| | County Economic Status, FY 2007 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, 2003 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2002-2004 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2003 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2003 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2007 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2007 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2007 |
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| United States | - | 5.8% | $26,880 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.7% | $20,811 | 13.6% | 99.6% | 77.4% | - | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 5.6% | $26,350 | 11.0% | 97.2% | 98.0% | - | 88.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 6.0% | $22,587 | 11.4% | 104.8% | 84.0% | - | 92.1% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Competitive | 5.5% | $31,395 | 11.2% | 95.0% | 116.8% | 85.6% | 90.4% | 90 | 610 | 1 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 6.9% | $19,844 | 11.7% | 119.4% | 73.8% | 135.5% | 94.2% | 116 | 1,634 | 3 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 6.1% | $20,176 | 9.4% | 105.0% | 75.1% | 133.2% | 75.6% | 105 | 1,169 | 2 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 7.9% | $16,971 | 10.3% | 137.5% | 63.1% | 158.4% | 82.8% | 126 | 1,961 | 3 |
| Blair | Transitional | 5.6% | $19,276 | 12.6% | 97.6% | 71.7% | 139.4% | 102.1% | 113 | 1,503 | 2 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 5.3% | $19,006 | 11.8% | 92.6% | 70.7% | 141.4% | 95.6% | 110 | 1,360 | 2 |
| Butler | Competitive | 5.5% | $25,057 | 9.1% | 95.0% | 93.2% | 107.3% | 73.4% | 92 | 675 | 1 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 7.0% | $17,500 | 12.5% | 121.5% | 65.1% | 153.6% | 100.9% | 125 | 1,932 | 3 |
| Cameron | Transitional | 7.6% | $18,060 | 9.4% | 131.5% | 67.2% | 148.8% | 76.3% | 119 | 1,710 | 3 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 6.9% | $20,373 | 9.5% | 119.3% | 75.8% | 131.9% | 76.8% | 109 | 1,337 | 2 |
| Centre | Transitional | 4.2% | $22,182 | 18.8% | 73.6% | 82.5% | 121.2% | 151.9% | 116 | 1,603 | 3 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 5.5% | $18,588 | 15.4% | 95.6% | 69.2% | 144.6% | 124.6% | 122 | 1,801 | 3 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 7.2% | $17,281 | 12.5% | 124.8% | 64.3% | 155.5% | 101.1% | 127 | 1,992 | 3 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 7.1% | $17,258 | 14.2% | 124.0% | 64.2% | 155.8% | 114.7% | 132 | 2,143 | 3 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 6.5% | $20,024 | 13.1% | 112.3% | 74.5% | 134.2% | 105.8% | 117 | 1,667 | 3 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 6.8% | $17,148 | 12.8% | 118.6% | 63.8% | 156.8% | 103.2% | 126 | 1,957 | 3 |
| Elk | Transitional | 6.3% | $21,694 | 7.0% | 109.9% | 80.7% | 123.9% | 56.7% | 97 | 866 | 2 |
| Erie | Transitional | 6.5% | $20,202 | 12.0% | 113.4% | 75.2% | 133.1% | 96.9% | 114 | 1,552 | 2 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 7.5% | $17,424 | 18.0% | 130.8% | 64.8% | 154.3% | 145.5% | 144 | 2,436 | 4 |
| Forest | Distressed | 12.6% | $14,331 | 16.4% | 218.5% | 53.3% | 187.6% | 132.7% | 180 | 2,925 | 4 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 5.9% | $20,282 | 10.8% | 101.5% | 75.5% | 132.5% | 87.4% | 107 | 1,268 | 2 |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.6% | $15,466 | 15.9% | 114.1% | 57.5% | 173.8% | 128.2% | 139 | 2,323 | 3 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 7.7% | $15,487 | 11.3% | 134.1% | 57.6% | 173.6% | 91.7% | 133 | 2,177 | 3 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 6.1% | $18,883 | 17.3% | 106.5% | 70.2% | 142.3% | 139.6% | 130 | 2,076 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.2% | $17,472 | 11.8% | 108.0% | 65.0% | 153.8% | 95.1% | 119 | 1,716 | 3 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 4.9% | $19,729 | 9.5% | 85.7% | 73.4% | 136.2% | 76.4% | 99 | 989 | 2 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 6.0% | $22,632 | 10.6% | 103.7% | 84.2% | 118.8% | 85.3% | 103 | 1,111 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.3% | $17,656 | 12.1% | 108.6% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 97.6% | 120 | 1,729 | 3 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 6.6% | $21,662 | 11.1% | 113.8% | 80.6% | 124.1% | 89.5% | 109 | 1,328 | 2 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 6.2% | $20,692 | 11.5% | 106.8% | 77.0% | 129.9% | 93.2% | 110 | 1,366 | 2 |
| McKean | Transitional | 6.1% | $19,469 | 13.1% | 105.8% | 72.4% | 138.1% | 105.8% | 117 | 1,641 | 3 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 6.1% | $18,984 | 11.5% | 105.6% | 70.6% | 141.6% | 92.8% | 113 | 1,510 | 2 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 7.0% | $16,557 | 12.5% | 122.1% | 61.6% | 162.3% | 100.9% | 129 | 2,047 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 5.7% | $21,292 | 9.0% | 99.5% | 79.2% | 126.2% | 72.8% | 100 | 996 | 2 |
| Montour | Competitive | 4.9% | $23,937 | 8.7% | 85.4% | 89.1% | 112.3% | 70.1% | 89 | 573 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 6.7% | $19,109 | 11.9% | 116.1% | 71.1% | 140.7% | 96.1% | 118 | 1,673 | 3 |
| Perry | Competitive | 5.0% | $21,809 | 7.7% | 87.2% | 81.1% | 123.3% | 61.8% | 91 | 633 | 1 |
| Pike | Competitive | 5.7% | $20,974 | 6.9% | 98.2% | 78.0% | 128.2% | 56.0% | 94 | 751 | 1 |
| Potter | Transitional | 6.6% | $18,777 | 12.7% | 114.5% | 69.9% | 143.2% | 102.9% | 120 | 1,755 | 3 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 7.0% | $18,568 | 9.5% | 121.2% | 69.1% | 144.8% | 76.9% | 114 | 1,543 | 2 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 4.8% | $19,586 | 9.9% | 83.6% | 72.9% | 137.2% | 80.3% | 100 | 1,024 | 2 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 6.7% | $16,335 | 11.8% | 115.9% | 60.8% | 164.6% | 95.1% | 125 | 1,927 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 5.8% | $17,167 | 14.5% | 101.3% | 63.9% | 156.6% | 116.8% | 125 | 1,914 | 3 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 6.1% | $18,465 | 12.3% | 105.0% | 68.7% | 145.6% | 99.5% | 117 | 1,647 | 3 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 6.2% | $16,040 | 13.5% | 107.4% | 59.7% | 167.6% | 109.2% | 128 | 2,026 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 5.5% | $19,150 | 8.8% | 94.7% | 71.2% | 140.4% | 71.1% | 102 | 1,094 | 2 |
| Venango | Transitional | 6.1% | $16,903 | 13.4% | 105.6% | 62.9% | 159.0% | 108.2% | 124 | 1,894 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 6.0% | $18,791 | 9.9% | 104.3% | 69.9% | 143.0% | 79.8% | 109 | 1,324 | 2 |
| Washington | Transitional | 6.0% | $23,857 | 9.8% | 103.4% | 88.8% | 112.7% | 79.5% | 99 | 947 | 2 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 5.1% | $19,260 | 11.3% | 88.9% | 71.7% | 139.6% | 91.2% | 107 | 1,237 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 5.9% | $22,774 | 8.6% | 103.0% | 84.7% | 118.0% | 69.7% | 97 | 868 | 2 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 6.0% | $19,112 | 10.2% | 104.5% | 71.1% | 140.6% | 82.4% | 109 | 1,330 | 2 |
