| | 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% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 5.5% | $27,392 | 13.5% | 109.3% | 83.2% | 120.2% | 108.9% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 5.5% | $23,227 | 14.2% | 109.4% | 70.5% | 141.8% | 114.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 4.9% | $24,362 | 13.1% | 98.1% | 74.0% | 135.2% | 106.2% | 113.1 | 1,417 | 2 |
| Bledsoe | At-Risk | 6.9% | $17,822 | 18.1% | 137.7% | 54.1% | 184.8% | 146.0% | 156.2 | 2,577 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 4.8% | $23,668 | 9.7% | 96.0% | 71.9% | 139.1% | 78.6% | 104.6 | 1,100 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 5.3% | $23,302 | 12.2% | 105.4% | 70.8% | 141.3% | 98.7% | 115.2 | 1,491 | 2 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 6.4% | $16,281 | 22.8% | 127.7% | 49.4% | 202.3% | 184.5% | 171.5 | 2,788 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 5.8% | $20,820 | 12.8% | 115.1% | 63.2% | 158.2% | 103.2% | 125.5 | 1,840 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 5.5% | $17,213 | 16.9% | 109.7% | 52.3% | 191.3% | 136.2% | 145.7 | 2,401 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 6.1% | $16,412 | 22.6% | 121.4% | 49.8% | 200.6% | 182.3% | 168.1 | 2,749 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.9% | $14,569 | 19.1% | 197.4% | 44.2% | 226.0% | 154.5% | 192.7 | 2,955 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 7.4% | $13,966 | 22.5% | 148.3% | 42.4% | 235.8% | 182.0% | 188.7 | 2,922 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 5.4% | $22,855 | 14.3% | 108.1% | 69.4% | 144.1% | 115.7% | 122.6 | 1,733 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 6.5% | $19,101 | 14.7% | 130.2% | 58.0% | 172.4% | 118.7% | 140.4 | 2,255 | 3 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 5.5% | $19,913 | 17.0% | 109.6% | 60.5% | 165.4% | 137.5% | 137.5 | 2,186 | 3 |
| Fentress | Distressed | 7.5% | $15,796 | 23.1% | 149.1% | 48.0% | 208.5% | 186.3% | 181.3 | 2,868 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 5.7% | $19,803 | 13.2% | 114.5% | 60.1% | 166.3% | 106.6% | 129.1 | 1,949 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 6.4% | $16,834 | 18.7% | 127.4% | 51.1% | 195.6% | 150.9% | 158.0 | 2,600 | 4 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 8.0% | $20,980 | 14.5% | 160.2% | 63.7% | 157.0% | 117.2% | 144.8 | 2,371 | 4 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 7.4% | $14,565 | 25.8% | 148.3% | 44.2% | 226.1% | 208.1% | 194.2 | 2,964 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 5.9% | $20,876 | 14.4% | 117.0% | 63.4% | 157.7% | 116.1% | 130.3 | 1,987 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 4.7% | $30,637 | 12.1% | 93.3% | 93.0% | 107.5% | 97.6% | 99.5 | 896 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 7.0% | $8,483 | 29.4% | 139.8% | 25.8% | 388.2% | 237.3% | 255.1 | 3,082 | 4 |
| Hawkins | Transitional | 5.7% | $18,278 | 15.8% | 113.7% | 55.5% | 180.2% | 127.4% | 140.4 | 2,257 | 3 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 7.5% | $16,768 | 18.1% | 148.6% | 50.9% | 196.4% | 146.2% | 163.7 | 2,704 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.0% | $18,122 | 13.4% | 119.3% | 55.0% | 181.7% | 108.2% | 136.4 | 2,155 | 3 |
| Johnson | Distressed | 6.9% | $13,306 | 22.6% | 138.4% | 40.4% | 247.5% | 182.2% | 189.4 | 2,927 | 4 |
| Knox | Transitional | 4.1% | $30,203 | 12.6% | 81.7% | 91.7% | 109.0% | 101.7% | 97.5 | 819 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 9.7% | $15,553 | 14.6% | 194.5% | 47.2% | 211.7% | 117.7% | 174.6 | 2,819 | 4 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 8.2% | $14,491 | 13.4% | 164.2% | 44.0% | 227.2% | 108.4% | 166.6 | 2,728 | 4 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 4.7% | $26,158 | 10.0% | 92.9% | 79.4% | 125.9% | 80.8% | 99.9 | 914 | 2 |
| Macon | At-Risk | 7.1% | $18,404 | 15.1% | 140.7% | 55.9% | 178.9% | 122.0% | 147.2 | 2,432 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.4% | $21,265 | 14.1% | 128.2% | 64.6% | 154.9% | 114.0% | 132.3 | 2,038 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 6.6% | $19,380 | 14.5% | 132.0% | 58.9% | 169.9% | 116.8% | 139.6 | 2,226 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 7.3% | $17,364 | 18.3% | 145.8% | 52.7% | 189.6% | 147.9% | 161.1 | 2,659 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 7.1% | $18,065 | 15.5% | 142.4% | 54.9% | 182.3% | 124.8% | 149.8 | 2,483 | 4 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 6.7% | $15,247 | 16.0% | 133.9% | 46.3% | 216.0% | 129.4% | 159.8 | 2,634 | 4 |
| Overton | At-Risk | 7.7% | $15,544 | 16.0% | 152.8% | 47.2% | 211.9% | 129.5% | 164.7 | 2,714 | 4 |
| Pickett | Distressed | 9.2% | $13,450 | 15.6% | 182.9% | 40.8% | 244.8% | 125.7% | 184.5 | 2,889 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 6.2% | $18,407 | 13.0% | 124.1% | 55.9% | 178.9% | 105.4% | 136.1 | 2,150 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 5.6% | $21,302 | 16.4% | 111.3% | 64.7% | 154.6% | 132.8% | 132.9 | 2,051 | 3 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 6.7% | $17,184 | 14.7% | 133.5% | 52.2% | 191.6% | 118.7% | 147.9 | 2,443 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 5.2% | $22,544 | 13.9% | 104.3% | 68.5% | 146.1% | 111.9% | 120.7 | 1,667 | 3 |
| Scott | Distressed | 8.4% | $13,259 | 20.2% | 167.9% | 40.3% | 248.4% | 163.4% | 193.2 | 2,958 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | Transitional | 5.7% | $20,216 | 16.5% | 113.2% | 61.4% | 162.9% | 133.5% | 136.5 | 2,158 | 3 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 5.8% | $24,619 | 10.7% | 116.2% | 74.8% | 133.8% | 86.2% | 112.1 | 1,375 | 2 |
| Smith | Transitional | 6.4% | $21,478 | 12.2% | 128.3% | 65.2% | 153.3% | 98.7% | 126.8 | 1,888 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 4.6% | $24,950 | 12.9% | 91.8% | 75.8% | 132.0% | 104.4% | 109.4 | 1,286 | 2 |
| Unicoi | Transitional | 6.3% | $19,159 | 13.1% | 125.0% | 58.2% | 171.9% | 105.5% | 134.1 | 2,085 | 3 |
| Union | At-Risk | 5.2% | $16,120 | 19.6% | 103.6% | 49.0% | 204.3% | 158.5% | 155.5 | 2,563 | 4 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 7.4% | $17,427 | 15.2% | 147.6% | 52.9% | 189.0% | 123.1% | 153.2 | 2,534 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 7.9% | $18,252 | 16.6% | 158.1% | 55.4% | 180.4% | 134.0% | 157.5 | 2,589 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 4.7% | $24,163 | 13.9% | 94.2% | 73.4% | 136.3% | 112.7% | 114.4 | 1,461 | 2 |
| White | At-Risk | 7.9% | $14,964 | 14.3% | 156.8% | 45.4% | 220.1% | 115.2% | 164.0 | 2,705 | 4 |
