| | County Economic Status, FY 2005 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2000-2002 | Per Capita Market Income, 2001 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2000-2002 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2001 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 4.8% | $26,309 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $20,253 | 13.6% | 104.2% | 77.0% | 110.2% |
| Kentucky | - | 5.0% | $20,482 | 15.8% | 103.6% | 77.9% | 127.8% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | - | 6.4% | $13,470 | 24.4% | 131.7% | 51.2% | 197.4% |
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| County |
| Adair | Transitional | 5.2% | $12,018 | 24.0% | 108.3% | 45.7% | 193.7% |
| Bath | Transitional | 6.8% | $12,968 | 21.9% | 140.3% | 49.3% | 177.0% |
| Bell | Distressed | 7.7% | $10,463 | 31.1% | 158.4% | 39.8% | 251.0% |
| Boyd | Transitional | 5.6% | $20,205 | 15.5% | 115.4% | 76.8% | 124.8% |
| Breathitt | Distressed | 9.3% | $9,616 | 33.2% | 193.1% | 36.6% | 268.4% |
| Carter | Distressed | 11.5% | $14,085 | 22.3% | 237.0% | 53.5% | 180.2% |
| Casey | Distressed | 6.7% | $11,569 | 25.5% | 139.1% | 44.0% | 206.4% |
| Clark | Competitive | 4.8% | $22,487 | 10.6% | 98.4% | 85.5% | 86.0% |
| Clay | Distressed | 7.4% | $8,754 | 39.7% | 153.6% | 33.3% | 320.8% |
| Clinton | Distressed | 5.6% | $12,031 | 25.8% | 115.1% | 45.7% | 208.1% |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 6.6% | $9,859 | 23.8% | 135.9% | 37.5% | 192.4% |
| Edmonson | Transitional | 6.1% | $12,174 | 18.4% | 126.2% | 46.3% | 148.4% |
| Elliott | Distressed | 10.6% | $7,643 | 25.9% | 219.4% | 29.0% | 209.4% |
| Estill | Distressed | 5.7% | $12,553 | 26.4% | 118.6% | 47.7% | 213.6% |
| Fleming | Transitional | 5.2% | $13,024 | 18.6% | 106.7% | 49.5% | 150.7% |
| Floyd | Distressed | 6.7% | $12,010 | 30.3% | 138.4% | 45.6% | 244.5% |
| Garrard | Transitional | 3.8% | $14,336 | 14.7% | 79.1% | 54.5% | 118.4% |
| Green | Transitional | 6.0% | $10,594 | 18.4% | 124.4% | 40.3% | 149.0% |
| Greenup | Transitional | 5.5% | $16,014 | 14.1% | 113.9% | 60.9% | 114.1% |
| Harlan | Distressed | 9.7% | $10,015 | 32.5% | 200.0% | 38.1% | 262.5% |
| Hart | Transitional | 5.0% | $12,446 | 22.4% | 102.9% | 47.3% | 181.1% |
| Jackson | Distressed | 5.6% | $9,664 | 30.2% | 116.0% | 36.7% | 243.6% |
| Johnson | Distressed | 5.9% | $12,581 | 26.6% | 121.8% | 47.8% | 214.6% |
| Knott | Distressed | 6.4% | $10,669 | 31.1% | 132.4% | 40.6% | 251.0% |
| Knox | Distressed | 6.3% | $11,606 | 34.8% | 129.8% | 44.1% | 281.4% |
| Laurel | Transitional | 5.1% | $16,577 | 21.3% | 105.5% | 63.0% | 171.7% |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 8.6% | $10,515 | 30.7% | 178.2% | 40.0% | 248.0% |
| Lee | Distressed | 6.4% | $9,432 | 30.4% | 132.0% | 35.9% | 245.8% |
| Leslie | Distressed | 5.7% | $9,853 | 32.7% | 117.1% | 37.5% | 263.8% |
| Letcher | Distressed | 8.7% | $11,350 | 27.1% | 179.1% | 43.1% | 218.9% |
| Lewis | Distressed | 13.0% | $8,481 | 28.5% | 268.2% | 32.2% | 230.2% |
| Lincoln | Transitional | 5.5% | $14,227 | 21.1% | 114.6% | 54.1% | 170.8% |
| Madison | Transitional | 3.9% | $18,315 | 16.8% | 81.6% | 69.6% | 135.4% |
| Magoffin | Distressed | 12.9% | $8,702 | 36.6% | 266.8% | 33.1% | 296.0% |
| Martin | Distressed | 6.9% | $10,716 | 37.0% | 143.3% | 40.7% | 298.8% |
| McCreary | Distressed | 9.9% | $8,102 | 32.2% | 204.6% | 30.8% | 260.1% |
| Menifee | Distressed | 6.6% | $9,969 | 29.6% | 137.3% | 37.9% | 239.0% |
| Monroe | Distressed | 10.9% | $12,969 | 23.4% | 224.2% | 49.3% | 188.7% |
| Montgomery | Transitional | 5.5% | $16,519 | 15.2% | 113.2% | 62.8% | 122.6% |
| Morgan | Distressed | 8.8% | $9,237 | 27.2% | 182.0% | 35.1% | 219.9% |
| Owsley | Distressed | 4.7% | $8,086 | 45.4% | 97.8% | 30.7% | 366.6% |
| Perry | Distressed | 6.4% | $14,079 | 29.1% | 131.8% | 53.5% | 235.1% |
| Pike | Transitional | 5.3% | $15,382 | 23.4% | 110.3% | 58.5% | 189.2% |
| Powell | Transitional | 7.0% | $11,603 | 23.5% | 145.5% | 44.1% | 189.6% |
| Pulaski | Transitional | 6.0% | $15,814 | 19.1% | 124.6% | 60.1% | 154.2% |
| Rockcastle | Transitional | 6.3% | $11,492 | 23.1% | 130.9% | 43.7% | 186.7% |
| Rowan | Transitional | 5.1% | $13,788 | 21.3% | 106.2% | 52.4% | 171.7% |
| Russell | Distressed | 9.3% | $11,906 | 24.3% | 191.3% | 45.3% | 196.2% |
| Wayne | Distressed | 7.0% | $10,975 | 29.4% | 144.8% | 41.7% | 237.2% |
| Whitley | Distressed | 6.0% | $11,177 | 26.4% | 124.8% | 42.5% | 213.0% |
| Wolfe | Distressed | 8.4% | $8,092 | 35.9% | 174.5% | 30.8% | 290.1% |
