| | 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% |
| Kentucky | - | 4.4% | $19,303 | 19.0% | 103.6% | 77.8% | 145.1% |
| Appalachian Kentucky | - | 6.3% | $12,594 | 29.0% | 148.1% | 50.7% | 221.0% |
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| County |
| Adair | Distressed | 10.3% | $11,210 | 25.1% | 242.0% | 45.2% | 191.6% |
| Bath | Distressed | 5.9% | $12,813 | 27.3% | 138.9% | 51.6% | 207.7% |
| Bell | Distressed | 6.0% | $10,198 | 36.2% | 142.3% | 41.1% | 276.2% |
| Boyd | Transitional | 6.1% | $19,813 | 16.5% | 144.5% | 79.8% | 125.9% |
| Breathitt | Distressed | 8.4% | $9,028 | 39.5% | 196.8% | 36.4% | 301.1% |
| Carter | Distressed | 11.1% | $12,294 | 26.8% | 261.0% | 49.5% | 204.0% |
| Casey | Distressed | 7.0% | $10,796 | 29.4% | 164.7% | 43.5% | 224.4% |
| Clark | Transitional | 3.2% | $20,565 | 17.7% | 75.3% | 82.9% | 134.6% |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.7% | $9,396 | 40.2% | 156.8% | 37.9% | 306.3% |
| Clinton | Distressed | 4.6% | $10,376 | 38.1% | 108.8% | 41.8% | 290.4% |
| Cumberland | Distressed | 6.6% | $9,073 | 31.6% | 154.8% | 36.6% | 240.7% |
| Edmonson | Distressed | 5.8% | $11,416 | 27.0% | 135.8% | 46.0% | 205.8% |
| Elliott | Distressed | 13.2% | $7,805 | 38.0% | 311.1% | 31.4% | 290.0% |
| Estill | Distressed | 5.0% | $11,883 | 29.0% | 117.8% | 47.9% | 221.3% |
| Fleming | Transitional | 5.0% | $12,565 | 25.4% | 117.9% | 50.6% | 193.9% |
| Floyd | Distressed | 7.3% | $11,417 | 31.2% | 172.0% | 46.0% | 238.0% |
| Garrard | Transitional | 2.7% | $13,906 | 18.1% | 62.7% | 56.0% | 137.6% |
| Green | Distressed | 12.7% | $10,715 | 21.6% | 300.0% | 43.2% | 164.5% |
| Greenup | Transitional | 6.0% | $15,089 | 17.6% | 140.8% | 60.8% | 134.3% |
| Harlan | Distressed | 11.4% | $8,886 | 33.1% | 267.8% | 35.8% | 252.2% |
| Hart | Distressed | 5.0% | $12,209 | 27.1% | 117.7% | 49.2% | 207.0% |
| Jackson | Distressed | 4.5% | $9,407 | 38.2% | 105.7% | 37.9% | 291.5% |
| Johnson | Distressed | 6.6% | $11,358 | 28.7% | 155.2% | 45.8% | 219.0% |
| Knott | Distressed | 7.7% | $10,101 | 40.4% | 181.7% | 40.7% | 307.9% |
| Knox | Distressed | 5.8% | $10,037 | 38.9% | 137.0% | 40.4% | 296.5% |
| Laurel | Transitional | 4.7% | $15,065 | 24.8% | 109.7% | 60.7% | 188.8% |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 9.5% | $9,916 | 36.0% | 224.2% | 40.0% | 274.7% |
| Lee | Distressed | 5.7% | $8,829 | 37.4% | 133.3% | 35.6% | 285.1% |
| Leslie | Distressed | 5.4% | $9,826 | 35.6% | 127.6% | 39.6% | 271.2% |
| Letcher | Distressed | 9.2% | $9,903 | 31.8% | 216.5% | 39.9% | 242.2% |
| Lewis | Distressed | 13.8% | $9,254 | 30.7% | 326.0% | 37.3% | 234.0% |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 3.7% | $13,108 | 27.2% | 87.8% | 52.8% | 207.1% |
| Madison | Transitional | 2.6% | $17,580 | 21.2% | 61.1% | 70.8% | 161.6% |
| Magoffin | Distressed | 13.7% | $7,859 | 42.5% | 321.7% | 31.7% | 324.3% |
| Martin | Distressed | 10.5% | $9,961 | 35.4% | 247.2% | 40.1% | 269.7% |
| McCreary | Distressed | 7.5% | $7,608 | 45.5% | 176.8% | 30.7% | 346.6% |
| Menifee | Distressed | 6.5% | $10,184 | 35.0% | 153.8% | 41.0% | 267.0% |
| Monroe | Distressed | 9.5% | $13,848 | 26.9% | 224.5% | 55.8% | 205.3% |
| Montgomery | Transitional | 4.4% | $16,473 | 21.0% | 103.8% | 66.4% | 160.2% |
| Morgan | Distressed | 7.7% | $8,659 | 38.8% | 180.8% | 34.9% | 295.6% |
| Owsley | Distressed | 4.7% | $6,826 | 52.1% | 110.5% | 27.5% | 397.4% |
| Perry | Distressed | 6.9% | $12,384 | 32.1% | 163.2% | 49.9% | 245.0% |
| Pike | Distressed | 6.7% | $13,893 | 25.4% | 158.4% | 56.0% | 193.7% |
| Powell | Distressed | 5.5% | $10,573 | 26.2% | 130.5% | 42.6% | 200.0% |
| Pulaski | Transitional | 4.8% | $14,366 | 22.7% | 112.1% | 57.9% | 173.0% |
| Rockcastle | Distressed | 5.1% | $11,223 | 30.7% | 119.1% | 45.2% | 234.3% |
| Rowan | Distressed | 3.7% | $12,446 | 28.9% | 86.5% | 50.1% | 220.5% |
| Russell | Distressed | 15.7% | $11,179 | 25.6% | 370.1% | 45.0% | 195.4% |
| Wayne | Distressed | 7.7% | $10,034 | 37.3% | 182.5% | 40.4% | 284.2% |
| Whitley | Distressed | 5.4% | $10,872 | 33.0% | 126.4% | 43.8% | 251.6% |
| Wolfe | Distressed | 6.2% | $7,862 | 44.3% | 146.2% | 31.7% | 337.5% |
