| County Economic Status, FY 2018 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2013–2015 | Per Capita Market Income, 2015 | Poverty Rate, 2011–2015 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2013–2015 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2015 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2015 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011–2015 | Composite Index Value, FY 2018 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2018 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2018 |
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United States | - | 6.3% | $39,778 | 15.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 6.7% | $29,282 | 17.1% | 106.6% | 73.6% | 135.8% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
Pennsylvania | - | 6.1% | $40,197 | 13.5% | 97.9% | 101.1% | 99.0% | 87.1% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 6.4% | $34,233 | 13.6% | 101.8% | 86.1% | 116.2% | 88.2% | - | - | - |
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County |
Allegheny | Competitive | 5.6% | $44,570 | 13.0% | 89.1% | 112.0% | 89.2% | 84.1% | 87.5 | 706 | 1 |
Armstrong | Transitional | 6.9% | $30,761 | 13.0% | 109.4% | 77.3% | 129.3% | 84.0% | 107.6 | 1,383 | 2 |
Beaver | Transitional | 6.5% | $32,427 | 11.9% | 104.2% | 81.5% | 122.7% | 76.9% | 101.2 | 1,143 | 2 |
Bedford | Transitional | 7.0% | $26,912 | 13.8% | 111.3% | 67.7% | 147.8% | 88.9% | 116.0 | 1,640 | 3 |
Blair | Transitional | 5.9% | $30,008 | 15.0% | 94.4% | 75.4% | 132.6% | 97.1% | 108.0 | 1,399 | 2 |
Bradford | Transitional | 6.2% | $29,917 | 13.6% | 98.1% | 75.2% | 133.0% | 88.0% | 106.4 | 1,331 | 2 |
Butler | Competitive | 5.3% | $43,248 | 9.1% | 84.1% | 108.7% | 92.0% | 58.5% | 78.2 | 418 | 1 |
Cambria | Transitional | 7.4% | $26,488 | 15.2% | 117.8% | 66.6% | 150.2% | 98.4% | 122.2 | 1,842 | 3 |
Cameron | Transitional | 7.9% | $31,860 | 13.0% | 126.3% | 80.1% | 124.9% | 84.3% | 111.8 | 1,503 | 2 |
Carbon | Transitional | 7.4% | $33,843 | 10.9% | 118.6% | 85.1% | 117.5% | 70.2% | 102.1 | 1,179 | 2 |
Centre | Transitional | 4.5% | $35,118 | 19.3% | 71.2% | 88.3% | 113.3% | 124.8% | 103.1 | 1,214 | 2 |
Clarion | Transitional | 6.7% | $26,237 | 18.2% | 107.0% | 66.0% | 151.6% | 117.6% | 125.4 | 1,939 | 3 |
Clearfield | Transitional | 7.6% | $29,402 | 15.0% | 120.8% | 73.9% | 135.3% | 96.6% | 117.6 | 1,699 | 3 |
Clinton | Transitional | 7.7% | $27,345 | 16.4% | 122.9% | 68.7% | 145.5% | 105.8% | 124.7 | 1,923 | 3 |
Columbia | Transitional | 6.5% | $28,257 | 16.1% | 103.4% | 71.0% | 140.8% | 103.9% | 116.0 | 1,644 | 3 |
Crawford | Transitional | 6.0% | $26,859 | 14.7% | 96.2% | 67.5% | 148.1% | 95.3% | 113.2 | 1,560 | 3 |
Elk | Competitive | 5.6% | $33,060 | 8.8% | 89.4% | 83.1% | 120.3% | 56.9% | 88.9 | 747 | 1 |
Erie | Transitional | 6.3% | $30,471 | 16.7% | 101.1% | 76.6% | 130.5% | 107.7% | 113.1 | 1,554 | 2 |
Fayette | Transitional | 8.3% | $26,883 | 19.3% | 131.7% | 67.6% | 148.0% | 124.8% | 134.8 | 2,213 | 3 |
Forest | At-Risk | 8.6% | $16,178 | 14.3% | 137.0% | 40.7% | 245.9% | 92.6% | 158.5 | 2,708 | 4 |
Fulton | Transitional | 7.4% | $27,065 | 12.2% | 118.5% | 68.0% | 147.0% | 78.9% | 114.8 | 1,608 | 3 |
Greene | Transitional | 6.2% | $35,650 | 13.9% | 99.0% | 89.6% | 111.6% | 90.1% | 100.2 | 1,114 | 2 |
Huntingdon | Transitional | 8.2% | $26,668 | 13.7% | 130.8% | 67.0% | 149.2% | 88.6% | 122.9 | 1,867 | 3 |
Indiana | Transitional | 6.7% | $26,758 | 17.3% | 106.4% | 67.3% | 148.7% | 111.8% | 122.3 | 1,850 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 6.8% | $27,706 | 14.6% | 109.2% | 69.7% | 143.6% | 94.5% | 115.8 | 1,634 | 3 |
Juniata | Transitional | 5.9% | $29,712 | 13.2% | 93.5% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 85.6% | 104.3 | 1,255 | 2 |
Lackawanna | Transitional | 6.9% | $32,073 | 14.8% | 109.6% | 80.6% | 124.0% | 95.9% | 109.8 | 1,451 | 2 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 6.6% | $28,577 | 15.2% | 105.9% | 71.8% | 139.2% | 98.3% | 114.4 | 1,598 | 3 |
Luzerne | Transitional | 7.7% | $30,489 | 15.8% | 122.8% | 76.6% | 130.5% | 102.4% | 118.5 | 1,731 | 3 |
Lycoming | Transitional | 6.6% | $31,704 | 14.5% | 105.8% | 79.7% | 125.5% | 94.0% | 108.4 | 1,411 | 2 |
McKean | Transitional | 6.8% | $29,978 | 17.2% | 109.0% | 75.4% | 132.7% | 111.3% | 117.7 | 1,701 | 3 |
Mercer | Transitional | 6.2% | $26,973 | 13.5% | 98.1% | 67.8% | 147.5% | 87.2% | 110.9 | 1,477 | 2 |
Mifflin | Transitional | 6.7% | $24,928 | 15.8% | 107.4% | 62.7% | 159.6% | 101.8% | 122.9 | 1,868 | 3 |
Monroe | Transitional | 7.8% | $29,769 | 12.5% | 123.7% | 74.8% | 133.6% | 81.0% | 112.7 | 1,540 | 2 |
Montour | Competitive | 4.8% | $40,897 | 9.9% | 76.3% | 102.8% | 97.3% | 63.8% | 79.1 | 443 | 1 |
Northumberland | Transitional | 7.1% | $27,406 | 13.8% | 114.0% | 68.9% | 145.1% | 89.1% | 116.1 | 1,647 | 3 |
Perry | Transitional | 5.4% | $31,427 | 9.4% | 85.5% | 79.0% | 126.6% | 60.6% | 90.9 | 811 | 2 |
Pike | Transitional | 7.9% | $31,041 | 9.9% | 125.6% | 78.0% | 128.1% | 64.0% | 105.9 | 1,312 | 2 |
Potter | Transitional | 7.8% | $24,620 | 15.0% | 125.1% | 61.9% | 161.6% | 97.2% | 127.9 | 2,011 | 3 |
Schuylkill | Transitional | 7.5% | $28,880 | 13.1% | 119.4% | 72.6% | 137.7% | 84.9% | 114.0 | 1,586 | 3 |
Snyder | Transitional | 5.5% | $28,278 | 10.8% | 88.2% | 71.1% | 140.7% | 69.9% | 99.6 | 1,094 | 2 |
Somerset | Transitional | 7.8% | $26,639 | 12.7% | 123.7% | 67.0% | 149.3% | 81.8% | 118.3 | 1,723 | 3 |
Sullivan | Transitional | 6.8% | $28,249 | 13.0% | 108.5% | 71.0% | 140.8% | 83.8% | 111.0 | 1,480 | 2 |
Susquehanna | Transitional | 6.2% | $31,217 | 13.0% | 98.5% | 78.5% | 127.4% | 84.1% | 103.3 | 1,225 | 2 |
Tioga | Transitional | 7.3% | $26,376 | 14.4% | 116.5% | 66.3% | 150.8% | 92.8% | 120.0 | 1,780 | 3 |
Union | Transitional | 5.2% | $29,483 | 12.8% | 83.2% | 74.1% | 134.9% | 82.8% | 100.3 | 1,118 | 2 |
Venango | Transitional | 6.5% | $25,809 | 15.4% | 103.8% | 64.9% | 154.1% | 99.6% | 119.2 | 1,753 | 3 |
Warren | Transitional | 5.5% | $31,434 | 12.2% | 87.9% | 79.0% | 126.5% | 79.1% | 97.9 | 1,048 | 2 |
Washington | Competitive | 6.0% | $43,778 | 10.4% | 96.4% | 110.1% | 90.9% | 67.0% | 84.8 | 626 | 1 |
Wayne | Transitional | 6.7% | $27,247 | 12.9% | 106.3% | 68.5% | 146.0% | 83.2% | 111.8 | 1,501 | 2 |
Westmoreland | Transitional | 6.0% | $36,425 | 10.4% | 95.7% | 91.6% | 109.2% | 67.3% | 90.7 | 806 | 2 |
Wyoming | Transitional | 7.1% | $32,337 | 11.0% | 113.1% | 81.3% | 123.0% | 71.3% | 102.5 | 1,189 | 2 |