| | County Economic Status, FY 2011 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2006–2008 | Per Capita Market Income, 2007 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2006–2008 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2007 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2011 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2011 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2011 |
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| United States | - | 5.0% | $32,930 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $24,360 | 13.6% | 103.4% | 74.0% | 135.2% | 109.9% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 4.8% | $31,799 | 11.0% | 95.0% | 96.6% | 103.6% | 88.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.1% | $27,096 | 11.4% | 101.1% | 82.3% | 121.5% | 92.1% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Competitive | 4.5% | $38,941 | 11.2% | 89.0% | 118.3% | 84.6% | 90.4% | 88.0 | 473 | 1 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 5.4% | $23,449 | 11.7% | 107.5% | 71.2% | 140.4% | 94.2% | 114.0 | 1,447 | 2 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 4.9% | $24,802 | 9.4% | 98.4% | 75.3% | 132.8% | 75.6% | 102.3 | 1,009 | 2 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 6.1% | $19,888 | 10.3% | 122.5% | 60.4% | 165.6% | 82.8% | 123.6 | 1,770 | 3 |
| Blair | Transitional | 4.6% | $22,536 | 12.6% | 92.2% | 68.4% | 146.1% | 102.1% | 113.5 | 1,429 | 2 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 4.9% | $20,846 | 11.8% | 98.4% | 63.3% | 158.0% | 95.6% | 117.3 | 1,566 | 3 |
| Butler | Competitive | 4.3% | $31,614 | 9.1% | 86.0% | 96.0% | 104.2% | 73.4% | 87.9 | 467 | 1 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 5.6% | $20,382 | 12.5% | 111.8% | 61.9% | 161.6% | 100.9% | 124.7 | 1,811 | 3 |
| Cameron | Transitional | 7.1% | $20,763 | 9.4% | 140.8% | 63.1% | 158.6% | 76.3% | 125.2 | 1,828 | 3 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 6.0% | $22,652 | 9.5% | 118.9% | 68.8% | 145.4% | 76.8% | 113.7 | 1,437 | 2 |
| Centre | Transitional | 3.8% | $27,167 | 18.8% | 76.3% | 82.5% | 121.2% | 151.9% | 116.5 | 1,535 | 2 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 5.3% | $21,823 | 15.4% | 106.0% | 66.3% | 150.9% | 124.6% | 127.2 | 1,900 | 3 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 5.8% | $19,425 | 12.5% | 116.6% | 59.0% | 169.5% | 101.1% | 129.1 | 1,947 | 3 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 5.7% | $20,410 | 14.2% | 112.8% | 62.0% | 161.3% | 114.7% | 129.6 | 1,967 | 3 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 5.5% | $23,425 | 13.1% | 109.0% | 71.1% | 140.6% | 105.8% | 118.4 | 1,600 | 3 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 5.3% | $19,880 | 12.8% | 105.2% | 60.4% | 165.6% | 103.2% | 124.7 | 1,809 | 3 |
| Elk | Transitional | 5.1% | $23,904 | 7.0% | 102.4% | 72.6% | 137.8% | 56.7% | 99.0 | 877 | 2 |
| Erie | Transitional | 5.2% | $23,536 | 12.0% | 103.0% | 71.5% | 139.9% | 96.9% | 113.3 | 1,420 | 2 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 6.2% | $18,834 | 18.0% | 123.5% | 57.2% | 174.8% | 145.5% | 147.9 | 2,441 | 4 |
| Forest | Distressed | 7.1% | $11,982 | 16.4% | 141.5% | 36.4% | 274.8% | 132.7% | 183.0 | 2,882 | 4 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 6.0% | $24,424 | 10.8% | 119.2% | 74.2% | 134.8% | 87.4% | 113.8 | 1,438 | 2 |
| Greene | Transitional | 5.5% | $18,372 | 15.9% | 110.2% | 55.8% | 179.2% | 128.2% | 139.2 | 2,217 | 3 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 5.7% | $18,905 | 11.3% | 112.8% | 57.4% | 174.2% | 91.7% | 126.2 | 1,861 | 3 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 5.0% | $23,838 | 17.3% | 99.8% | 72.4% | 138.1% | 139.6% | 125.9 | 1,848 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.0% | $20,924 | 11.8% | 100.1% | 63.5% | 157.4% | 95.1% | 117.5 | 1,575 | 3 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 4.6% | $22,939 | 9.5% | 91.4% | 69.7% | 143.6% | 76.4% | 103.8 | 1,080 | 2 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 5.2% | $25,979 | 10.6% | 103.0% | 78.9% | 126.8% | 85.3% | 105.0 | 1,122 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 5.6% | $21,046 | 12.1% | 112.1% | 63.9% | 156.5% | 97.6% | 122.1 | 1,717 | 3 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 5.5% | $25,387 | 11.1% | 110.6% | 77.1% | 129.7% | 89.5% | 110.0 | 1,301 | 2 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 5.3% | $23,467 | 11.5% | 106.4% | 71.3% | 140.3% | 93.2% | 113.3 | 1,422 | 2 |
| McKean | Transitional | 5.5% | $21,872 | 13.1% | 109.7% | 66.4% | 150.6% | 105.8% | 122.0 | 1,715 | 3 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 6.0% | $21,615 | 11.5% | 119.5% | 65.6% | 152.3% | 92.8% | 121.5 | 1,693 | 3 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 5.6% | $19,262 | 12.5% | 112.2% | 58.5% | 171.0% | 100.9% | 128.0 | 1,926 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 5.4% | $24,443 | 9.0% | 108.4% | 74.2% | 134.7% | 72.8% | 105.3 | 1,134 | 2 |
| Montour | Competitive | 4.2% | $30,136 | 8.7% | 83.9% | 91.5% | 109.3% | 70.1% | 87.8 | 465 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 5.6% | $21,604 | 11.9% | 112.4% | 65.6% | 152.4% | 96.1% | 120.3 | 1,657 | 3 |
| Perry | Competitive | 4.4% | $24,861 | 7.7% | 87.2% | 75.5% | 132.5% | 61.8% | 93.8 | 667 | 1 |
| Pike | Transitional | 5.9% | $24,369 | 6.9% | 118.3% | 74.0% | 135.1% | 56.0% | 103.1 | 1,054 | 2 |
| Potter | Transitional | 6.8% | $22,442 | 12.7% | 135.4% | 68.1% | 146.7% | 102.9% | 128.3 | 1,933 | 3 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 5.6% | $20,922 | 9.5% | 110.8% | 63.5% | 157.4% | 76.9% | 115.0 | 1,483 | 2 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 4.9% | $22,382 | 9.9% | 98.4% | 68.0% | 147.1% | 80.3% | 108.6 | 1,250 | 2 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 5.8% | $19,564 | 11.8% | 115.8% | 59.4% | 168.3% | 95.1% | 126.4 | 1,872 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 5.2% | $18,285 | 14.5% | 103.4% | 55.5% | 180.1% | 116.8% | 133.4 | 2,070 | 3 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 4.9% | $22,350 | 12.3% | 97.6% | 67.9% | 147.3% | 99.5% | 114.8 | 1,476 | 2 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 5.7% | $17,936 | 13.5% | 113.4% | 54.5% | 183.6% | 109.2% | 135.4 | 2,125 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 5.5% | $22,531 | 8.8% | 110.3% | 68.4% | 146.2% | 71.1% | 109.2 | 1,275 | 2 |
| Venango | Transitional | 5.3% | $19,295 | 13.4% | 105.1% | 58.6% | 170.7% | 108.2% | 128.0 | 1,925 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.0% | $22,401 | 9.9% | 98.8% | 68.0% | 147.0% | 79.8% | 108.5 | 1,244 | 2 |
| Washington | Competitive | 4.9% | $31,320 | 9.8% | 97.9% | 95.1% | 105.1% | 79.5% | 94.2 | 677 | 1 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 4.5% | $21,725 | 11.3% | 90.4% | 66.0% | 151.6% | 91.2% | 111.1 | 1,340 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | Competitive | 4.9% | $28,708 | 8.6% | 98.3% | 87.2% | 114.7% | 69.7% | 94.2 | 681 | 1 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 5.5% | $23,525 | 10.2% | 109.2% | 71.4% | 140.0% | 82.4% | 110.5 | 1,321 | 2 |
