| | County Economic Status, FY 2003 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1998-2000 | Per Capita Market Income, 1999 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1998-2000 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1999 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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| United States | - | 4.2% | $24,819 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.6% | $19,210 | 15.4% | 108.8% | 77.4% | 117.1% |
| Pennsylvania | - | 4.4% | $24,026 | 11.1% | 103.7% | 96.8% | 84.8% |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.0% | $20,711 | 12.5% | 117.7% | 83.4% | 95.0% |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Attainment | 3.9% | $28,277 | 11.5% | 91.3% | 113.9% | 88.0% |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 6.6% | $17,564 | 12.8% | 154.5% | 70.8% | 97.8% |
| Beaver | Transitional | 4.7% | $19,183 | 13.1% | 110.3% | 77.3% | 100.1% |
| Bedford | Transitional | 6.1% | $15,580 | 13.6% | 143.9% | 62.8% | 103.6% |
| Blair | Transitional | 4.8% | $18,483 | 14.1% | 113.3% | 74.5% | 107.6% |
| Bradford | Transitional | 4.2% | $16,668 | 13.3% | 99.6% | 67.2% | 101.1% |
| Butler | Competitive | 4.1% | $21,887 | 9.7% | 96.4% | 88.2% | 74.0% |
| Cambria | Transitional | 6.5% | $15,936 | 14.0% | 152.2% | 64.2% | 106.5% |
| Cameron | Transitional | 7.7% | $20,014 | 11.3% | 181.6% | 80.6% | 85.9% |
| Carbon | Transitional | 6.5% | $18,141 | 9.4% | 154.2% | 73.1% | 71.5% |
| Centre | Transitional | 2.7% | $21,328 | 18.2% | 62.5% | 85.9% | 138.6% |
| Clarion | Transitional | 5.2% | $17,056 | 18.1% | 121.4% | 68.7% | 137.8% |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 7.6% | $16,339 | 13.9% | 177.8% | 65.8% | 106.2% |
| Clinton | Transitional | 6.0% | $16,222 | 15.4% | 140.2% | 65.4% | 117.2% |
| Columbia | Transitional | 5.5% | $17,609 | 10.6% | 129.6% | 70.9% | 80.9% |
| Crawford | Transitional | 5.3% | $16,925 | 15.5% | 125.4% | 68.2% | 118.0% |
| Elk | Transitional | 6.0% | $20,392 | 9.5% | 142.1% | 82.2% | 72.4% |
| Erie | Transitional | 5.0% | $20,301 | 12.9% | 118.8% | 81.8% | 98.3% |
| Fayette | Distressed | 6.9% | $15,487 | 20.9% | 162.4% | 62.4% | 159.6% |
| Forest | Transitional | 8.3% | $13,381 | 11.8% | 194.5% | 53.9% | 89.6% |
| Fulton | Transitional | 4.2% | $18,273 | 12.2% | 99.0% | 73.6% | 93.1% |
| Greene | Distressed | 7.3% | $13,461 | 21.4% | 172.5% | 54.2% | 162.8% |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 8.0% | $14,257 | 13.4% | 188.6% | 57.4% | 102.3% |
| Indiana | Transitional | 7.2% | $17,904 | 18.7% | 168.9% | 72.1% | 142.3% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.7% | $17,113 | 13.6% | 157.9% | 69.0% | 103.5% |
| Juniata | Transitional | 6.2% | $16,665 | 9.8% | 146.2% | 67.1% | 74.5% |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 5.1% | $19,903 | 10.7% | 119.8% | 80.2% | 81.4% |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,521 | 13.9% | 134.9% | 66.6% | 106.0% |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 5.9% | $19,292 | 11.2% | 138.1% | 77.7% | 85.7% |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 5.2% | $18,634 | 11.5% | 121.5% | 75.1% | 87.3% |
| McKean | Transitional | 5.7% | $18,387 | 14.9% | 134.4% | 74.1% | 113.5% |
| Mercer | Transitional | 4.8% | $17,108 | 12.8% | 113.2% | 68.9% | 97.8% |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 5.9% | $15,198 | 13.4% | 139.4% | 61.2% | 101.8% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 6.0% | $20,246 | 7.3% | 141.1% | 81.6% | 55.4% |
| Montour | Competitive | 2.8% | $24,666 | 8.5% | 66.0% | 99.4% | 65.1% |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 5.3% | $17,513 | 11.6% | 124.1% | 70.6% | 88.4% |
| Perry | Transitional | 3.5% | $19,057 | 7.5% | 83.4% | 76.8% | 57.2% |
| Pike | Transitional | 3.7% | $18,779 | 7.1% | 87.8% | 75.7% | 54.0% |
| Potter | Transitional | 5.5% | $18,978 | 14.9% | 130.4% | 76.5% | 113.6% |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 6.8% | $17,437 | 10.7% | 160.2% | 70.3% | 81.2% |
| Snyder | Transitional | 4.0% | $18,160 | 11.0% | 94.9% | 73.2% | 84.0% |
| Somerset | Transitional | 6.0% | $15,947 | 14.3% | 142.0% | 64.3% | 109.1% |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 6.1% | $15,867 | 18.0% | 144.1% | 63.9% | 137.4% |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 4.9% | $17,286 | 12.1% | 114.5% | 69.6% | 92.3% |
| Tioga | Transitional | 4.9% | $15,273 | 14.6% | 115.8% | 61.5% | 111.4% |
| Union | Transitional | 3.1% | $18,084 | 10.3% | 73.6% | 72.9% | 78.7% |
| Venango | Transitional | 5.6% | $16,779 | 15.1% | 133.0% | 67.6% | 114.9% |
| Warren | Transitional | 4.2% | $17,962 | 9.6% | 99.6% | 72.4% | 73.5% |
| Washington | Transitional | 4.8% | $21,544 | 12.8% | 113.8% | 86.8% | 97.2% |
| Wayne | Transitional | 6.0% | $17,090 | 11.3% | 142.1% | 68.9% | 86.1% |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 4.9% | $20,892 | 10.7% | 115.1% | 84.2% | 81.7% |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 5.7% | $17,840 | 11.1% | 135.3% | 71.9% | 85.0% |
