| | County Economic Status, FY 2008 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, 2004 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2004 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2004 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2008 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2008 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2008 |
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| United States | - | 5.5% | $28,187 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $21,587 | 13.6% | 100.6% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Alabama | - | 4.9% | $22,578 | 16.1% | 88.5% | 80.1% | 124.8% | 130.1% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 4.7% | $23,952 | 14.4% | 84.6% | 85.0% | 117.7% | 115.9% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Bibb | At-Risk | 4.9% | $15,235 | 20.6% | 88.1% | 54.0% | 185.0% | 166.5% | 146.5 | 2,478 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 3.7% | $18,727 | 11.7% | 66.0% | 66.4% | 150.5% | 94.9% | 103.8 | 1,124 | 2 |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 4.8% | $20,606 | 16.1% | 87.6% | 73.1% | 136.8% | 130.2% | 118.2 | 1,657 | 3 |
| Chambers | Transitional | 5.9% | $16,610 | 17.0% | 106.1% | 58.9% | 169.7% | 137.6% | 137.8 | 2,283 | 3 |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 4.2% | $17,264 | 15.6% | 76.3% | 61.2% | 163.3% | 125.7% | 121.7 | 1,784 | 3 |
| Chilton | Transitional | 4.1% | $17,642 | 15.7% | 74.3% | 62.6% | 159.8% | 126.9% | 120.3 | 1,741 | 3 |
| Clay | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,731 | 17.1% | 102.6% | 59.4% | 168.5% | 138.2% | 136.4 | 2,251 | 3 |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 4.6% | $17,451 | 13.9% | 83.5% | 61.9% | 161.5% | 112.7% | 119.2 | 1,699 | 3 |
| Colbert | Transitional | 6.1% | $18,435 | 14.0% | 109.4% | 65.4% | 152.9% | 112.8% | 125.0 | 1,905 | 3 |
| Coosa | Transitional | 6.4% | $15,287 | 14.9% | 114.9% | 54.2% | 184.4% | 120.6% | 140.0 | 2,328 | 3 |
| Cullman | Transitional | 4.5% | $20,080 | 13.0% | 82.0% | 71.2% | 140.4% | 105.0% | 109.1 | 1,318 | 2 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 5.0% | $19,521 | 15.4% | 90.8% | 69.3% | 144.4% | 124.3% | 119.8 | 1,727 | 3 |
| Elmore | Transitional | 4.0% | $21,174 | 10.2% | 73.1% | 75.1% | 133.1% | 82.8% | 96.3 | 827 | 2 |
| Etowah | Transitional | 5.4% | $19,345 | 15.7% | 96.8% | 68.6% | 145.7% | 126.8% | 123.1 | 1,837 | 3 |
| Fayette | Transitional | 5.6% | $16,372 | 17.3% | 100.5% | 58.1% | 172.2% | 140.0% | 137.5 | 2,275 | 3 |
| Franklin | At-Risk | 6.7% | $17,483 | 18.9% | 121.1% | 62.0% | 161.2% | 152.6% | 145.0 | 2,447 | 4 |
| Hale | Distressed | 6.2% | $13,607 | 26.9% | 113.0% | 48.3% | 207.2% | 217.2% | 179.1 | 2,901 | 4 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 5.8% | $18,082 | 13.7% | 104.9% | 64.2% | 155.9% | 110.5% | 123.8 | 1,860 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 4.7% | $30,785 | 14.8% | 84.9% | 109.2% | 91.6% | 119.4% | 98.6 | 924 | 2 |
| Lamar | At-Risk | 7.0% | $14,852 | 16.1% | 127.2% | 52.7% | 189.8% | 130.0% | 149.0 | 2,520 | 4 |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 5.7% | $19,517 | 14.4% | 103.2% | 69.2% | 144.4% | 116.5% | 121.4 | 1,774 | 3 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 5.8% | $19,366 | 15.3% | 104.3% | 68.7% | 145.5% | 123.2% | 124.4 | 1,882 | 3 |
| Limestone | Transitional | 4.5% | $21,996 | 12.3% | 81.7% | 78.0% | 128.1% | 99.7% | 103.2 | 1,096 | 2 |
| Macon | Distressed | 5.8% | $12,968 | 32.8% | 104.9% | 46.0% | 217.4% | 265.3% | 195.9 | 2,992 | 4 |
| Madison | Competitive | 3.9% | $29,145 | 10.5% | 69.7% | 103.4% | 96.7% | 85.2% | 83.9 | 367 | 1 |
| Marion | Transitional | 5.5% | $16,507 | 15.6% | 100.3% | 58.6% | 170.8% | 126.3% | 132.5 | 2,140 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 4.3% | $21,447 | 14.7% | 78.4% | 76.1% | 131.4% | 118.5% | 109.4 | 1,334 | 2 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 5.2% | $24,537 | 12.3% | 94.8% | 87.0% | 114.9% | 99.3% | 103.0 | 1,092 | 2 |
| Pickens | At-Risk | 6.5% | $15,820 | 24.9% | 118.3% | 56.1% | 178.2% | 201.3% | 165.9 | 2,781 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 6.1% | $15,754 | 17.0% | 111.1% | 55.9% | 178.9% | 137.4% | 142.5 | 2,386 | 4 |
| Shelby | Attainment | 2.8% | $32,987 | 6.3% | 51.2% | 117.0% | 85.4% | 51.0% | 62.5 | 48 | 1 |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 4.2% | $20,350 | 12.1% | 75.4% | 72.2% | 138.5% | 97.6% | 103.8 | 1,125 | 2 |
| Talladega | Transitional | 5.9% | $19,731 | 17.6% | 107.0% | 70.0% | 142.9% | 142.3% | 130.7 | 2,096 | 3 |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 5.4% | $17,754 | 16.6% | 97.6% | 63.0% | 158.8% | 133.8% | 130.1 | 2,078 | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 4.0% | $23,845 | 17.0% | 72.4% | 84.6% | 118.2% | 137.5% | 109.4 | 1,333 | 2 |
| Walker | Transitional | 5.3% | $18,004 | 16.5% | 95.2% | 63.9% | 156.6% | 133.3% | 128.4 | 2,016 | 3 |
| Winston | At-Risk | 6.7% | $15,794 | 17.1% | 121.2% | 56.0% | 178.5% | 138.5% | 146.1 | 2,471 | 4 |
