out. There had been a thriving natural-gas industry in Gilmer County ...
Appalachia ( / ˌæpəˈlætʃə, - leɪtʃə, - leɪʃə /) [ 4] is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States. Its boundaries stretch from the western Catskill Mountains of New York into Pennsylvania, continuing on through the Blue Ridge Mountains and Great Smoky ...
1st. Website. mcdowellcountycommission .com. A coal miners house and family, 1946. McDowell County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,111. [ 2] Its county seat is Welch. [ 3] McDowell County is the southernmost county in the state.
Website. www .arc .gov. The Appalachian Regional Commission ( ARC) is a United States federal–state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life. Congress established ARC to bring the region into socioeconomic parity with the rest of the nation.
1555936 [ 4] Website. www .cityofwelch .com. Welch is a city in and the county seat of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. [ 5] The population was 3,590 at the 2020 census. Welch was incorporated as a city in 1893.