| | County Economic Status, FY 2004 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1999-2001 | Per Capita Market Income, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1999-2001 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 4.3% | $25,676 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.7% | $19,736 | 13.6% | 108.3% | 76.9% | 110.2% |
| Georgia | - | 3.9% | $24,727 | 13.0% | 89.8% | 96.3% | 104.9% |
| Appalachian Georgia | - | 3.1% | $23,183 | 9.2% | 71.3% | 90.3% | 74.7% |
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| County |
| Banks | Transitional | 3.5% | $16,124 | 12.5% | 82.0% | 62.8% | 101.4% |
| Barrow | Transitional | 3.5% | $17,516 | 8.3% | 81.5% | 68.2% | 67.0% |
| Bartow | Competitive | 4.2% | $21,270 | 8.6% | 96.7% | 82.8% | 69.3% |
| Carroll | Transitional | 4.5% | $18,299 | 13.7% | 104.8% | 71.3% | 110.8% |
| Catoosa | Transitional | 2.7% | $17,755 | 9.4% | 63.0% | 69.2% | 76.3% |
| Chattooga | Transitional | 3.9% | $14,382 | 14.3% | 89.0% | 56.0% | 115.4% |
| Cherokee | Attainment | 2.1% | $26,655 | 5.3% | 48.4% | 103.8% | 43.0% |
| Dade | Transitional | 3.1% | $16,681 | 9.7% | 70.6% | 65.0% | 78.7% |
| Dawson | Competitive | 2.4% | $22,960 | 7.6% | 56.3% | 89.4% | 61.5% |
| Douglas | Competitive | 2.8% | $22,739 | 7.8% | 64.7% | 88.6% | 62.9% |
| Elbert | Transitional | 7.5% | $16,466 | 17.3% | 172.6% | 64.1% | 140.0% |
| Fannin | Transitional | 3.7% | $14,176 | 12.4% | 86.2% | 55.2% | 100.0% |
| Floyd | Transitional | 4.3% | $19,785 | 14.4% | 98.3% | 77.1% | 116.7% |
| Forsyth | Attainment | 1.8% | $32,831 | 5.5% | 41.7% | 127.9% | 44.5% |
| Franklin | Transitional | 4.0% | $17,930 | 13.9% | 92.0% | 69.8% | 112.0% |
| Gilmer | Transitional | 3.5% | $13,575 | 12.5% | 81.0% | 52.9% | 100.6% |
| Gordon | Transitional | 5.1% | $18,618 | 9.9% | 118.6% | 72.5% | 79.7% |
| Gwinnett | Attainment | 2.5% | $30,711 | 5.7% | 58.4% | 119.6% | 45.9% |
| Habersham | Transitional | 3.8% | $18,428 | 12.2% | 88.1% | 71.8% | 98.4% |
| Hall | Transitional | 2.6% | $21,825 | 12.4% | 60.2% | 85.0% | 100.3% |
| Haralson | Transitional | 5.0% | $16,657 | 15.5% | 115.5% | 64.9% | 125.2% |
| Hart | Transitional | 5.2% | $17,687 | 14.8% | 119.3% | 68.9% | 119.3% |
| Heard | Transitional | 5.8% | $13,681 | 13.6% | 134.1% | 53.3% | 109.8% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 3.4% | $18,977 | 12.0% | 78.4% | 73.9% | 96.8% |
| Lumpkin | Transitional | 2.1% | $19,448 | 13.2% | 48.3% | 75.7% | 107.0% |
| Madison | Transitional | 3.1% | $17,858 | 11.6% | 71.7% | 69.6% | 94.1% |
| Murray | Transitional | 3.8% | $15,413 | 12.7% | 87.9% | 60.0% | 102.2% |
| Paulding | Transitional | 2.2% | $15,672 | 5.5% | 51.7% | 61.0% | 44.4% |
| Pickens | Competitive | 2.7% | $20,565 | 9.2% | 63.4% | 80.1% | 74.0% |
| Polk | Transitional | 5.1% | $15,935 | 15.5% | 117.9% | 62.1% | 124.9% |
| Rabun | Transitional | 2.5% | $17,282 | 11.1% | 56.8% | 67.3% | 89.8% |
| Stephens | Transitional | 4.9% | $17,706 | 15.1% | 112.1% | 69.0% | 122.0% |
| Towns | Transitional | 3.4% | $16,539 | 11.8% | 79.4% | 64.4% | 95.4% |
| Union | Transitional | 3.1% | $16,336 | 12.5% | 71.7% | 63.6% | 101.1% |
| Walker | Transitional | 3.8% | $17,099 | 12.5% | 87.4% | 66.6% | 100.8% |
| White | Transitional | 3.8% | $18,064 | 10.5% | 88.3% | 70.4% | 85.1% |
| Whitfield | Competitive | 3.3% | $24,418 | 11.5% | 77.1% | 95.1% | 92.7% |
