U.S. Department of Justice
National Drug Intelligence Center
Appalachia HIDTA Drug Market Analysis 2010
May 2010
Figure 1. Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Map showing the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
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 100,000.
Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, and Douglas (Charlotte, North Carolina) 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.
Routes 23 and 127 are U.S. highways.
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 67 counties: (Kentucky) Adair, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Jefferson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Marion, McCreary, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Taylor, Warren, Wayne, and Whitley; (Tennessee) Bledsoe, Campbell, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Macon, Marion, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Unicoi, Washington, and White; (West Virginia) Boone, Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, and Wayne.
Note: Populations are from the 2000 Census.
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