| | County Economic Status, FY 2007 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, 2003 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2003 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2003 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2007 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2007 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2007 |
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| United States | - | 5.8% | $26,880 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.7% | $20,811 | 13.6% | 99.6% | 77.4% | - | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Kentucky | - | 5.7% | $21,730 | 15.8% | 99.3% | 80.8% | - | 127.8% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Kentucky | - | 6.8% | $13,986 | 24.4% | 118.5% | 52.0% | - | 197.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Adair | At-Risk | 5.4% | $13,282 | 24.0% | 93.9% | 49.4% | 202.4% | 193.7% | 163 | 2,752 | 4 |
| Bath | At-Risk | 7.3% | $14,258 | 21.9% | 127.1% | 53.0% | 188.5% | 177.0% | 164 | 2,763 | 4 |
| Bell | Distressed | 8.1% | $10,834 | 31.1% | 140.8% | 40.3% | 248.1% | 251.0% | 213 | 3,052 | 4 |
| Boyd | Transitional | 6.5% | $21,109 | 15.5% | 112.0% | 78.5% | 127.3% | 124.8% | 121 | 1,793 | 3 |
| Breathitt | Distressed | 8.0% | $10,926 | 33.2% | 139.0% | 40.6% | 246.0% | 268.4% | 218 | 3,061 | 4 |
| Carter | Distressed | 8.8% | $12,931 | 22.3% | 152.5% | 48.1% | 207.9% | 180.2% | 180 | 2,930 | 4 |
| Casey | Distressed | 6.4% | $12,724 | 25.5% | 110.5% | 47.3% | 211.3% | 206.4% | 176 | 2,900 | 4 |
| Clark | Transitional | 5.4% | $23,290 | 10.6% | 93.8% | 86.6% | 115.4% | 86.0% | 98 | 941 | 2 |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.6% | $8,678 | 39.7% | 166.0% | 32.3% | 309.8% | 320.8% | 266 | 3,097 | 4 |
| Clinton | Distressed | 8.2% | $12,082 | 25.8% | 141.5% | 44.9% | 222.5% | 208.1% | 191 | 2,980 | 4 |
| Cumberland | Distressed | 6.5% | $10,580 | 23.8% | 112.6% | 39.4% | 254.1% | 192.4% | 186 | 2,964 | 4 |
| Edmonson | At-Risk | 6.6% | $12,610 | 18.4% | 114.7% | 46.9% | 213.2% | 148.4% | 159 | 2,703 | 4 |
| Elliott | Distressed | 8.9% | $9,334 | 25.9% | 154.0% | 34.7% | 288.0% | 209.4% | 217 | 3,060 | 4 |
| Estill | Distressed | 7.1% | $12,346 | 26.4% | 123.2% | 45.9% | 217.7% | 213.6% | 185 | 2,952 | 4 |
| Fleming | At-Risk | 5.7% | $13,897 | 18.6% | 98.2% | 51.7% | 193.4% | 150.7% | 147 | 2,508 | 4 |
| Floyd | Distressed | 7.5% | $13,309 | 30.3% | 130.6% | 49.5% | 202.0% | 244.5% | 192 | 2,988 | 4 |
| Garrard | Transitional | 5.4% | $17,193 | 14.7% | 93.8% | 64.0% | 156.3% | 118.4% | 123 | 1,834 | 3 |
| Green | At-Risk | 5.5% | $12,749 | 18.4% | 95.9% | 47.4% | 210.8% | 149.0% | 152 | 2,609 | 4 |
| Greenup | Transitional | 6.3% | $17,658 | 14.1% | 109.9% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 114.1% | 125 | 1,935 | 3 |
| Harlan | Distressed | 8.9% | $10,605 | 32.5% | 153.5% | 39.5% | 253.5% | 262.5% | 223 | 3,071 | 4 |
| Hart | At-Risk | 5.5% | $12,191 | 22.4% | 95.6% | 45.4% | 220.5% | 181.1% | 166 | 2,785 | 4 |
| Jackson | Distressed | 7.3% | $9,452 | 30.2% | 127.0% | 35.2% | 284.4% | 243.6% | 218 | 3,063 | 4 |
| Johnson | Distressed | 6.5% | $13,933 | 26.6% | 112.8% | 51.8% | 192.9% | 214.6% | 173 | 2,873 | 4 |
| Knott | Distressed | 6.5% | $10,949 | 31.1% | 112.0% | 40.7% | 245.5% | 251.0% | 203 | 3,017 | 4 |
| Knox | Distressed | 7.1% | $12,675 | 34.8% | 123.1% | 47.2% | 212.1% | 281.4% | 206 | 3,026 | 4 |
| Laurel | At-Risk | 6.0% | $15,554 | 21.3% | 103.9% | 57.9% | 172.8% | 171.7% | 150 | 2,560 | 4 |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 8.2% | $10,845 | 30.7% | 141.7% | 40.3% | 247.9% | 248.0% | 213 | 3,046 | 4 |
| Lee | Distressed | 8.0% | $9,943 | 30.4% | 139.3% | 37.0% | 270.3% | 245.8% | 219 | 3,064 | 4 |
| Leslie | Distressed | 8.9% | $10,170 | 32.7% | 154.6% | 37.8% | 264.3% | 263.8% | 228 | 3,078 | 4 |
| Letcher | Distressed | 8.6% | $12,351 | 27.1% | 149.3% | 45.9% | 217.6% | 218.9% | 195 | 2,993 | 4 |
| Lewis | Distressed | 8.0% | $9,968 | 28.5% | 137.9% | 37.1% | 269.7% | 230.2% | 213 | 3,048 | 4 |
| Lincoln | At-Risk | 7.1% | $13,863 | 21.1% | 123.7% | 51.6% | 193.9% | 170.8% | 163 | 2,748 | 4 |
| Madison | Transitional | 5.0% | $17,709 | 16.8% | 86.4% | 65.9% | 151.8% | 135.4% | 125 | 1,901 | 3 |
| Magoffin | Distressed | 12.0% | $10,624 | 36.6% | 208.6% | 39.5% | 253.0% | 296.0% | 253 | 3,092 | 4 |
| Martin | Distressed | 7.7% | $11,768 | 37.0% | 134.4% | 43.8% | 228.4% | 298.8% | 221 | 3,067 | 4 |
| McCreary | Distressed | 9.0% | $8,203 | 32.2% | 156.6% | 30.5% | 327.7% | 260.1% | 248 | 3,090 | 4 |
| Menifee | Distressed | 8.1% | $10,246 | 29.6% | 140.7% | 38.1% | 262.3% | 239.0% | 214 | 3,054 | 4 |
| Monroe | Distressed | 6.3% | $12,909 | 23.4% | 109.3% | 48.0% | 208.2% | 188.7% | 169 | 2,820 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Transitional | 6.4% | $17,640 | 15.2% | 110.9% | 65.6% | 152.4% | 122.6% | 129 | 2,052 | 3 |
| Morgan | Distressed | 9.0% | $10,467 | 27.2% | 156.6% | 38.9% | 256.8% | 219.9% | 211 | 3,044 | 4 |
| Owsley | Distressed | 7.5% | $8,952 | 45.4% | 130.9% | 33.3% | 300.3% | 366.6% | 266 | 3,098 | 4 |
| Perry | Distressed | 8.2% | $13,668 | 29.1% | 142.6% | 50.8% | 196.7% | 235.1% | 192 | 2,984 | 4 |
| Pike | At-Risk | 7.2% | $14,564 | 23.4% | 124.2% | 54.2% | 184.6% | 189.2% | 166 | 2,790 | 4 |
| Powell | Distressed | 8.1% | $13,518 | 23.5% | 140.9% | 50.3% | 198.8% | 189.6% | 176 | 2,904 | 4 |
| Pulaski | At-Risk | 6.4% | $16,107 | 19.1% | 110.3% | 59.9% | 166.9% | 154.2% | 144 | 2,442 | 4 |
| Rockcastle | Distressed | 5.6% | $11,979 | 23.1% | 97.4% | 44.6% | 224.4% | 186.7% | 170 | 2,826 | 4 |
| Rowan | At-Risk | 5.1% | $15,121 | 21.3% | 89.2% | 56.3% | 177.8% | 171.7% | 146 | 2,490 | 4 |
| Russell | Distressed | 6.9% | $12,868 | 24.3% | 120.1% | 47.9% | 208.9% | 196.2% | 175 | 2,890 | 4 |
| Wayne | Distressed | 6.2% | $12,175 | 29.4% | 107.4% | 45.3% | 220.8% | 237.2% | 188 | 2,972 | 4 |
| Whitley | Distressed | 6.6% | $12,481 | 26.4% | 114.2% | 46.4% | 215.4% | 213.0% | 181 | 2,932 | 4 |
| Wolfe | Distressed | 9.2% | $8,957 | 35.9% | 160.0% | 33.3% | 300.1% | 290.1% | 250 | 3,091 | 4 |
