| County Economic Status, FY 2010 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2005–2007 | Per Capita Market Income, 2006 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2005–2007 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2006 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2010 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2010 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2010 |
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United States | - | 4.8% | $31,315 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $23,384 | 13.6% | 104.5% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
Pennsylvania | - | 4.6% | $30,195 | 11.0% | 97.0% | 96.4% | 103.7% | 88.7% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.0% | $25,641 | 11.4% | 104.4% | 81.9% | 122.1% | 92.1% | - | - | - |
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County |
Allegheny | Competitive | 4.5% | $35,950 | 11.2% | 94.4% | 114.8% | 87.1% | 90.4% | 90.6 | 502 | 1 |
Armstrong | Transitional | 5.4% | $22,782 | 11.7% | 113.5% | 72.8% | 137.5% | 94.2% | 115.1 | 1,450 | 2 |
Beaver | Transitional | 4.9% | $23,472 | 9.4% | 103.4% | 75.0% | 133.4% | 75.6% | 104.2 | 1,020 | 2 |
Bedford | Transitional | 6.2% | $18,872 | 10.3% | 129.1% | 60.3% | 165.9% | 82.8% | 125.9 | 1,825 | 3 |
Blair | Transitional | 4.6% | $21,468 | 12.6% | 96.4% | 68.6% | 145.9% | 102.1% | 114.8 | 1,435 | 2 |
Bradford | Transitional | 4.8% | $20,341 | 11.8% | 100.6% | 65.0% | 153.9% | 95.6% | 116.7 | 1,505 | 2 |
Butler | Competitive | 4.4% | $29,381 | 9.1% | 91.4% | 93.8% | 106.6% | 73.4% | 90.4 | 491 | 1 |
Cambria | Transitional | 5.6% | $19,558 | 12.5% | 117.0% | 62.5% | 160.1% | 100.9% | 126.0 | 1,830 | 3 |
Cameron | Transitional | 6.3% | $20,414 | 9.4% | 132.4% | 65.2% | 153.4% | 76.3% | 120.7 | 1,650 | 3 |
Carbon | Transitional | 5.7% | $21,985 | 9.5% | 119.5% | 70.2% | 142.4% | 76.8% | 112.9 | 1,365 | 2 |
Centre | Transitional | 3.7% | $25,716 | 18.8% | 77.7% | 82.1% | 121.8% | 151.9% | 117.1 | 1,521 | 2 |
Clarion | Transitional | 4.8% | $21,222 | 15.4% | 101.2% | 67.8% | 147.6% | 124.6% | 124.5 | 1,781 | 3 |
Clearfield | Transitional | 5.5% | $19,232 | 12.5% | 116.1% | 61.4% | 162.8% | 101.1% | 126.7 | 1,855 | 3 |
Clinton | Transitional | 5.6% | $19,451 | 14.2% | 116.9% | 62.1% | 161.0% | 114.7% | 130.8 | 1,979 | 3 |
Columbia | Transitional | 5.4% | $21,949 | 13.1% | 114.1% | 70.1% | 142.7% | 105.8% | 120.9 | 1,655 | 3 |
Crawford | Transitional | 5.3% | $19,047 | 12.8% | 110.5% | 60.8% | 164.4% | 103.2% | 126.0 | 1,831 | 3 |
Elk | Competitive | 4.8% | $23,401 | 7.0% | 99.8% | 74.7% | 133.8% | 56.7% | 96.8 | 729 | 1 |
Erie | Transitional | 5.1% | $22,447 | 12.0% | 106.0% | 71.7% | 139.5% | 96.9% | 114.1 | 1,407 | 2 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 6.3% | $18,250 | 18.0% | 132.2% | 58.3% | 171.6% | 145.5% | 149.8 | 2,466 | 4 |
Forest | Distressed | 7.7% | $11,990 | 16.4% | 160.5% | 38.3% | 261.2% | 132.7% | 184.8 | 2,901 | 4 |
Fulton | Transitional | 4.7% | $25,004 | 10.8% | 99.2% | 79.8% | 125.2% | 87.4% | 103.9 | 1,006 | 2 |
Greene | Transitional | 5.7% | $17,518 | 15.9% | 118.4% | 55.9% | 178.8% | 128.2% | 141.8 | 2,292 | 3 |
Huntingdon | Transitional | 5.4% | $18,463 | 11.3% | 113.9% | 59.0% | 169.6% | 91.7% | 125.1 | 1,803 | 3 |
Indiana | Transitional | 5.0% | $22,201 | 17.3% | 105.4% | 70.9% | 141.1% | 139.6% | 128.7 | 1,912 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 4.9% | $19,873 | 11.8% | 103.4% | 63.5% | 157.6% | 95.1% | 118.7 | 1,568 | 3 |
Juniata | Transitional | 4.2% | $22,583 | 9.5% | 88.0% | 72.1% | 138.7% | 76.4% | 101.0 | 899 | 2 |
Lackawanna | Transitional | 5.0% | $25,075 | 10.6% | 104.1% | 80.1% | 124.9% | 85.3% | 104.8 | 1,045 | 2 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 5.5% | $20,304 | 12.1% | 114.7% | 64.8% | 154.2% | 97.6% | 122.2 | 1,702 | 3 |
Luzerne | Transitional | 5.4% | $24,245 | 11.1% | 112.5% | 77.4% | 129.2% | 89.5% | 110.4 | 1,269 | 2 |
Lycoming | Transitional | 5.2% | $22,179 | 11.5% | 108.3% | 70.8% | 141.2% | 93.2% | 114.2 | 1,411 | 2 |
McKean | Transitional | 5.2% | $21,318 | 13.1% | 109.7% | 68.1% | 146.9% | 105.8% | 120.8 | 1,653 | 3 |
Mercer | Transitional | 5.8% | $20,885 | 11.5% | 121.0% | 66.7% | 149.9% | 92.8% | 121.2 | 1,663 | 3 |
Mifflin | Transitional | 5.3% | $18,333 | 12.5% | 111.3% | 58.5% | 170.8% | 100.9% | 127.7 | 1,885 | 3 |
Monroe | Transitional | 5.2% | $23,802 | 9.0% | 108.7% | 76.0% | 131.6% | 72.8% | 104.3 | 1,031 | 2 |
Montour | Competitive | 4.1% | $28,591 | 8.7% | 85.5% | 91.3% | 109.5% | 70.1% | 88.4 | 421 | 1 |
Northumberland | Transitional | 5.3% | $20,740 | 11.9% | 110.3% | 66.2% | 151.0% | 96.1% | 119.2 | 1,586 | 3 |
Perry | Competitive | 4.0% | $24,116 | 7.7% | 84.2% | 77.0% | 129.9% | 61.8% | 92.0 | 538 | 1 |
Pike | Transitional | 5.7% | $23,778 | 6.9% | 118.7% | 75.9% | 131.7% | 56.0% | 102.1 | 935 | 2 |
Potter | Transitional | 6.5% | $23,544 | 12.7% | 135.5% | 75.2% | 133.0% | 102.9% | 123.8 | 1,759 | 3 |
Schuylkill | Transitional | 5.4% | $20,125 | 9.5% | 113.2% | 64.3% | 155.6% | 76.9% | 115.2 | 1,458 | 2 |
Snyder | Transitional | 4.3% | $21,332 | 9.9% | 90.9% | 68.1% | 146.8% | 80.3% | 106.0 | 1,102 | 2 |
Somerset | Transitional | 5.6% | $18,849 | 11.8% | 118.1% | 60.2% | 166.1% | 95.1% | 126.5 | 1,845 | 3 |
Sullivan | Transitional | 5.3% | $18,073 | 14.5% | 110.2% | 57.7% | 173.3% | 116.8% | 133.4 | 2,054 | 3 |
Susquehanna | Transitional | 4.7% | $21,465 | 12.3% | 98.3% | 68.5% | 145.9% | 99.5% | 114.6 | 1,426 | 2 |
Tioga | Transitional | 5.6% | $17,601 | 13.5% | 116.7% | 56.2% | 177.9% | 109.2% | 134.6 | 2,088 | 3 |
Union | Transitional | 5.2% | $21,123 | 8.8% | 109.3% | 67.5% | 148.2% | 71.1% | 109.6 | 1,238 | 2 |
Venango | Transitional | 5.2% | $19,410 | 13.4% | 108.3% | 62.0% | 161.3% | 108.2% | 125.9 | 1,826 | 3 |
Warren | Transitional | 4.8% | $21,565 | 9.9% | 101.5% | 68.9% | 145.2% | 79.8% | 108.9 | 1,211 | 2 |
Washington | Competitive | 5.0% | $29,524 | 9.8% | 104.3% | 94.3% | 106.1% | 79.5% | 96.6 | 723 | 1 |
Wayne | Transitional | 4.4% | $20,641 | 11.3% | 91.4% | 65.9% | 151.7% | 91.2% | 111.4 | 1,312 | 2 |
Westmoreland | Competitive | 4.9% | $27,123 | 8.6% | 103.1% | 86.6% | 115.5% | 69.7% | 96.1 | 698 | 1 |
Wyoming | Transitional | 5.2% | $22,083 | 10.2% | 108.3% | 70.5% | 141.8% | 82.4% | 110.8 | 1,284 | 2 |