| County Economic Status, FY 2009 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2004–2006 | Per Capita Market Income, 2005 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2004–2006 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2005 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2009 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2009 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2009 |
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United States | - | 5.1% | $29,323 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.3% | $22,437 | 13.6% | 104.8% | 76.5% | 130.7% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 4.2% | $24,098 | 16.1% | 82.7% | 82.2% | 121.7% | 130.1% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 4.0% | $25,564 | 14.4% | 79.2% | 87.2% | 114.7% | 115.9% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | At-Risk | 4.2% | $16,238 | 20.6% | 82.4% | 55.4% | 180.6% | 166.5% | 143.2 | 2,374 | 4 |
Blount | Transitional | 3.3% | $18,950 | 11.7% | 64.3% | 64.6% | 154.7% | 94.9% | 104.7 | 1,133 | 2 |
Calhoun | Transitional | 4.2% | $22,109 | 16.1% | 81.9% | 75.4% | 132.6% | 130.2% | 114.9 | 1,509 | 2 |
Chambers | Transitional | 5.5% | $17,372 | 17.0% | 109.1% | 59.2% | 168.8% | 137.6% | 138.5 | 2,271 | 3 |
Cherokee | Transitional | 3.9% | $17,694 | 15.6% | 77.6% | 60.3% | 165.7% | 125.7% | 123.0 | 1,807 | 3 |
Chilton | Transitional | 3.6% | $18,770 | 15.7% | 71.2% | 64.0% | 156.2% | 126.9% | 118.1 | 1,620 | 3 |
Clay | Transitional | 4.7% | $18,579 | 17.1% | 92.6% | 63.4% | 157.8% | 138.2% | 129.5 | 2,005 | 3 |
Cleburne | Transitional | 3.8% | $18,801 | 13.9% | 74.0% | 64.1% | 156.0% | 112.7% | 114.2 | 1,483 | 2 |
Colbert | Transitional | 5.1% | $19,074 | 14.0% | 99.8% | 65.0% | 153.7% | 112.8% | 122.1 | 1,759 | 3 |
Coosa | Transitional | 5.3% | $17,209 | 14.9% | 103.9% | 58.7% | 170.4% | 120.6% | 131.6 | 2,067 | 3 |
Cullman | Transitional | 3.7% | $20,585 | 13.0% | 73.6% | 70.2% | 142.4% | 105.0% | 107.0 | 1,225 | 2 |
DeKalb | Transitional | 4.4% | $19,824 | 15.4% | 87.6% | 67.6% | 147.9% | 124.3% | 120.0 | 1,690 | 3 |
Elmore | Competitive | 3.5% | $22,499 | 10.2% | 69.9% | 76.7% | 130.3% | 82.8% | 94.3 | 707 | 1 |
Etowah | Transitional | 4.6% | $20,244 | 15.7% | 89.9% | 69.0% | 144.8% | 126.8% | 120.5 | 1,711 | 3 |
Fayette | Transitional | 4.6% | $17,848 | 17.3% | 91.1% | 60.9% | 164.3% | 140.0% | 131.8 | 2,072 | 3 |
Franklin | Transitional | 5.0% | $18,037 | 18.9% | 98.6% | 61.5% | 162.6% | 152.6% | 137.9 | 2,258 | 3 |
Hale | Distressed | 5.4% | $14,208 | 26.9% | 106.3% | 48.5% | 206.4% | 217.2% | 176.6 | 2,858 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 4.9% | $19,269 | 13.7% | 95.6% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 110.5% | 119.4 | 1,672 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 4.1% | $33,280 | 14.8% | 80.1% | 113.5% | 88.1% | 119.4% | 95.8 | 776 | 2 |
Lamar | At-Risk | 5.7% | $15,479 | 16.1% | 112.3% | 52.8% | 189.4% | 130.0% | 143.9 | 2,394 | 4 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 4.6% | $20,737 | 14.4% | 91.4% | 70.7% | 141.4% | 116.5% | 116.4 | 1,565 | 3 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 5.0% | $19,936 | 15.3% | 97.8% | 68.0% | 147.1% | 123.2% | 122.7 | 1,794 | 3 |
Limestone | Transitional | 3.9% | $22,258 | 12.3% | 77.0% | 75.9% | 131.7% | 99.7% | 102.8 | 1,050 | 2 |
Macon | Distressed | 5.4% | $13,908 | 32.8% | 106.1% | 47.4% | 210.8% | 265.3% | 194.1 | 2,971 | 4 |
Madison | Attainment | 3.4% | $30,879 | 10.5% | 66.9% | 105.3% | 95.0% | 85.2% | 82.3 | 310 | 1 |
Marion | Transitional | 4.5% | $18,200 | 15.6% | 88.8% | 62.1% | 161.1% | 126.3% | 125.4 | 1,879 | 3 |
Marshall | Transitional | 3.6% | $21,876 | 14.7% | 71.2% | 74.6% | 134.0% | 118.5% | 107.9 | 1,253 | 2 |
Morgan | Transitional | 4.3% | $25,740 | 12.3% | 85.4% | 87.8% | 113.9% | 99.3% | 99.5 | 924 | 2 |
Pickens | At-Risk | 5.4% | $16,417 | 24.9% | 105.7% | 56.0% | 178.6% | 201.3% | 161.9 | 2,696 | 4 |
Randolph | At-Risk | 5.4% | $16,171 | 17.0% | 106.5% | 55.1% | 181.3% | 137.4% | 141.8 | 2,337 | 4 |
Shelby | Attainment | 2.7% | $36,314 | 6.3% | 53.7% | 123.8% | 80.7% | 51.0% | 61.8 | 45 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 3.7% | $22,185 | 12.1% | 73.0% | 75.7% | 132.2% | 97.6% | 100.9 | 967 | 2 |
Talladega | Transitional | 5.0% | $21,692 | 17.6% | 97.9% | 74.0% | 135.2% | 142.3% | 125.1 | 1,870 | 3 |
Tallapoosa | Transitional | 4.7% | $19,019 | 16.6% | 92.5% | 64.9% | 154.2% | 133.8% | 126.8 | 1,919 | 3 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 3.5% | $25,634 | 17.0% | 68.3% | 87.4% | 114.4% | 137.5% | 106.7 | 1,217 | 2 |
Walker | Transitional | 4.5% | $18,998 | 16.5% | 88.0% | 64.8% | 154.3% | 133.3% | 125.2 | 1,874 | 3 |
Winston | Transitional | 5.1% | $17,052 | 17.1% | 101.2% | 58.2% | 172.0% | 138.5% | 137.2 | 2,226 | 3 |