| County Economic Status, FY 2013 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2008–2010 | Per Capita Market Income, 2009 | Poverty Rate, 2006–2010 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2008–2010 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006–2010 | Composite Index Value, FY 2013 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2013 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2013 |
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United States | - | 8.2% | $32,691 | 13.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 8.4% | $24,553 | 15.6% | 102.5% | 75.1% | 133.1% | 113.2% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 8.1% | $25,998 | 17.1% | 98.1% | 79.5% | 125.7% | 123.8% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 7.8% | $27,106 | 15.8% | 95.4% | 82.9% | 120.6% | 114.2% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | Transitional | 9.2% | $16,436 | 12.6% | 111.7% | 50.3% | 198.9% | 91.5% | 134.0 | 2,249 | 3 |
Blount | Transitional | 7.3% | $19,344 | 13.4% | 88.4% | 59.2% | 169.0% | 96.8% | 118.1 | 1,762 | 3 |
Calhoun | Transitional | 8.1% | $23,810 | 19.5% | 98.6% | 72.8% | 137.3% | 140.8% | 125.6 | 2,007 | 3 |
Chambers | Distressed | 14.7% | $17,160 | 20.3% | 178.8% | 52.5% | 190.5% | 147.2% | 172.2 | 2,937 | 4 |
Cherokee | Transitional | 8.1% | $18,968 | 17.6% | 99.0% | 58.0% | 172.3% | 127.7% | 133.0 | 2,222 | 3 |
Chilton | Transitional | 7.7% | $20,242 | 18.4% | 94.1% | 61.9% | 161.5% | 133.5% | 129.7 | 2,119 | 3 |
Clay | At-Risk | 11.8% | $17,622 | 18.8% | 144.1% | 53.9% | 185.5% | 136.4% | 155.3 | 2,726 | 4 |
Cleburne | Transitional | 7.3% | $21,390 | 17.1% | 88.5% | 65.4% | 152.8% | 124.0% | 121.8 | 1,888 | 3 |
Colbert | Transitional | 8.6% | $21,229 | 15.7% | 104.4% | 64.9% | 154.0% | 113.4% | 123.9 | 1,959 | 3 |
Coosa | At-Risk | 11.5% | $17,225 | 16.0% | 139.9% | 52.7% | 189.8% | 115.7% | 148.5 | 2,606 | 4 |
Cullman | Transitional | 7.4% | $21,440 | 16.7% | 89.5% | 65.6% | 152.5% | 121.1% | 121.0 | 1,866 | 3 |
DeKalb | At-Risk | 9.7% | $18,677 | 20.0% | 118.5% | 57.1% | 175.0% | 145.0% | 146.2 | 2,564 | 4 |
Elmore | Transitional | 7.1% | $24,865 | 12.4% | 86.4% | 76.1% | 131.5% | 89.6% | 102.5 | 1,178 | 2 |
Etowah | Transitional | 8.3% | $21,316 | 16.8% | 100.5% | 65.2% | 153.4% | 121.9% | 125.3 | 2,001 | 3 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 10.2% | $16,817 | 17.9% | 123.6% | 51.4% | 194.4% | 129.8% | 149.3 | 2,621 | 4 |
Franklin | At-Risk | 9.5% | $17,930 | 19.5% | 115.7% | 54.8% | 182.3% | 141.5% | 146.5 | 2,571 | 4 |
Hale | Distressed | 10.4% | $17,721 | 24.6% | 126.5% | 54.2% | 184.5% | 178.3% | 163.1 | 2,828 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 8.8% | $20,930 | 17.5% | 106.9% | 64.0% | 156.2% | 126.5% | 129.9 | 2,127 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 7.9% | $34,063 | 15.5% | 95.6% | 104.2% | 96.0% | 112.0% | 101.2 | 1,133 | 2 |
Lamar | At-Risk | 11.3% | $16,578 | 18.5% | 137.5% | 50.7% | 197.2% | 134.2% | 156.3 | 2,741 | 4 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 7.8% | $23,628 | 17.7% | 94.7% | 72.3% | 138.4% | 128.2% | 120.4 | 1,851 | 3 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 9.6% | $21,294 | 13.6% | 116.8% | 65.1% | 153.5% | 98.6% | 123.0 | 1,932 | 3 |
Limestone | Transitional | 7.1% | $25,914 | 13.5% | 85.9% | 79.3% | 126.1% | 97.4% | 103.1 | 1,208 | 2 |
Macon | Distressed | 10.2% | $17,854 | 27.4% | 124.0% | 54.6% | 183.1% | 198.3% | 168.5 | 2,892 | 4 |
Madison | Competitive | 6.0% | $34,352 | 12.0% | 73.4% | 105.1% | 95.2% | 86.5% | 85.0 | 568 | 1 |
Marion | At-Risk | 11.7% | $18,253 | 17.8% | 142.2% | 55.8% | 179.1% | 128.8% | 150.0 | 2,633 | 4 |
Marshall | Transitional | 7.2% | $22,886 | 19.9% | 87.5% | 70.0% | 142.8% | 144.4% | 124.9 | 1,984 | 3 |
Morgan | Transitional | 7.9% | $25,850 | 15.0% | 96.3% | 79.1% | 126.5% | 108.4% | 110.4 | 1,477 | 2 |
Pickens | Distressed | 9.9% | $19,367 | 26.9% | 120.6% | 59.2% | 168.8% | 194.6% | 161.4 | 2,811 | 4 |
Randolph | At-Risk | 10.7% | $16,889 | 21.5% | 130.1% | 51.7% | 193.6% | 155.4% | 159.7 | 2,790 | 4 |
Shelby | Attainment | 5.7% | $37,702 | 7.4% | 69.3% | 115.3% | 86.7% | 53.3% | 69.7 | 173 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 7.8% | $23,965 | 10.6% | 94.6% | 73.3% | 136.4% | 77.0% | 102.7 | 1,186 | 2 |
Talladega | Transitional | 10.2% | $21,393 | 18.4% | 123.8% | 65.4% | 152.8% | 133.2% | 136.6 | 2,320 | 3 |
Tallapoosa | Transitional | 10.3% | $21,042 | 17.5% | 125.6% | 64.4% | 155.4% | 126.9% | 136.0 | 2,301 | 3 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 7.1% | $27,320 | 19.7% | 86.9% | 83.6% | 119.7% | 142.9% | 116.5 | 1,699 | 3 |
Walker | Transitional | 8.6% | $20,992 | 18.6% | 104.8% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 134.5% | 131.7 | 2,175 | 3 |
Winston | Distressed | 12.7% | $16,349 | 20.6% | 154.8% | 50.0% | 200.0% | 149.2% | 168.0 | 2,882 | 4 |