| County Economic Status, FY 2012 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, 2008 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2007–2009 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2008 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 | Composite Index Value, FY 2012 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2012 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2012 |
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United States | - | 6.6% | $34,004 | 13.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 6.8% | $25,391 | 15.4% | 103.6% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 114.2% | - | - | - |
Pennsylvania | - | 5.9% | $32,502 | 12.1% | 90.3% | 95.6% | 104.6% | 89.8% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 6.2% | $28,124 | 12.7% | 94.3% | 82.7% | 120.9% | 94.4% | - | - | - |
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County |
Allegheny | Competitive | 5.3% | $38,521 | 12.6% | 80.5% | 113.3% | 88.3% | 93.5% | 87.4 | 592 | 1 |
Armstrong | Transitional | 6.7% | $24,956 | 11.6% | 101.8% | 73.4% | 136.3% | 85.8% | 108.0 | 1,310 | 2 |
Beaver | Transitional | 6.0% | $26,081 | 10.6% | 92.2% | 76.7% | 130.4% | 78.5% | 100.4 | 1,042 | 2 |
Bedford | Transitional | 7.8% | $21,767 | 14.2% | 119.3% | 64.0% | 156.2% | 105.3% | 127.0 | 1,968 | 3 |
Blair | Transitional | 5.5% | $23,490 | 13.2% | 84.2% | 69.1% | 144.8% | 97.9% | 109.0 | 1,350 | 2 |
Bradford | Transitional | 6.1% | $22,561 | 14.9% | 93.6% | 66.3% | 150.7% | 110.6% | 118.3 | 1,676 | 3 |
Butler | Competitive | 5.3% | $34,101 | 8.3% | 80.1% | 100.3% | 99.7% | 62.0% | 80.6 | 376 | 1 |
Cambria | Transitional | 6.7% | $22,196 | 14.2% | 102.1% | 65.3% | 153.2% | 105.5% | 120.3 | 1,755 | 3 |
Cameron | Transitional | 10.6% | $20,812 | 12.5% | 161.3% | 61.2% | 163.4% | 92.8% | 139.2 | 2,323 | 3 |
Carbon | Transitional | 7.4% | $23,490 | 9.5% | 113.3% | 69.1% | 144.8% | 70.6% | 109.6 | 1,382 | 2 |
Centre | Transitional | 4.5% | $28,567 | 18.5% | 69.2% | 84.0% | 119.0% | 137.0% | 108.4 | 1,330 | 2 |
Clarion | Transitional | 6.8% | $22,596 | 14.2% | 104.4% | 66.5% | 150.5% | 105.5% | 120.1 | 1,750 | 3 |
Clearfield | Transitional | 7.4% | $20,819 | 14.8% | 113.2% | 61.2% | 163.3% | 109.7% | 128.7 | 2,028 | 3 |
Clinton | Transitional | 6.8% | $21,903 | 13.3% | 103.5% | 64.4% | 155.3% | 98.6% | 119.1 | 1,709 | 3 |
Columbia | Transitional | 6.5% | $23,508 | 12.9% | 99.3% | 69.1% | 144.7% | 95.7% | 113.2 | 1,524 | 2 |
Crawford | Transitional | 6.8% | $21,512 | 14.6% | 104.3% | 63.3% | 158.1% | 108.1% | 123.5 | 1,865 | 3 |
Elk | Transitional | 7.8% | $25,118 | 10.1% | 118.4% | 73.9% | 135.4% | 74.7% | 109.5 | 1,376 | 2 |
Erie | Transitional | 6.5% | $25,038 | 15.1% | 98.7% | 73.6% | 135.8% | 111.8% | 115.4 | 1,598 | 3 |
Fayette | Transitional | 7.1% | $20,442 | 18.8% | 109.0% | 60.1% | 166.3% | 139.6% | 138.3 | 2,295 | 3 |
Forest | At-Risk | 8.4% | $14,603 | 13.5% | 128.2% | 42.9% | 232.9% | 100.0% | 153.7 | 2,628 | 4 |
Fulton | Transitional | 8.7% | $23,960 | 13.1% | 132.8% | 70.5% | 141.9% | 97.2% | 124.0 | 1,876 | 3 |
Greene | Transitional | 6.1% | $20,303 | 17.1% | 93.0% | 59.7% | 167.5% | 127.3% | 129.2 | 2,043 | 3 |
Huntingdon | Transitional | 7.4% | $19,772 | 10.9% | 113.5% | 58.1% | 172.0% | 81.0% | 122.2 | 1,823 | 3 |
Indiana | Transitional | 5.8% | $24,830 | 18.3% | 88.7% | 73.0% | 136.9% | 135.8% | 120.5 | 1,759 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 6.5% | $21,933 | 13.3% | 99.9% | 64.5% | 155.0% | 98.7% | 117.9 | 1,667 | 3 |
Juniata | Transitional | 5.8% | $23,764 | 8.8% | 88.9% | 69.9% | 143.1% | 65.1% | 99.0 | 974 | 2 |
Lackawanna | Transitional | 6.3% | $27,667 | 13.4% | 95.9% | 81.4% | 122.9% | 99.4% | 106.1 | 1,241 | 2 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 6.9% | $22,508 | 12.0% | 105.6% | 66.2% | 151.1% | 89.3% | 115.3 | 1,593 | 3 |
Luzerne | Transitional | 6.8% | $26,991 | 12.8% | 103.4% | 79.4% | 126.0% | 95.3% | 108.2 | 1,325 | 2 |
Lycoming | Transitional | 6.6% | $24,256 | 13.8% | 100.2% | 71.3% | 140.2% | 102.4% | 114.3 | 1,561 | 3 |
McKean | Transitional | 7.1% | $22,853 | 14.3% | 108.7% | 67.2% | 148.8% | 106.2% | 121.2 | 1,790 | 3 |
Mercer | Transitional | 7.8% | $22,848 | 12.3% | 119.3% | 67.2% | 148.8% | 91.2% | 119.8 | 1,738 | 3 |
Mifflin | Transitional | 7.3% | $20,164 | 13.6% | 110.7% | 59.3% | 168.6% | 101.0% | 126.8 | 1,966 | 3 |
Monroe | Transitional | 6.6% | $25,367 | 9.3% | 101.1% | 74.6% | 134.0% | 69.3% | 101.5 | 1,080 | 2 |
Montour | Competitive | 5.1% | $31,511 | 10.6% | 77.3% | 92.7% | 107.9% | 78.4% | 87.9 | 609 | 1 |
Northumberland | Transitional | 7.1% | $23,455 | 14.4% | 108.6% | 69.0% | 145.0% | 106.8% | 120.1 | 1,749 | 3 |
Perry | Transitional | 5.7% | $26,390 | 9.0% | 87.2% | 77.6% | 128.9% | 67.2% | 94.4 | 813 | 2 |
Pike | Transitional | 6.7% | $25,680 | 9.1% | 102.1% | 75.5% | 132.4% | 67.3% | 100.6 | 1,053 | 2 |
Potter | Transitional | 8.5% | $22,017 | 15.4% | 129.1% | 64.7% | 154.4% | 114.1% | 132.5 | 2,123 | 3 |
Schuylkill | Transitional | 7.1% | $22,267 | 12.0% | 107.7% | 65.5% | 152.7% | 89.1% | 116.5 | 1,631 | 3 |
Snyder | Transitional | 6.6% | $22,330 | 11.5% | 100.3% | 65.7% | 152.3% | 85.3% | 112.6 | 1,496 | 2 |
Somerset | Transitional | 6.8% | $21,210 | 12.5% | 104.0% | 62.4% | 160.3% | 92.9% | 119.1 | 1,707 | 3 |
Sullivan | Transitional | 6.3% | $19,624 | 15.3% | 95.8% | 57.7% | 173.3% | 113.4% | 127.5 | 1,989 | 3 |
Susquehanna | Transitional | 6.2% | $23,803 | 13.4% | 94.3% | 70.0% | 142.9% | 99.4% | 112.2 | 1,480 | 2 |
Tioga | Transitional | 7.1% | $18,756 | 15.1% | 107.7% | 55.2% | 181.3% | 112.0% | 133.7 | 2,152 | 3 |
Union | Transitional | 6.9% | $24,045 | 12.7% | 104.6% | 70.7% | 141.4% | 94.1% | 113.4 | 1,528 | 2 |
Venango | Transitional | 6.5% | $21,183 | 16.2% | 98.5% | 62.3% | 160.5% | 120.1% | 126.4 | 1,951 | 3 |
Warren | Transitional | 5.9% | $23,331 | 12.5% | 89.7% | 68.6% | 145.7% | 92.5% | 109.3 | 1,366 | 2 |
Washington | Competitive | 5.8% | $32,652 | 10.4% | 89.0% | 96.0% | 104.1% | 77.0% | 90.0 | 688 | 1 |
Wayne | Transitional | 5.6% | $23,085 | 11.6% | 85.7% | 67.9% | 147.3% | 86.1% | 106.4 | 1,254 | 2 |
Westmoreland | Competitive | 5.9% | $30,508 | 9.8% | 90.2% | 89.7% | 111.5% | 72.9% | 91.5 | 724 | 1 |
Wyoming | Transitional | 6.6% | $24,279 | 10.8% | 100.7% | 71.4% | 140.1% | 80.5% | 107.1 | 1,274 | 2 |