| | County Economic Status, FY 2015 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2010–2012 | Per Capita Market Income, 2012 | Poverty Rate, 2008–2012 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2010–2012 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2012 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008–2012 | Composite Index Value, FY 2015 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2015 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2015 |
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| United States | - | 8.9% | $36,223 | 14.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 8.9% | $27,359 | 16.6% | 99.7% | 75.5% | 132.4% | 111.5% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 8.1% | $36,336 | 13.1% | 91.0% | 100.3% | 99.7% | 87.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 8.1% | $31,930 | 13.4% | 90.9% | 88.1% | 113.4% | 89.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Competitive | 7.1% | $42,750 | 12.7% | 80.1% | 118.0% | 84.7% | 85.5% | 83.4 | 624 | 1 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 8.6% | $27,274 | 11.8% | 97.3% | 75.3% | 132.8% | 79.6% | 103.2 | 1,302 | 2 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 7.6% | $30,354 | 12.4% | 85.2% | 83.8% | 119.3% | 83.0% | 95.8 | 1,025 | 2 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 9.7% | $24,915 | 13.0% | 109.1% | 68.8% | 145.4% | 87.3% | 113.9 | 1,682 | 3 |
| Blair | Transitional | 7.2% | $26,788 | 13.3% | 81.2% | 74.0% | 135.2% | 89.6% | 102.0 | 1,240 | 2 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 6.3% | $29,162 | 14.1% | 71.2% | 80.5% | 124.2% | 94.4% | 96.6 | 1,054 | 2 |
| Butler | Competitive | 6.8% | $39,133 | 8.9% | 76.6% | 108.0% | 92.6% | 59.9% | 76.3 | 410 | 1 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 8.8% | $25,083 | 14.6% | 99.5% | 69.2% | 144.4% | 98.3% | 114.1 | 1,685 | 3 |
| Cameron | Transitional | 12.4% | $24,380 | 12.6% | 139.3% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 84.6% | 124.2 | 2,023 | 3 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 10.1% | $26,216 | 10.3% | 114.1% | 72.4% | 138.2% | 69.5% | 107.2 | 1,432 | 2 |
| Centre | Transitional | 5.9% | $35,221 | 20.0% | 66.3% | 97.2% | 102.8% | 134.4% | 101.2 | 1,213 | 2 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 9.5% | $25,953 | 17.3% | 107.1% | 71.6% | 139.6% | 116.3% | 121.0 | 1,927 | 3 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 9.1% | $24,995 | 14.3% | 102.3% | 69.0% | 144.9% | 96.2% | 114.5 | 1,701 | 3 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 8.4% | $26,413 | 17.0% | 94.9% | 72.9% | 137.1% | 114.1% | 115.4 | 1,736 | 3 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 8.3% | $24,835 | 15.1% | 93.7% | 68.6% | 145.9% | 101.5% | 113.7 | 1,673 | 3 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 8.2% | $24,535 | 16.8% | 92.5% | 67.7% | 147.6% | 112.5% | 117.6 | 1,815 | 3 |
| Elk | Transitional | 7.8% | $29,179 | 10.6% | 87.7% | 80.6% | 124.1% | 71.3% | 94.4 | 984 | 2 |
| Erie | Transitional | 8.3% | $27,555 | 16.1% | 93.3% | 76.1% | 131.5% | 108.0% | 110.9 | 1,569 | 3 |
| Fayette | Transitional | 9.6% | $24,183 | 18.7% | 107.6% | 66.8% | 149.8% | 125.3% | 127.6 | 2,140 | 3 |
| Forest | Transitional | 9.1% | $17,585 | 12.8% | 102.2% | 48.5% | 206.0% | 86.3% | 131.5 | 2,237 | 3 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 10.1% | $25,840 | 11.9% | 114.0% | 71.3% | 140.2% | 79.9% | 111.4 | 1,590 | 3 |
| Greene | Transitional | 7.0% | $30,608 | 14.9% | 78.4% | 84.5% | 118.3% | 99.8% | 98.8 | 1,129 | 2 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 9.7% | $22,596 | 12.4% | 109.4% | 62.4% | 160.3% | 83.4% | 117.7 | 1,825 | 3 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 7.8% | $29,716 | 18.2% | 87.3% | 82.0% | 121.9% | 122.1% | 110.4 | 1,553 | 2 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 8.5% | $24,718 | 14.5% | 95.4% | 68.2% | 146.5% | 97.3% | 113.1 | 1,650 | 3 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 7.3% | $24,892 | 11.5% | 82.7% | 68.7% | 145.5% | 77.4% | 101.9 | 1,238 | 2 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 9.0% | $30,148 | 13.7% | 101.6% | 83.2% | 120.2% | 92.0% | 104.6 | 1,346 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 8.6% | $25,479 | 13.8% | 96.9% | 70.3% | 142.2% | 93.0% | 110.7 | 1,563 | 3 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 9.6% | $28,972 | 15.1% | 108.6% | 80.0% | 125.0% | 101.2% | 111.6 | 1,601 | 3 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 8.0% | $29,784 | 14.2% | 90.1% | 82.2% | 121.6% | 95.4% | 102.4 | 1,255 | 2 |
| McKean | Transitional | 8.7% | $27,740 | 15.7% | 98.0% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 105.2% | 111.3 | 1,585 | 3 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 9.2% | $25,383 | 13.2% | 103.8% | 70.1% | 142.7% | 89.0% | 111.8 | 1,613 | 3 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 8.7% | $22,526 | 15.3% | 97.5% | 62.2% | 160.8% | 102.9% | 120.4 | 1,907 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 9.7% | $26,540 | 11.7% | 108.9% | 73.3% | 136.5% | 78.8% | 108.1 | 1,462 | 2 |
| Montour | Competitive | 6.2% | $37,141 | 9.9% | 70.1% | 102.5% | 97.5% | 66.3% | 78.0 | 454 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 9.1% | $26,732 | 14.0% | 102.8% | 73.8% | 135.5% | 93.7% | 110.7 | 1,564 | 3 |
| Perry | Transitional | 8.0% | $29,860 | 10.0% | 89.9% | 82.4% | 121.3% | 67.5% | 92.9 | 941 | 2 |
| Pike | Transitional | 10.5% | $29,694 | 10.1% | 118.0% | 82.0% | 122.0% | 67.8% | 102.6 | 1,267 | 2 |
| Potter | Transitional | 9.5% | $25,065 | 14.3% | 106.6% | 69.2% | 144.5% | 96.4% | 115.8 | 1,752 | 3 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 9.7% | $25,249 | 12.3% | 109.2% | 69.7% | 143.5% | 83.0% | 111.9 | 1,614 | 3 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 8.3% | $23,580 | 11.4% | 93.0% | 65.1% | 153.6% | 76.7% | 107.8 | 1,448 | 2 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 8.8% | $25,144 | 13.1% | 99.4% | 69.4% | 144.1% | 88.3% | 110.6 | 1,561 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 7.2% | $24,141 | 13.9% | 81.4% | 66.6% | 150.0% | 93.5% | 108.3 | 1,476 | 2 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 7.8% | $26,459 | 12.2% | 88.3% | 73.0% | 136.9% | 82.0% | 102.4 | 1,254 | 2 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 7.5% | $24,013 | 15.7% | 84.2% | 66.3% | 150.8% | 105.5% | 113.5 | 1,666 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 8.2% | $27,692 | 12.6% | 91.9% | 76.5% | 130.8% | 84.6% | 102.4 | 1,259 | 2 |
| Venango | Transitional | 7.9% | $24,094 | 16.3% | 89.2% | 66.5% | 150.3% | 109.6% | 116.4 | 1,775 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 7.3% | $26,752 | 12.0% | 81.7% | 73.9% | 135.4% | 80.9% | 99.3 | 1,143 | 2 |
| Washington | Competitive | 7.5% | $40,225 | 10.7% | 84.5% | 111.0% | 90.1% | 71.7% | 82.1 | 579 | 1 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 7.5% | $26,425 | 12.1% | 84.6% | 73.0% | 137.1% | 81.4% | 101.0 | 1,203 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | Competitive | 7.6% | $34,791 | 10.1% | 85.7% | 96.0% | 104.1% | 67.8% | 85.9 | 710 | 1 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 9.3% | $26,935 | 12.3% | 105.0% | 74.4% | 134.5% | 82.5% | 107.3 | 1,437 | 2 |
