| County Economic Status, FY 2009 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2004–2006 | Per Capita Market Income, 2005 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2004–2006 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2005 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2009 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2009 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2009 |
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United States | - | 5.1% | $29,323 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.3% | $22,437 | 13.6% | 104.8% | 76.5% | 130.7% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
Pennsylvania | - | 5.0% | $28,651 | 11.0% | 99.4% | 97.7% | 102.3% | 88.7% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.5% | $24,554 | 11.4% | 107.8% | 83.7% | 119.4% | 92.1% | - | - | - |
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County |
Allegheny | Competitive | 5.0% | $34,537 | 11.2% | 97.8% | 117.8% | 84.9% | 90.4% | 91.0 | 572 | 1 |
Armstrong | Transitional | 6.2% | $21,472 | 11.7% | 122.1% | 73.2% | 136.6% | 94.2% | 117.6 | 1,601 | 3 |
Beaver | Transitional | 5.4% | $21,943 | 9.4% | 106.9% | 74.8% | 133.6% | 75.6% | 105.4 | 1,168 | 2 |
Bedford | Transitional | 6.9% | $17,816 | 10.3% | 136.1% | 60.8% | 164.6% | 82.8% | 127.8 | 1,946 | 3 |
Blair | Transitional | 5.1% | $20,433 | 12.6% | 100.1% | 69.7% | 143.5% | 102.1% | 115.2 | 1,528 | 2 |
Bradford | Transitional | 5.0% | $19,317 | 11.8% | 98.0% | 65.9% | 151.8% | 95.6% | 115.1 | 1,520 | 2 |
Butler | Competitive | 5.0% | $27,512 | 9.1% | 97.6% | 93.8% | 106.6% | 73.4% | 92.5 | 622 | 1 |
Cambria | Transitional | 6.2% | $18,796 | 12.5% | 122.0% | 64.1% | 156.0% | 100.9% | 126.3 | 1,904 | 3 |
Cameron | Transitional | 6.9% | $19,445 | 9.4% | 135.1% | 66.3% | 150.8% | 76.3% | 120.7 | 1,717 | 3 |
Carbon | Transitional | 6.1% | $20,795 | 9.5% | 120.2% | 70.9% | 141.0% | 76.8% | 112.7 | 1,429 | 2 |
Centre | Transitional | 4.1% | $25,230 | 18.8% | 81.3% | 86.0% | 116.2% | 151.9% | 116.5 | 1,567 | 3 |
Clarion | Transitional | 5.3% | $21,242 | 15.4% | 104.1% | 72.4% | 138.0% | 124.6% | 122.2 | 1,763 | 3 |
Clearfield | Transitional | 6.1% | $18,569 | 12.5% | 120.7% | 63.3% | 157.9% | 101.1% | 126.6 | 1,912 | 3 |
Clinton | Transitional | 6.1% | $19,207 | 14.2% | 121.2% | 65.5% | 152.7% | 114.7% | 129.5 | 2,002 | 3 |
Columbia | Transitional | 6.0% | $21,909 | 13.1% | 119.0% | 74.7% | 133.8% | 105.8% | 119.6 | 1,675 | 3 |
Crawford | Transitional | 5.9% | $18,144 | 12.8% | 115.5% | 61.9% | 161.6% | 103.2% | 126.8 | 1,917 | 3 |
Elk | Competitive | 5.1% | $23,331 | 7.0% | 100.7% | 79.6% | 125.7% | 56.7% | 94.4 | 711 | 1 |
Erie | Transitional | 5.6% | $21,665 | 12.0% | 110.0% | 73.9% | 135.3% | 96.9% | 114.1 | 1,477 | 2 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 7.1% | $17,702 | 18.0% | 139.0% | 60.4% | 165.6% | 145.5% | 150.0 | 2,525 | 4 |
Forest | Distressed | 8.1% | $12,337 | 16.4% | 159.2% | 42.1% | 237.7% | 132.7% | 176.5 | 2,856 | 4 |
Fulton | Transitional | 4.5% | $23,952 | 10.8% | 88.2% | 81.7% | 122.4% | 87.4% | 99.3 | 914 | 2 |
Greene | At-Risk | 6.3% | $16,368 | 15.9% | 123.2% | 55.8% | 179.1% | 128.2% | 143.5 | 2,379 | 4 |
Huntingdon | Transitional | 6.1% | $17,647 | 11.3% | 120.3% | 60.2% | 166.2% | 91.7% | 126.1 | 1,899 | 3 |
Indiana | Transitional | 5.6% | $21,588 | 17.3% | 110.9% | 73.6% | 135.8% | 139.6% | 128.8 | 1,983 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 5.5% | $18,484 | 11.8% | 108.6% | 63.0% | 158.6% | 95.1% | 120.8 | 1,721 | 3 |
Juniata | Transitional | 4.4% | $22,540 | 9.5% | 86.5% | 76.9% | 130.1% | 76.4% | 97.7 | 836 | 2 |
Lackawanna | Transitional | 5.4% | $24,073 | 10.6% | 107.1% | 82.1% | 121.8% | 85.3% | 104.7 | 1,135 | 2 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 5.9% | $19,171 | 12.1% | 116.3% | 65.4% | 152.9% | 97.6% | 122.3 | 1,766 | 3 |
Luzerne | Transitional | 6.0% | $23,247 | 11.1% | 118.3% | 79.3% | 126.1% | 89.5% | 111.3 | 1,377 | 2 |
Lycoming | Transitional | 5.6% | $21,999 | 11.5% | 111.2% | 75.0% | 133.3% | 93.2% | 112.6 | 1,426 | 2 |
McKean | Transitional | 5.6% | $20,487 | 13.1% | 110.5% | 69.9% | 143.1% | 105.8% | 119.8 | 1,684 | 3 |
Mercer | Transitional | 6.1% | $19,739 | 11.5% | 119.5% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 92.8% | 120.3 | 1,698 | 3 |
Mifflin | Transitional | 5.9% | $18,295 | 12.5% | 115.8% | 62.4% | 160.3% | 100.9% | 125.7 | 1,887 | 3 |
Monroe | Transitional | 5.5% | $22,434 | 9.0% | 108.6% | 76.5% | 130.7% | 72.8% | 104.0 | 1,109 | 2 |
Montour | Competitive | 4.6% | $26,684 | 8.7% | 90.4% | 91.0% | 109.9% | 70.1% | 90.1 | 543 | 1 |
Northumberland | Transitional | 5.8% | $20,450 | 11.9% | 114.4% | 69.7% | 143.4% | 96.1% | 118.0 | 1,614 | 3 |
Perry | Competitive | 4.4% | $23,753 | 7.7% | 86.1% | 81.0% | 123.5% | 61.8% | 90.5 | 552 | 1 |
Pike | Transitional | 5.9% | $22,054 | 6.9% | 117.1% | 75.2% | 133.0% | 56.0% | 102.0 | 1,014 | 2 |
Potter | Transitional | 6.3% | $21,034 | 12.7% | 125.0% | 71.7% | 139.4% | 102.9% | 122.4 | 1,775 | 3 |
Schuylkill | Transitional | 6.1% | $19,768 | 9.5% | 120.3% | 67.4% | 148.3% | 76.9% | 115.2 | 1,522 | 2 |
Snyder | Transitional | 4.4% | $22,381 | 9.9% | 86.9% | 76.3% | 131.0% | 80.3% | 99.4 | 919 | 2 |
Somerset | Transitional | 6.0% | $18,297 | 11.8% | 118.3% | 62.4% | 160.3% | 95.1% | 124.6 | 1,857 | 3 |
Sullivan | Transitional | 5.8% | $17,769 | 14.5% | 114.9% | 60.6% | 165.0% | 116.8% | 132.2 | 2,096 | 3 |
Susquehanna | Transitional | 5.1% | $20,500 | 12.3% | 101.1% | 69.9% | 143.0% | 99.5% | 114.6 | 1,491 | 2 |
Tioga | Transitional | 5.7% | $17,178 | 13.5% | 112.9% | 58.6% | 170.7% | 109.2% | 130.9 | 2,046 | 3 |
Union | Transitional | 5.4% | $20,856 | 8.8% | 105.8% | 71.1% | 140.6% | 71.1% | 105.8 | 1,185 | 2 |
Venango | Transitional | 5.6% | $18,584 | 13.4% | 110.8% | 63.4% | 157.8% | 108.2% | 125.6 | 1,884 | 3 |
Warren | Transitional | 5.3% | $20,473 | 9.9% | 104.0% | 69.8% | 143.2% | 79.8% | 109.0 | 1,289 | 2 |
Washington | Transitional | 5.4% | $27,037 | 9.8% | 107.1% | 92.2% | 108.5% | 79.5% | 98.3 | 867 | 2 |
Wayne | Transitional | 4.7% | $20,259 | 11.3% | 93.5% | 69.1% | 144.7% | 91.2% | 109.8 | 1,319 | 2 |
Westmoreland | Transitional | 5.5% | $25,436 | 8.6% | 107.7% | 86.7% | 115.3% | 69.7% | 97.6 | 832 | 2 |
Wyoming | Transitional | 5.5% | $21,037 | 10.2% | 109.1% | 71.7% | 139.4% | 82.4% | 110.3 | 1,340 | 2 |