| 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% |
Alabama | - | 4.7% | $18,385 | 18.3% | 102.8% | 78.0% | 139.8% |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 4.3% | $19,246 | 16.1% | 94.3% | 81.7% | 122.9% |
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County |
Bibb | Distressed | 7.1% | $14,395 | 21.2% | 155.8% | 61.1% | 161.5% |
Blount | Transitional | 3.0% | $16,702 | 15.3% | 66.1% | 70.9% | 116.3% |
Calhoun | Transitional | 5.1% | $16,510 | 15.7% | 111.8% | 70.1% | 119.4% |
Chambers | Transitional | 4.5% | $14,933 | 18.8% | 98.6% | 63.4% | 143.3% |
Cherokee | Transitional | 4.4% | $14,017 | 17.6% | 96.8% | 59.5% | 134.1% |
Chilton | Transitional | 4.4% | $15,838 | 17.1% | 96.5% | 67.2% | 130.4% |
Clay | Transitional | 4.5% | $15,476 | 17.4% | 99.3% | 65.7% | 133.0% |
Cleburne | Transitional | 3.8% | $14,664 | 15.3% | 84.2% | 62.2% | 116.6% |
Colbert | Transitional | 7.4% | $17,815 | 14.6% | 161.9% | 75.6% | 111.0% |
Coosa | Transitional | 4.7% | $13,744 | 18.2% | 103.5% | 58.3% | 138.7% |
Cullman | Transitional | 3.9% | $16,473 | 15.3% | 85.1% | 69.9% | 116.7% |
DeKalb | Transitional | 4.4% | $16,324 | 17.4% | 97.6% | 69.3% | 132.3% |
Elmore | Transitional | 3.3% | $17,321 | 14.5% | 72.5% | 73.5% | 110.5% |
Etowah | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,094 | 16.5% | 124.4% | 68.3% | 125.7% |
Fayette | Distressed | 7.2% | $14,224 | 20.3% | 157.2% | 60.4% | 154.9% |
Franklin | Distressed | 7.7% | $15,185 | 20.7% | 169.5% | 64.4% | 157.9% |
Hale | Distressed | 7.6% | $11,402 | 35.6% | 165.9% | 48.4% | 271.4% |
Jackson | Transitional | 7.0% | $16,429 | 16.6% | 153.4% | 69.7% | 126.7% |
Jefferson | Transitional | 3.4% | $23,294 | 16.0% | 74.9% | 98.9% | 122.0% |
Lamar | Transitional | 8.6% | $13,780 | 18.0% | 189.7% | 58.5% | 137.3% |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 6.4% | $16,700 | 14.9% | 140.5% | 70.9% | 113.4% |
Lawrence | Transitional | 6.0% | $15,979 | 19.8% | 132.0% | 67.8% | 151.1% |
Limestone | Transitional | 3.9% | $17,577 | 14.0% | 85.0% | 74.6% | 106.6% |
Macon | Distressed | 8.1% | $10,809 | 34.5% | 178.3% | 45.9% | 262.9% |
Madison | Attainment | 3.0% | $23,943 | 10.9% | 65.3% | 101.6% | 82.7% |
Marion | Transitional | 7.6% | $14,965 | 19.1% | 167.3% | 63.5% | 145.9% |
Marshall | Transitional | 5.9% | $16,101 | 17.2% | 129.4% | 68.3% | 131.4% |
Morgan | Competitive | 4.3% | $20,209 | 12.0% | 94.4% | 85.8% | 91.7% |
Pickens | Distressed | 8.7% | $12,613 | 28.9% | 191.8% | 53.5% | 220.2% |
Randolph | Transitional | 5.2% | $13,792 | 18.9% | 114.4% | 58.5% | 143.8% |
Shelby | Attainment | 1.7% | $26,495 | 9.2% | 37.0% | 112.4% | 69.8% |
St. Clair | Transitional | 3.2% | $16,762 | 14.8% | 71.2% | 71.1% | 112.5% |
Talladega | Transitional | 6.1% | $13,889 | 20.2% | 133.5% | 58.9% | 153.6% |
Tallapoosa | Transitional | 4.9% | $16,015 | 16.0% | 107.4% | 68.0% | 122.2% |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 3.0% | $18,174 | 20.1% | 66.2% | 77.1% | 153.0% |
Walker | Transitional | 6.7% | $15,203 | 17.3% | 146.2% | 64.5% | 132.0% |
Winston | Transitional | 6.5% | $14,859 | 19.8% | 143.2% | 63.1% | 150.8% |