National Drug Intelligence Center
Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008
June 2008
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Figure 1. Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
Map showing the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
The Appalachia HIDTA is composed of the following 71 counties: (Kentucky) Adair, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Marion, McCreary, Monroe, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Taylor, Warren, Wayne, and Whitley; (Tennessee) Bledsoe, Campbell, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Macon, Marion, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Rhea, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Unicoi, Van Buren, Washington, and White; (West Virginia) Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, and Wayne.
The new Appalachia HIDTA counties are Letcher (Kentucky), and Washington and Hamilton (Tennessee).
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Figure 2. Appalachia HIDTA region transportation infrastructure.
Map showing the Appalachia HIDTA region transportation infrastructure.
Cincinnati, Ohio; Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlotte, North Carolina are major cities with a population over 250,000.
Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee are major cities with populations between 100,000 and 249,999.
London, Kentucky; and Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia are major cities with populations less than 99,999.
Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, and Douglas are international airports.
The interstates are I-24, I-26, I-40, I-64, I-65, I-75, I-77, I-79, I-81, and I-85.
Route 127 is a U.S. highway.
Route 111 is a state highway in Tennessee.
The Ohio River borders Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia.
The Appalachia HIDTA is composed of the following 71 counties: (Kentucky) Adair, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Marion, McCreary, Monroe, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Taylor, Warren, Wayne, and Whitley; (Tennessee) Bledsoe, Campbell, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Macon, Marion, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Rhea, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Unicoi, Van Buren, Washington, and White; (West Virginia) Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Gilmer, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, and Wayne.
The new Appalachia HIDTA counties are Letcher (Kentucky), and Washington and Hamilton (Tennessee).
Note: Populations are from the 2000 Census.
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