| | County Economic Status, FY 2017 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2012–2014 | Per Capita Market Income, 2014 | Poverty Rate, 2010–2014 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2012–2014 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2014 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2014 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010–2014 | Composite Index Value, FY 2017 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2017 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2017 |
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| United States | - | 7.2% | $38,117 | 15.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 7.5% | $28,317 | 17.2% | 104.1% | 74.3% | 134.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Alabama | - | 7.3% | $29,002 | 18.9% | 101.9% | 76.1% | 131.4% | 121.4% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 7.0% | $30,293 | 17.7% | 97.0% | 79.5% | 125.8% | 113.5% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Bibb | Transitional | 7.8% | $19,819 | 17.0% | 108.7% | 52.0% | 192.3% | 109.3% | 136.8 | 2,324 | 3 |
| Blount | Transitional | 6.5% | $23,440 | 17.3% | 89.8% | 61.5% | 162.6% | 110.8% | 121.1 | 1,870 | 3 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 8.4% | $23,420 | 21.7% | 117.2% | 61.4% | 162.8% | 139.3% | 139.7 | 2,404 | 4 |
| Chambers | At-Risk | 8.2% | $21,494 | 23.9% | 114.0% | 56.4% | 177.3% | 153.4% | 148.2 | 2,570 | 4 |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 6.8% | $22,310 | 21.0% | 94.5% | 58.5% | 170.9% | 134.8% | 133.4 | 2,227 | 3 |
| Chilton | Transitional | 6.7% | $21,511 | 18.8% | 93.1% | 56.4% | 177.2% | 120.4% | 130.2 | 2,140 | 3 |
| Clay | Transitional | 8.4% | $22,291 | 18.7% | 116.2% | 58.5% | 171.0% | 119.7% | 135.6 | 2,295 | 3 |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 7.5% | $22,340 | 18.1% | 104.5% | 58.6% | 170.6% | 116.4% | 130.5 | 2,148 | 3 |
| Colbert | Transitional | 8.3% | $24,704 | 18.3% | 115.5% | 64.8% | 154.3% | 117.1% | 129.0 | 2,100 | 3 |
| Coosa | At-Risk | 9.1% | $18,341 | 20.0% | 125.9% | 48.1% | 207.8% | 128.2% | 154.0 | 2,686 | 4 |
| Cullman | Transitional | 6.8% | $26,390 | 18.0% | 94.3% | 69.2% | 144.4% | 115.7% | 118.1 | 1,780 | 3 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 7.9% | $21,336 | 20.1% | 109.4% | 56.0% | 178.7% | 129.0% | 139.0 | 2,385 | 4 |
| Elmore | Transitional | 6.3% | $28,440 | 12.9% | 87.8% | 74.6% | 134.0% | 83.0% | 101.6 | 1,216 | 2 |
| Etowah | Transitional | 7.6% | $23,174 | 19.6% | 105.4% | 60.8% | 164.5% | 125.6% | 131.8 | 2,182 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 8.3% | $19,356 | 20.8% | 114.9% | 50.8% | 196.9% | 133.6% | 148.4 | 2,576 | 4 |
| Franklin | At-Risk | 8.1% | $21,721 | 24.3% | 112.7% | 57.0% | 175.5% | 155.7% | 147.9 | 2,565 | 4 |
| Hale | Distressed | 11.0% | $24,148 | 27.9% | 153.3% | 63.4% | 157.8% | 179.0% | 163.4 | 2,825 | 4 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 7.8% | $24,431 | 18.2% | 108.5% | 64.1% | 156.0% | 117.0% | 127.2 | 2,057 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.8% | $40,010 | 18.7% | 94.5% | 105.0% | 95.3% | 119.9% | 103.2 | 1,272 | 2 |
| Lamar | At-Risk | 7.3% | $19,397 | 22.6% | 101.0% | 50.9% | 196.5% | 145.0% | 147.5 | 2,553 | 4 |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 7.3% | $25,411 | 18.7% | 101.8% | 66.7% | 150.0% | 119.7% | 123.8 | 1,959 | 3 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 8.5% | $22,633 | 17.1% | 118.2% | 59.4% | 168.4% | 109.9% | 132.2 | 2,191 | 3 |
| Limestone | Transitional | 6.4% | $30,191 | 14.1% | 89.4% | 79.2% | 126.3% | 90.2% | 102.0 | 1,229 | 2 |
| Macon | Distressed | 9.9% | $20,723 | 26.4% | 137.2% | 54.4% | 183.9% | 169.0% | 163.4 | 2,828 | 4 |
| Madison | Transitional | 6.5% | $37,574 | 13.4% | 90.5% | 98.6% | 101.4% | 85.9% | 92.6 | 910 | 2 |
| Marion | At-Risk | 8.3% | $19,500 | 19.4% | 115.9% | 51.2% | 195.5% | 124.2% | 145.2 | 2,508 | 4 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 7.1% | $23,140 | 19.9% | 98.6% | 60.7% | 164.7% | 127.4% | 130.2 | 2,143 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 7.1% | $26,837 | 15.1% | 98.5% | 70.4% | 142.0% | 97.0% | 112.5 | 1,606 | 3 |
| Pickens | At-Risk | 9.2% | $20,273 | 25.6% | 128.1% | 53.2% | 188.0% | 164.1% | 160.1 | 2,777 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 8.0% | $21,636 | 23.5% | 110.5% | 56.8% | 176.2% | 150.5% | 145.7 | 2,516 | 4 |
| Shelby | Attainment | 4.8% | $39,801 | 8.6% | 66.2% | 104.4% | 95.8% | 55.4% | 72.4 | 306 | 1 |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 6.3% | $25,131 | 16.1% | 87.4% | 65.9% | 151.7% | 103.1% | 114.1 | 1,654 | 3 |
| Talladega | At-Risk | 8.5% | $21,771 | 23.4% | 117.9% | 57.1% | 175.1% | 149.8% | 147.6 | 2,555 | 4 |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 8.1% | $24,449 | 21.1% | 113.0% | 64.1% | 155.9% | 135.4% | 134.8 | 2,272 | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 6.5% | $28,011 | 18.4% | 89.9% | 73.5% | 136.1% | 118.2% | 114.7 | 1,674 | 3 |
| Walker | Transitional | 8.3% | $25,993 | 23.0% | 115.2% | 68.2% | 146.6% | 147.7% | 136.5 | 2,318 | 3 |
| Winston | At-Risk | 9.5% | $19,857 | 22.4% | 131.4% | 52.1% | 192.0% | 143.4% | 155.6 | 2,717 | 4 |
