| County Economic Status, FY 2003 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1998-2000 | Per Capita Market Income, 1999 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1998-2000 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1999 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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United States | - | 4.2% | $24,819 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | - | 4.6% | $19,210 | 15.4% | 108.8% | 77.4% | 117.1% |
Georgia | - | 4.0% | $24,299 | 14.7% | 93.2% | 97.9% | 111.7% |
Appalachian Georgia | - | 3.0% | $22,647 | 10.2% | 71.1% | 91.2% | 77.5% |
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County |
Banks | Transitional | 3.6% | $16,672 | 15.1% | 85.5% | 67.2% | 115.4% |
Barrow | Transitional | 3.4% | $18,220 | 14.7% | 79.3% | 73.4% | 111.7% |
Bartow | Competitive | 4.1% | $20,036 | 10.7% | 96.8% | 80.7% | 81.2% |
Carroll | Transitional | 4.4% | $17,838 | 14.4% | 102.9% | 71.9% | 109.9% |
Catoosa | Transitional | 3.2% | $17,069 | 12.0% | 75.4% | 68.8% | 91.3% |
Chattooga | Transitional | 3.7% | $15,653 | 14.6% | 87.3% | 63.1% | 111.3% |
Cherokee | Competitive | 2.1% | $24,125 | 6.1% | 49.0% | 97.2% | 46.3% |
Dade | Transitional | 3.6% | $15,591 | 14.6% | 83.8% | 62.8% | 111.4% |
Dawson | Competitive | 2.0% | $21,150 | 12.8% | 48.0% | 85.2% | 97.8% |
Douglas | Competitive | 2.9% | $21,556 | 6.6% | 67.9% | 86.9% | 50.3% |
Elbert | Transitional | 7.8% | $16,801 | 19.7% | 184.6% | 67.7% | 150.5% |
Fannin | Transitional | 4.3% | $13,707 | 17.2% | 101.5% | 55.2% | 131.4% |
Floyd | Transitional | 4.3% | $20,407 | 13.6% | 100.7% | 82.2% | 103.9% |
Forsyth | Attainment | 1.6% | $29,925 | 6.8% | 38.7% | 120.6% | 51.6% |
Franklin | Transitional | 3.5% | $18,264 | 16.5% | 83.4% | 73.6% | 125.8% |
Gilmer | Transitional | 4.1% | $15,534 | 16.6% | 96.8% | 62.6% | 126.3% |
Gordon | Transitional | 4.4% | $18,635 | 11.1% | 104.6% | 75.1% | 84.8% |
Gwinnett | Attainment | 2.4% | $30,388 | 4.0% | 55.8% | 122.4% | 30.3% |
Habersham | Competitive | 3.6% | $19,951 | 11.6% | 85.4% | 80.4% | 88.2% |
Hall | Competitive | 2.6% | $22,772 | 10.6% | 61.4% | 91.8% | 81.0% |
Haralson | Transitional | 5.1% | $16,135 | 14.4% | 119.6% | 65.0% | 110.1% |
Hart | Transitional | 4.3% | $17,232 | 14.2% | 100.6% | 69.4% | 107.9% |
Heard | Transitional | 5.7% | $14,296 | 19.1% | 135.2% | 57.6% | 145.2% |
Jackson | Transitional | 3.4% | $19,862 | 14.1% | 80.5% | 80.0% | 107.8% |
Lumpkin | Transitional | 2.4% | $19,701 | 15.3% | 55.4% | 79.4% | 116.4% |
Madison | Transitional | 3.0% | $17,964 | 15.7% | 70.9% | 72.4% | 119.6% |
Murray | Transitional | 3.7% | $15,527 | 11.3% | 87.3% | 62.6% | 86.5% |
Paulding | Transitional | 2.2% | $14,816 | 8.8% | 51.3% | 59.7% | 66.7% |
Pickens | Competitive | 2.7% | $21,965 | 12.8% | 63.8% | 88.5% | 97.3% |
Polk | Transitional | 5.2% | $15,773 | 16.3% | 122.5% | 63.6% | 124.2% |
Rabun | Transitional | 2.5% | $17,796 | 13.6% | 58.4% | 71.7% | 103.9% |
Stephens | Transitional | 4.7% | $17,085 | 17.0% | 111.0% | 68.8% | 129.2% |
Towns | Transitional | 4.0% | $16,692 | 14.0% | 95.0% | 67.3% | 107.0% |
Union | Transitional | 3.6% | $15,583 | 18.3% | 84.3% | 62.8% | 139.4% |
Walker | Transitional | 4.0% | $15,676 | 12.8% | 94.6% | 63.2% | 97.3% |
White | Transitional | 4.1% | $18,883 | 12.5% | 95.4% | 76.1% | 95.5% |
Whitfield | Competitive | 3.0% | $22,979 | 11.1% | 70.1% | 92.6% | 84.7% |