| | 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% |
| Ohio | - | 4.2% | $23,974 | 10.6% | 97.4% | 93.4% | 85.6% |
| Appalachian Ohio | - | 5.7% | $17,345 | 13.6% | 132.3% | 67.6% | 109.8% |
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| County |
| Adams | Transitional | 9.7% | $13,507 | 17.4% | 224.8% | 52.6% | 140.2% |
| Athens | Distressed | 4.5% | $15,179 | 27.4% | 103.1% | 59.1% | 221.0% |
| Belmont | Transitional | 4.9% | $16,254 | 14.6% | 112.7% | 63.3% | 117.8% |
| Brown | Transitional | 5.9% | $17,996 | 11.6% | 136.9% | 70.1% | 94.1% |
| Carroll | Transitional | 4.8% | $19,245 | 11.4% | 110.7% | 75.0% | 92.3% |
| Clermont | Attainment | 3.7% | $25,882 | 7.1% | 85.9% | 100.8% | 57.2% |
| Columbiana | Transitional | 5.5% | $17,098 | 11.5% | 126.7% | 66.6% | 93.2% |
| Coshocton | Transitional | 5.7% | $17,742 | 9.1% | 131.2% | 69.1% | 73.6% |
| Gallia | Transitional | 7.0% | $15,920 | 18.1% | 160.6% | 62.0% | 146.5% |
| Guernsey | Transitional | 7.6% | $14,748 | 16.0% | 175.4% | 57.4% | 129.2% |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.6% | $14,303 | 13.3% | 129.4% | 55.7% | 107.5% |
| Highland | Transitional | 5.0% | $15,805 | 11.8% | 115.2% | 61.6% | 95.5% |
| Hocking | Transitional | 7.5% | $16,698 | 13.5% | 174.1% | 65.0% | 109.2% |
| Holmes | Transitional | 2.8% | $16,008 | 12.9% | 63.5% | 62.3% | 104.0% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 7.1% | $14,804 | 16.5% | 163.1% | 57.7% | 133.0% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.8% | $15,619 | 15.1% | 134.7% | 60.8% | 122.2% |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 6.6% | $13,513 | 18.9% | 152.6% | 52.6% | 152.6% |
| Meigs | Distressed | 10.3% | $12,859 | 19.8% | 236.8% | 50.1% | 159.9% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 8.6% | $14,472 | 13.9% | 198.2% | 56.4% | 112.3% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 14.0% | $13,996 | 18.4% | 322.2% | 54.5% | 148.8% |
| Muskingum | Transitional | 6.1% | $19,276 | 12.9% | 141.2% | 75.1% | 104.2% |
| Noble | Transitional | 7.1% | $11,924 | 11.4% | 164.1% | 46.4% | 91.9% |
| Perry | Transitional | 7.6% | $13,067 | 11.8% | 175.3% | 50.9% | 95.1% |
| Pike | Distressed | 8.1% | $14,303 | 18.6% | 187.2% | 55.7% | 150.2% |
| Ross | Transitional | 5.1% | $18,015 | 12.0% | 118.1% | 70.2% | 96.7% |
| Scioto | Distressed | 8.1% | $14,015 | 19.3% | 186.6% | 54.6% | 155.9% |
| Tuscarawas | Transitional | 4.8% | $17,836 | 9.4% | 111.2% | 69.5% | 75.9% |
| Vinton | Distressed | 11.7% | $12,167 | 20.0% | 271.1% | 47.4% | 161.6% |
| Washington | Transitional | 4.9% | $18,602 | 11.4% | 113.9% | 72.4% | 92.2% |
