The Region’s 26.1 million residents live in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, and all of West Virginia.

Where the Appalachian Mountains are located?

The Appalachian Mountains are a system of mountain ranges running along the eastern coast of North America from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, in the north to Alabama, USA, in the south.

What states are considered Appalachia?

Appalachian States

• Alabama. Georgia. Kentucky.
• Maryland. Mississippi. New York.
• North Carolina. Ohio. Pennsylvania.
• South Carolina. Tennessee. Virginia.

What is Appalachian?

The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (French: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period.

Do people live in the Appalachian Mountains?

Some 16,000 years ago, Indigenous Peoples—including the Cherokee, Haudenosaunee, Powhatan and Shawnee—began living in the Appalachian Mountains and stewarding this landscape. Today, at least 22 million people call the region home, and millions more rely on its natural abundance for health, livelihoods and recreation.

What state does the Appalachian start?

Georgia

The Appalachian Trail



The Trail travels through fourteen states along the crests and valleys of the Appalachian Mountain Range, from its southern terminus at Springer Mountain, Georgia, to the northern terminus at Katahdin, Maine.

What is the poorest state in Appalachia?

Kentucky

The state with the worst poverty rate in the region is Kentucky with a 25.4% rate in the Appalachian portion versus 18.9% rate for the rest of the state.

What ethnicity is Appalachia?

The Appalachian region has long been considered a predominantly white section of the United States, particularly in comparison with the rest of the country. Yet ever since the nation’s early origins, nonwhites always have been present in Appalachia.

How serious is Appalachia?

Appalachia has higher mortality rates than the nation in seven of America’s leading causes of death, including heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), injury, stroke, diabetes, and suicide.

Where are the Appalachian Mountains located How and when were they formed?

The Appalachian Mountains formed during a collision of continents 500 to 300 million years ago. In their prime they probably had peaks as high as those in the modern zone of continental collision stretching from the Himalayas in Asia to the Alps in Europe.