| | County Economic Status, FY 2005 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2000-2002 | Per Capita Market Income, 2001 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2000-2002 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2001 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 4.8% | $26,309 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $20,253 | 13.6% | 104.2% | 77.0% | 110.2% |
| Tennessee | - | 4.5% | $22,399 | 13.5% | 92.7% | 85.1% | 108.9% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 4.5% | $19,415 | 14.2% | 92.3% | 73.8% | 114.4% |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 3.9% | $22,066 | 13.1% | 80.4% | 83.9% | 106.2% |
| Bledsoe | Transitional | 5.3% | $13,160 | 18.1% | 109.1% | 50.0% | 146.0% |
| Blount | Competitive | 3.5% | $21,201 | 9.7% | 73.3% | 80.6% | 78.6% |
| Bradley | Competitive | 4.1% | $21,132 | 12.2% | 83.7% | 80.3% | 98.7% |
| Campbell | Transitional | 5.9% | $11,216 | 22.8% | 122.5% | 42.6% | 184.5% |
| Cannon | Transitional | 4.8% | $17,149 | 12.8% | 99.3% | 65.2% | 103.2% |
| Carter | Transitional | 5.4% | $14,135 | 16.9% | 111.9% | 53.7% | 136.2% |
| Claiborne | Transitional | 5.0% | $13,596 | 22.6% | 102.3% | 51.7% | 182.3% |
| Clay | Distressed | 10.4% | $12,359 | 19.1% | 215.5% | 47.0% | 154.5% |
| Cocke | Transitional | 7.1% | $12,600 | 22.5% | 145.7% | 47.9% | 182.0% |
| Coffee | Transitional | 4.4% | $18,616 | 14.3% | 91.3% | 70.8% | 115.7% |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 5.5% | $15,550 | 14.7% | 113.8% | 59.1% | 118.7% |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 5.2% | $15,952 | 17.0% | 108.0% | 60.6% | 137.5% |
| Fentress | Distressed | 9.9% | $12,791 | 23.1% | 204.2% | 48.6% | 186.3% |
| Franklin | Transitional | 4.1% | $16,987 | 13.2% | 83.7% | 64.6% | 106.6% |
| Grainger | Transitional | 5.8% | $12,302 | 18.7% | 120.7% | 46.8% | 150.9% |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.3% | $17,547 | 14.5% | 130.1% | 66.7% | 117.2% |
| Grundy | Distressed | 6.2% | $13,721 | 25.8% | 128.0% | 52.2% | 208.1% |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 5.0% | $20,046 | 14.4% | 104.0% | 76.2% | 116.1% |
| Hamilton | Competitive | 3.2% | $25,363 | 12.1% | 66.1% | 96.4% | 97.6% |
| Hancock | Distressed | 7.0% | $7,424 | 29.4% | 143.9% | 28.2% | 237.3% |
| Hawkins | Transitional | 5.1% | $15,427 | 15.8% | 105.3% | 58.6% | 127.4% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 6.8% | $14,518 | 18.1% | 141.0% | 55.2% | 146.2% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.1% | $15,961 | 13.4% | 105.8% | 60.7% | 108.2% |
| Johnson | Distressed | 8.3% | $9,013 | 22.6% | 170.9% | 34.3% | 182.2% |
| Knox | Transitional | 2.6% | $25,303 | 12.6% | 52.8% | 96.2% | 101.7% |
| Loudon | Competitive | 3.6% | $21,084 | 10.0% | 73.6% | 80.1% | 80.8% |
| Macon | Transitional | 6.1% | $13,325 | 15.1% | 125.5% | 50.6% | 122.0% |
| Marion | Transitional | 5.3% | $16,247 | 14.1% | 109.8% | 61.8% | 114.0% |
| McMinn | Transitional | 6.9% | $15,414 | 14.5% | 142.1% | 58.6% | 116.8% |
| Meigs | Transitional | 6.9% | $12,002 | 18.3% | 142.9% | 45.6% | 147.9% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 6.7% | $13,664 | 15.5% | 138.9% | 51.9% | 124.8% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 8.2% | $11,104 | 16.0% | 169.5% | 42.2% | 129.4% |
| Overton | Transitional | 6.3% | $12,936 | 16.0% | 129.7% | 49.2% | 129.5% |
| Pickett | Transitional | 7.3% | $11,478 | 15.6% | 150.4% | 43.6% | 125.7% |
| Polk | Transitional | 5.3% | $13,516 | 13.0% | 110.1% | 51.4% | 105.4% |
| Putnam | Transitional | 4.8% | $19,351 | 16.4% | 98.2% | 73.6% | 132.8% |
| Rhea | Transitional | 5.7% | $12,824 | 14.7% | 118.1% | 48.7% | 118.7% |
| Roane | Transitional | 4.6% | $16,551 | 13.9% | 95.9% | 62.9% | 111.9% |
| Scott | Distressed | 8.2% | $10,652 | 20.2% | 169.4% | 40.5% | 163.4% |
| Sequatchie | Transitional | 4.7% | $13,996 | 16.5% | 96.8% | 53.2% | 133.5% |
| Sevier | Transitional | 5.7% | $18,881 | 10.7% | 117.6% | 71.8% | 86.2% |
| Smith | Transitional | 4.6% | $16,779 | 12.2% | 94.4% | 63.8% | 98.7% |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 4.1% | $20,805 | 12.9% | 85.7% | 79.1% | 104.4% |
| Unicoi | Transitional | 7.0% | $16,551 | 13.1% | 143.9% | 62.9% | 105.5% |
| Union | Transitional | 3.5% | $10,817 | 19.6% | 72.1% | 41.1% | 158.5% |
| Van Buren | Transitional | 6.9% | $12,882 | 15.2% | 141.7% | 49.0% | 123.1% |
| Warren | Transitional | 6.2% | $16,532 | 16.6% | 129.0% | 62.8% | 134.0% |
| Washington | Transitional | 4.4% | $20,405 | 13.9% | 91.9% | 77.6% | 112.7% |
| White | Transitional | 5.6% | $13,362 | 14.3% | 115.8% | 50.8% | 115.2% |
