| County Economic Status, FY 2018 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2013–2015 | Per Capita Market Income, 2015 | Poverty Rate, 2011–2015 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2013–2015 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2015 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2015 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011–2015 | Composite Index Value, FY 2018 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2018 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2018 |
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United States | - | 6.3% | $39,778 | 15.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 6.7% | $29,282 | 17.1% | 106.6% | 73.6% | 135.8% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 6.7% | $29,201 | 18.8% | 107.1% | 73.4% | 136.2% | 121.7% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 6.4% | $30,623 | 17.6% | 102.1% | 77.0% | 129.9% | 113.8% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | At-Risk | 7.3% | $20,195 | 16.8% | 115.8% | 50.8% | 197.0% | 108.6% | 140.4 | 2,367 | 4 |
Blount | Transitional | 6.0% | $23,497 | 16.7% | 94.9% | 59.1% | 169.3% | 108.1% | 124.1 | 1,901 | 3 |
Calhoun | At-Risk | 7.9% | $23,649 | 20.5% | 126.4% | 59.5% | 168.2% | 132.7% | 142.4 | 2,411 | 4 |
Chambers | At-Risk | 6.9% | $20,921 | 21.6% | 110.2% | 52.6% | 190.1% | 139.5% | 146.6 | 2,500 | 4 |
Cherokee | Transitional | 6.0% | $22,343 | 19.2% | 95.1% | 56.2% | 178.0% | 124.3% | 132.5 | 2,133 | 3 |
Chilton | Transitional | 6.2% | $22,639 | 19.1% | 98.5% | 56.9% | 175.7% | 123.8% | 132.7 | 2,140 | 3 |
Clay | Transitional | 7.2% | $22,858 | 16.7% | 115.4% | 57.5% | 174.0% | 107.6% | 132.3 | 2,127 | 3 |
Cleburne | Transitional | 6.8% | $22,173 | 17.0% | 108.2% | 55.7% | 179.4% | 109.7% | 132.4 | 2,130 | 3 |
Colbert | Transitional | 8.1% | $25,552 | 17.4% | 129.9% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 112.6% | 132.7 | 2,142 | 3 |
Coosa | At-Risk | 8.2% | $19,337 | 19.3% | 131.4% | 48.6% | 205.7% | 124.6% | 153.9 | 2,631 | 4 |
Cullman | Transitional | 6.0% | $26,597 | 18.5% | 95.6% | 66.9% | 149.6% | 119.9% | 121.7 | 1,830 | 3 |
DeKalb | At-Risk | 6.9% | $20,951 | 18.7% | 109.3% | 52.7% | 189.9% | 120.8% | 140.0 | 2,353 | 4 |
Elmore | Transitional | 5.7% | $29,057 | 13.6% | 90.4% | 73.0% | 136.9% | 88.2% | 105.2 | 1,292 | 2 |
Etowah | Transitional | 6.9% | $23,568 | 19.7% | 110.6% | 59.2% | 168.8% | 127.1% | 135.5 | 2,227 | 3 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 7.7% | $18,933 | 18.3% | 123.3% | 47.6% | 210.1% | 118.4% | 150.6 | 2,568 | 4 |
Franklin | At-Risk | 7.4% | $22,607 | 22.5% | 118.2% | 56.8% | 176.0% | 145.3% | 146.5 | 2,492 | 4 |
Hale | Distressed | 9.8% | $23,669 | 26.8% | 156.5% | 59.5% | 168.1% | 173.2% | 165.9 | 2,816 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 7.3% | $24,483 | 18.0% | 115.8% | 61.5% | 162.5% | 116.3% | 131.5 | 2,104 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 6.3% | $38,919 | 18.8% | 99.8% | 97.8% | 102.2% | 121.3% | 107.8 | 1,390 | 2 |
Lamar | At-Risk | 6.8% | $19,376 | 24.1% | 108.4% | 48.7% | 205.3% | 156.0% | 156.6 | 2,679 | 4 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 7.1% | $26,274 | 17.9% | 113.1% | 66.1% | 151.4% | 115.8% | 126.8 | 1,979 | 3 |
Lawrence | At-Risk | 8.1% | $22,962 | 18.7% | 129.1% | 57.7% | 173.2% | 121.1% | 141.1 | 2,383 | 4 |
Limestone | Transitional | 5.9% | $29,560 | 14.3% | 94.9% | 74.3% | 134.6% | 92.1% | 107.2 | 1,366 | 2 |
Macon | Distressed | 9.0% | $20,886 | 25.9% | 143.1% | 52.5% | 190.4% | 167.5% | 167.0 | 2,831 | 4 |
Madison | Transitional | 6.0% | $38,556 | 13.7% | 95.8% | 96.9% | 103.2% | 88.8% | 95.9 | 969 | 2 |
Marion | At-Risk | 7.6% | $19,526 | 20.1% | 121.5% | 49.1% | 203.7% | 129.9% | 151.7 | 2,583 | 4 |
Marshall | Transitional | 6.4% | $24,174 | 20.2% | 102.6% | 60.8% | 164.5% | 130.3% | 132.5 | 2,135 | 3 |
Morgan | Transitional | 6.4% | $27,691 | 16.1% | 102.8% | 69.6% | 143.7% | 103.8% | 116.8 | 1,670 | 3 |
Pickens | At-Risk | 8.1% | $20,204 | 25.0% | 129.0% | 50.8% | 196.9% | 161.4% | 162.4 | 2,770 | 4 |
Randolph | At-Risk | 6.8% | $21,872 | 20.4% | 108.3% | 55.0% | 181.9% | 131.7% | 140.6 | 2,374 | 4 |
Shelby | Attainment | 4.5% | $42,800 | 8.3% | 71.1% | 107.6% | 92.9% | 53.8% | 72.6 | 271 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 5.7% | $26,510 | 16.0% | 91.4% | 66.6% | 150.0% | 103.4% | 115.0 | 1,614 | 3 |
Talladega | At-Risk | 7.7% | $21,993 | 23.0% | 122.0% | 55.3% | 180.9% | 149.0% | 150.6 | 2,569 | 4 |
Tallapoosa | At-Risk | 7.3% | $24,797 | 22.5% | 115.7% | 62.3% | 160.4% | 145.2% | 140.5 | 2,368 | 4 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 5.9% | $28,363 | 19.1% | 94.3% | 71.3% | 140.2% | 123.4% | 119.3 | 1,758 | 3 |
Walker | At-Risk | 7.9% | $25,544 | 22.5% | 125.3% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 145.4% | 142.1 | 2,404 | 4 |
Winston | At-Risk | 8.6% | $22,284 | 21.9% | 136.5% | 56.0% | 178.5% | 141.4% | 152.2 | 2,596 | 4 |