| | 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% |
| Alabama | - | 4.9% | $19,574 | 16.1% | 113.0% | 76.2% | 130.1% |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 4.5% | $20,489 | 14.4% | 104.5% | 79.8% | 115.9% |
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| County |
| Bibb | Distressed | 7.9% | $14,200 | 20.6% | 181.3% | 55.3% | 166.5% |
| Blount | Transitional | 2.8% | $17,010 | 11.7% | 63.9% | 66.2% | 94.9% |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 5.3% | $16,844 | 16.1% | 122.3% | 65.6% | 130.2% |
| Chambers | Transitional | 5.3% | $16,127 | 17.0% | 122.2% | 62.8% | 137.6% |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 4.5% | $13,498 | 15.6% | 105.0% | 52.6% | 125.7% |
| Chilton | Transitional | 4.3% | $16,439 | 15.7% | 100.4% | 64.0% | 126.9% |
| Clay | Transitional | 6.4% | $14,973 | 17.1% | 148.2% | 58.3% | 138.2% |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 4.4% | $15,435 | 13.9% | 102.6% | 60.1% | 112.7% |
| Colbert | Transitional | 7.3% | $17,932 | 14.0% | 168.6% | 69.8% | 112.8% |
| Coosa | Transitional | 6.5% | $13,662 | 14.9% | 150.5% | 53.2% | 120.6% |
| Cullman | Transitional | 3.9% | $17,201 | 13.0% | 90.7% | 67.0% | 105.0% |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 4.0% | $16,698 | 15.4% | 92.4% | 65.0% | 124.3% |
| Elmore | Transitional | 3.5% | $18,663 | 10.2% | 81.1% | 72.7% | 82.8% |
| Etowah | Transitional | 7.0% | $16,827 | 15.7% | 161.4% | 65.5% | 126.8% |
| Fayette | Transitional | 8.2% | $14,537 | 17.3% | 188.8% | 56.6% | 140.0% |
| Franklin | Distressed | 7.7% | $15,208 | 18.9% | 177.2% | 59.2% | 152.6% |
| Hale | Distressed | 8.3% | $12,730 | 26.9% | 191.1% | 49.6% | 217.2% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 7.1% | $17,685 | 13.7% | 163.8% | 68.9% | 110.5% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 3.6% | $25,636 | 14.8% | 82.7% | 99.8% | 119.4% |
| Lamar | Transitional | 9.8% | $14,310 | 16.1% | 227.3% | 55.7% | 130.0% |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 6.6% | $16,834 | 14.4% | 153.2% | 65.6% | 116.5% |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.1% | $16,294 | 15.3% | 140.6% | 63.5% | 123.2% |
| Limestone | Transitional | 3.8% | $18,595 | 12.3% | 87.4% | 72.4% | 99.7% |
| Macon | Distressed | 7.0% | $10,963 | 32.8% | 160.7% | 42.7% | 265.3% |
| Madison | Attainment | 3.1% | $26,215 | 10.5% | 72.7% | 102.1% | 85.2% |
| Marion | Transitional | 8.7% | $14,290 | 15.6% | 201.5% | 55.7% | 126.3% |
| Marshall | Transitional | 5.8% | $15,897 | 14.7% | 134.6% | 61.9% | 118.5% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 4.6% | $21,458 | 12.3% | 107.1% | 83.6% | 99.3% |
| Pickens | Distressed | 10.8% | $13,368 | 24.9% | 250.2% | 52.1% | 201.3% |
| Randolph | Transitional | 6.4% | $13,119 | 17.0% | 148.4% | 51.1% | 137.4% |
| Shelby | Attainment | 1.8% | $29,536 | 6.3% | 40.8% | 115.0% | 51.0% |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 3.4% | $17,946 | 12.1% | 77.6% | 69.9% | 97.6% |
| Talladega | Transitional | 6.6% | $14,436 | 17.6% | 152.0% | 56.2% | 142.3% |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,579 | 16.6% | 131.6% | 64.6% | 133.8% |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 3.0% | $19,439 | 17.0% | 69.7% | 75.7% | 137.5% |
| Walker | Transitional | 7.0% | $15,987 | 16.5% | 162.0% | 62.3% | 133.3% |
| Winston | Transitional | 9.7% | $13,951 | 17.1% | 223.6% | 54.3% | 138.5% |
