| 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% | - | - | - |
Georgia | - | 10.0% | $28,550 | 16.5% | 107.3% | 87.7% | 114.1% | 115.4% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Georgia | - | 9.6% | $25,461 | 13.9% | 103.6% | 78.2% | 127.9% | 97.3% | - | - | - |
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County |
Banks | Transitional | 7.5% | $22,673 | 17.0% | 81.1% | 69.6% | 143.6% | 119.2% | 114.6 | 1,670 | 3 |
Barrow | Transitional | 10.0% | $24,163 | 13.2% | 107.8% | 74.2% | 134.8% | 92.3% | 111.6 | 1,549 | 2 |
Bartow | Transitional | 11.1% | $20,902 | 15.4% | 119.7% | 64.2% | 155.8% | 107.9% | 127.8 | 2,096 | 3 |
Carroll | Transitional | 10.9% | $21,365 | 18.1% | 117.1% | 65.6% | 152.4% | 126.3% | 131.9 | 2,212 | 3 |
Catoosa | Transitional | 8.1% | $22,431 | 12.2% | 87.0% | 68.9% | 145.2% | 85.2% | 105.8 | 1,328 | 2 |
Chattooga | At-Risk | 12.1% | $15,232 | 19.2% | 130.1% | 46.8% | 213.8% | 134.3% | 159.4 | 2,795 | 4 |
Cherokee | Competitive | 8.5% | $30,896 | 7.7% | 92.0% | 94.9% | 105.4% | 53.6% | 83.7 | 562 | 1 |
Dade | Transitional | 9.1% | $19,583 | 16.3% | 97.9% | 60.1% | 166.3% | 113.9% | 126.0 | 2,049 | 3 |
Dawson | Transitional | 9.5% | $26,571 | 13.5% | 102.7% | 81.6% | 122.5% | 94.4% | 106.6 | 1,359 | 2 |
Douglas | Transitional | 10.5% | $23,896 | 12.7% | 113.6% | 73.4% | 136.3% | 88.4% | 112.8 | 1,606 | 3 |
Elbert | At-Risk | 13.4% | $19,325 | 22.1% | 144.2% | 59.3% | 168.5% | 154.2% | 155.6 | 2,744 | 4 |
Fannin | At-Risk | 10.5% | $19,256 | 18.9% | 113.1% | 59.1% | 169.1% | 132.0% | 138.1 | 2,379 | 4 |
Floyd | Transitional | 10.7% | $24,251 | 18.9% | 115.3% | 74.5% | 134.3% | 132.3% | 127.3 | 2,082 | 3 |
Forsyth | Attainment | 7.8% | $34,812 | 6.6% | 83.6% | 106.9% | 93.5% | 45.8% | 74.3 | 310 | 1 |
Franklin | At-Risk | 11.5% | $19,327 | 20.4% | 124.3% | 59.4% | 168.5% | 142.9% | 145.2 | 2,562 | 4 |
Gilmer | At-Risk | 10.6% | $20,392 | 20.3% | 114.0% | 62.6% | 159.7% | 142.2% | 138.6 | 2,393 | 4 |
Gordon | At-Risk | 12.3% | $21,546 | 18.4% | 133.0% | 66.2% | 151.1% | 129.0% | 137.7 | 2,362 | 4 |
Gwinnett | Transitional | 8.8% | $28,116 | 12.4% | 94.9% | 86.3% | 115.8% | 86.4% | 99.0 | 1,084 | 2 |
Habersham | Transitional | 9.8% | $19,895 | 19.8% | 105.2% | 61.1% | 163.7% | 138.2% | 135.7 | 2,301 | 3 |
Hall | Transitional | 8.9% | $24,982 | 15.1% | 95.6% | 76.7% | 130.3% | 105.3% | 110.4 | 1,507 | 2 |
Haralson | At-Risk | 11.2% | $20,135 | 20.4% | 121.1% | 61.8% | 161.7% | 142.6% | 141.8 | 2,485 | 4 |
Hart | At-Risk | 12.3% | $18,599 | 20.6% | 132.7% | 57.1% | 175.1% | 144.1% | 150.6 | 2,675 | 4 |
Heard | At-Risk | 11.9% | $19,247 | 24.6% | 128.4% | 59.1% | 169.2% | 172.3% | 156.6 | 2,761 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 10.5% | $22,942 | 14.6% | 112.8% | 70.5% | 141.9% | 101.8% | 118.8 | 1,810 | 3 |
Lumpkin | Transitional | 11.3% | $20,747 | 16.3% | 121.3% | 63.7% | 156.9% | 113.8% | 130.7 | 2,174 | 3 |
Madison | Transitional | 8.2% | $21,696 | 18.4% | 88.8% | 66.6% | 150.1% | 128.6% | 122.5 | 1,929 | 3 |
Murray | At-Risk | 13.0% | $18,079 | 19.4% | 139.7% | 55.5% | 180.1% | 136.0% | 151.9 | 2,697 | 4 |
Paulding | Transitional | 9.8% | $30,046 | 9.0% | 106.1% | 92.3% | 108.4% | 62.6% | 92.3 | 863 | 2 |
Pickens | Transitional | 10.0% | $27,553 | 11.8% | 107.8% | 84.6% | 118.2% | 82.5% | 102.8 | 1,222 | 2 |
Polk | At-Risk | 10.5% | $17,777 | 22.2% | 112.9% | 54.6% | 183.2% | 155.4% | 150.5 | 2,673 | 4 |
Rabun | At-Risk | 11.6% | $21,169 | 20.8% | 125.4% | 65.0% | 153.8% | 145.7% | 141.6 | 2,480 | 4 |
Stephens | At-Risk | 10.4% | $21,097 | 21.9% | 111.9% | 64.8% | 154.3% | 153.4% | 139.9 | 2,424 | 4 |
Towns | Transitional | 9.0% | $24,696 | 12.5% | 96.7% | 75.8% | 131.9% | 87.3% | 105.3 | 1,312 | 2 |
Union | Transitional | 9.1% | $21,209 | 15.3% | 97.7% | 65.1% | 153.5% | 106.7% | 119.3 | 1,829 | 3 |
Walker | Transitional | 9.7% | $18,516 | 16.0% | 104.3% | 56.9% | 175.9% | 111.7% | 130.6 | 2,173 | 3 |
White | Transitional | 9.9% | $18,154 | 17.7% | 106.8% | 55.8% | 179.4% | 123.5% | 136.5 | 2,327 | 3 |
Whitfield | At-Risk | 12.4% | $22,405 | 19.2% | 133.3% | 68.8% | 145.3% | 134.2% | 137.6 | 2,358 | 4 |