| County Economic Status, FY 2011 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2006–2008 | Per Capita Market Income, 2007 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2006–2008 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2007 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2011 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2011 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2011 |
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United States | - | 5.0% | $32,930 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $24,360 | 13.6% | 103.4% | 74.0% | 135.2% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 4.0% | $26,287 | 16.1% | 80.0% | 79.8% | 125.3% | 130.1% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 3.8% | $27,723 | 14.4% | 76.8% | 84.2% | 118.8% | 115.9% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | At-Risk | 4.1% | $16,886 | 20.6% | 82.3% | 51.3% | 195.0% | 166.5% | 147.9 | 2,442 | 4 |
Blount | Transitional | 3.2% | $19,354 | 11.7% | 64.7% | 58.8% | 170.1% | 94.9% | 109.9 | 1,299 | 2 |
Calhoun | Transitional | 4.0% | $24,157 | 16.1% | 80.0% | 73.4% | 136.3% | 130.2% | 115.5 | 1,500 | 2 |
Chambers | At-Risk | 7.9% | $18,062 | 17.0% | 158.2% | 54.8% | 182.3% | 137.6% | 159.4 | 2,624 | 4 |
Cherokee | Transitional | 4.2% | $18,348 | 15.6% | 83.1% | 55.7% | 179.5% | 125.7% | 129.4 | 1,962 | 3 |
Chilton | Transitional | 3.5% | $20,677 | 15.7% | 70.4% | 62.8% | 159.3% | 126.9% | 118.8 | 1,611 | 3 |
Clay | Transitional | 5.3% | $18,756 | 17.1% | 105.0% | 57.0% | 175.6% | 138.2% | 139.6 | 2,227 | 3 |
Cleburne | Transitional | 3.6% | $20,854 | 13.9% | 71.6% | 63.3% | 157.9% | 112.7% | 114.0 | 1,446 | 2 |
Colbert | Transitional | 4.6% | $20,281 | 14.0% | 92.4% | 61.6% | 162.4% | 112.8% | 122.5 | 1,730 | 3 |
Coosa | At-Risk | 5.8% | $16,394 | 14.9% | 115.4% | 49.8% | 200.9% | 120.6% | 145.6 | 2,398 | 4 |
Cullman | Transitional | 3.4% | $21,038 | 13.0% | 68.0% | 63.9% | 156.5% | 105.0% | 109.8 | 1,298 | 2 |
DeKalb | Transitional | 4.2% | $19,191 | 15.4% | 83.3% | 58.3% | 171.6% | 124.3% | 126.4 | 1,871 | 3 |
Elmore | Transitional | 3.5% | $23,811 | 10.2% | 69.4% | 72.3% | 138.3% | 82.8% | 96.8 | 790 | 2 |
Etowah | Transitional | 4.3% | $21,004 | 15.7% | 86.0% | 63.8% | 156.8% | 126.8% | 123.2 | 1,752 | 3 |
Fayette | Transitional | 4.7% | $16,948 | 17.3% | 94.2% | 51.5% | 194.3% | 140.0% | 142.8 | 2,322 | 3 |
Franklin | Transitional | 4.9% | $18,647 | 18.9% | 97.6% | 56.6% | 176.6% | 152.6% | 142.3 | 2,309 | 3 |
Hale | Distressed | 5.3% | $15,762 | 26.9% | 105.3% | 47.9% | 208.9% | 217.2% | 177.1 | 2,842 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 4.5% | $20,610 | 13.7% | 88.9% | 62.6% | 159.8% | 110.5% | 119.7 | 1,638 | 3 |
Jefferson | Competitive | 3.9% | $36,594 | 14.8% | 77.5% | 111.1% | 90.0% | 119.4% | 95.6 | 741 | 1 |
Lamar | At-Risk | 5.7% | $16,420 | 16.1% | 114.5% | 49.9% | 200.6% | 130.0% | 148.4 | 2,453 | 4 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 4.2% | $22,186 | 14.4% | 83.7% | 67.4% | 148.4% | 116.5% | 116.2 | 1,525 | 2 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 4.5% | $21,003 | 15.3% | 90.2% | 63.8% | 156.8% | 123.2% | 123.4 | 1,762 | 3 |
Limestone | Transitional | 3.4% | $24,247 | 12.3% | 68.4% | 73.6% | 135.8% | 99.7% | 101.3 | 972 | 2 |
Macon | Distressed | 5.3% | $15,193 | 32.8% | 106.7% | 46.1% | 216.7% | 265.3% | 196.2 | 2,971 | 4 |
Madison | Attainment | 3.1% | $33,633 | 10.5% | 61.2% | 102.1% | 97.9% | 85.2% | 81.4 | 284 | 1 |
Marion | Transitional | 5.2% | $18,726 | 15.6% | 102.7% | 56.9% | 175.9% | 126.3% | 135.0 | 2,113 | 3 |
Marshall | Transitional | 3.4% | $22,546 | 14.7% | 68.1% | 68.5% | 146.1% | 118.5% | 110.9 | 1,329 | 2 |
Morgan | Transitional | 3.7% | $28,069 | 12.3% | 74.6% | 85.2% | 117.3% | 99.3% | 97.1 | 797 | 2 |
Pickens | At-Risk | 5.1% | $18,275 | 24.9% | 101.0% | 55.5% | 180.2% | 201.3% | 160.8 | 2,653 | 4 |
Randolph | At-Risk | 5.2% | $16,850 | 17.0% | 104.1% | 51.2% | 195.4% | 137.4% | 145.7 | 2,399 | 4 |
Shelby | Attainment | 2.7% | $40,595 | 6.3% | 53.1% | 123.3% | 81.1% | 51.0% | 61.7 | 48 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 3.5% | $24,383 | 12.1% | 70.1% | 74.0% | 135.1% | 97.6% | 100.9 | 956 | 2 |
Talladega | Transitional | 5.2% | $22,622 | 17.6% | 103.2% | 68.7% | 145.6% | 142.3% | 130.4 | 1,989 | 3 |
Tallapoosa | Transitional | 5.2% | $20,518 | 16.6% | 103.0% | 62.3% | 160.5% | 133.8% | 132.4 | 2,042 | 3 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 3.3% | $28,044 | 17.0% | 66.0% | 85.2% | 117.4% | 137.5% | 107.0 | 1,197 | 2 |
Walker | Transitional | 4.3% | $21,039 | 16.5% | 85.1% | 63.9% | 156.5% | 133.3% | 125.0 | 1,819 | 3 |
Winston | At-Risk | 5.6% | $17,041 | 17.1% | 112.5% | 51.7% | 193.2% | 138.5% | 148.1 | 2,448 | 4 |