| County Economic Status, FY 2011 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2006–2008 | Per Capita Market Income, 2007 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2006–2008 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2007 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2011 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2011 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2011 |
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United States | - | 5.0% | $32,930 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $24,360 | 13.6% | 103.4% | 74.0% | 135.2% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
South Carolina | - | 6.3% | $25,329 | 14.1% | 125.2% | 76.9% | 130.0% | 114.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian South Carolina | - | 6.0% | $25,451 | 11.7% | 119.0% | 77.3% | 129.4% | 94.7% | - | - | - |
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Anderson | Transitional | 6.4% | $23,200 | 12.0% | 128.2% | 70.5% | 141.9% | 97.2% | 122.4 | 1,728 | 3 |
Cherokee | At-Risk | 7.9% | $18,593 | 13.9% | 156.7% | 56.5% | 177.1% | 112.0% | 148.6 | 2,460 | 4 |
Greenville | Transitional | 5.2% | $29,859 | 10.5% | 103.1% | 90.7% | 110.3% | 85.0% | 99.5 | 897 | 2 |
Oconee | Transitional | 7.7% | $24,991 | 10.8% | 153.4% | 75.9% | 131.8% | 87.0% | 124.1 | 1,789 | 3 |
Pickens | Transitional | 5.7% | $21,287 | 13.7% | 114.3% | 64.6% | 154.7% | 110.8% | 126.6 | 1,882 | 3 |
Spartanburg | Transitional | 6.3% | $23,290 | 12.3% | 126.5% | 70.7% | 141.4% | 99.2% | 122.4 | 1,726 | 3 |