| | 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% |
| Pennsylvania | - | 4.7% | $23,020 | 11.1% | 104.1% | 97.7% | 84.8% |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.4% | $19,776 | 12.5% | 118.9% | 83.9% | 95.0% |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Attainment | 4.1% | $26,594 | 11.5% | 90.3% | 112.9% | 88.0% |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 7.0% | $17,060 | 12.8% | 153.1% | 72.4% | 97.8% |
| Beaver | Transitional | 5.0% | $18,325 | 13.1% | 108.7% | 77.8% | 100.1% |
| Bedford | Transitional | 6.6% | $14,787 | 13.6% | 144.0% | 62.8% | 103.6% |
| Blair | Transitional | 5.1% | $17,541 | 14.1% | 111.1% | 74.4% | 107.6% |
| Bradford | Transitional | 4.8% | $16,024 | 13.3% | 106.4% | 68.0% | 101.1% |
| Butler | Competitive | 4.4% | $20,407 | 9.7% | 97.4% | 86.6% | 74.0% |
| Cambria | Transitional | 6.8% | $15,200 | 14.0% | 150.2% | 64.5% | 106.5% |
| Cameron | Transitional | 7.2% | $18,664 | 11.3% | 158.3% | 79.2% | 85.9% |
| Carbon | Transitional | 7.1% | $17,384 | 9.4% | 154.8% | 73.8% | 71.5% |
| Centre | Transitional | 2.8% | $20,560 | 18.2% | 62.3% | 87.3% | 138.6% |
| Clarion | Transitional | 5.6% | $16,166 | 18.1% | 123.2% | 68.6% | 137.8% |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 8.0% | $15,907 | 13.9% | 175.1% | 67.5% | 106.2% |
| Clinton | Transitional | 6.7% | $15,445 | 15.4% | 148.0% | 65.5% | 117.2% |
| Columbia | Transitional | 6.1% | $17,182 | 10.6% | 133.5% | 72.9% | 80.9% |
| Crawford | Transitional | 5.4% | $16,337 | 15.5% | 118.0% | 69.3% | 118.0% |
| Elk | Transitional | 6.0% | $20,117 | 9.5% | 132.8% | 85.4% | 72.4% |
| Erie | Transitional | 5.4% | $19,671 | 12.9% | 117.5% | 83.5% | 98.3% |
| Fayette | Distressed | 7.5% | $14,434 | 20.9% | 163.7% | 61.3% | 159.6% |
| Forest | Transitional | 8.8% | $12,508 | 11.8% | 192.9% | 53.1% | 89.6% |
| Fulton | Transitional | 5.5% | $16,646 | 12.2% | 121.8% | 70.6% | 93.1% |
| Greene | Distressed | 8.1% | $12,868 | 21.4% | 178.4% | 54.6% | 162.8% |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 9.1% | $13,909 | 13.4% | 198.8% | 59.0% | 102.3% |
| Indiana | Transitional | 7.4% | $16,676 | 18.7% | 163.5% | 70.8% | 142.3% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 7.0% | $16,441 | 13.6% | 154.7% | 69.8% | 103.5% |
| Juniata | Transitional | 7.2% | $15,668 | 9.8% | 158.8% | 66.5% | 74.5% |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 6.0% | $19,199 | 10.7% | 132.6% | 81.5% | 81.4% |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.0% | $16,155 | 13.9% | 131.3% | 68.6% | 106.0% |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 6.5% | $18,656 | 11.2% | 143.7% | 79.2% | 85.7% |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 5.8% | $17,799 | 11.5% | 126.8% | 75.5% | 87.3% |
| McKean | Transitional | 6.1% | $17,656 | 14.9% | 134.7% | 74.9% | 113.5% |
| Mercer | Transitional | 4.8% | $16,657 | 12.8% | 106.3% | 70.7% | 97.8% |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 6.8% | $14,666 | 13.4% | 148.9% | 62.2% | 101.8% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 6.9% | $19,097 | 7.3% | 151.3% | 81.0% | 55.4% |
| Montour | Attainment | 3.3% | $24,207 | 8.5% | 73.3% | 102.7% | 65.1% |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 6.1% | $16,426 | 11.6% | 133.2% | 69.7% | 88.4% |
| Perry | Transitional | 3.7% | $18,229 | 7.5% | 80.9% | 77.4% | 57.2% |
| Pike | Transitional | 4.4% | $18,049 | 7.1% | 95.5% | 76.6% | 54.0% |
| Potter | Transitional | 6.6% | $17,434 | 14.9% | 145.0% | 74.0% | 113.6% |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 7.1% | $17,016 | 10.7% | 155.9% | 72.2% | 81.2% |
| Snyder | Transitional | 4.6% | $17,641 | 11.0% | 101.8% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Somerset | Transitional | 6.5% | $15,413 | 14.3% | 143.7% | 65.4% | 109.1% |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 6.6% | $15,175 | 18.0% | 144.2% | 64.4% | 137.4% |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 5.8% | $16,719 | 12.1% | 128.4% | 71.0% | 92.3% |
| Tioga | Transitional | 5.7% | $14,942 | 14.6% | 124.4% | 63.4% | 111.4% |
| Union | Transitional | 3.7% | $16,948 | 10.3% | 82.0% | 71.9% | 78.7% |
| Venango | Transitional | 6.0% | $16,448 | 15.1% | 131.3% | 69.8% | 114.9% |
| Warren | Transitional | 4.6% | $17,673 | 9.6% | 101.8% | 75.0% | 73.5% |
| Washington | Transitional | 5.1% | $21,095 | 12.8% | 111.8% | 89.5% | 97.2% |
| Wayne | Transitional | 7.0% | $16,334 | 11.3% | 153.8% | 69.3% | 86.1% |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 5.2% | $20,053 | 10.7% | 114.8% | 85.1% | 81.7% |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 7.1% | $17,310 | 11.1% | 155.6% | 73.5% | 85.0% |
