| County Economic Status, FY 2015 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2010–2012 | Per Capita Market Income, 2012 | Poverty Rate, 2008–2012 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2010–2012 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2012 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008–2012 | Composite Index Value, FY 2015 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2015 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2015 |
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United States | - | 8.9% | $36,223 | 14.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 8.9% | $27,359 | 16.6% | 99.7% | 75.5% | 132.4% | 111.5% | - | - | - |
Georgia | - | 9.7% | $31,006 | 17.4% | 109.4% | 85.6% | 116.8% | 117.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Georgia | - | 9.1% | $27,450 | 14.7% | 102.9% | 75.8% | 132.0% | 99.1% | - | - | - |
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County |
Banks | Transitional | 7.2% | $23,038 | 17.9% | 81.1% | 63.6% | 157.2% | 120.1% | 119.5 | 1,882 | 3 |
Barrow | Transitional | 9.3% | $26,233 | 13.6% | 105.2% | 72.4% | 138.1% | 91.6% | 111.6 | 1,603 | 3 |
Bartow | Transitional | 10.2% | $22,371 | 16.0% | 115.3% | 61.8% | 161.9% | 107.7% | 128.3 | 2,159 | 3 |
Carroll | Transitional | 10.5% | $23,009 | 17.9% | 118.2% | 63.5% | 157.4% | 119.9% | 131.9 | 2,248 | 3 |
Catoosa | Transitional | 7.5% | $24,198 | 12.3% | 84.5% | 66.8% | 149.7% | 82.8% | 105.6 | 1,380 | 2 |
Chattooga | Distressed | 11.2% | $15,831 | 20.7% | 126.3% | 43.7% | 228.8% | 139.2% | 164.8 | 2,885 | 4 |
Cherokee | Competitive | 8.0% | $33,464 | 8.4% | 90.6% | 92.4% | 108.2% | 56.1% | 85.0 | 682 | 1 |
Dade | Transitional | 8.2% | $21,362 | 16.4% | 92.2% | 59.0% | 169.6% | 110.4% | 124.0 | 2,017 | 3 |
Dawson | Transitional | 8.9% | $28,306 | 13.7% | 99.8% | 78.1% | 128.0% | 92.1% | 106.6 | 1,413 | 2 |
Douglas | Transitional | 10.1% | $25,115 | 13.4% | 113.7% | 69.3% | 144.2% | 89.9% | 115.9 | 1,758 | 3 |
Elbert | At-Risk | 13.3% | $20,915 | 20.0% | 149.5% | 57.7% | 173.2% | 134.6% | 152.4 | 2,725 | 4 |
Fannin | At-Risk | 10.3% | $20,869 | 20.1% | 115.5% | 57.6% | 173.6% | 135.1% | 141.4 | 2,492 | 4 |
Floyd | Transitional | 10.5% | $25,490 | 20.9% | 118.3% | 70.4% | 142.1% | 140.3% | 133.6 | 2,294 | 3 |
Forsyth | Competitive | 7.4% | $39,616 | 6.7% | 82.8% | 109.4% | 91.4% | 45.0% | 73.1 | 324 | 1 |
Franklin | At-Risk | 11.1% | $22,623 | 21.2% | 125.4% | 62.5% | 160.1% | 142.7% | 142.7 | 2,528 | 4 |
Gilmer | At-Risk | 10.6% | $20,704 | 20.4% | 119.2% | 57.2% | 175.0% | 137.0% | 143.7 | 2,548 | 4 |
Gordon | At-Risk | 11.4% | $21,770 | 19.9% | 128.6% | 60.1% | 166.4% | 133.9% | 143.0 | 2,536 | 4 |
Gwinnett | Transitional | 8.5% | $29,936 | 13.7% | 95.5% | 82.6% | 121.0% | 91.8% | 102.8 | 1,276 | 2 |
Habersham | Transitional | 9.4% | $20,991 | 18.1% | 106.0% | 58.0% | 172.6% | 121.6% | 133.4 | 2,290 | 3 |
Hall | Transitional | 8.3% | $26,538 | 16.8% | 93.8% | 73.3% | 136.5% | 113.2% | 114.5 | 1,702 | 3 |
Haralson | At-Risk | 10.5% | $21,348 | 23.2% | 118.4% | 58.9% | 169.7% | 155.7% | 147.9 | 2,643 | 4 |
Hart | At-Risk | 11.5% | $19,886 | 23.5% | 129.8% | 54.9% | 182.1% | 157.6% | 156.5 | 2,780 | 4 |
Heard | At-Risk | 11.1% | $20,421 | 25.2% | 125.1% | 56.4% | 177.4% | 169.3% | 157.3 | 2,789 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 9.7% | $25,642 | 15.6% | 109.4% | 70.8% | 141.3% | 105.1% | 118.6 | 1,854 | 3 |
Lumpkin | Transitional | 10.5% | $21,933 | 16.8% | 117.9% | 60.6% | 165.1% | 113.1% | 132.0 | 2,255 | 3 |
Madison | Transitional | 7.6% | $23,659 | 19.0% | 85.2% | 65.3% | 153.1% | 127.8% | 122.0 | 1,956 | 3 |
Murray | At-Risk | 12.8% | $19,268 | 19.8% | 144.1% | 53.2% | 188.0% | 133.3% | 155.1 | 2,765 | 4 |
Paulding | Transitional | 9.4% | $33,290 | 10.3% | 105.4% | 91.9% | 108.8% | 69.1% | 94.4 | 987 | 2 |
Pickens | Transitional | 9.3% | $29,099 | 11.8% | 105.0% | 80.3% | 124.5% | 79.3% | 102.9 | 1,281 | 2 |
Polk | At-Risk | 9.8% | $19,419 | 21.7% | 110.8% | 53.6% | 186.5% | 145.8% | 147.7 | 2,641 | 4 |
Rabun | At-Risk | 12.4% | $22,617 | 23.6% | 139.5% | 62.4% | 160.2% | 158.4% | 152.7 | 2,730 | 4 |
Stephens | Transitional | 10.0% | $22,999 | 18.8% | 112.3% | 63.5% | 157.5% | 126.4% | 132.1 | 2,256 | 3 |
Towns | Transitional | 8.9% | $26,577 | 15.5% | 100.0% | 73.4% | 136.3% | 104.2% | 113.5 | 1,663 | 3 |
Union | Transitional | 8.4% | $22,300 | 17.4% | 94.5% | 61.6% | 162.4% | 117.1% | 124.7 | 2,047 | 3 |
Walker | Transitional | 8.7% | $19,918 | 16.5% | 97.6% | 55.0% | 181.9% | 111.0% | 130.1 | 2,201 | 3 |
White | At-Risk | 9.7% | $19,579 | 17.2% | 109.0% | 54.1% | 185.0% | 115.8% | 136.6 | 2,375 | 4 |
Whitfield | At-Risk | 11.9% | $22,982 | 19.4% | 134.3% | 63.4% | 157.6% | 130.3% | 140.7 | 2,478 | 4 |