| County Economic Status, FY 2012 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, 2008 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2008 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 | Composite Index Value, FY 2012 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2012 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2012 |
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United States | - | 6.6% | $34,004 | 13.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 6.8% | $25,391 | 15.4% | 103.6% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 114.2% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 6.2% | $26,962 | 16.8% | 94.7% | 79.3% | 126.1% | 124.7% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 6.0% | $28,246 | 15.4% | 91.9% | 83.1% | 120.4% | 114.5% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | Transitional | 6.9% | $17,201 | 11.9% | 105.8% | 50.6% | 197.7% | 88.3% | 130.6 | 2,079 | 3 |
Blount | Transitional | 5.4% | $20,145 | 11.0% | 81.7% | 59.2% | 168.8% | 81.3% | 110.6 | 1,416 | 2 |
Calhoun | Transitional | 6.2% | $24,849 | 17.5% | 94.9% | 73.1% | 136.8% | 130.2% | 120.7 | 1,767 | 3 |
Chambers | Distressed | 12.2% | $17,864 | 16.0% | 186.6% | 52.5% | 190.4% | 118.8% | 165.2 | 2,812 | 4 |
Cherokee | Transitional | 6.5% | $19,261 | 14.6% | 98.8% | 56.6% | 176.5% | 108.7% | 128.0 | 2,004 | 3 |
Chilton | Transitional | 5.7% | $21,048 | 17.2% | 87.0% | 61.9% | 161.6% | 127.6% | 125.4 | 1,920 | 3 |
Clay | At-Risk | 9.0% | $18,935 | 17.7% | 136.8% | 55.7% | 179.6% | 131.6% | 149.4 | 2,549 | 4 |
Cleburne | Transitional | 5.7% | $21,188 | 16.4% | 86.6% | 62.3% | 160.5% | 122.0% | 123.1 | 1,856 | 3 |
Colbert | Transitional | 6.9% | $21,483 | 14.0% | 104.6% | 63.2% | 158.3% | 103.9% | 122.2 | 1,826 | 3 |
Coosa | At-Risk | 9.1% | $17,618 | 20.1% | 138.4% | 51.8% | 193.0% | 149.5% | 160.3 | 2,739 | 4 |
Cullman | Transitional | 5.6% | $22,118 | 16.6% | 84.8% | 65.0% | 153.7% | 123.1% | 120.6 | 1,763 | 3 |
DeKalb | At-Risk | 7.3% | $19,534 | 20.9% | 111.0% | 57.4% | 174.1% | 155.5% | 146.8 | 2,498 | 4 |
Elmore | Transitional | 5.4% | $25,129 | 13.1% | 82.4% | 73.9% | 135.3% | 97.6% | 105.1 | 1,214 | 2 |
Etowah | Transitional | 6.6% | $22,065 | 16.3% | 100.5% | 64.9% | 154.1% | 120.8% | 125.1 | 1,911 | 3 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 7.8% | $17,202 | 16.1% | 118.9% | 50.6% | 197.7% | 119.6% | 145.4 | 2,457 | 4 |
Franklin | At-Risk | 7.7% | $18,238 | 18.4% | 116.8% | 53.6% | 186.4% | 136.8% | 146.7 | 2,494 | 4 |
Hale | Distressed | 8.1% | $17,697 | 25.7% | 123.3% | 52.0% | 192.1% | 190.5% | 168.6 | 2,843 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 7.1% | $21,834 | 17.7% | 107.6% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 131.1% | 131.5 | 2,100 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 6.0% | $36,311 | 15.2% | 91.6% | 106.8% | 93.6% | 112.8% | 99.4 | 994 | 2 |
Lamar | At-Risk | 9.1% | $17,070 | 17.1% | 139.1% | 50.2% | 199.2% | 126.7% | 155.0 | 2,656 | 4 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 6.3% | $24,142 | 18.0% | 95.8% | 71.0% | 140.8% | 133.7% | 123.5 | 1,864 | 3 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 7.3% | $22,563 | 12.4% | 111.5% | 66.4% | 150.7% | 92.3% | 118.2 | 1,673 | 3 |
Limestone | Transitional | 5.4% | $25,639 | 12.8% | 82.5% | 75.4% | 132.6% | 95.2% | 103.5 | 1,152 | 2 |
Macon | Distressed | 7.6% | $17,455 | 28.0% | 116.5% | 51.3% | 194.8% | 208.1% | 173.1 | 2,885 | 4 |
Madison | Competitive | 4.6% | $34,956 | 11.3% | 69.9% | 102.8% | 97.3% | 84.1% | 83.8 | 469 | 1 |
Marion | At-Risk | 9.0% | $19,187 | 18.2% | 136.6% | 56.4% | 177.2% | 135.0% | 149.6 | 2,554 | 4 |
Marshall | Transitional | 5.5% | $23,356 | 20.3% | 83.5% | 68.7% | 145.6% | 150.8% | 126.6 | 1,959 | 3 |
Morgan | Transitional | 5.9% | $27,166 | 15.4% | 89.6% | 79.9% | 125.2% | 114.6% | 109.8 | 1,392 | 2 |
Pickens | At-Risk | 7.9% | $19,130 | 26.2% | 120.0% | 56.3% | 177.8% | 194.6% | 164.1 | 2,795 | 4 |
Randolph | At-Risk | 8.2% | $17,687 | 19.9% | 125.4% | 52.0% | 192.3% | 148.0% | 155.2 | 2,660 | 4 |
Shelby | Attainment | 4.2% | $40,522 | 6.4% | 64.7% | 119.2% | 83.9% | 47.5% | 65.4 | 94 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 5.8% | $24,635 | 11.3% | 89.1% | 72.4% | 138.0% | 83.9% | 103.7 | 1,160 | 2 |
Talladega | Transitional | 8.1% | $22,735 | 19.0% | 123.0% | 66.9% | 149.6% | 141.3% | 137.9 | 2,284 | 3 |
Tallapoosa | Transitional | 7.9% | $21,843 | 17.3% | 120.1% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 128.4% | 134.7 | 2,190 | 3 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 5.4% | $28,241 | 20.5% | 82.6% | 83.1% | 120.4% | 152.2% | 118.4 | 1,681 | 3 |
Walker | Transitional | 6.5% | $21,752 | 16.9% | 99.3% | 64.0% | 156.3% | 125.3% | 127.0 | 1,969 | 3 |
Winston | Distressed | 9.5% | $17,389 | 23.1% | 145.5% | 51.1% | 195.6% | 171.7% | 170.9 | 2,861 | 4 |