| County Economic Status, FY 2008 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, 2004 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2004 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2004 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2008 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2008 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2008 |
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United States | - | 5.5% | $28,187 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $21,587 | 13.6% | 100.6% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
Georgia | - | 4.9% | $25,808 | 13.0% | 89.5% | 91.6% | 109.2% | 104.9% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Georgia | - | 4.3% | $23,678 | 9.2% | 78.3% | 84.0% | 119.0% | 74.7% | - | - | - |
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County |
Banks | Transitional | 3.8% | $22,059 | 12.5% | 68.5% | 78.3% | 127.8% | 101.4% | 99.2 | 944 | 2 |
Barrow | Transitional | 4.4% | $20,299 | 8.3% | 79.9% | 72.0% | 138.9% | 67.0% | 95.3 | 785 | 2 |
Bartow | Transitional | 5.3% | $23,199 | 8.6% | 95.9% | 82.3% | 121.5% | 69.3% | 95.6 | 797 | 2 |
Carroll | Transitional | 5.1% | $19,411 | 13.7% | 91.5% | 68.9% | 145.2% | 110.8% | 115.8 | 1,571 | 3 |
Catoosa | Competitive | 3.5% | $20,744 | 9.4% | 64.1% | 73.6% | 135.9% | 76.3% | 92.1 | 659 | 1 |
Chattooga | Transitional | 4.9% | $14,140 | 14.3% | 89.0% | 50.2% | 199.3% | 115.4% | 134.6 | 2,199 | 3 |
Cherokee | Attainment | 3.8% | $28,046 | 5.3% | 67.9% | 99.5% | 100.5% | 43.0% | 70.4 | 127 | 1 |
Dade | Transitional | 4.3% | $18,135 | 9.7% | 78.0% | 64.3% | 155.4% | 78.7% | 104.0 | 1,136 | 2 |
Dawson | Attainment | 3.8% | $25,441 | 7.6% | 68.8% | 90.3% | 110.8% | 61.5% | 80.4 | 281 | 1 |
Douglas | Competitive | 4.9% | $23,345 | 7.8% | 88.8% | 82.8% | 120.7% | 62.9% | 90.8 | 600 | 1 |
Elbert | At-Risk | 6.1% | $16,456 | 17.3% | 110.7% | 58.4% | 171.3% | 140.0% | 140.7 | 2,345 | 4 |
Fannin | Transitional | 5.3% | $16,338 | 12.4% | 96.2% | 58.0% | 172.5% | 100.0% | 122.9 | 1,826 | 3 |
Floyd | Transitional | 4.9% | $21,920 | 14.4% | 88.4% | 77.8% | 128.6% | 116.7% | 111.2 | 1,406 | 2 |
Forsyth | Attainment | 3.2% | $29,440 | 5.5% | 58.6% | 104.4% | 95.7% | 44.5% | 66.3 | 76 | 1 |
Franklin | Transitional | 5.3% | $19,336 | 13.9% | 96.2% | 68.6% | 145.8% | 112.0% | 118.0 | 1,650 | 3 |
Gilmer | Transitional | 4.2% | $17,281 | 12.5% | 76.7% | 61.3% | 163.1% | 100.6% | 113.5 | 1,490 | 2 |
Gordon | Transitional | 4.7% | $19,964 | 9.9% | 84.8% | 70.8% | 141.2% | 79.7% | 101.9 | 1,054 | 2 |
Gwinnett | Attainment | 4.3% | $28,432 | 5.7% | 76.9% | 100.9% | 99.1% | 45.9% | 74.0 | 174 | 1 |
Habersham | Transitional | 4.0% | $20,386 | 12.2% | 71.4% | 72.3% | 138.3% | 98.4% | 102.7 | 1,081 | 2 |
Hall | Transitional | 4.1% | $22,411 | 12.4% | 73.7% | 79.5% | 125.8% | 100.3% | 99.9 | 971 | 2 |
Haralson | Transitional | 5.1% | $17,636 | 15.5% | 92.0% | 62.6% | 159.8% | 125.2% | 125.7 | 1,926 | 3 |
Hart | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,862 | 14.8% | 102.6% | 59.8% | 167.2% | 119.3% | 129.7 | 2,066 | 3 |
Heard | Transitional | 5.8% | $16,084 | 13.6% | 105.5% | 57.1% | 175.2% | 109.8% | 130.2 | 2,082 | 3 |
Jackson | Transitional | 4.3% | $21,789 | 12.0% | 77.6% | 77.3% | 129.4% | 96.8% | 101.3 | 1,028 | 2 |
Lumpkin | Transitional | 4.1% | $19,544 | 13.2% | 74.9% | 69.3% | 144.2% | 107.0% | 108.7 | 1,299 | 2 |
Madison | Transitional | 3.8% | $20,597 | 11.6% | 69.0% | 73.1% | 136.8% | 94.1% | 100.0 | 977 | 2 |
Murray | Transitional | 4.2% | $17,757 | 12.7% | 76.0% | 63.0% | 158.7% | 102.2% | 112.3 | 1,438 | 2 |
Paulding | Competitive | 4.0% | $21,175 | 5.5% | 72.9% | 75.1% | 133.1% | 44.4% | 83.5 | 354 | 1 |
Pickens | Competitive | 3.9% | $23,851 | 9.2% | 70.6% | 84.6% | 118.2% | 74.0% | 87.6 | 482 | 1 |
Polk | Transitional | 4.9% | $15,572 | 15.5% | 89.5% | 55.2% | 181.0% | 124.9% | 131.8 | 2,122 | 3 |
Rabun | Transitional | 4.0% | $18,452 | 11.1% | 71.6% | 65.5% | 152.8% | 89.8% | 104.7 | 1,161 | 2 |
Stephens | Transitional | 6.0% | $18,157 | 15.1% | 109.4% | 64.4% | 155.2% | 122.0% | 128.9 | 2,035 | 3 |
Towns | Transitional | 3.4% | $17,854 | 11.8% | 61.1% | 63.3% | 157.9% | 95.4% | 104.8 | 1,168 | 2 |
Union | Transitional | 3.9% | $17,252 | 12.5% | 71.2% | 61.2% | 163.4% | 101.1% | 111.9 | 1,427 | 2 |
Walker | Transitional | 4.5% | $17,540 | 12.5% | 81.1% | 62.2% | 160.7% | 100.8% | 114.2 | 1,510 | 2 |
White | Transitional | 3.8% | $17,976 | 10.5% | 69.6% | 63.8% | 156.8% | 85.1% | 103.8 | 1,126 | 2 |
Whitfield | Transitional | 4.5% | $24,317 | 11.5% | 81.9% | 86.3% | 115.9% | 92.7% | 96.8 | 844 | 2 |