| County Economic Status, FY 2016 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2011–2013 | Per Capita Market Income, 2013 | Poverty Rate, 2009–2013 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2011–2013 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2013 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009–2013 | Composite Index Value, FY 2016 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2016 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2016 |
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United States | - | 8.1% | $37,127 | 15.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 8.2% | $27,979 | 17.0% | 100.5% | 75.4% | 132.7% | 110.8% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 7.4% | $28,307 | 18.6% | 90.5% | 76.2% | 131.2% | 121.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 7.0% | $29,597 | 17.3% | 85.9% | 79.7% | 125.4% | 112.9% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | At-Risk | 7.9% | $17,141 | 18.1% | 97.3% | 46.2% | 216.6% | 118.0% | 144.0 | 2,552 | 4 |
Blount | Transitional | 6.5% | $21,648 | 15.8% | 79.8% | 58.3% | 171.5% | 102.9% | 118.1 | 1,854 | 3 |
Calhoun | Transitional | 7.8% | $23,288 | 21.9% | 95.5% | 62.7% | 159.4% | 142.3% | 132.4 | 2,278 | 3 |
Chambers | At-Risk | 9.0% | $20,313 | 24.1% | 110.9% | 54.7% | 182.8% | 156.9% | 150.2 | 2,682 | 4 |
Cherokee | At-Risk | 7.0% | $19,228 | 21.2% | 85.8% | 51.8% | 193.1% | 137.9% | 139.0 | 2,442 | 4 |
Chilton | Transitional | 6.8% | $22,059 | 19.5% | 83.0% | 59.4% | 168.3% | 127.0% | 126.1 | 2,118 | 3 |
Clay | At-Risk | 9.5% | $19,392 | 19.0% | 116.9% | 52.2% | 191.5% | 123.4% | 143.9 | 2,551 | 4 |
Cleburne | Transitional | 6.9% | $23,516 | 18.4% | 85.1% | 63.3% | 157.9% | 120.1% | 121.0 | 1,948 | 3 |
Colbert | Transitional | 7.5% | $23,778 | 17.9% | 92.6% | 64.0% | 156.1% | 116.5% | 121.7 | 1,966 | 3 |
Coosa | At-Risk | 8.8% | $16,180 | 20.9% | 107.7% | 43.6% | 229.5% | 136.0% | 157.7 | 2,796 | 4 |
Cullman | Transitional | 6.5% | $24,587 | 18.8% | 79.4% | 66.2% | 151.0% | 122.2% | 117.5 | 1,832 | 3 |
DeKalb | At-Risk | 8.7% | $20,374 | 19.9% | 106.8% | 54.9% | 182.2% | 129.4% | 139.5 | 2,460 | 4 |
Elmore | Transitional | 6.8% | $28,575 | 13.4% | 84.1% | 77.0% | 129.9% | 87.0% | 100.4 | 1,212 | 2 |
Etowah | Transitional | 7.4% | $23,333 | 19.0% | 90.4% | 62.8% | 159.1% | 123.8% | 124.4 | 2,061 | 3 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 8.3% | $19,141 | 19.9% | 101.6% | 51.6% | 194.0% | 129.3% | 141.6 | 2,512 | 4 |
Franklin | At-Risk | 8.2% | $19,442 | 21.9% | 100.9% | 52.4% | 191.0% | 142.6% | 144.8 | 2,566 | 4 |
Hale | Distressed | 10.4% | $20,831 | 26.6% | 127.8% | 56.1% | 178.2% | 173.0% | 159.7 | 2,823 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 7.1% | $23,915 | 16.0% | 87.7% | 64.4% | 155.2% | 103.9% | 115.6 | 1,763 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 6.9% | $37,785 | 18.0% | 85.3% | 101.8% | 98.3% | 117.1% | 100.2 | 1,203 | 2 |
Lamar | At-Risk | 7.8% | $19,115 | 22.3% | 96.5% | 51.5% | 194.2% | 144.8% | 145.2 | 2,576 | 4 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 6.8% | $25,664 | 17.2% | 83.4% | 69.1% | 144.7% | 111.9% | 113.3 | 1,691 | 3 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 8.3% | $23,177 | 17.5% | 102.0% | 62.4% | 160.2% | 114.2% | 125.5 | 2,098 | 3 |
Limestone | Transitional | 6.2% | $29,371 | 14.7% | 76.5% | 79.1% | 126.4% | 95.7% | 99.5 | 1,175 | 2 |
Macon | At-Risk | 10.0% | $22,487 | 27.3% | 122.9% | 60.6% | 165.1% | 177.4% | 155.2 | 2,762 | 4 |
Madison | Competitive | 6.3% | $36,782 | 12.8% | 77.1% | 99.1% | 100.9% | 83.5% | 87.2 | 772 | 1 |
Marion | At-Risk | 9.2% | $19,694 | 20.9% | 112.6% | 53.0% | 188.5% | 135.9% | 145.7 | 2,585 | 4 |
Marshall | Transitional | 7.1% | $24,025 | 19.5% | 87.2% | 64.7% | 154.5% | 126.9% | 122.9 | 2,007 | 3 |
Morgan | Transitional | 7.0% | $26,253 | 15.7% | 86.4% | 70.7% | 141.4% | 102.4% | 110.1 | 1,594 | 3 |
Pickens | At-Risk | 9.0% | $20,591 | 27.2% | 110.2% | 55.5% | 180.3% | 176.8% | 155.8 | 2,769 | 4 |
Randolph | At-Risk | 8.8% | $18,916 | 24.5% | 108.4% | 51.0% | 196.3% | 159.3% | 154.6 | 2,754 | 4 |
Shelby | Attainment | 5.0% | $40,591 | 7.9% | 62.0% | 109.3% | 91.5% | 51.7% | 68.4 | 234 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 6.5% | $26,601 | 15.2% | 80.3% | 71.6% | 139.6% | 99.1% | 106.3 | 1,441 | 2 |
Talladega | Transitional | 8.2% | $24,399 | 22.9% | 101.3% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 149.3% | 134.3 | 2,322 | 3 |
Tallapoosa | Transitional | 8.9% | $22,949 | 19.8% | 110.1% | 61.8% | 161.8% | 128.7% | 133.5 | 2,299 | 3 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 6.7% | $28,871 | 18.9% | 82.0% | 77.8% | 128.6% | 122.9% | 111.2 | 1,631 | 3 |
Walker | Transitional | 7.6% | $23,479 | 20.9% | 94.0% | 63.2% | 158.1% | 136.1% | 129.4 | 2,201 | 3 |
Winston | Distressed | 10.3% | $17,957 | 24.0% | 127.3% | 48.4% | 206.8% | 156.1% | 163.4 | 2,871 | 4 |