| | County Economic Status, FY 2003 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1998-2000 | Per Capita Market Income, 1999 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1998-2000 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1999 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
|
| United States | - | 4.2% | $24,819 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.6% | $19,210 | 15.4% | 108.8% | 77.4% | 117.1% |
| Tennessee | - | 4.1% | $21,625 | 15.7% | 95.4% | 87.1% | 119.7% |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 4.2% | $18,943 | 16.1% | 100.0% | 76.3% | 122.9% |
|
| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 3.6% | $20,697 | 14.3% | 85.8% | 83.4% | 109.1% |
| Bledsoe | Transitional | 3.8% | $14,366 | 19.2% | 90.5% | 57.9% | 146.0% |
| Blount | Transitional | 3.3% | $19,734 | 12.4% | 78.9% | 79.5% | 94.2% |
| Bradley | Transitional | 3.6% | $21,237 | 13.8% | 85.0% | 85.6% | 105.2% |
| Campbell | Distressed | 6.8% | $10,724 | 26.8% | 161.0% | 43.2% | 204.7% |
| Cannon | Transitional | 4.9% | $15,830 | 14.5% | 115.5% | 63.8% | 110.3% |
| Carter | Transitional | 5.1% | $13,599 | 18.0% | 119.6% | 54.8% | 137.1% |
| Claiborne | Transitional | 4.6% | $13,199 | 25.7% | 109.0% | 53.2% | 195.6% |
| Clay | Distressed | 11.9% | $12,268 | 23.0% | 281.4% | 49.4% | 175.3% |
| Cocke | Distressed | 7.0% | $12,971 | 25.3% | 165.3% | 52.3% | 192.6% |
| Coffee | Transitional | 4.4% | $18,471 | 15.2% | 104.8% | 74.4% | 116.1% |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 5.1% | $15,138 | 18.1% | 119.3% | 61.0% | 138.0% |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 5.9% | $15,471 | 20.3% | 139.4% | 62.3% | 155.0% |
| Fentress | Distressed | 9.9% | $11,874 | 32.3% | 234.1% | 47.8% | 246.3% |
| Franklin | Transitional | 4.3% | $16,836 | 14.4% | 101.5% | 67.8% | 109.6% |
| Grainger | Transitional | 4.5% | $12,599 | 20.5% | 105.7% | 50.8% | 156.5% |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.0% | $16,679 | 16.9% | 140.4% | 67.2% | 129.0% |
| Grundy | Transitional | 5.9% | $12,183 | 23.9% | 139.0% | 49.1% | 182.4% |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 4.2% | $20,125 | 13.9% | 99.2% | 81.1% | 106.3% |
| Hamilton | Attainment | 3.3% | $25,375 | 13.1% | 77.0% | 102.2% | 100.0% |
| Hancock | Distressed | 5.9% | $8,032 | 40.0% | 138.2% | 32.4% | 305.3% |
| Hawkins | Transitional | 4.8% | $15,233 | 17.9% | 113.8% | 61.4% | 136.4% |
| Jackson | Distressed | 8.4% | $14,551 | 20.0% | 197.0% | 58.6% | 152.8% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 4.3% | $14,702 | 15.1% | 100.7% | 59.2% | 115.1% |
| Johnson | Distressed | 8.1% | $9,727 | 28.5% | 191.8% | 39.2% | 217.5% |
| Knox | Transitional | 2.7% | $23,738 | 14.1% | 62.6% | 95.6% | 107.4% |
| Loudon | Transitional | 3.0% | $19,962 | 13.6% | 70.3% | 80.4% | 103.5% |
| Macon | Transitional | 4.7% | $13,239 | 19.3% | 111.3% | 53.3% | 146.8% |
| Marion | Transitional | 5.0% | $16,086 | 19.3% | 117.5% | 64.8% | 147.4% |
| McMinn | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,076 | 17.2% | 133.2% | 64.8% | 131.1% |
| Meigs | Distressed | 7.1% | $12,016 | 22.3% | 167.3% | 48.4% | 169.8% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 5.6% | $13,929 | 17.8% | 131.1% | 56.1% | 135.4% |
| Morgan | Distressed | 6.7% | $10,652 | 20.2% | 158.9% | 42.9% | 153.7% |
| Overton | Transitional | 6.1% | $12,416 | 17.9% | 144.8% | 50.0% | 136.5% |
| Pickett | Transitional | 5.6% | $12,780 | 24.9% | 132.1% | 51.5% | 189.6% |
| Polk | Transitional | 5.3% | $13,929 | 18.3% | 125.6% | 56.1% | 139.3% |
| Putnam | Transitional | 4.4% | $19,283 | 16.6% | 103.7% | 77.7% | 126.4% |
| Rhea | Transitional | 6.2% | $13,337 | 19.0% | 147.2% | 53.7% | 144.5% |
| Roane | Transitional | 4.6% | $16,840 | 16.0% | 109.1% | 67.9% | 122.0% |
| Scott | Distressed | 7.0% | $10,787 | 27.8% | 164.3% | 43.5% | 212.0% |
| Sequatchie | Transitional | 4.5% | $14,123 | 22.9% | 106.3% | 56.9% | 174.9% |
| Sevier | Transitional | 6.4% | $18,990 | 13.2% | 150.4% | 76.5% | 100.3% |
| Smith | Transitional | 4.0% | $15,864 | 14.5% | 93.4% | 63.9% | 110.6% |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 3.8% | $19,700 | 13.6% | 89.6% | 79.4% | 103.6% |
| Unicoi | Transitional | 6.3% | $15,551 | 17.1% | 147.9% | 62.7% | 130.1% |
| Union | Transitional | 3.6% | $11,723 | 21.3% | 85.9% | 47.2% | 162.7% |
| Van Buren | Transitional | 6.2% | $12,562 | 19.2% | 146.6% | 50.6% | 146.7% |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.0% | $17,566 | 16.8% | 118.2% | 70.8% | 128.4% |
| Washington | Transitional | 3.6% | $19,748 | 15.5% | 84.2% | 79.6% | 118.4% |
| White | Transitional | 4.9% | $13,566 | 17.0% | 115.7% | 54.7% | 129.3% |
