The Economies ofGilmer County, WV

and Lee County, KY

By: Guinevere Beirne

At Risk DistressedSource: Economic Diversity in Appalachia: A Research Report and Economic Development Tool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign Regional Economic Applications Laboratory and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Web. 21 May 2015.

8,732 7,706

Population (2012)

Source: Economic Diversity in Appalachia: A Research Report and Economic Development Tool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign Regional Economic Applications Laboratory and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Web. 21 May 2015.

County: 8.6%

State: 0.6%

National: 0.7%

Population Growth Gilmer County (2009-2012)

Source: Economic Diversity in Appalachia: A Research Report and Economic Development Tool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign Regional Economic Applications Laboratory and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Web. 21 May 2015.

County: 1.6%

State: 0.5%

National: 0.7%

Population Growth Lee County (2009-2012)

Source: Economic Diversity in Appalachia: A Research Report and Economic Development Tool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign Regional Economic Applications Laboratory and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Web. 21 May 2015.

Employment (2012)

3,658 2,701

Source: Economic Diversity in Appalachia: A Research Report and Economic Development Tool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign Regional Economic Applications Laboratory and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Web. 21 May 2015.

State: 0.7%

County: 1.6%

National: 1.0%

Employment Growth Gilmer County (2009-2012)

Source: Economic Diversity in Appalachia: A Research Report and Economic Development Tool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign Regional Economic Applications Laboratory and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Web. 21 May 2015.

Employment Growth Lee County (2009-2012)

County: 0.1%

State: 1.2%

National: 1.0%Source: Economic Diversity in Appalachia: A Research Report and Economic Development Tool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign

Regional Economic Applications Laboratory and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Web. 21 May 2015.

Industry Diversity Within Lee and Gilmer

Source: Economic Diversity in Appalachia: A Research Report and Economic Development Tool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamaign Regional Economic Applications Laboratory and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Web. 21 May 2015.

Oil and Gas Coal and Timber

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