| | 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% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 4.4% | $21,879 | 17.9% | 87.8% | 66.4% | 150.5% | 144.6% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | At-Risk | 5.1% | $15,596 | 22.6% | 101.8% | 47.4% | 211.1% | 182.2% | 165.0 | 2,715 | 4 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 4.2% | $24,517 | 11.5% | 83.2% | 74.5% | 134.3% | 92.7% | 103.4 | 1,066 | 2 |
| Boone | At-Risk | 4.2% | $16,406 | 22.0% | 84.3% | 49.8% | 200.7% | 177.7% | 154.3 | 2,549 | 4 |
| Braxton | At-Risk | 5.1% | $14,237 | 22.0% | 102.5% | 43.2% | 231.3% | 177.6% | 170.5 | 2,775 | 4 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 6.0% | $20,611 | 11.7% | 120.6% | 62.6% | 159.8% | 94.1% | 124.8 | 1,816 | 3 |
| Cabell | Transitional | 4.0% | $22,692 | 19.2% | 79.0% | 68.9% | 145.1% | 155.4% | 126.5 | 1,877 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 6.7% | $12,250 | 25.1% | 134.2% | 37.2% | 268.8% | 202.5% | 201.8 | 2,992 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.4% | $12,221 | 27.5% | 127.8% | 37.1% | 269.4% | 222.2% | 206.5 | 3,005 | 4 |
| Doddridge | At-Risk | 4.8% | $16,250 | 19.8% | 94.9% | 49.3% | 202.6% | 160.0% | 152.5 | 2,527 | 4 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 5.0% | $15,463 | 21.7% | 99.5% | 47.0% | 213.0% | 175.0% | 162.5 | 2,677 | 4 |
| Gilmer | At-Risk | 4.0% | $16,822 | 25.9% | 79.6% | 51.1% | 195.8% | 209.3% | 161.6 | 2,665 | 4 |
| Grant | Transitional | 5.2% | $19,850 | 16.3% | 104.6% | 60.3% | 165.9% | 131.9% | 134.1 | 2,084 | 3 |
| Greenbrier | Transitional | 5.6% | $20,060 | 18.2% | 112.4% | 60.9% | 164.2% | 147.1% | 141.2 | 2,273 | 3 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 3.8% | $17,146 | 16.3% | 75.3% | 52.1% | 192.1% | 131.5% | 133.0 | 2,054 | 3 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 6.1% | $20,434 | 11.1% | 122.0% | 62.1% | 161.2% | 89.9% | 124.4 | 1,797 | 3 |
| Hardy | Transitional | 4.0% | $19,041 | 13.1% | 80.5% | 57.8% | 172.9% | 105.6% | 119.7 | 1,637 | 3 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 4.1% | $25,006 | 17.2% | 81.4% | 75.9% | 131.7% | 139.0% | 117.4 | 1,568 | 3 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 4.8% | $18,265 | 15.2% | 96.2% | 55.5% | 180.3% | 123.1% | 133.2 | 2,064 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 3.3% | $31,215 | 10.3% | 65.9% | 94.8% | 105.5% | 83.4% | 84.9 | 383 | 1 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 3.8% | $30,926 | 14.4% | 75.4% | 93.9% | 106.5% | 116.2% | 99.3 | 894 | 2 |
| Lewis | Transitional | 4.6% | $19,631 | 19.9% | 91.4% | 59.6% | 167.7% | 161.1% | 140.1 | 2,239 | 3 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 5.2% | $14,423 | 27.9% | 102.9% | 43.8% | 228.3% | 225.5% | 185.6 | 2,901 | 4 |
| Logan | At-Risk | 4.5% | $16,900 | 24.1% | 90.1% | 51.3% | 194.9% | 195.0% | 160.0 | 2,640 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 3.9% | $22,515 | 16.3% | 77.8% | 68.4% | 146.3% | 131.8% | 118.6 | 1,607 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 5.1% | $21,293 | 16.6% | 101.9% | 64.7% | 154.7% | 133.8% | 130.1 | 1,982 | 3 |
| Mason | At-Risk | 6.7% | $16,435 | 19.9% | 132.7% | 49.9% | 200.4% | 161.0% | 164.7 | 2,713 | 4 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 6.7% | $10,199 | 37.7% | 132.8% | 31.0% | 322.9% | 304.5% | 253.4 | 3,080 | 4 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 4.2% | $18,191 | 19.7% | 83.2% | 55.2% | 181.0% | 159.4% | 141.2 | 2,274 | 3 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 4.6% | $19,279 | 14.7% | 91.0% | 58.5% | 170.8% | 118.7% | 126.8 | 1,892 | 3 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 4.9% | $15,964 | 29.7% | 97.4% | 48.5% | 206.3% | 239.6% | 181.1 | 2,867 | 4 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 3.0% | $27,791 | 22.8% | 58.9% | 84.4% | 118.5% | 184.4% | 120.6 | 1,664 | 3 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 4.6% | $15,380 | 16.2% | 92.5% | 46.7% | 214.1% | 131.1% | 145.9 | 2,405 | 4 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 4.7% | $26,818 | 10.4% | 93.3% | 81.4% | 122.8% | 84.1% | 100.1 | 923 | 2 |
| Nicholas | At-Risk | 4.7% | $17,905 | 19.2% | 94.6% | 54.4% | 183.9% | 155.3% | 144.6 | 2,365 | 4 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 4.2% | $27,798 | 15.8% | 83.1% | 84.4% | 118.5% | 127.6% | 109.7 | 1,294 | 2 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 3.9% | $20,271 | 11.4% | 77.8% | 61.6% | 162.5% | 92.4% | 110.9 | 1,330 | 2 |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 5.5% | $20,858 | 13.7% | 108.9% | 63.3% | 157.9% | 110.7% | 125.8 | 1,846 | 3 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 7.1% | $16,708 | 17.1% | 141.3% | 50.7% | 197.1% | 138.5% | 159.0 | 2,617 | 4 |
| Preston | Transitional | 4.0% | $18,942 | 18.3% | 80.7% | 57.5% | 173.8% | 148.0% | 134.2 | 2,092 | 3 |
| Putnam | Competitive | 3.5% | $28,040 | 9.3% | 70.3% | 85.2% | 117.4% | 75.3% | 87.7 | 459 | 1 |
| Raleigh | Transitional | 4.1% | $21,313 | 18.5% | 81.9% | 64.7% | 154.5% | 149.8% | 128.8 | 1,940 | 3 |
| Randolph | Transitional | 5.0% | $19,628 | 18.0% | 99.1% | 59.6% | 167.8% | 145.2% | 137.4 | 2,181 | 3 |
| Ritchie | At-Risk | 5.0% | $18,308 | 19.1% | 99.4% | 55.6% | 179.9% | 154.4% | 144.6 | 2,364 | 4 |
| Roane | Distressed | 6.1% | $14,434 | 22.6% | 121.6% | 43.8% | 228.1% | 182.7% | 177.5 | 2,846 | 4 |
| Summers | Distressed | 5.5% | $11,980 | 24.4% | 109.6% | 36.4% | 274.9% | 197.3% | 193.9 | 2,962 | 4 |
| Taylor | At-Risk | 4.6% | $16,815 | 20.3% | 92.2% | 51.1% | 195.8% | 164.0% | 150.7 | 2,499 | 4 |
| Tucker | At-Risk | 5.9% | $17,487 | 18.1% | 118.4% | 53.1% | 188.3% | 146.6% | 151.1 | 2,506 | 4 |
| Tyler | At-Risk | 6.2% | $15,851 | 16.6% | 124.6% | 48.1% | 207.8% | 134.2% | 155.5 | 2,565 | 4 |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 4.2% | $17,987 | 20.0% | 84.6% | 54.6% | 183.1% | 161.7% | 143.1 | 2,332 | 4 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 4.7% | $18,768 | 19.6% | 93.6% | 57.0% | 175.5% | 158.0% | 142.4 | 2,311 | 3 |
| Webster | Distressed | 5.4% | $12,789 | 31.8% | 107.5% | 38.8% | 257.5% | 256.5% | 207.2 | 3,008 | 4 |
| Wetzel | At-Risk | 7.1% | $18,909 | 19.8% | 141.1% | 57.4% | 174.2% | 160.0% | 158.4 | 2,606 | 4 |
| Wirt | Distressed | 5.7% | $12,895 | 19.6% | 114.4% | 39.2% | 255.4% | 158.3% | 176.0 | 2,835 | 4 |
| Wood | Transitional | 4.6% | $22,189 | 13.9% | 90.8% | 67.4% | 148.4% | 111.9% | 117.1 | 1,556 | 3 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 5.2% | $15,336 | 25.1% | 104.3% | 46.6% | 214.7% | 202.8% | 173.9 | 2,813 | 4 |
