| 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% | - | - | - |
North Carolina | - | 6.2% | $23,635 | 12.3% | 107.7% | 87.9% | - | 99.2% | - | - | - |
Appalachian North Carolina | - | 6.0% | $21,335 | 11.7% | 104.6% | 79.4% | - | 94.7% | - | - | - |
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County |
Alexander | Transitional | 6.7% | $20,287 | 8.5% | 116.5% | 75.5% | 132.5% | 68.5% | 106 | 1,214 | 2 |
Alleghany | At-Risk | 8.3% | $18,398 | 17.2% | 143.6% | 68.4% | 146.1% | 138.6% | 143 | 2,416 | 4 |
Ashe | Transitional | 6.9% | $18,126 | 13.5% | 120.2% | 67.4% | 148.3% | 108.7% | 126 | 1,940 | 3 |
Avery | Transitional | 5.6% | $18,084 | 15.3% | 97.5% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 123.3% | 123 | 1,850 | 3 |
Buncombe | Transitional | 4.6% | $22,771 | 11.4% | 80.5% | 84.7% | 118.0% | 92.4% | 97 | 870 | 2 |
Burke | Transitional | 7.5% | $18,584 | 10.7% | 129.6% | 69.1% | 144.6% | 86.3% | 120 | 1,756 | 3 |
Caldwell | Transitional | 8.0% | $20,333 | 10.7% | 138.6% | 75.6% | 132.2% | 86.5% | 119 | 1,720 | 3 |
Cherokee | At-Risk | 8.1% | $12,849 | 15.3% | 139.8% | 47.8% | 209.2% | 123.9% | 158 | 2,688 | 4 |
Clay | Transitional | 4.6% | $15,641 | 11.4% | 79.7% | 58.2% | 171.9% | 92.4% | 115 | 1,559 | 3 |
Davie | Competitive | 5.5% | $24,849 | 8.6% | 96.1% | 92.4% | 108.2% | 69.5% | 91 | 649 | 1 |
Forsyth | Competitive | 5.4% | $27,711 | 11.0% | 94.0% | 103.1% | 97.0% | 89.2% | 93 | 723 | 1 |
Graham | Distressed | 9.0% | $15,220 | 19.5% | 155.2% | 56.6% | 176.6% | 157.6% | 163 | 2,751 | 4 |
Haywood | Transitional | 5.3% | $18,533 | 11.5% | 92.8% | 68.9% | 145.0% | 93.0% | 110 | 1,383 | 2 |
Henderson | Competitive | 4.6% | $22,576 | 9.7% | 80.5% | 84.0% | 119.1% | 78.5% | 93 | 700 | 1 |
Jackson | Transitional | 4.5% | $18,037 | 15.1% | 77.5% | 67.1% | 149.0% | 122.2% | 116 | 1,629 | 3 |
Macon | Transitional | 4.9% | $18,020 | 12.6% | 85.1% | 67.0% | 149.2% | 102.0% | 112 | 1,459 | 2 |
Madison | Transitional | 5.5% | $16,221 | 15.4% | 94.6% | 60.3% | 165.7% | 124.3% | 128 | 2,035 | 3 |
McDowell | Transitional | 7.5% | $16,284 | 11.6% | 129.5% | 60.6% | 165.1% | 93.8% | 129 | 2,071 | 3 |
Mitchell | At-Risk | 8.8% | $14,088 | 13.8% | 152.0% | 52.4% | 190.8% | 111.7% | 152 | 2,597 | 4 |
Polk | Competitive | 4.7% | $26,697 | 10.1% | 81.1% | 99.3% | 100.7% | 81.4% | 88 | 510 | 1 |
Rutherford | At-Risk | 9.2% | $17,396 | 13.9% | 159.8% | 64.7% | 154.5% | 112.4% | 142 | 2,403 | 4 |
Stokes | Transitional | 5.8% | $19,471 | 9.1% | 101.1% | 72.4% | 138.0% | 73.3% | 104 | 1,155 | 2 |
Surry | Transitional | 7.3% | $18,867 | 12.4% | 126.5% | 70.2% | 142.5% | 100.3% | 123 | 1,848 | 3 |
Swain | At-Risk | 7.7% | $13,961 | 18.3% | 134.3% | 51.9% | 192.5% | 147.9% | 158 | 2,696 | 4 |
Transylvania | Transitional | 7.7% | $19,088 | 9.5% | 133.5% | 71.0% | 140.8% | 76.6% | 117 | 1,655 | 3 |
Watauga | Transitional | 3.8% | $20,841 | 17.9% | 65.1% | 77.5% | 129.0% | 144.7% | 113 | 1,496 | 2 |
Wilkes | Transitional | 7.4% | $19,484 | 11.9% | 128.5% | 72.5% | 138.0% | 95.8% | 121 | 1,773 | 3 |
Yadkin | Transitional | 5.7% | $19,279 | 10.0% | 99.5% | 71.7% | 139.4% | 80.5% | 107 | 1,232 | 2 |
Yancey | At-Risk | 7.9% | $14,292 | 15.8% | 137.0% | 53.2% | 188.1% | 127.4% | 151 | 2,582 | 4 |