# Appalachian Regional Commission

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/appalachian-regional-commission/  
**Website:** https://data.arc.gov/data  
**APIs profiled:** 1

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a federal-state partnership that invests in Appalachia's economic future by funding projects that promote economic development, infrastructure improvement, workforce training, and community development across 423 counties in 13 states. ARC provides research data, county-level economic reports, and maps via its Data Report Tool at data.arc.gov.

## Kin Score — 12.8 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 12.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **ARC Data Report Tool** — The ARC Data Report Tool provides state- and county-level data for the entire Appalachian Region across six topic areas comparing Appalachian data with national averages. Data c...

## Security (1)

- **Appalachian Regional Commission Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Appalachian Regional Commission Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **Economic Research** — Access county-level economic, demographic, and quality-of-life data for Appalachian research.
- **Grant Program Analysis** — Evaluate ARC investment portfolios and grant outcomes across the Appalachian Region.
- **Policy Development** — Use regional data to inform economic development and infrastructure policy decisions.
- **Community Development Planning** — Access local data to support community-level economic development planning.

## Tags

Appalachia, Economic Development, Federal-Government, Government, Infrastructure, Regional Development, Workforce Development

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/appalachian-regional-commission/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.