| | County Economic Status, FY 2004 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1999-2001 | Per Capita Market Income, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1999-2001 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 4.3% | $25,676 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.7% | $19,736 | 13.6% | 108.3% | 76.9% | 110.2% |
| Kentucky | - | 4.7% | $19,957 | 15.8% | 108.3% | 77.7% | 127.8% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | - | 6.3% | $13,154 | 24.4% | 146.5% | 51.2% | 197.4% |
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| County |
| Adair | Distressed | 6.5% | $11,731 | 24.0% | 150.6% | 45.7% | 193.7% |
| Bath | Distressed | 6.6% | $13,565 | 21.9% | 152.9% | 52.8% | 177.0% |
| Bell | Distressed | 6.9% | $10,138 | 31.1% | 158.8% | 39.5% | 251.0% |
| Boyd | Transitional | 6.2% | $20,108 | 15.5% | 143.7% | 78.3% | 124.8% |
| Breathitt | Distressed | 9.0% | $9,295 | 33.2% | 208.9% | 36.2% | 268.4% |
| Carter | Distressed | 12.2% | $13,154 | 22.3% | 282.0% | 51.2% | 180.2% |
| Casey | Distressed | 6.9% | $11,697 | 25.5% | 160.4% | 45.6% | 206.4% |
| Clark | Competitive | 3.9% | $21,723 | 10.6% | 90.5% | 84.6% | 86.0% |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.6% | $8,761 | 39.7% | 152.5% | 34.1% | 320.8% |
| Clinton | Distressed | 4.4% | $11,891 | 25.8% | 101.2% | 46.3% | 208.1% |
| Cumberland | Distressed | 6.9% | $9,707 | 23.8% | 159.2% | 37.8% | 192.4% |
| Edmonson | Transitional | 5.5% | $11,782 | 18.4% | 127.8% | 45.9% | 148.4% |
| Elliott | Distressed | 12.7% | $7,736 | 25.9% | 293.6% | 30.1% | 209.4% |
| Estill | Distressed | 5.3% | $12,720 | 26.4% | 122.8% | 49.5% | 213.6% |
| Fleming | Transitional | 4.9% | $13,309 | 18.6% | 112.9% | 51.8% | 150.7% |
| Floyd | Distressed | 7.2% | $11,731 | 30.3% | 166.4% | 45.7% | 244.5% |
| Garrard | Transitional | 3.3% | $14,479 | 14.7% | 75.3% | 56.4% | 118.4% |
| Green | Transitional | 9.2% | $10,954 | 18.4% | 211.5% | 42.7% | 149.0% |
| Greenup | Transitional | 6.0% | $15,596 | 14.1% | 137.8% | 60.7% | 114.1% |
| Harlan | Distressed | 10.2% | $9,515 | 32.5% | 235.4% | 37.1% | 262.5% |
| Hart | Transitional | 5.2% | $12,575 | 22.4% | 119.2% | 49.0% | 181.1% |
| Jackson | Distressed | 5.4% | $10,106 | 30.2% | 124.1% | 39.4% | 243.6% |
| Johnson | Distressed | 6.5% | $12,026 | 26.6% | 150.4% | 46.8% | 214.6% |
| Knott | Distressed | 7.6% | $10,426 | 31.1% | 176.3% | 40.6% | 251.0% |
| Knox | Distressed | 5.8% | $10,648 | 34.8% | 134.3% | 41.5% | 281.4% |
| Laurel | Transitional | 4.7% | $15,713 | 21.3% | 108.7% | 61.2% | 171.7% |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 9.6% | $10,293 | 30.7% | 221.7% | 40.1% | 248.0% |
| Lee | Distressed | 6.0% | $9,279 | 30.4% | 138.9% | 36.1% | 245.8% |
| Leslie | Distressed | 5.1% | $9,925 | 32.7% | 117.2% | 38.7% | 263.8% |
| Letcher | Distressed | 8.8% | $10,465 | 27.1% | 202.1% | 40.8% | 218.9% |
| Lewis | Distressed | 14.2% | $8,851 | 28.5% | 328.0% | 34.5% | 230.2% |
| Lincoln | Transitional | 4.7% | $14,201 | 21.1% | 107.5% | 55.3% | 170.8% |
| Madison | Transitional | 3.2% | $17,889 | 16.8% | 74.3% | 69.7% | 135.4% |
| Magoffin | Distressed | 13.3% | $8,500 | 36.6% | 307.6% | 33.1% | 296.0% |
| Martin | Distressed | 8.9% | $9,879 | 37.0% | 206.5% | 38.5% | 298.8% |
| McCreary | Distressed | 8.7% | $7,797 | 32.2% | 201.1% | 30.4% | 260.1% |
| Menifee | Distressed | 6.9% | $10,175 | 29.6% | 159.1% | 39.6% | 239.0% |
| Monroe | Distressed | 12.5% | $13,066 | 23.4% | 289.1% | 50.9% | 188.7% |
| Montgomery | Transitional | 5.2% | $16,737 | 15.2% | 118.9% | 65.2% | 122.6% |
| Morgan | Distressed | 8.3% | $8,914 | 27.2% | 190.8% | 34.7% | 219.9% |
| Owsley | Distressed | 5.0% | $7,901 | 45.4% | 115.5% | 30.8% | 366.6% |
| Perry | Distressed | 6.7% | $13,543 | 29.1% | 154.8% | 52.7% | 235.1% |
| Pike | Transitional | 6.1% | $14,749 | 23.4% | 139.8% | 57.4% | 189.2% |
| Powell | Distressed | 6.5% | $11,363 | 23.5% | 150.5% | 44.3% | 189.6% |
| Pulaski | Transitional | 5.3% | $15,615 | 19.1% | 122.3% | 60.8% | 154.2% |
| Rockcastle | Transitional | 6.1% | $11,500 | 23.1% | 141.8% | 44.8% | 186.7% |
| Rowan | Transitional | 4.6% | $13,568 | 21.3% | 106.1% | 52.8% | 171.7% |
| Russell | Distressed | 9.7% | $11,821 | 24.3% | 224.5% | 46.0% | 196.2% |
| Wayne | Distressed | 7.1% | $10,148 | 29.4% | 164.2% | 39.5% | 237.2% |
| Whitley | Distressed | 5.5% | $11,219 | 26.4% | 128.1% | 43.7% | 213.0% |
| Wolfe | Distressed | 7.8% | $8,547 | 35.9% | 179.4% | 33.3% | 290.1% |
