| County Economic Status, FY 2007 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, 2003 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2003 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2003 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2007 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2007 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2007 |
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United States | - | 5.8% | $26,880 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.7% | $20,811 | 13.6% | 99.6% | 77.4% | - | 110.2% | - | - | - |
Georgia | - | 4.7% | $25,238 | 13.0% | 82.0% | 93.9% | - | 104.9% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Georgia | - | 4.2% | $23,130 | 9.2% | 73.1% | 86.1% | - | 74.7% | - | - | - |
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County |
Banks | Transitional | 3.7% | $20,610 | 12.5% | 64.8% | 76.7% | 130.4% | 101.4% | 99 | 963 | 2 |
Barrow | Competitive | 4.4% | $19,981 | 8.3% | 77.2% | 74.3% | 134.5% | 67.0% | 93 | 708 | 1 |
Bartow | Competitive | 5.1% | $22,695 | 8.6% | 89.1% | 84.4% | 118.4% | 69.3% | 92 | 687 | 1 |
Carroll | Transitional | 4.9% | $18,428 | 13.7% | 85.3% | 68.6% | 145.9% | 110.8% | 114 | 1,530 | 2 |
Catoosa | Competitive | 3.3% | $20,098 | 9.4% | 56.5% | 74.8% | 133.7% | 76.3% | 89 | 557 | 1 |
Chattooga | Transitional | 4.3% | $14,268 | 14.3% | 74.6% | 53.1% | 188.4% | 115.4% | 126 | 1,953 | 3 |
Cherokee | Attainment | 3.8% | $27,663 | 5.3% | 65.1% | 102.9% | 97.2% | 43.0% | 68 | 102 | 1 |
Dade | Transitional | 4.2% | $17,592 | 9.7% | 72.7% | 65.4% | 152.8% | 78.7% | 101 | 1,067 | 2 |
Dawson | Attainment | 3.9% | $24,875 | 7.6% | 66.9% | 92.5% | 108.1% | 61.5% | 79 | 258 | 1 |
Douglas | Competitive | 4.6% | $23,084 | 7.8% | 79.4% | 85.9% | 116.4% | 62.9% | 86 | 447 | 1 |
Elbert | Transitional | 5.5% | $16,880 | 17.3% | 95.8% | 62.8% | 159.2% | 140.0% | 132 | 2,152 | 3 |
Fannin | Transitional | 5.2% | $16,116 | 12.4% | 90.3% | 60.0% | 166.8% | 100.0% | 119 | 1,717 | 3 |
Floyd | Transitional | 4.7% | $20,342 | 14.4% | 80.7% | 75.7% | 132.1% | 116.7% | 110 | 1,357 | 2 |
Forsyth | Attainment | 3.4% | $28,554 | 5.5% | 59.5% | 106.2% | 94.1% | 44.5% | 66 | 77 | 1 |
Franklin | Transitional | 5.0% | $18,461 | 13.9% | 87.0% | 68.7% | 145.6% | 112.0% | 115 | 1,573 | 3 |
Gilmer | Transitional | 4.0% | $16,804 | 12.5% | 69.2% | 62.5% | 160.0% | 100.6% | 110 | 1,363 | 2 |
Gordon | Transitional | 4.6% | $19,445 | 9.9% | 80.1% | 72.3% | 138.2% | 79.7% | 99 | 985 | 2 |
Gwinnett | Attainment | 4.2% | $28,265 | 5.7% | 73.0% | 105.2% | 95.1% | 45.9% | 71 | 141 | 1 |
Habersham | Transitional | 3.8% | $19,116 | 12.2% | 66.0% | 71.1% | 140.6% | 98.4% | 102 | 1,077 | 2 |
Hall | Transitional | 3.9% | $21,780 | 12.4% | 68.1% | 81.0% | 123.4% | 100.3% | 97 | 891 | 2 |
Haralson | Transitional | 4.8% | $16,971 | 15.5% | 82.9% | 63.1% | 158.4% | 125.2% | 122 | 1,816 | 3 |
Hart | Transitional | 5.1% | $16,800 | 14.8% | 89.0% | 62.5% | 160.0% | 119.3% | 123 | 1,831 | 3 |
Heard | Transitional | 5.6% | $15,090 | 13.6% | 97.1% | 56.1% | 178.1% | 109.8% | 128 | 2,043 | 3 |
Jackson | Transitional | 4.4% | $20,605 | 12.0% | 76.4% | 76.7% | 130.5% | 96.8% | 101 | 1,061 | 2 |
Lumpkin | Transitional | 3.9% | $18,847 | 13.2% | 67.2% | 70.1% | 142.6% | 107.0% | 106 | 1,205 | 2 |
Madison | Transitional | 3.6% | $20,188 | 11.6% | 61.7% | 75.1% | 133.2% | 94.1% | 96 | 840 | 2 |
Murray | Transitional | 4.1% | $17,163 | 12.7% | 70.9% | 63.9% | 156.6% | 102.2% | 110 | 1,362 | 2 |
Paulding | Attainment | 3.9% | $20,959 | 5.5% | 66.9% | 78.0% | 128.2% | 44.4% | 80 | 274 | 1 |
Pickens | Competitive | 3.9% | $23,414 | 9.2% | 67.6% | 87.1% | 114.8% | 74.0% | 86 | 416 | 1 |
Polk | Transitional | 4.8% | $14,944 | 15.5% | 83.8% | 55.6% | 179.9% | 124.9% | 130 | 2,078 | 3 |
Rabun | Transitional | 3.6% | $18,247 | 11.1% | 63.0% | 67.9% | 147.3% | 89.8% | 100 | 1,010 | 2 |
Stephens | Transitional | 5.7% | $18,138 | 15.1% | 98.4% | 67.5% | 148.2% | 122.0% | 123 | 1,840 | 3 |
Towns | Transitional | 3.2% | $17,650 | 11.8% | 55.8% | 65.7% | 152.3% | 95.4% | 101 | 1,057 | 2 |
Union | Transitional | 3.9% | $16,555 | 12.5% | 66.9% | 61.6% | 162.4% | 101.1% | 110 | 1,375 | 2 |
Walker | Transitional | 4.2% | $17,264 | 12.5% | 73.6% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 100.8% | 110 | 1,370 | 2 |
White | Transitional | 3.6% | $17,508 | 10.5% | 63.2% | 65.1% | 153.5% | 85.1% | 101 | 1,034 | 2 |
Whitfield | Competitive | 4.3% | $23,052 | 11.5% | 73.8% | 85.8% | 116.6% | 92.7% | 94 | 766 | 1 |