| | County Economic Status, FY 2014 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2009–2011 | Per Capita Market Income, 2010 | Poverty Rate, 2007–2011 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2009–2011 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2010 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007–2011 | Composite Index Value, FY 2014 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2014 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2014 |
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| United States | - | 9.3% | $32,562 | 14.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 9.4% | $24,425 | 16.1% | 101.3% | 75.0% | 133.3% | 112.7% | - | - | - |
| Alabama | - | 9.5% | $25,584 | 17.6% | 101.9% | 78.6% | 127.3% | 122.8% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 9.2% | $26,598 | 16.4% | 99.2% | 81.7% | 122.4% | 114.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Bibb | At-Risk | 10.7% | $14,985 | 15.7% | 115.5% | 46.0% | 217.3% | 109.4% | 147.4 | 2,609 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 8.8% | $19,077 | 13.7% | 94.4% | 58.6% | 170.7% | 95.8% | 120.3 | 1,868 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 9.6% | $22,230 | 20.4% | 103.9% | 68.3% | 146.5% | 142.7% | 131.0 | 2,185 | 3 |
| Chambers | Distressed | 14.3% | $17,592 | 21.0% | 153.7% | 54.0% | 185.1% | 146.5% | 161.8 | 2,826 | 4 |
| Cherokee | At-Risk | 9.5% | $17,857 | 20.8% | 102.5% | 54.8% | 182.3% | 145.3% | 143.4 | 2,522 | 4 |
| Chilton | Transitional | 9.1% | $19,691 | 17.4% | 98.3% | 60.5% | 165.4% | 121.5% | 128.4 | 2,116 | 3 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 13.6% | $17,990 | 18.7% | 146.5% | 55.2% | 181.0% | 131.0% | 152.8 | 2,708 | 4 |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 8.6% | $20,496 | 16.8% | 92.5% | 62.9% | 158.9% | 117.3% | 122.9 | 1,950 | 3 |
| Colbert | Transitional | 9.7% | $21,517 | 16.5% | 105.0% | 66.1% | 151.3% | 115.2% | 123.9 | 1,982 | 3 |
| Coosa | At-Risk | 12.6% | $15,443 | 18.8% | 136.1% | 47.4% | 210.9% | 131.4% | 159.5 | 2,796 | 4 |
| Cullman | Transitional | 8.7% | $21,933 | 17.6% | 93.3% | 67.4% | 148.5% | 122.9% | 121.5 | 1,900 | 3 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 11.9% | $17,431 | 19.8% | 128.4% | 53.5% | 186.8% | 138.4% | 151.2 | 2,681 | 4 |
| Elmore | Transitional | 8.5% | $25,360 | 12.4% | 91.1% | 77.9% | 128.4% | 86.7% | 102.1 | 1,199 | 2 |
| Etowah | Transitional | 9.6% | $21,489 | 18.0% | 103.7% | 66.0% | 151.5% | 125.7% | 127.0 | 2,073 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 11.6% | $17,162 | 19.7% | 125.1% | 52.7% | 189.7% | 137.8% | 150.9 | 2,677 | 4 |
| Franklin | At-Risk | 10.6% | $16,889 | 20.1% | 113.8% | 51.9% | 192.8% | 140.6% | 149.1 | 2,642 | 4 |
| Hale | Distressed | 12.8% | $19,681 | 25.9% | 137.5% | 60.4% | 165.4% | 180.8% | 161.2 | 2,819 | 4 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 9.9% | $21,147 | 17.1% | 107.2% | 64.9% | 154.0% | 119.8% | 127.0 | 2,074 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 9.3% | $33,636 | 16.2% | 99.8% | 103.3% | 96.8% | 113.2% | 103.3 | 1,240 | 2 |
| Lamar | At-Risk | 12.4% | $15,736 | 19.1% | 134.0% | 48.3% | 206.9% | 133.6% | 158.2 | 2,779 | 4 |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 8.9% | $23,080 | 17.4% | 95.8% | 70.9% | 141.1% | 121.5% | 119.5 | 1,838 | 3 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 11.2% | $20,932 | 14.4% | 120.2% | 64.3% | 155.6% | 100.6% | 125.4 | 2,035 | 3 |
| Limestone | Transitional | 8.2% | $25,490 | 13.8% | 88.2% | 78.3% | 127.7% | 96.7% | 104.2 | 1,278 | 2 |
| Macon | Distressed | 12.1% | $17,708 | 26.7% | 130.5% | 54.4% | 183.9% | 186.8% | 167.0 | 2,899 | 4 |
| Madison | Competitive | 7.4% | $34,365 | 12.4% | 79.6% | 105.5% | 94.8% | 86.5% | 86.9 | 671 | 1 |
| Marion | At-Risk | 13.2% | $16,998 | 20.3% | 142.8% | 52.2% | 191.6% | 142.0% | 158.8 | 2,787 | 4 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 8.8% | $22,465 | 19.7% | 94.5% | 69.0% | 144.9% | 137.4% | 125.6 | 2,042 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 9.3% | $24,050 | 14.9% | 100.5% | 73.9% | 135.4% | 103.9% | 113.3 | 1,617 | 3 |
| Pickens | Distressed | 11.5% | $18,601 | 27.7% | 123.9% | 57.1% | 175.1% | 193.4% | 164.1 | 2,860 | 4 |
| Randolph | Distressed | 12.4% | $17,056 | 23.6% | 133.4% | 52.4% | 190.9% | 164.6% | 163.0 | 2,847 | 4 |
| Shelby | Attainment | 6.7% | $37,216 | 7.2% | 72.4% | 114.3% | 87.5% | 50.5% | 70.2 | 218 | 1 |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 9.1% | $23,279 | 13.4% | 97.9% | 71.5% | 139.9% | 93.6% | 110.5 | 1,509 | 2 |
| Talladega | At-Risk | 11.6% | $19,967 | 21.7% | 125.3% | 61.3% | 163.1% | 151.5% | 146.6 | 2,598 | 4 |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 12.2% | $20,532 | 17.1% | 131.4% | 63.1% | 158.6% | 119.5% | 136.5 | 2,324 | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 8.6% | $25,945 | 19.9% | 92.5% | 79.7% | 125.5% | 139.1% | 119.0 | 1,819 | 3 |
| Walker | Transitional | 10.2% | $21,574 | 19.7% | 110.2% | 66.3% | 150.9% | 137.5% | 132.9 | 2,238 | 3 |
| Winston | Distressed | 14.8% | $15,703 | 21.2% | 160.0% | 48.2% | 207.4% | 147.9% | 171.8 | 2,942 | 4 |
