The Appalachian Regional Commission awarded more than $7.4 million to "Backroads of Appalachia." The eastern Kentucky ...

Lumped together, Kentucky’s 54 Appalachian counties lost 2.4% of their population — just over 29,000 people — between 2010 and 2020, census data compiled by the Appalachian Regional ...

Rural areas, much like Appalachia, are not monoliths. In fact, according to the Center on Rural Innovation, more than 22% of people living in rural America are people of color.

Of the 88 Ohio counties, 32 of them are Appalachian, including Coshocton County. Across the nation, only 14% of the population lives in a rural area. This equates to 46 million of the total 330 ...

Rural arts programs helped Eastern Kentucky maker Cynthia Main develop Sunhouse Craft, a sustainable business with an Appalachian sense of place. Main’s origin story parallels that of many small ...

In rural and urban areas, 28% of non-white respondents never attend, compared to the 35% of rural white and 37% of urban white people who never attend. The Daily Yonder 4.

In rural and urban areas, 28% of non-white respondents never attend, compared to the 35% of rural white and 37% of urban white people who never attend. The Daily Yonder 4.

The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond.

I’m moving my people away from white supremacy because I am a rural, white, working-class woman from Appalachia, not in spite of it. One of the most important lessons in organizing is that no ...

Most people don’t pronounce Appalachia correctly, and that’s a problem, says author Barbara Kingsolver. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist grew up, lives in, and often writes about the region. Still, ...

Attendance drops, although slightly, as income increases. Rural people who make more than $150,000 a year are one of the least likely groups to attend religious services at least weekly. Only 4% of ...

But like every region and people, Vance's book is far from the only treatise on Appalachia, nor the best one. We've rounded up 10 more fantastic books set in or featuring Appalachia to read next ...