| | County Economic Status, FY 2008 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, 2004 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2004 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2004 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2008 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2008 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2008 |
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| United States | - | 5.5% | $28,187 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $21,587 | 13.6% | 100.6% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 5.4% | $27,436 | 11.0% | 97.0% | 97.3% | 102.7% | 88.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.8% | $23,502 | 11.4% | 105.0% | 83.4% | 119.9% | 92.1% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Competitive | 5.3% | $33,148 | 11.2% | 96.6% | 117.6% | 85.0% | 90.4% | 90.7 | 589 | 1 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 6.6% | $20,271 | 11.7% | 120.0% | 71.9% | 139.1% | 94.2% | 117.8 | 1,646 | 3 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 5.8% | $20,728 | 9.4% | 105.6% | 73.5% | 136.0% | 75.6% | 105.8 | 1,198 | 2 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 7.8% | $17,752 | 10.3% | 140.6% | 63.0% | 158.8% | 82.8% | 127.4 | 1,986 | 3 |
| Blair | Transitional | 5.4% | $19,949 | 12.6% | 97.0% | 70.8% | 141.3% | 102.1% | 113.5 | 1,486 | 2 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 5.2% | $19,113 | 11.8% | 94.5% | 67.8% | 147.5% | 95.6% | 112.5 | 1,448 | 2 |
| Butler | Competitive | 5.3% | $25,935 | 9.1% | 95.0% | 92.0% | 108.7% | 73.4% | 92.3 | 670 | 1 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 6.6% | $18,200 | 12.5% | 120.2% | 64.6% | 154.9% | 100.9% | 125.3 | 1,916 | 3 |
| Cameron | Transitional | 7.3% | $18,789 | 9.4% | 131.4% | 66.7% | 150.0% | 76.3% | 119.3 | 1,700 | 3 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 6.5% | $20,930 | 9.5% | 117.9% | 74.3% | 134.7% | 76.8% | 109.8 | 1,353 | 2 |
| Centre | Transitional | 4.1% | $23,175 | 18.8% | 74.0% | 82.2% | 121.6% | 151.9% | 115.8 | 1,572 | 3 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 5.4% | $19,618 | 15.4% | 97.1% | 69.6% | 143.7% | 124.6% | 121.8 | 1,787 | 3 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 6.7% | $18,056 | 12.5% | 121.0% | 64.1% | 156.1% | 101.1% | 126.1 | 1,940 | 3 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 6.6% | $17,997 | 14.2% | 118.8% | 63.8% | 156.6% | 114.7% | 130.0 | 2,077 | 3 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 6.3% | $21,593 | 13.1% | 113.5% | 76.6% | 130.5% | 105.8% | 116.6 | 1,596 | 3 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 6.4% | $17,683 | 12.8% | 115.8% | 62.7% | 159.4% | 103.2% | 126.1 | 1,943 | 3 |
| Elk | Transitional | 5.7% | $21,986 | 7.0% | 103.8% | 78.0% | 128.2% | 56.7% | 96.3 | 823 | 2 |
| Erie | Transitional | 6.1% | $21,139 | 12.0% | 109.8% | 75.0% | 133.3% | 96.9% | 113.3 | 1,483 | 2 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 7.5% | $17,889 | 18.0% | 135.1% | 63.5% | 157.6% | 145.5% | 146.0 | 2,470 | 4 |
| Forest | Distressed | 10.9% | $12,219 | 16.4% | 197.5% | 43.4% | 230.7% | 132.7% | 187.0 | 2,953 | 4 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 5.0% | $21,542 | 10.8% | 91.0% | 76.4% | 130.8% | 87.4% | 103.1 | 1,094 | 2 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 6.6% | $15,552 | 15.9% | 118.7% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 128.2% | 142.7 | 2,390 | 4 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 6.9% | $16,363 | 11.3% | 124.4% | 58.1% | 172.3% | 91.7% | 129.4 | 2,057 | 3 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 5.9% | $20,187 | 17.3% | 105.9% | 71.6% | 139.6% | 139.6% | 128.4 | 2,019 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.0% | $17,910 | 11.8% | 107.6% | 63.5% | 157.4% | 95.1% | 120.1 | 1,733 | 3 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 4.6% | $20,916 | 9.5% | 84.0% | 74.2% | 134.8% | 76.4% | 98.4 | 908 | 2 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 5.7% | $23,074 | 10.6% | 102.8% | 81.9% | 122.2% | 85.3% | 103.4 | 1,106 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.1% | $18,638 | 12.1% | 110.5% | 66.1% | 151.2% | 97.6% | 119.8 | 1,724 | 3 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 6.3% | $22,393 | 11.1% | 113.6% | 79.4% | 125.9% | 89.5% | 109.7 | 1,348 | 2 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 5.9% | $21,572 | 11.5% | 106.2% | 76.5% | 130.7% | 93.2% | 110.0 | 1,360 | 2 |
| McKean | Transitional | 5.9% | $19,518 | 13.1% | 107.2% | 69.2% | 144.4% | 105.8% | 119.1 | 1,697 | 3 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 6.2% | $18,739 | 11.5% | 112.4% | 66.5% | 150.4% | 92.8% | 118.5 | 1,668 | 3 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 6.4% | $17,163 | 12.5% | 116.5% | 60.9% | 164.2% | 100.9% | 127.2 | 1,974 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 5.6% | $21,902 | 9.0% | 101.3% | 77.7% | 128.7% | 72.8% | 100.9 | 1,013 | 2 |
| Montour | Competitive | 4.7% | $25,351 | 8.7% | 85.5% | 89.9% | 111.2% | 70.1% | 88.9 | 522 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 6.3% | $19,161 | 11.9% | 113.8% | 68.0% | 147.1% | 96.1% | 119.0 | 1,693 | 3 |
| Perry | Competitive | 4.7% | $22,579 | 7.7% | 85.6% | 80.1% | 124.8% | 61.8% | 90.8 | 598 | 1 |
| Pike | Transitional | 5.6% | $21,094 | 6.9% | 101.5% | 74.8% | 133.6% | 56.0% | 97.0 | 850 | 2 |
| Potter | Transitional | 6.9% | $19,667 | 12.7% | 124.2% | 69.8% | 143.3% | 102.9% | 123.5 | 1,848 | 3 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 6.6% | $19,269 | 9.5% | 119.5% | 68.4% | 146.3% | 76.9% | 114.2 | 1,513 | 2 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 4.6% | $20,487 | 9.9% | 83.6% | 72.7% | 137.6% | 80.3% | 100.5 | 995 | 2 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 6.4% | $16,896 | 11.8% | 115.5% | 59.9% | 166.8% | 95.1% | 125.8 | 1,931 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 5.8% | $17,513 | 14.5% | 104.8% | 62.1% | 160.9% | 116.8% | 127.5 | 1,990 | 3 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 5.6% | $18,913 | 12.3% | 101.6% | 67.1% | 149.0% | 99.5% | 116.7 | 1,601 | 3 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 5.9% | $16,345 | 13.5% | 107.5% | 58.0% | 172.5% | 109.2% | 129.7 | 2,069 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 5.3% | $19,553 | 8.8% | 96.1% | 69.4% | 144.2% | 71.1% | 103.8 | 1,120 | 2 |
| Venango | Transitional | 5.9% | $17,858 | 13.4% | 107.5% | 63.4% | 157.8% | 108.2% | 124.5 | 1,887 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.8% | $19,484 | 9.9% | 104.2% | 69.1% | 144.7% | 79.8% | 109.6 | 1,346 | 2 |
| Washington | Transitional | 5.7% | $24,942 | 9.8% | 103.8% | 88.5% | 113.0% | 79.5% | 98.8 | 929 | 2 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 5.0% | $19,739 | 11.3% | 90.4% | 70.0% | 142.8% | 91.2% | 108.1 | 1,283 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 5.7% | $23,825 | 8.6% | 103.4% | 84.5% | 118.3% | 69.7% | 97.1 | 856 | 2 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 5.7% | $19,199 | 10.2% | 103.2% | 68.1% | 146.8% | 82.4% | 110.8 | 1,386 | 2 |
