| | 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% | - | - | - |
| South Carolina | - | 6.3% | $24,152 | 14.1% | 132.3% | 77.1% | 129.7% | 114.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian South Carolina | - | 6.2% | $24,339 | 11.7% | 129.0% | 77.7% | 128.7% | 94.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 6.7% | $22,220 | 12.0% | 140.6% | 71.0% | 140.9% | 97.2% | 126.2 | 1,838 | 3 |
| Cherokee | At-Risk | 7.5% | $17,778 | 13.9% | 157.7% | 56.8% | 176.1% | 112.0% | 148.6 | 2,449 | 4 |
| Greenville | Transitional | 5.2% | $28,371 | 10.5% | 109.5% | 90.6% | 110.4% | 85.0% | 101.6 | 917 | 2 |
| Oconee | Transitional | 8.2% | $23,259 | 10.8% | 172.0% | 74.3% | 134.6% | 87.0% | 131.2 | 1,991 | 3 |
| Pickens | Transitional | 6.0% | $20,456 | 13.7% | 125.1% | 65.3% | 153.1% | 110.8% | 129.7 | 1,949 | 3 |
| Spartanburg | Transitional | 6.7% | $22,746 | 12.3% | 139.6% | 72.6% | 137.7% | 99.2% | 125.5 | 1,815 | 3 |
