| County Economic Status, FY 2002 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, 1998 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1998 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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United States | - | 4.6% | $23,564 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $18,344 | 15.4% | 109.5% | 77.8% | 117.1% |
Tennessee | - | 4.5% | $20,656 | 15.7% | 99.4% | 87.7% | 119.7% |
Appalachian Tennessee | - | 4.9% | $18,067 | 16.1% | 107.5% | 76.7% | 122.9% |
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County |
Anderson | Transitional | 4.2% | $20,044 | 14.3% | 93.1% | 85.1% | 109.1% |
Bledsoe | Transitional | 4.4% | $13,383 | 19.2% | 95.7% | 56.8% | 146.0% |
Blount | Transitional | 3.8% | $18,675 | 12.4% | 82.4% | 79.3% | 94.2% |
Bradley | Transitional | 4.3% | $19,772 | 13.8% | 94.0% | 83.9% | 105.2% |
Campbell | Distressed | 7.3% | $10,718 | 26.8% | 159.6% | 45.5% | 204.7% |
Cannon | Transitional | 5.9% | $14,856 | 14.5% | 130.4% | 63.0% | 110.3% |
Carter | Transitional | 5.8% | $12,994 | 18.0% | 128.1% | 55.1% | 137.1% |
Claiborne | Transitional | 4.8% | $12,038 | 25.7% | 105.5% | 51.1% | 195.6% |
Clay | Distressed | 18.2% | $11,198 | 23.0% | 400.5% | 47.5% | 175.3% |
Cocke | Distressed | 8.2% | $12,366 | 25.3% | 179.2% | 52.5% | 192.6% |
Coffee | Transitional | 5.1% | $17,876 | 15.2% | 111.7% | 75.9% | 116.1% |
Cumberland | Transitional | 5.8% | $14,643 | 18.1% | 126.3% | 62.1% | 138.0% |
DeKalb | Transitional | 6.4% | $15,433 | 20.3% | 139.8% | 65.5% | 155.0% |
Fentress | Distressed | 9.8% | $11,346 | 32.3% | 215.8% | 48.2% | 246.3% |
Franklin | Transitional | 4.8% | $16,073 | 14.4% | 105.5% | 68.2% | 109.6% |
Grainger | Transitional | 5.2% | $12,219 | 20.5% | 115.0% | 51.9% | 156.5% |
Greene | Transitional | 7.1% | $15,540 | 16.9% | 156.2% | 65.9% | 129.0% |
Grundy | Distressed | 7.1% | $11,471 | 23.9% | 156.4% | 48.7% | 182.4% |
Hamblen | Transitional | 4.9% | $18,852 | 13.9% | 106.5% | 80.0% | 106.3% |
Hamilton | Attainment | 4.0% | $23,565 | 13.1% | 87.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Hancock | Distressed | 6.3% | $7,855 | 40.0% | 138.8% | 33.3% | 305.3% |
Hawkins | Transitional | 5.2% | $14,763 | 17.9% | 114.7% | 62.7% | 136.4% |
Jackson | Distressed | 8.4% | $14,210 | 20.0% | 184.6% | 60.3% | 152.8% |
Jefferson | Transitional | 5.2% | $14,009 | 15.1% | 114.4% | 59.5% | 115.1% |
Johnson | Distressed | 8.8% | $9,346 | 28.5% | 193.8% | 39.7% | 217.5% |
Knox | Transitional | 3.1% | $22,945 | 14.1% | 68.1% | 97.4% | 107.4% |
Loudon | Transitional | 3.5% | $18,507 | 13.6% | 77.5% | 78.5% | 103.5% |
Macon | Transitional | 6.9% | $13,010 | 19.3% | 152.3% | 55.2% | 146.8% |
Marion | Transitional | 5.8% | $14,960 | 19.3% | 127.0% | 63.5% | 147.4% |
McMinn | Transitional | 6.7% | $15,004 | 17.2% | 146.0% | 63.7% | 131.1% |
Meigs | Distressed | 8.7% | $11,830 | 22.3% | 190.2% | 50.2% | 169.8% |
Monroe | Transitional | 6.8% | $13,515 | 17.8% | 149.1% | 57.4% | 135.4% |
Morgan | Distressed | 7.7% | $10,181 | 20.2% | 168.0% | 43.2% | 153.7% |
Overton | Transitional | 7.5% | $11,993 | 17.9% | 163.9% | 50.9% | 136.5% |
Pickett | Transitional | 6.8% | $12,425 | 24.9% | 148.3% | 52.7% | 189.6% |
Polk | Transitional | 6.2% | $13,240 | 18.3% | 136.7% | 56.2% | 139.3% |
Putnam | Transitional | 4.9% | $18,421 | 16.6% | 106.6% | 78.2% | 126.4% |
Rhea | Transitional | 7.8% | $12,453 | 19.0% | 171.1% | 52.8% | 144.5% |
Roane | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,000 | 16.0% | 124.6% | 67.9% | 122.0% |
Scott | Distressed | 8.0% | $9,970 | 27.8% | 175.2% | 42.3% | 212.0% |
Sequatchie | Transitional | 5.5% | $13,398 | 22.9% | 121.5% | 56.9% | 174.9% |
Sevier | Transitional | 7.1% | $18,445 | 13.2% | 155.9% | 78.3% | 100.3% |
Smith | Transitional | 4.3% | $15,992 | 14.5% | 94.5% | 67.9% | 110.6% |
Sullivan | Transitional | 4.0% | $19,182 | 13.6% | 86.7% | 81.4% | 103.6% |
Unicoi | Transitional | 6.0% | $15,175 | 17.1% | 130.8% | 64.4% | 130.1% |
Union | Transitional | 3.7% | $11,130 | 21.3% | 81.3% | 47.2% | 162.7% |
Van Buren | Transitional | 7.5% | $11,824 | 19.2% | 165.3% | 50.2% | 146.7% |
Warren | Transitional | 6.2% | $16,567 | 16.8% | 135.9% | 70.3% | 128.4% |
Washington | Transitional | 3.7% | $18,910 | 15.5% | 81.6% | 80.3% | 118.4% |
White | Transitional | 6.3% | $13,363 | 17.0% | 139.3% | 56.7% | 129.3% |