| County Economic Status, FY 2002 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, 1998 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1998 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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United States | - | 4.6% | $23,564 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $18,344 | 15.4% | 109.5% | 77.8% | 117.1% |
Kentucky | - | 4.8% | $18,354 | 19.0% | 105.8% | 77.9% | 145.1% |
Appalachian Kentucky | - | 7.0% | $12,069 | 29.0% | 153.1% | 51.2% | 221.0% |
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County |
Adair | Distressed | 14.5% | $10,881 | 25.1% | 317.2% | 46.2% | 191.6% |
Bath | Distressed | 6.1% | $12,901 | 27.3% | 133.5% | 54.8% | 207.7% |
Bell | Distressed | 6.7% | $9,681 | 36.2% | 147.0% | 41.1% | 276.2% |
Boyd | Transitional | 6.8% | $18,787 | 16.5% | 148.5% | 79.7% | 125.9% |
Breathitt | Distressed | 8.9% | $8,361 | 39.5% | 195.0% | 35.5% | 301.1% |
Carter | Distressed | 12.0% | $11,495 | 26.8% | 263.6% | 48.8% | 204.0% |
Casey | Distressed | 7.9% | $10,766 | 29.4% | 172.6% | 45.7% | 224.4% |
Clark | Transitional | 3.6% | $19,543 | 17.7% | 78.7% | 82.9% | 134.6% |
Clay | Distressed | 7.6% | $8,869 | 40.2% | 167.7% | 37.6% | 306.3% |
Clinton | Distressed | 5.7% | $8,907 | 38.1% | 126.0% | 37.8% | 290.4% |
Cumberland | Distressed | 8.2% | $8,430 | 31.6% | 179.0% | 35.8% | 240.7% |
Edmonson | Distressed | 7.1% | $10,980 | 27.0% | 156.1% | 46.6% | 205.8% |
Elliott | Distressed | 14.1% | $7,569 | 38.0% | 309.1% | 32.1% | 290.0% |
Estill | Distressed | 5.3% | $10,741 | 29.0% | 115.9% | 45.6% | 221.3% |
Fleming | Transitional | 6.4% | $12,326 | 25.4% | 139.6% | 52.3% | 193.9% |
Floyd | Distressed | 7.8% | $10,775 | 31.2% | 170.9% | 45.7% | 238.0% |
Garrard | Transitional | 3.0% | $14,073 | 18.1% | 65.9% | 59.7% | 137.6% |
Green | Distressed | 13.2% | $10,874 | 21.6% | 290.6% | 46.1% | 164.5% |
Greenup | Transitional | 6.5% | $14,710 | 17.6% | 143.2% | 62.4% | 134.3% |
Harlan | Distressed | 12.1% | $8,624 | 33.1% | 266.3% | 36.6% | 252.2% |
Hart | Distressed | 5.6% | $12,142 | 27.1% | 123.3% | 51.5% | 207.0% |
Jackson | Distressed | 5.0% | $9,295 | 38.2% | 108.8% | 39.4% | 291.5% |
Johnson | Distressed | 7.1% | $10,942 | 28.7% | 156.5% | 46.4% | 219.0% |
Knott | Distressed | 7.7% | $9,718 | 40.4% | 168.1% | 41.2% | 307.9% |
Knox | Distressed | 7.1% | $9,149 | 38.9% | 154.9% | 38.8% | 296.5% |
Laurel | Transitional | 5.5% | $14,184 | 24.8% | 120.2% | 60.2% | 188.8% |
Lawrence | Distressed | 10.7% | $9,452 | 36.0% | 235.2% | 40.1% | 274.7% |
Lee | Distressed | 6.0% | $8,311 | 37.4% | 131.7% | 35.3% | 285.1% |
Leslie | Distressed | 6.4% | $9,981 | 35.6% | 140.1% | 42.4% | 271.2% |
Letcher | Distressed | 8.6% | $9,468 | 31.8% | 188.5% | 40.2% | 242.2% |
Lewis | Distressed | 13.7% | $9,283 | 30.7% | 301.7% | 39.4% | 234.0% |
Lincoln | Distressed | 4.0% | $12,935 | 27.2% | 87.7% | 54.9% | 207.1% |
Madison | Transitional | 2.7% | $17,067 | 21.2% | 59.8% | 72.4% | 161.6% |
Magoffin | Distressed | 13.7% | $7,677 | 42.5% | 301.4% | 32.6% | 324.3% |
Martin | Distressed | 11.4% | $10,033 | 35.4% | 251.2% | 42.6% | 269.7% |
McCreary | Distressed | 8.3% | $7,162 | 45.5% | 181.8% | 30.4% | 346.6% |
Menifee | Distressed | 7.6% | $10,004 | 35.0% | 166.9% | 42.5% | 267.0% |
Monroe | Distressed | 7.7% | $13,712 | 26.9% | 168.6% | 58.2% | 205.3% |
Montgomery | Transitional | 4.7% | $15,896 | 21.0% | 103.7% | 67.5% | 160.2% |
Morgan | Distressed | 8.4% | $8,564 | 38.8% | 185.1% | 36.3% | 295.6% |
Owsley | Distressed | 5.2% | $6,083 | 52.1% | 113.1% | 25.8% | 397.4% |
Perry | Distressed | 7.3% | $11,579 | 32.1% | 160.2% | 49.1% | 245.0% |
Pike | Distressed | 7.4% | $12,988 | 25.4% | 161.6% | 55.1% | 193.7% |
Powell | Distressed | 6.1% | $10,510 | 26.2% | 134.6% | 44.6% | 200.0% |
Pulaski | Transitional | 5.5% | $13,767 | 22.7% | 120.4% | 58.4% | 173.0% |
Rockcastle | Distressed | 5.4% | $10,720 | 30.7% | 117.7% | 45.5% | 234.3% |
Rowan | Distressed | 4.2% | $11,817 | 28.9% | 91.7% | 50.1% | 220.5% |
Russell | Distressed | 17.5% | $10,643 | 25.6% | 383.4% | 45.2% | 195.4% |
Wayne | Distressed | 8.7% | $10,376 | 37.3% | 190.1% | 44.0% | 284.2% |
Whitley | Distressed | 6.2% | $10,178 | 33.0% | 137.0% | 43.2% | 251.6% |
Wolfe | Distressed | 5.9% | $7,626 | 44.3% | 129.2% | 32.4% | 337.5% |