| | County Economic Status, FY 2005 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2000-2002 | Per Capita Market Income, 2001 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2000-2002 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2001 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 4.8% | $26,309 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $20,253 | 13.6% | 104.2% | 77.0% | 110.2% |
| Pennsylvania | - | 4.8% | $25,702 | 11.0% | 99.9% | 97.7% | 88.7% |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.3% | $22,268 | 11.4% | 110.2% | 84.6% | 92.1% |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Attainment | 4.1% | $31,220 | 11.2% | 84.4% | 118.7% | 90.4% |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 7.1% | $19,234 | 11.7% | 145.7% | 73.1% | 94.2% |
| Beaver | Transitional | 5.2% | $21,295 | 9.4% | 107.9% | 80.9% | 75.6% |
| Bedford | Transitional | 7.0% | $16,859 | 10.3% | 144.4% | 64.1% | 82.8% |
| Blair | Transitional | 5.5% | $19,101 | 12.6% | 114.3% | 72.6% | 102.1% |
| Bradford | Transitional | 5.2% | $17,927 | 11.8% | 107.9% | 68.1% | 95.6% |
| Butler | Competitive | 4.4% | $24,143 | 9.1% | 91.2% | 91.8% | 73.4% |
| Cambria | Transitional | 6.9% | $16,925 | 12.5% | 143.0% | 64.3% | 100.9% |
| Cameron | Transitional | 9.1% | $19,046 | 9.4% | 187.5% | 72.4% | 76.3% |
| Carbon | Transitional | 6.6% | $20,575 | 9.5% | 136.9% | 78.2% | 76.8% |
| Centre | Transitional | 2.9% | $23,244 | 18.8% | 60.3% | 88.4% | 151.9% |
| Clarion | Transitional | 4.9% | $18,011 | 15.4% | 100.6% | 68.5% | 124.6% |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 7.9% | $16,265 | 12.5% | 162.3% | 61.8% | 101.1% |
| Clinton | Transitional | 6.7% | $16,959 | 14.2% | 138.6% | 64.5% | 114.7% |
| Columbia | Transitional | 5.8% | $18,702 | 13.1% | 119.9% | 71.1% | 105.8% |
| Crawford | Transitional | 6.8% | $16,933 | 12.8% | 141.0% | 64.4% | 103.2% |
| Elk | Transitional | 7.6% | $20,529 | 7.0% | 156.9% | 78.0% | 56.7% |
| Erie | Transitional | 6.0% | $20,849 | 12.0% | 124.9% | 79.2% | 96.9% |
| Fayette | Transitional | 7.0% | $16,522 | 18.0% | 144.9% | 62.8% | 145.5% |
| Forest | Transitional | 13.5% | $13,623 | 16.4% | 278.2% | 51.8% | 132.7% |
| Fulton | Transitional | 6.5% | $19,045 | 10.8% | 133.4% | 72.4% | 87.4% |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.1% | $15,320 | 15.9% | 127.0% | 58.2% | 128.2% |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 8.9% | $15,018 | 11.3% | 184.7% | 57.1% | 91.7% |
| Indiana | Transitional | 6.7% | $18,184 | 17.3% | 138.1% | 69.1% | 139.6% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.8% | $17,048 | 11.8% | 140.5% | 64.8% | 95.1% |
| Juniata | Transitional | 5.2% | $18,829 | 9.5% | 108.4% | 71.6% | 76.4% |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 5.1% | $21,754 | 10.6% | 105.8% | 82.7% | 85.3% |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.2% | $17,082 | 12.1% | 128.3% | 64.9% | 97.6% |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 5.7% | $20,419 | 11.1% | 118.7% | 77.6% | 89.5% |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 5.8% | $19,736 | 11.5% | 119.4% | 75.0% | 93.2% |
| McKean | Transitional | 5.8% | $18,308 | 13.1% | 120.2% | 69.6% | 105.8% |
| Mercer | Transitional | 5.1% | $18,127 | 11.5% | 104.4% | 68.9% | 92.8% |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 6.8% | $16,299 | 12.5% | 141.3% | 62.0% | 100.9% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 6.2% | $21,235 | 9.0% | 127.9% | 80.7% | 72.8% |
| Montour | Competitive | 3.5% | $26,067 | 8.7% | 72.2% | 99.1% | 70.1% |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 5.8% | $17,810 | 11.9% | 119.4% | 67.7% | 96.1% |
| Perry | Transitional | 4.1% | $20,851 | 7.7% | 85.7% | 79.3% | 61.8% |
| Pike | Transitional | 4.2% | $18,554 | 6.9% | 86.7% | 70.5% | 56.0% |
| Potter | Transitional | 4.9% | $20,560 | 12.7% | 101.1% | 78.1% | 102.9% |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 7.1% | $18,117 | 9.5% | 145.7% | 68.9% | 76.9% |
| Snyder | Transitional | 3.9% | $19,598 | 9.9% | 81.4% | 74.5% | 80.3% |
| Somerset | Transitional | 6.5% | $16,457 | 11.8% | 134.7% | 62.6% | 95.1% |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 6.1% | $15,034 | 14.5% | 126.7% | 57.1% | 116.8% |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 6.3% | $18,407 | 12.3% | 130.8% | 70.0% | 99.5% |
| Tioga | Transitional | 6.1% | $16,467 | 13.5% | 125.7% | 62.6% | 109.2% |
| Union | Transitional | 3.6% | $18,373 | 8.8% | 74.1% | 69.8% | 71.1% |
| Venango | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,888 | 13.4% | 117.4% | 64.2% | 108.2% |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.3% | $18,591 | 9.9% | 109.6% | 70.7% | 79.8% |
| Washington | Transitional | 5.3% | $24,138 | 9.8% | 108.8% | 91.7% | 79.5% |
| Wayne | Transitional | 5.5% | $17,365 | 11.3% | 114.4% | 66.0% | 91.2% |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 5.1% | $22,573 | 8.6% | 104.5% | 85.8% | 69.7% |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 5.1% | $18,428 | 10.2% | 105.6% | 70.0% | 82.4% |
