| | County Economic Status, FY 2002 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, 1998 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1998 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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| United States | - | 4.6% | $23,564 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $18,344 | 15.4% | 109.5% | 77.8% | 117.1% |
| West Virginia | - | 6.7% | $15,460 | 19.7% | 147.3% | 65.6% | 149.9% |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 11.3% | $10,095 | 28.5% | 248.9% | 42.8% | 217.5% |
| Berkeley | Competitive | 4.0% | $18,967 | 12.0% | 88.5% | 80.5% | 91.3% |
| Boone | Distressed | 10.1% | $14,290 | 27.0% | 221.2% | 60.6% | 205.8% |
| Braxton | Distressed | 10.9% | $11,139 | 25.8% | 239.4% | 47.3% | 197.0% |
| Brooke | Transitional | 6.7% | $15,568 | 12.1% | 146.6% | 66.1% | 92.4% |
| Cabell | Transitional | 5.3% | $17,781 | 19.1% | 117.0% | 75.5% | 145.6% |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 17.1% | $8,803 | 32.0% | 375.7% | 37.4% | 244.3% |
| Clay | Distressed | 11.4% | $9,231 | 39.2% | 249.3% | 39.2% | 298.6% |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 6.7% | $12,499 | 23.0% | 146.7% | 53.0% | 175.1% |
| Fayette | Distressed | 9.5% | $11,412 | 24.4% | 208.4% | 48.4% | 185.7% |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 8.2% | $12,069 | 33.5% | 180.0% | 51.2% | 255.2% |
| Grant | Transitional | 9.7% | $13,548 | 15.5% | 212.1% | 57.5% | 118.5% |
| Greenbrier | Transitional | 8.1% | $13,734 | 17.9% | 177.8% | 58.3% | 136.7% |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 5.6% | $11,966 | 18.2% | 122.4% | 50.8% | 139.0% |
| Hancock | Transitional | 6.3% | $17,418 | 11.9% | 138.7% | 73.9% | 90.5% |
| Hardy | Transitional | 4.1% | $15,225 | 14.6% | 89.0% | 64.6% | 111.3% |
| Harrison | Transitional | 7.1% | $17,671 | 17.4% | 156.3% | 75.0% | 132.5% |
| Jackson | Distressed | 7.2% | $13,992 | 20.0% | 157.2% | 59.4% | 152.7% |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 3.2% | $22,242 | 10.6% | 69.6% | 94.4% | 80.8% |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 4.8% | $21,201 | 15.3% | 104.7% | 90.0% | 116.6% |
| Lewis | Distressed | 8.5% | $11,786 | 23.7% | 187.5% | 50.0% | 180.6% |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 11.5% | $9,609 | 33.8% | 252.5% | 40.8% | 257.7% |
| Logan | Distressed | 10.9% | $11,339 | 27.7% | 238.5% | 48.1% | 211.4% |
| Marion | Transitional | 8.5% | $14,504 | 19.0% | 186.7% | 61.6% | 144.5% |
| Marshall | Transitional | 6.6% | $14,587 | 16.0% | 143.9% | 61.9% | 122.3% |
| Mason | Distressed | 12.3% | $12,305 | 22.1% | 269.2% | 52.2% | 168.2% |
| McDowell | Distressed | 12.3% | $7,410 | 37.7% | 270.9% | 31.4% | 287.5% |
| Mercer | Transitional | 5.2% | $14,495 | 20.4% | 114.4% | 61.5% | 155.3% |
| Mineral | Transitional | 6.4% | $13,521 | 14.8% | 140.7% | 57.4% | 112.7% |
| Mingo | Distressed | 13.8% | $11,405 | 30.9% | 302.1% | 48.4% | 235.8% |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 3.8% | $18,765 | 20.6% | 84.5% | 79.6% | 156.7% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 5.2% | $10,731 | 21.0% | 113.7% | 45.5% | 159.7% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.7% | $14,773 | 11.0% | 81.6% | 62.7% | 84.1% |
| Nicholas | Distressed | 9.7% | $11,052 | 24.4% | 212.4% | 46.9% | 185.9% |
| Ohio | Transitional | 4.7% | $20,383 | 15.0% | 103.0% | 86.5% | 114.7% |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 4.0% | $14,525 | 17.0% | 87.1% | 61.6% | 129.2% |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 9.3% | $14,728 | 19.4% | 204.4% | 62.5% | 148.2% |
| Pocahontas | Distressed | 8.7% | $13,341 | 21.2% | 191.4% | 56.6% | 161.5% |
| Preston | Transitional | 7.3% | $11,029 | 18.9% | 160.9% | 46.8% | 144.0% |
| Putnam | Transitional | 4.7% | $19,798 | 12.0% | 103.6% | 84.0% | 91.8% |
| Raleigh | Distressed | 7.4% | $14,706 | 19.9% | 163.5% | 62.4% | 151.6% |
| Randolph | Distressed | 8.5% | $12,935 | 21.9% | 186.6% | 54.9% | 167.0% |
| Ritchie | Distressed | 10.7% | $11,346 | 26.0% | 234.7% | 48.1% | 198.0% |
| Roane | Distressed | 11.7% | $11,349 | 28.1% | 256.3% | 48.2% | 214.3% |
| Summers | Distressed | 9.1% | $8,667 | 24.5% | 200.6% | 36.8% | 186.5% |
| Taylor | Distressed | 8.0% | $10,464 | 22.9% | 174.5% | 44.4% | 174.5% |
| Tucker | Transitional | 10.8% | $11,487 | 17.0% | 236.6% | 48.7% | 129.7% |
| Tyler | Transitional | 7.6% | $11,847 | 18.3% | 165.9% | 50.3% | 139.9% |
| Upshur | Distressed | 7.5% | $11,754 | 21.2% | 164.9% | 49.9% | 161.5% |
| Wayne | Transitional | 6.5% | $11,911 | 21.8% | 141.8% | 50.5% | 165.9% |
| Webster | Distressed | 9.8% | $7,799 | 34.8% | 215.7% | 33.1% | 265.2% |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 10.1% | $14,257 | 20.5% | 221.9% | 60.5% | 156.5% |
| Wirt | Distressed | 14.6% | $11,298 | 22.0% | 321.4% | 47.9% | 168.0% |
| Wood | Transitional | 5.7% | $18,291 | 14.1% | 125.6% | 77.6% | 107.8% |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 9.7% | $9,557 | 27.9% | 213.1% | 40.6% | 212.4% |
