| County Economic Status, FY 2016 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2011–2013 | Per Capita Market Income, 2013 | Poverty Rate, 2009–2013 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2011–2013 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2013 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009–2013 | Composite Index Value, FY 2016 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2016 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2016 |
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United States | - | 8.1% | $37,127 | 15.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 8.2% | $27,979 | 17.0% | 100.5% | 75.4% | 132.7% | 110.8% | - | - | - |
Pennsylvania | - | 7.8% | $37,363 | 13.3% | 95.7% | 100.6% | 99.4% | 86.6% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 7.8% | $32,875 | 13.5% | 95.5% | 88.5% | 112.9% | 88.1% | - | - | - |
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County |
Allegheny | Competitive | 6.8% | $44,114 | 12.9% | 83.8% | 118.8% | 84.2% | 83.7% | 83.9 | 669 | 1 |
Armstrong | Transitional | 8.3% | $27,372 | 13.0% | 102.3% | 73.7% | 135.6% | 84.7% | 107.5 | 1,491 | 2 |
Beaver | Transitional | 7.4% | $31,197 | 12.2% | 90.4% | 84.0% | 119.0% | 79.1% | 96.2 | 1,062 | 2 |
Bedford | Transitional | 9.2% | $25,444 | 12.6% | 113.4% | 68.5% | 145.9% | 82.2% | 113.8 | 1,706 | 3 |
Blair | Transitional | 6.9% | $28,109 | 14.1% | 85.5% | 75.7% | 132.1% | 92.0% | 103.2 | 1,322 | 2 |
Bradford | Transitional | 6.4% | $29,713 | 13.3% | 78.8% | 80.0% | 125.0% | 86.3% | 96.7 | 1,081 | 2 |
Butler | Competitive | 6.5% | $41,413 | 9.3% | 80.2% | 111.5% | 89.7% | 60.7% | 76.9 | 452 | 1 |
Cambria | Transitional | 8.6% | $25,375 | 14.9% | 106.4% | 68.3% | 146.3% | 96.7% | 116.4 | 1,794 | 3 |
Cameron | Transitional | 11.5% | $25,969 | 13.1% | 141.3% | 69.9% | 143.0% | 85.4% | 123.2 | 2,022 | 3 |
Carbon | Transitional | 9.7% | $27,424 | 11.6% | 119.8% | 73.9% | 135.4% | 75.5% | 110.2 | 1,601 | 3 |
Centre | Transitional | 5.7% | $36,129 | 20.5% | 70.2% | 97.3% | 102.8% | 133.4% | 102.1 | 1,277 | 2 |
Clarion | Transitional | 8.9% | $27,223 | 18.3% | 109.0% | 73.3% | 136.4% | 119.4% | 121.6 | 1,962 | 3 |
Clearfield | Transitional | 8.7% | $25,354 | 14.5% | 106.8% | 68.3% | 146.4% | 94.3% | 115.8 | 1,769 | 3 |
Clinton | Transitional | 8.4% | $27,093 | 16.1% | 103.3% | 73.0% | 137.0% | 104.6% | 115.0 | 1,741 | 3 |
Columbia | Transitional | 7.8% | $25,461 | 16.6% | 95.7% | 68.6% | 145.8% | 108.2% | 116.6 | 1,797 | 3 |
Crawford | Transitional | 7.5% | $25,190 | 15.9% | 92.5% | 67.8% | 147.4% | 103.2% | 114.4 | 1,725 | 3 |
Elk | Transitional | 6.9% | $29,697 | 10.4% | 85.5% | 80.0% | 125.0% | 67.5% | 92.7 | 943 | 2 |
Erie | Transitional | 7.7% | $28,527 | 16.9% | 95.3% | 76.8% | 130.1% | 110.2% | 111.9 | 1,646 | 3 |
Fayette | Transitional | 9.1% | $24,563 | 18.4% | 112.1% | 66.2% | 151.1% | 119.5% | 127.6 | 2,153 | 3 |
Forest | At-Risk | 9.1% | $18,065 | 16.3% | 112.1% | 48.7% | 205.5% | 106.0% | 141.2 | 2,502 | 4 |
Fulton | Transitional | 9.2% | $26,404 | 11.1% | 112.8% | 71.1% | 140.6% | 72.1% | 108.5 | 1,534 | 2 |
Greene | Transitional | 6.6% | $32,284 | 14.7% | 81.1% | 87.0% | 115.0% | 95.4% | 97.2 | 1,097 | 2 |
Huntingdon | Transitional | 9.5% | $23,339 | 12.7% | 117.2% | 62.9% | 159.1% | 82.9% | 119.7 | 1,908 | 3 |
Indiana | Transitional | 7.5% | $30,319 | 17.7% | 92.1% | 81.7% | 122.5% | 114.9% | 109.8 | 1,582 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 8.0% | $24,988 | 15.3% | 97.8% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 99.5% | 115.3 | 1,753 | 3 |
Juniata | Transitional | 7.2% | $25,699 | 11.8% | 88.4% | 69.2% | 144.5% | 76.7% | 103.2 | 1,323 | 2 |
Lackawanna | Transitional | 8.9% | $31,351 | 13.6% | 109.8% | 84.4% | 118.4% | 88.3% | 105.5 | 1,404 | 2 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 8.1% | $26,338 | 14.4% | 99.8% | 70.9% | 141.0% | 93.8% | 111.5 | 1,640 | 3 |
Luzerne | Transitional | 9.5% | $29,880 | 15.6% | 116.9% | 80.5% | 124.3% | 101.3% | 114.1 | 1,715 | 3 |
Lycoming | Transitional | 7.7% | $30,319 | 14.2% | 95.1% | 81.7% | 122.5% | 92.1% | 103.2 | 1,324 | 2 |
McKean | Transitional | 8.1% | $27,823 | 16.6% | 100.0% | 74.9% | 133.4% | 108.3% | 113.9 | 1,707 | 3 |
Mercer | Transitional | 8.5% | $25,666 | 13.5% | 104.1% | 69.1% | 144.7% | 87.6% | 112.1 | 1,651 | 3 |
Mifflin | Transitional | 8.0% | $23,493 | 15.3% | 98.7% | 63.3% | 158.0% | 99.3% | 118.7 | 1,875 | 3 |
Monroe | Transitional | 9.6% | $26,505 | 12.0% | 118.6% | 71.4% | 140.1% | 77.9% | 112.2 | 1,653 | 3 |
Montour | Competitive | 5.9% | $39,503 | 10.0% | 72.7% | 106.4% | 94.0% | 64.8% | 77.2 | 456 | 1 |
Northumberland | Transitional | 8.8% | $27,752 | 14.2% | 108.3% | 74.7% | 133.8% | 92.4% | 111.5 | 1,639 | 3 |
Perry | Transitional | 7.6% | $30,231 | 9.7% | 93.5% | 81.4% | 122.8% | 63.0% | 93.1 | 960 | 2 |
Pike | Transitional | 10.4% | $30,788 | 9.1% | 128.2% | 82.9% | 120.6% | 59.0% | 102.6 | 1,300 | 2 |
Potter | Transitional | 9.2% | $26,476 | 15.1% | 113.2% | 71.3% | 140.2% | 98.3% | 117.2 | 1,819 | 3 |
Schuylkill | Transitional | 9.2% | $26,093 | 12.8% | 113.8% | 70.3% | 142.3% | 83.3% | 113.1 | 1,680 | 3 |
Snyder | Transitional | 7.8% | $24,253 | 11.9% | 96.6% | 65.3% | 153.1% | 77.4% | 109.0 | 1,559 | 3 |
Somerset | Transitional | 8.8% | $26,084 | 12.4% | 108.1% | 70.3% | 142.3% | 80.9% | 110.5 | 1,610 | 3 |
Sullivan | Transitional | 7.3% | $25,494 | 13.9% | 90.3% | 68.7% | 145.6% | 90.5% | 108.8 | 1,549 | 2 |
Susquehanna | Transitional | 7.3% | $27,679 | 12.9% | 89.3% | 74.6% | 134.1% | 84.2% | 102.5 | 1,297 | 2 |
Tioga | Transitional | 7.6% | $25,205 | 15.3% | 93.1% | 67.9% | 147.3% | 99.6% | 113.3 | 1,692 | 3 |
Union | Transitional | 7.7% | $28,632 | 12.3% | 94.8% | 77.1% | 129.7% | 80.1% | 101.5 | 1,263 | 2 |
Venango | Transitional | 7.7% | $24,393 | 16.0% | 95.0% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 104.0% | 117.0 | 1,812 | 3 |
Warren | Transitional | 6.7% | $28,363 | 12.6% | 82.5% | 76.4% | 130.9% | 82.2% | 98.5 | 1,134 | 2 |
Washington | Competitive | 7.2% | $40,033 | 10.5% | 88.9% | 107.8% | 92.7% | 68.6% | 83.4 | 649 | 1 |
Wayne | Transitional | 7.4% | $27,454 | 12.2% | 91.6% | 73.9% | 135.2% | 79.6% | 102.1 | 1,281 | 2 |
Westmoreland | Competitive | 7.3% | $35,700 | 10.2% | 89.8% | 96.2% | 104.0% | 66.5% | 86.8 | 765 | 1 |
Wyoming | Transitional | 9.5% | $29,503 | 12.1% | 116.4% | 79.5% | 125.8% | 78.7% | 107.0 | 1,464 | 2 |