| | County Economic Status, FY 2012 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, 2008 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2008 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 | Composite Index Value, FY 2012 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2012 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2012 |
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| United States | - | 6.6% | $34,004 | 13.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 6.8% | $25,391 | 15.4% | 103.6% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 114.2% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 7.4% | $28,321 | 16.1% | 112.3% | 83.3% | 120.1% | 119.6% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 7.4% | $24,139 | 16.7% | 112.5% | 71.0% | 140.9% | 123.8% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 6.8% | $26,194 | 16.2% | 103.2% | 77.0% | 129.8% | 120.1% | 117.7 | 1,664 | 3 |
| Bledsoe | Distressed | 9.6% | $16,231 | 22.9% | 146.2% | 47.7% | 209.5% | 169.9% | 175.2 | 2,909 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 6.8% | $24,974 | 12.3% | 103.3% | 73.4% | 136.2% | 91.3% | 110.2 | 1,406 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 6.9% | $23,845 | 14.9% | 105.4% | 70.1% | 142.6% | 110.7% | 119.6 | 1,729 | 3 |
| Campbell | Distressed | 8.9% | $17,097 | 23.3% | 135.5% | 50.3% | 198.9% | 173.1% | 169.2 | 2,846 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 8.2% | $21,796 | 14.4% | 124.7% | 64.1% | 156.0% | 107.1% | 129.3 | 2,045 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 7.4% | $18,761 | 21.4% | 112.4% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 158.7% | 150.8 | 2,576 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 8.5% | $17,508 | 19.7% | 128.9% | 51.5% | 194.2% | 146.4% | 156.5 | 2,680 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 11.2% | $15,261 | 18.7% | 170.7% | 44.9% | 222.8% | 139.1% | 177.5 | 2,928 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 9.8% | $14,801 | 22.4% | 150.1% | 43.5% | 229.7% | 166.1% | 182.0 | 2,964 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 7.3% | $24,369 | 16.6% | 111.5% | 71.7% | 139.5% | 123.3% | 124.8 | 1,904 | 3 |
| Cumberland | At-Risk | 8.4% | $19,741 | 16.6% | 127.5% | 58.1% | 172.2% | 122.9% | 140.9 | 2,365 | 4 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 7.4% | $20,229 | 18.6% | 113.3% | 59.5% | 168.1% | 138.3% | 139.9 | 2,340 | 4 |
| Fentress | Distressed | 9.9% | $16,516 | 26.5% | 150.7% | 48.6% | 205.9% | 196.4% | 184.3 | 2,974 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 7.6% | $20,344 | 13.8% | 116.0% | 59.8% | 167.1% | 102.7% | 128.6 | 2,023 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 9.2% | $18,350 | 17.4% | 140.5% | 54.0% | 185.3% | 129.0% | 151.6 | 2,591 | 4 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 10.8% | $20,724 | 19.2% | 164.6% | 60.9% | 164.1% | 142.5% | 157.1 | 2,694 | 4 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 9.6% | $14,445 | 29.7% | 146.8% | 42.5% | 235.4% | 220.4% | 200.9 | 3,039 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 8.3% | $21,604 | 16.1% | 126.2% | 63.5% | 157.4% | 119.3% | 134.3 | 2,175 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 6.3% | $31,661 | 14.0% | 96.4% | 93.1% | 107.4% | 104.0% | 102.6 | 1,120 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 9.9% | $10,358 | 34.5% | 151.7% | 30.5% | 328.3% | 255.8% | 245.3 | 3,094 | 4 |
| Hawkins | At-Risk | 7.7% | $19,015 | 19.0% | 117.4% | 55.9% | 178.8% | 141.3% | 145.9 | 2,472 | 4 |
| Jackson | Distressed | 9.9% | $18,711 | 23.9% | 150.6% | 55.0% | 181.7% | 177.1% | 169.8 | 2,853 | 4 |
| Jefferson | At-Risk | 8.4% | $19,496 | 17.9% | 128.1% | 57.3% | 174.4% | 132.8% | 145.1 | 2,449 | 4 |
| Johnson | Distressed | 9.1% | $13,434 | 24.7% | 139.3% | 39.5% | 253.1% | 183.1% | 191.8 | 3,009 | 4 |
| Knox | Transitional | 5.6% | $30,684 | 14.7% | 84.9% | 90.2% | 110.8% | 108.9% | 101.5 | 1,083 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 11.3% | $17,105 | 16.6% | 172.4% | 50.3% | 198.8% | 123.5% | 164.9 | 2,807 | 4 |
| Lewis | Distressed | 11.2% | $15,461 | 21.9% | 171.0% | 45.5% | 219.9% | 162.7% | 184.5 | 2,975 | 4 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 6.5% | $27,522 | 13.1% | 99.2% | 80.9% | 123.6% | 97.0% | 106.6 | 1,261 | 2 |
| Macon | At-Risk | 9.0% | $19,241 | 22.4% | 137.0% | 56.6% | 176.7% | 166.0% | 159.9 | 2,732 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 8.7% | $21,983 | 15.8% | 133.1% | 64.6% | 154.7% | 117.4% | 135.0 | 2,198 | 3 |
| McMinn | At-Risk | 9.5% | $19,231 | 17.8% | 144.5% | 56.6% | 176.8% | 132.0% | 151.1 | 2,582 | 4 |
| Meigs | Distressed | 10.1% | $18,526 | 23.3% | 154.0% | 54.5% | 183.5% | 173.2% | 170.2 | 2,855 | 4 |
| Monroe | Distressed | 11.1% | $17,198 | 17.2% | 169.9% | 50.6% | 197.7% | 127.7% | 165.1 | 2,809 | 4 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 8.6% | $17,441 | 21.5% | 130.7% | 51.3% | 195.0% | 159.8% | 161.8 | 2,763 | 4 |
| Overton | Distressed | 10.0% | $16,759 | 19.4% | 152.8% | 49.3% | 202.9% | 143.7% | 166.5 | 2,824 | 4 |
| Pickett | Distressed | 11.5% | $15,285 | 22.0% | 174.9% | 45.0% | 222.5% | 163.6% | 187.0 | 2,986 | 4 |
| Polk | At-Risk | 8.7% | $19,242 | 17.5% | 132.1% | 56.6% | 176.7% | 129.7% | 146.2 | 2,481 | 4 |
| Putnam | At-Risk | 7.0% | $22,265 | 21.7% | 106.9% | 65.5% | 152.7% | 161.0% | 140.2 | 2,348 | 4 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 9.3% | $17,390 | 19.9% | 141.8% | 51.1% | 195.5% | 147.4% | 161.6 | 2,758 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 6.6% | $23,889 | 14.0% | 100.7% | 70.3% | 142.3% | 104.0% | 115.7 | 1,605 | 3 |
| Scott | Distressed | 12.5% | $13,384 | 24.2% | 190.0% | 39.4% | 254.1% | 179.5% | 207.9 | 3,058 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | At-Risk | 8.4% | $20,665 | 21.3% | 128.7% | 60.8% | 164.6% | 158.1% | 150.5 | 2,569 | 4 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 7.7% | $25,946 | 13.3% | 118.1% | 76.3% | 131.1% | 99.0% | 116.0 | 1,611 | 3 |
| Smith | Transitional | 9.2% | $22,609 | 16.1% | 139.7% | 66.5% | 150.4% | 119.5% | 136.5 | 2,246 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 6.2% | $26,265 | 16.1% | 93.8% | 77.2% | 129.5% | 119.8% | 114.4 | 1,566 | 3 |
| Unicoi | At-Risk | 8.2% | $20,080 | 17.7% | 125.4% | 59.1% | 169.3% | 131.3% | 142.0 | 2,396 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 7.3% | $16,992 | 19.4% | 111.1% | 50.0% | 200.1% | 144.0% | 151.8 | 2,594 | 4 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 9.7% | $18,109 | 20.1% | 147.6% | 53.3% | 187.8% | 149.3% | 161.6 | 2,757 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 9.8% | $18,212 | 19.1% | 149.7% | 53.6% | 186.7% | 142.1% | 159.5 | 2,727 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 6.3% | $26,251 | 15.7% | 95.5% | 77.2% | 129.5% | 116.6% | 113.9 | 1,548 | 2 |
| White | Distressed | 9.7% | $15,341 | 19.3% | 148.0% | 45.1% | 221.7% | 143.3% | 171.0 | 2,862 | 4 |
