| County Economic Status, FY 2010 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2005–2007 | Per Capita Market Income, 2006 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2005–2007 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2006 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2010 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2010 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2010 |
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United States | - | 4.8% | $31,315 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $23,384 | 13.6% | 104.5% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 3.6% | $25,088 | 16.1% | 76.2% | 80.1% | 124.8% | 130.1% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 3.5% | $26,431 | 14.4% | 73.1% | 84.4% | 118.5% | 115.9% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | At-Risk | 3.7% | $16,240 | 20.6% | 77.9% | 51.9% | 192.8% | 166.5% | 145.7 | 2,394 | 4 |
Blount | Transitional | 2.9% | $19,221 | 11.7% | 61.1% | 61.4% | 162.9% | 94.9% | 106.3 | 1,117 | 2 |
Calhoun | Transitional | 3.6% | $22,495 | 16.1% | 76.2% | 71.8% | 139.2% | 130.2% | 115.2 | 1,453 | 2 |
Chambers | Transitional | 5.3% | $17,641 | 17.0% | 110.6% | 56.3% | 177.5% | 137.6% | 141.9 | 2,297 | 3 |
Cherokee | Transitional | 3.7% | $18,395 | 15.6% | 78.1% | 58.7% | 170.2% | 125.7% | 124.7 | 1,789 | 3 |
Chilton | Transitional | 3.2% | $19,519 | 15.7% | 66.5% | 62.3% | 160.4% | 126.9% | 117.9 | 1,544 | 2 |
Clay | Transitional | 4.4% | $18,584 | 17.1% | 92.0% | 59.3% | 168.5% | 138.2% | 132.9 | 2,033 | 3 |
Cleburne | Transitional | 3.2% | $19,683 | 13.9% | 67.7% | 62.9% | 159.1% | 112.7% | 113.2 | 1,376 | 2 |
Colbert | Transitional | 4.3% | $19,436 | 14.0% | 89.3% | 62.1% | 161.1% | 112.8% | 121.1 | 1,660 | 3 |
Coosa | Transitional | 4.8% | $16,642 | 14.9% | 100.3% | 53.1% | 188.2% | 120.6% | 136.4 | 2,146 | 3 |
Cullman | Transitional | 3.1% | $21,032 | 13.0% | 65.8% | 67.2% | 148.9% | 105.0% | 106.6 | 1,132 | 2 |
DeKalb | Transitional | 3.9% | $18,986 | 15.4% | 82.5% | 60.6% | 164.9% | 124.3% | 123.9 | 1,764 | 3 |
Elmore | Competitive | 3.0% | $23,022 | 10.2% | 63.9% | 73.5% | 136.0% | 82.8% | 94.2 | 632 | 1 |
Etowah | Transitional | 3.9% | $20,309 | 15.7% | 82.2% | 64.9% | 154.2% | 126.8% | 121.1 | 1,659 | 3 |
Fayette | Transitional | 3.9% | $18,034 | 17.3% | 82.2% | 57.6% | 173.6% | 140.0% | 131.9 | 2,010 | 3 |
Franklin | Transitional | 4.2% | $17,839 | 18.9% | 88.9% | 57.0% | 175.5% | 152.6% | 139.0 | 2,219 | 3 |
Hale | Distressed | 4.6% | $15,393 | 26.9% | 97.2% | 49.2% | 203.4% | 217.2% | 172.6 | 2,795 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 4.1% | $20,001 | 13.7% | 85.9% | 63.9% | 156.6% | 110.5% | 117.6 | 1,535 | 2 |
Jefferson | Competitive | 3.6% | $34,608 | 14.8% | 74.9% | 110.5% | 90.5% | 119.4% | 94.9 | 654 | 1 |
Lamar | Transitional | 5.0% | $16,386 | 16.1% | 104.3% | 52.3% | 191.1% | 130.0% | 141.8 | 2,294 | 3 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 4.0% | $21,451 | 14.4% | 83.3% | 68.5% | 146.0% | 116.5% | 115.3 | 1,462 | 2 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 4.2% | $20,141 | 15.3% | 88.3% | 64.3% | 155.5% | 123.2% | 122.3 | 1,707 | 3 |
Limestone | Transitional | 3.3% | $23,244 | 12.3% | 69.4% | 74.2% | 134.7% | 99.7% | 101.3 | 907 | 2 |
Macon | Distressed | 4.8% | $14,675 | 32.8% | 101.5% | 46.9% | 213.4% | 265.3% | 193.4 | 2,956 | 4 |
Madison | Attainment | 2.9% | $31,893 | 10.5% | 60.3% | 101.8% | 98.2% | 85.2% | 81.2 | 254 | 1 |
Marion | Transitional | 4.1% | $18,682 | 15.6% | 86.5% | 59.7% | 167.6% | 126.3% | 126.8 | 1,857 | 3 |
Marshall | Transitional | 3.2% | $22,379 | 14.7% | 66.0% | 71.5% | 139.9% | 118.5% | 108.1 | 1,186 | 2 |
Morgan | Competitive | 3.5% | $26,726 | 12.3% | 73.4% | 85.3% | 117.2% | 99.3% | 96.6 | 721 | 1 |
Pickens | At-Risk | 4.5% | $17,604 | 24.9% | 94.8% | 56.2% | 177.9% | 201.3% | 158.0 | 2,608 | 4 |
Randolph | Transitional | 4.8% | $16,418 | 17.0% | 101.5% | 52.4% | 190.7% | 137.4% | 143.2 | 2,326 | 3 |
Shelby | Attainment | 2.5% | $38,071 | 6.3% | 51.4% | 121.6% | 82.3% | 51.0% | 61.6 | 43 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 3.2% | $23,209 | 12.1% | 66.7% | 74.1% | 134.9% | 97.6% | 99.7 | 848 | 2 |
Talladega | Transitional | 4.4% | $21,666 | 17.6% | 92.9% | 69.2% | 144.5% | 142.3% | 126.6 | 1,850 | 3 |
Tallapoosa | Transitional | 4.3% | $19,455 | 16.6% | 91.0% | 62.1% | 161.0% | 133.8% | 128.6 | 1,908 | 3 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 3.0% | $26,393 | 17.0% | 62.4% | 84.3% | 118.6% | 137.5% | 106.2 | 1,112 | 2 |
Walker | Transitional | 3.9% | $20,218 | 16.5% | 80.7% | 64.6% | 154.9% | 133.3% | 122.9 | 1,724 | 3 |
Winston | Transitional | 4.6% | $16,969 | 17.1% | 96.0% | 54.2% | 184.5% | 138.5% | 139.7 | 2,238 | 3 |