| | County Economic Status, FY 2008 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, 2004 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2003-2005 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2004 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2004 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 | Composite Index Value, FY 2008 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2008 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2008 |
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| United States | - | 5.5% | $28,187 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $21,587 | 13.6% | 100.6% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| South Carolina | - | 6.8% | $22,151 | 14.1% | 122.6% | 78.6% | 127.2% | 114.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian South Carolina | - | 6.7% | $22,796 | 11.7% | 121.8% | 80.9% | 123.7% | 94.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 7.3% | $21,143 | 12.0% | 131.1% | 75.0% | 133.3% | 97.2% | 120.6 | 1,754 | 3 |
| Cherokee | At-Risk | 8.6% | $17,391 | 13.9% | 154.8% | 61.7% | 162.1% | 112.0% | 142.9 | 2,397 | 4 |
| Greenville | Transitional | 5.6% | $26,278 | 10.5% | 101.9% | 93.2% | 107.3% | 85.0% | 98.0 | 898 | 2 |
| Oconee | Transitional | 7.8% | $22,115 | 10.8% | 141.3% | 78.5% | 127.5% | 87.0% | 118.6 | 1,675 | 3 |
| Pickens | Transitional | 6.8% | $19,661 | 13.7% | 122.7% | 69.8% | 143.4% | 110.8% | 125.7 | 1,924 | 3 |
| Spartanburg | Transitional | 7.5% | $21,210 | 12.3% | 135.4% | 75.2% | 132.9% | 99.2% | 122.5 | 1,810 | 3 |
