| 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% | - | - | - |
South Carolina | - | 6.5% | $21,530 | 14.1% | 112.8% | 80.1% | - | 114.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian South Carolina | - | 6.5% | $22,564 | 11.7% | 111.9% | 83.9% | - | 94.7% | - | - | - |
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County |
Anderson | Transitional | 6.9% | $21,236 | 12.0% | 119.1% | 79.0% | 126.6% | 97.2% | 114 | 1,545 | 2 |
Cherokee | At-Risk | 8.7% | $16,771 | 13.9% | 150.2% | 62.4% | 160.3% | 112.0% | 141 | 2,373 | 4 |
Greenville | Competitive | 5.4% | $25,910 | 10.5% | 93.6% | 96.4% | 103.7% | 85.0% | 94 | 750 | 1 |
Oconee | Transitional | 7.2% | $21,079 | 10.8% | 124.7% | 78.4% | 127.5% | 87.0% | 113 | 1,504 | 2 |
Pickens | Transitional | 6.5% | $19,536 | 13.7% | 112.7% | 72.7% | 137.6% | 110.8% | 120 | 1,763 | 3 |
Spartanburg | Transitional | 7.2% | $21,243 | 12.3% | 125.0% | 79.0% | 126.5% | 99.2% | 117 | 1,654 | 3 |