| County Economic Status, FY 2014 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2009–2011 | Per Capita Market Income, 2010 | Poverty Rate, 2007–2011 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2009–2011 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2010 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007–2011 | Composite Index Value, FY 2014 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2014 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2014 |
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United States | - | 9.3% | $32,562 | 14.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 9.4% | $24,425 | 16.1% | 101.3% | 75.0% | 133.3% | 112.7% | - | - | - |
South Carolina | - | 11.0% | $24,775 | 17.0% | 118.5% | 76.1% | 131.4% | 118.9% | - | - | - |
Appalachian South Carolina | - | 10.5% | $24,910 | 16.1% | 112.9% | 76.5% | 130.7% | 112.4% | - | - | - |
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County |
Anderson | Transitional | 11.2% | $21,992 | 15.8% | 120.9% | 67.5% | 148.1% | 110.4% | 126.5 | 2,055 | 3 |
Cherokee | Distressed | 14.6% | $18,129 | 20.4% | 157.7% | 55.7% | 179.6% | 142.5% | 159.9 | 2,800 | 4 |
Greenville | Transitional | 9.2% | $29,548 | 14.7% | 98.7% | 90.7% | 110.2% | 102.8% | 103.9 | 1,260 | 2 |
Oconee | Transitional | 11.9% | $22,800 | 18.1% | 127.8% | 70.0% | 142.8% | 126.7% | 132.4 | 2,226 | 3 |
Pickens | Transitional | 9.8% | $20,071 | 18.2% | 105.8% | 61.6% | 162.2% | 127.4% | 131.8 | 2,208 | 3 |
Spartanburg | Transitional | 11.4% | $23,344 | 16.2% | 122.7% | 71.7% | 139.5% | 113.0% | 125.1 | 2,024 | 3 |