| | County Economic Status, FY 2009 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2004–2006 | Per Capita Market Income, 2005 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2004–2006 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2005 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2009 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2009 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2009 |
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| United States | - | 5.1% | $29,323 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.3% | $22,437 | 13.6% | 104.8% | 76.5% | 130.7% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 5.4% | $25,543 | 13.5% | 106.3% | 87.1% | 114.8% | 108.9% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 5.4% | $21,844 | 14.2% | 106.5% | 74.5% | 134.2% | 114.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 4.9% | $22,948 | 13.1% | 97.1% | 78.3% | 127.8% | 106.2% | 110.4 | 1,344 | 2 |
| Bledsoe | At-Risk | 7.3% | $16,169 | 18.1% | 144.1% | 55.1% | 181.3% | 146.0% | 157.2 | 2,630 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 4.4% | $22,327 | 9.7% | 87.4% | 76.1% | 131.3% | 78.6% | 99.1 | 901 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 5.1% | $23,042 | 12.2% | 100.6% | 78.6% | 127.3% | 98.7% | 108.9 | 1,282 | 2 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 6.0% | $15,617 | 22.8% | 119.0% | 53.3% | 187.8% | 184.5% | 163.7 | 2,721 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 5.0% | $20,287 | 12.8% | 98.5% | 69.2% | 144.5% | 103.2% | 115.4 | 1,529 | 2 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 5.6% | $16,086 | 16.9% | 110.1% | 54.9% | 182.3% | 136.2% | 142.8 | 2,365 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 5.5% | $16,090 | 22.6% | 108.9% | 54.9% | 182.2% | 182.3% | 157.8 | 2,639 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 10.6% | $13,949 | 19.1% | 208.1% | 47.6% | 210.2% | 154.5% | 190.9 | 2,954 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 7.7% | $13,401 | 22.5% | 151.5% | 45.7% | 218.8% | 182.0% | 184.1 | 2,912 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 5.3% | $22,632 | 14.3% | 103.9% | 77.2% | 129.6% | 115.7% | 116.4 | 1,561 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 6.4% | $17,438 | 14.7% | 126.6% | 59.5% | 168.2% | 118.7% | 137.8 | 2,250 | 3 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 5.4% | $19,253 | 17.0% | 107.4% | 65.7% | 152.3% | 137.5% | 132.4 | 2,103 | 3 |
| Fentress | Distressed | 6.8% | $14,926 | 23.1% | 133.6% | 50.9% | 196.4% | 186.3% | 172.1 | 2,814 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 5.5% | $18,563 | 13.2% | 108.8% | 63.3% | 158.0% | 106.6% | 124.4 | 1,855 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 6.0% | $15,933 | 18.7% | 117.5% | 54.3% | 184.0% | 150.9% | 150.8 | 2,536 | 4 |
| Greene | Transitional | 8.0% | $20,773 | 14.5% | 158.5% | 70.8% | 141.2% | 117.2% | 138.9 | 2,286 | 3 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 7.3% | $14,566 | 25.8% | 143.1% | 49.7% | 201.3% | 208.1% | 184.2 | 2,914 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 5.7% | $20,764 | 14.4% | 112.3% | 70.8% | 141.2% | 116.1% | 123.2 | 1,818 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 4.6% | $28,895 | 12.1% | 90.3% | 98.5% | 101.5% | 97.6% | 96.4 | 796 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 8.6% | $8,703 | 29.4% | 170.4% | 29.7% | 336.9% | 237.3% | 248.2 | 3,077 | 4 |
| Hawkins | Transitional | 6.0% | $17,737 | 15.8% | 119.2% | 60.5% | 165.3% | 127.4% | 137.3 | 2,230 | 3 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 7.4% | $16,094 | 18.1% | 145.4% | 54.9% | 182.2% | 146.2% | 157.9 | 2,643 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.9% | $17,296 | 13.4% | 116.8% | 59.0% | 169.5% | 108.2% | 131.5 | 2,060 | 3 |
| Johnson | Distressed | 7.6% | $12,286 | 22.6% | 149.2% | 41.9% | 238.7% | 182.2% | 190.0 | 2,949 | 4 |
| Knox | Competitive | 4.0% | $27,993 | 12.6% | 79.4% | 95.5% | 104.8% | 101.7% | 95.3 | 747 | 1 |
| Lawrence | At-Risk | 10.0% | $16,089 | 14.6% | 197.6% | 54.9% | 182.2% | 117.7% | 165.8 | 2,746 | 4 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 7.9% | $13,960 | 13.4% | 155.4% | 47.6% | 210.1% | 108.4% | 157.9 | 2,642 | 4 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 4.5% | $24,075 | 10.0% | 89.5% | 82.1% | 121.8% | 80.8% | 97.4 | 830 | 2 |
| Macon | Transitional | 6.0% | $17,983 | 15.1% | 118.4% | 61.3% | 163.1% | 122.0% | 134.5 | 2,158 | 3 |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.1% | $19,153 | 14.1% | 119.8% | 65.3% | 153.1% | 114.0% | 128.9 | 1,989 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 6.1% | $18,516 | 14.5% | 120.4% | 63.1% | 158.4% | 116.8% | 131.9 | 2,076 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 7.2% | $16,404 | 18.3% | 141.3% | 55.9% | 178.8% | 147.9% | 156.0 | 2,611 | 4 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 6.1% | $16,921 | 15.5% | 120.2% | 57.7% | 173.3% | 124.8% | 139.4 | 2,295 | 3 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 7.3% | $13,819 | 16.0% | 143.4% | 47.1% | 212.2% | 129.4% | 161.7 | 2,694 | 4 |
| Overton | At-Risk | 6.0% | $15,073 | 16.0% | 119.1% | 51.4% | 194.5% | 129.5% | 147.7 | 2,475 | 4 |
| Pickett | Distressed | 8.6% | $12,803 | 15.6% | 169.4% | 43.7% | 229.0% | 125.7% | 174.7 | 2,833 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 5.7% | $17,658 | 13.0% | 113.0% | 60.2% | 166.1% | 105.4% | 128.2 | 1,956 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 5.1% | $20,440 | 16.4% | 100.6% | 69.7% | 143.5% | 132.8% | 125.6 | 1,886 | 3 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 6.4% | $16,302 | 14.7% | 127.0% | 55.6% | 179.9% | 118.7% | 141.8 | 2,338 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 5.7% | $20,652 | 13.9% | 111.7% | 70.4% | 142.0% | 111.9% | 121.9 | 1,750 | 3 |
| Scott | Distressed | 7.0% | $12,732 | 20.2% | 138.6% | 43.4% | 230.3% | 163.4% | 177.4 | 2,866 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | Transitional | 5.2% | $17,527 | 16.5% | 103.1% | 59.8% | 167.3% | 133.5% | 134.6 | 2,164 | 3 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 5.9% | $23,050 | 10.7% | 116.0% | 78.6% | 127.2% | 86.2% | 109.8 | 1,320 | 2 |
| Smith | Transitional | 6.2% | $19,790 | 12.2% | 121.5% | 67.5% | 148.2% | 98.7% | 122.8 | 1,797 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 5.1% | $22,804 | 12.9% | 101.0% | 77.8% | 128.6% | 104.4% | 111.4 | 1,378 | 2 |
| Unicoi | Transitional | 6.3% | $17,796 | 13.1% | 123.3% | 60.7% | 164.8% | 105.5% | 131.2 | 2,053 | 3 |
| Union | At-Risk | 5.2% | $14,654 | 19.6% | 101.9% | 50.0% | 200.1% | 158.5% | 153.5 | 2,582 | 4 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 7.7% | $17,678 | 15.2% | 151.2% | 60.3% | 165.9% | 123.1% | 146.7 | 2,457 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 7.4% | $18,670 | 16.6% | 145.3% | 63.7% | 157.1% | 134.0% | 145.5 | 2,425 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 4.8% | $22,454 | 13.9% | 95.3% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 112.7% | 112.9 | 1,432 | 2 |
| White | At-Risk | 8.3% | $14,882 | 14.3% | 163.1% | 50.8% | 197.0% | 115.2% | 158.5 | 2,659 | 4 |
