| | County Economic Status, FY 2006 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2001-2003 | Per Capita Market Income, 2002 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2001-2003 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2002 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 5.5% | $26,420 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $20,422 | 13.6% | 100.9% | 77.3% | 110.2% |
| West Virginia | - | 5.7% | $17,856 | 17.9% | 103.0% | 67.6% | 144.6% |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 8.8% | $12,754 | 22.6% | 159.5% | 48.3% | 182.2% |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 4.5% | $20,269 | 11.5% | 80.9% | 76.7% | 92.7% |
| Boone | At-Risk | 7.5% | $13,367 | 22.0% | 135.6% | 50.6% | 177.7% |
| Braxton | Distressed | 9.1% | $11,672 | 22.0% | 165.0% | 44.2% | 177.6% |
| Brooke | Transitional | 5.9% | $18,114 | 11.7% | 107.0% | 68.6% | 94.1% |
| Cabell | Transitional | 4.8% | $19,266 | 19.2% | 87.8% | 72.9% | 155.4% |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 15.8% | $10,293 | 25.1% | 286.3% | 39.0% | 202.5% |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.3% | $9,930 | 27.5% | 169.7% | 37.6% | 222.2% |
| Doddridge | At-Risk | 4.8% | $13,983 | 19.8% | 87.3% | 52.9% | 160.0% |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 7.7% | $13,159 | 21.7% | 140.6% | 49.8% | 175.0% |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 6.4% | $12,528 | 25.9% | 117.1% | 47.4% | 209.3% |
| Grant | At-Risk | 8.5% | $17,277 | 16.3% | 154.1% | 65.4% | 131.9% |
| Greenbrier | At-Risk | 7.4% | $16,824 | 18.2% | 134.4% | 63.7% | 147.1% |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 5.2% | $15,606 | 16.3% | 93.8% | 59.1% | 131.5% |
| Hancock | Transitional | 5.3% | $17,650 | 11.1% | 97.0% | 66.8% | 89.9% |
| Hardy | Transitional | 3.3% | $16,462 | 13.1% | 59.1% | 62.3% | 105.6% |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.4% | $19,610 | 17.2% | 98.4% | 74.2% | 139.0% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 7.6% | $15,870 | 15.2% | 137.6% | 60.1% | 123.1% |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 3.2% | $24,180 | 10.3% | 58.0% | 91.5% | 83.4% |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 4.5% | $25,170 | 14.4% | 82.1% | 95.3% | 116.2% |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 7.1% | $15,436 | 19.9% | 129.5% | 58.4% | 161.1% |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 9.5% | $11,328 | 27.9% | 171.8% | 42.9% | 225.5% |
| Logan | At-Risk | 7.2% | $13,490 | 24.1% | 129.9% | 51.1% | 195.0% |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.0% | $18,232 | 16.3% | 108.4% | 69.0% | 131.8% |
| Marshall | Transitional | 6.3% | $17,247 | 16.6% | 114.5% | 65.3% | 133.8% |
| Mason | Distressed | 11.9% | $13,901 | 19.9% | 215.4% | 52.6% | 161.0% |
| McDowell | Distressed | 9.9% | $8,296 | 37.7% | 179.0% | 31.4% | 304.5% |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 5.1% | $16,147 | 19.7% | 92.2% | 61.1% | 159.4% |
| Mineral | Transitional | 7.3% | $15,747 | 14.7% | 131.7% | 59.6% | 118.7% |
| Mingo | Distressed | 9.4% | $12,714 | 29.7% | 170.9% | 48.1% | 239.6% |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 2.7% | $21,351 | 22.8% | 49.1% | 80.8% | 184.4% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 4.3% | $14,256 | 16.2% | 78.1% | 54.0% | 131.1% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.8% | $21,100 | 10.4% | 68.5% | 79.9% | 84.1% |
| Nicholas | At-Risk | 7.3% | $14,569 | 19.2% | 132.1% | 55.1% | 155.3% |
| Ohio | Transitional | 4.0% | $22,583 | 15.8% | 71.8% | 85.5% | 127.6% |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 4.0% | $16,854 | 11.4% | 72.7% | 63.8% | 92.4% |
| Pleasants | At-Risk | 8.5% | $16,404 | 13.7% | 154.5% | 62.1% | 110.7% |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 7.3% | $15,339 | 17.1% | 132.2% | 58.1% | 138.5% |
| Preston | Transitional | 6.2% | $15,248 | 18.3% | 113.5% | 57.7% | 148.0% |
| Putnam | Competitive | 4.3% | $22,232 | 9.3% | 77.5% | 84.1% | 75.3% |
| Raleigh | Transitional | 5.0% | $17,472 | 18.5% | 90.8% | 66.1% | 149.8% |
| Randolph | Transitional | 6.4% | $16,253 | 18.0% | 116.4% | 61.5% | 145.2% |
| Ritchie | Distressed | 8.8% | $14,321 | 19.1% | 159.3% | 54.2% | 154.4% |
| Roane | Distressed | 11.5% | $12,046 | 22.6% | 208.6% | 45.6% | 182.7% |
| Summers | At-Risk | 7.1% | $10,116 | 24.4% | 128.4% | 38.3% | 197.3% |
| Taylor | At-Risk | 5.3% | $13,541 | 20.3% | 96.9% | 51.3% | 164.0% |
| Tucker | At-Risk | 7.2% | $14,884 | 18.1% | 131.4% | 56.3% | 146.6% |
| Tyler | Transitional | 6.2% | $14,316 | 16.6% | 113.0% | 54.2% | 134.2% |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 6.4% | $14,284 | 20.0% | 116.7% | 54.1% | 161.7% |
| Wayne | At-Risk | 6.1% | $13,988 | 19.6% | 110.6% | 52.9% | 158.0% |
| Webster | Distressed | 7.4% | $9,902 | 31.8% | 134.4% | 37.5% | 256.5% |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 8.4% | $16,326 | 19.8% | 152.7% | 61.8% | 160.0% |
| Wirt | Distressed | 12.4% | $12,744 | 19.6% | 225.6% | 48.2% | 158.3% |
| Wood | Transitional | 5.6% | $19,310 | 13.9% | 102.0% | 73.1% | 111.9% |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 6.8% | $12,483 | 25.1% | 122.9% | 47.2% | 202.8% |
