| | County Economic Status, FY 2004 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1999-2001 | Per Capita Market Income, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1999-2001 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 4.3% | $25,676 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.7% | $19,736 | 13.6% | 108.3% | 76.9% | 110.2% |
| West Virginia | - | 5.7% | $16,772 | 17.9% | 131.1% | 65.3% | 144.6% |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 9.7% | $11,261 | 22.6% | 224.6% | 43.9% | 182.2% |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 3.4% | $19,687 | 11.5% | 79.5% | 76.7% | 92.7% |
| Boone | Distressed | 8.8% | $16,073 | 22.0% | 202.3% | 62.6% | 177.7% |
| Braxton | Distressed | 9.6% | $10,698 | 22.0% | 221.2% | 41.7% | 177.6% |
| Brooke | Transitional | 4.8% | $17,086 | 11.7% | 111.9% | 66.5% | 94.1% |
| Cabell | Transitional | 4.8% | $18,521 | 19.2% | 111.6% | 72.1% | 155.4% |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 16.5% | $9,918 | 25.1% | 380.9% | 38.6% | 202.5% |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.3% | $10,408 | 27.5% | 213.9% | 40.5% | 222.2% |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 5.0% | $14,192 | 19.8% | 115.4% | 55.3% | 160.0% |
| Fayette | Distressed | 8.5% | $11,995 | 21.7% | 195.7% | 46.7% | 175.0% |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 7.4% | $12,330 | 25.9% | 169.9% | 48.0% | 209.3% |
| Grant | Transitional | 6.8% | $14,661 | 16.3% | 157.9% | 57.1% | 131.9% |
| Greenbrier | Transitional | 7.2% | $15,825 | 18.2% | 166.5% | 61.6% | 147.1% |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 4.5% | $12,876 | 16.3% | 104.2% | 50.1% | 131.5% |
| Hancock | Transitional | 4.7% | $18,734 | 11.1% | 108.6% | 73.0% | 89.9% |
| Hardy | Transitional | 3.1% | $16,119 | 13.1% | 71.5% | 62.8% | 105.6% |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.9% | $19,942 | 17.2% | 137.0% | 77.7% | 139.0% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 6.8% | $15,241 | 15.2% | 156.6% | 59.4% | 123.1% |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 2.6% | $23,633 | 10.3% | 59.9% | 92.0% | 83.4% |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 4.3% | $23,207 | 14.4% | 99.9% | 90.4% | 116.2% |
| Lewis | Distressed | 6.8% | $13,482 | 19.9% | 158.1% | 52.5% | 161.1% |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 10.1% | $10,270 | 27.9% | 232.2% | 40.0% | 225.5% |
| Logan | Distressed | 8.9% | $11,497 | 24.1% | 206.6% | 44.8% | 195.0% |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.5% | $15,638 | 16.3% | 149.7% | 60.9% | 131.8% |
| Marshall | Transitional | 6.2% | $15,586 | 16.6% | 143.7% | 60.7% | 133.8% |
| Mason | Distressed | 12.4% | $13,254 | 19.9% | 285.6% | 51.6% | 161.0% |
| McDowell | Distressed | 10.9% | $7,951 | 37.7% | 251.3% | 31.0% | 304.5% |
| Mercer | Transitional | 4.6% | $15,760 | 19.7% | 106.5% | 61.4% | 159.4% |
| Mineral | Transitional | 6.5% | $14,624 | 14.7% | 149.7% | 57.0% | 118.7% |
| Mingo | Distressed | 10.5% | $13,255 | 29.7% | 242.1% | 51.6% | 239.6% |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 2.6% | $20,154 | 22.8% | 61.1% | 78.5% | 184.4% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 4.2% | $10,569 | 16.2% | 97.0% | 41.2% | 131.1% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.0% | $15,489 | 10.4% | 70.0% | 60.3% | 84.1% |
| Nicholas | Distressed | 7.9% | $13,150 | 19.2% | 182.0% | 51.2% | 155.3% |
| Ohio | Transitional | 3.7% | $22,439 | 15.8% | 86.1% | 87.4% | 127.6% |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 6.0% | $15,382 | 11.4% | 139.0% | 59.9% | 92.4% |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 7.8% | $15,622 | 13.7% | 180.4% | 60.8% | 110.7% |
| Pocahontas | Transitional | 7.9% | $14,514 | 17.1% | 181.3% | 56.5% | 138.5% |
| Preston | Transitional | 5.3% | $12,700 | 18.3% | 122.6% | 49.5% | 148.0% |
| Putnam | Competitive | 4.2% | $21,397 | 9.3% | 97.9% | 83.3% | 75.3% |
| Raleigh | Transitional | 5.9% | $15,867 | 18.5% | 135.6% | 61.8% | 149.8% |
| Randolph | Transitional | 6.6% | $14,652 | 18.0% | 151.3% | 57.1% | 145.2% |
| Ritchie | Distressed | 8.4% | $12,937 | 19.1% | 195.0% | 50.4% | 154.4% |
| Roane | Distressed | 12.8% | $11,811 | 22.6% | 294.8% | 46.0% | 182.7% |
| Summers | Distressed | 7.7% | $9,766 | 24.4% | 178.2% | 38.0% | 197.3% |
| Taylor | Transitional | 6.3% | $10,800 | 20.3% | 145.7% | 42.1% | 164.0% |
| Tucker | Transitional | 7.1% | $13,079 | 18.1% | 164.1% | 50.9% | 146.6% |
| Tyler | Transitional | 6.1% | $12,994 | 16.6% | 140.1% | 50.6% | 134.2% |
| Upshur | Transitional | 6.2% | $13,365 | 20.0% | 143.1% | 52.1% | 161.7% |
| Wayne | Transitional | 5.7% | $12,143 | 19.6% | 131.3% | 47.3% | 158.0% |
| Webster | Distressed | 8.4% | $8,807 | 31.8% | 193.3% | 34.3% | 256.5% |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 9.4% | $15,171 | 19.8% | 216.9% | 59.1% | 160.0% |
| Wirt | Distressed | 12.2% | $12,214 | 19.6% | 281.7% | 47.6% | 158.3% |
| Wood | Transitional | 4.9% | $19,487 | 13.9% | 112.5% | 75.9% | 111.9% |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 8.4% | $9,908 | 25.1% | 193.6% | 38.6% | 202.8% |
