| | 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% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 5.4% | $23,779 | 13.5% | 93.1% | 88.5% | - | 108.9% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 5.3% | $20,583 | 14.2% | 91.5% | 76.6% | - | 114.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 4.9% | $22,181 | 13.1% | 84.7% | 82.5% | 121.2% | 106.2% | 104 | 1,150 | 2 |
| Bledsoe | At-Risk | 6.8% | $15,613 | 18.1% | 117.9% | 58.1% | 172.2% | 146.0% | 145 | 2,474 | 4 |
| Blount | Competitive | 4.2% | $21,761 | 9.7% | 73.2% | 81.0% | 123.5% | 78.6% | 92 | 674 | 1 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 5.0% | $21,259 | 12.2% | 86.8% | 79.1% | 126.4% | 98.7% | 104 | 1,149 | 2 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 6.5% | $14,266 | 22.8% | 112.0% | 53.1% | 188.4% | 184.5% | 162 | 2,735 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 4.7% | $19,571 | 12.8% | 81.1% | 72.8% | 137.3% | 103.2% | 107 | 1,272 | 2 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 6.1% | $14,831 | 16.9% | 106.4% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 136.2% | 141 | 2,380 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 5.6% | $14,660 | 22.6% | 96.5% | 54.5% | 183.4% | 182.3% | 154 | 2,639 | 4 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 8.3% | $13,667 | 19.1% | 143.7% | 50.8% | 196.7% | 154.5% | 165 | 2,769 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 8.0% | $12,916 | 22.5% | 138.6% | 48.1% | 208.1% | 182.0% | 176 | 2,901 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 4.8% | $21,133 | 14.3% | 83.5% | 78.6% | 127.2% | 115.7% | 109 | 1,316 | 2 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 6.1% | $16,888 | 14.7% | 106.4% | 62.8% | 159.2% | 118.7% | 128 | 2,029 | 3 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 5.0% | $18,336 | 17.0% | 86.4% | 68.2% | 146.6% | 137.5% | 124 | 1,868 | 3 |
| Fentress | Distressed | 7.3% | $13,328 | 23.1% | 126.8% | 49.6% | 201.7% | 186.3% | 172 | 2,852 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 5.0% | $17,477 | 13.2% | 86.3% | 65.0% | 153.8% | 106.6% | 116 | 1,604 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 6.9% | $14,664 | 18.7% | 119.0% | 54.6% | 183.3% | 150.9% | 151 | 2,588 | 4 |
| Greene | Transitional | 7.2% | $18,153 | 14.5% | 125.0% | 67.5% | 148.1% | 117.2% | 130 | 2,097 | 3 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 6.3% | $13,681 | 25.8% | 109.5% | 50.9% | 196.5% | 208.1% | 171 | 2,848 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 5.8% | $20,274 | 14.4% | 101.0% | 75.4% | 132.6% | 116.1% | 117 | 1,642 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Competitive | 4.4% | $27,136 | 12.1% | 77.1% | 101.0% | 99.1% | 97.6% | 91 | 648 | 1 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 8.0% | $8,522 | 29.4% | 139.3% | 31.7% | 315.4% | 237.3% | 231 | 3,081 | 4 |
| Hawkins | Transitional | 6.0% | $16,989 | 15.8% | 104.7% | 63.2% | 158.2% | 127.4% | 130 | 2,098 | 3 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 7.1% | $15,387 | 18.1% | 123.3% | 57.2% | 174.7% | 146.2% | 148 | 2,524 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.1% | $17,129 | 13.4% | 106.0% | 63.7% | 156.9% | 108.2% | 124 | 1,876 | 3 |
| Johnson | Distressed | 8.0% | $10,087 | 22.6% | 138.7% | 37.5% | 266.5% | 182.2% | 196 | 2,995 | 4 |
| Knox | Competitive | 3.8% | $26,548 | 12.6% | 65.4% | 98.8% | 101.3% | 101.7% | 90 | 580 | 1 |
| Loudon | Competitive | 4.6% | $21,920 | 10.0% | 79.2% | 81.5% | 122.6% | 80.8% | 94 | 757 | 1 |
| Macon | Transitional | 5.9% | $16,128 | 15.1% | 102.2% | 60.0% | 166.7% | 122.0% | 130 | 2,105 | 3 |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.1% | $16,994 | 14.1% | 105.7% | 63.2% | 158.2% | 114.0% | 126 | 1,950 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 7.1% | $16,423 | 14.5% | 122.8% | 61.1% | 163.7% | 116.8% | 134 | 2,207 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 7.7% | $14,697 | 18.3% | 133.4% | 54.7% | 182.9% | 147.9% | 155 | 2,646 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 7.3% | $14,547 | 15.5% | 126.3% | 54.1% | 184.8% | 124.8% | 145 | 2,469 | 4 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 8.4% | $12,328 | 16.0% | 145.8% | 45.9% | 218.0% | 129.4% | 164 | 2,765 | 4 |
| Overton | Transitional | 6.0% | $14,856 | 16.0% | 104.8% | 55.3% | 180.9% | 129.5% | 138 | 2,318 | 3 |
| Pickett | Distressed | 8.8% | $10,848 | 15.6% | 152.9% | 40.4% | 247.8% | 125.7% | 176 | 2,894 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 5.9% | $15,322 | 13.0% | 101.6% | 57.0% | 175.4% | 105.4% | 127 | 2,007 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 4.9% | $19,772 | 16.4% | 84.1% | 73.6% | 135.9% | 132.8% | 118 | 1,674 | 3 |
| Rhea | Transitional | 5.9% | $15,345 | 14.7% | 102.7% | 57.1% | 175.2% | 118.7% | 132 | 2,163 | 3 |
| Roane | Transitional | 5.5% | $19,165 | 13.9% | 95.2% | 71.3% | 140.3% | 111.9% | 116 | 1,612 | 3 |
| Scott | Distressed | 9.2% | $11,250 | 20.2% | 159.7% | 41.9% | 238.9% | 163.4% | 187 | 2,966 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | Transitional | 5.1% | $15,708 | 16.5% | 88.9% | 58.4% | 171.1% | 133.5% | 131 | 2,134 | 3 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 5.9% | $21,430 | 10.7% | 102.4% | 79.7% | 125.4% | 86.2% | 105 | 1,174 | 2 |
| Smith | Transitional | 6.5% | $18,613 | 12.2% | 113.4% | 69.2% | 144.4% | 98.7% | 119 | 1,708 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 5.4% | $21,737 | 12.9% | 93.9% | 80.9% | 123.7% | 104.4% | 107 | 1,276 | 2 |
| Unicoi | Transitional | 6.6% | $16,335 | 13.1% | 113.8% | 60.8% | 164.6% | 105.5% | 128 | 2,023 | 3 |
| Union | At-Risk | 4.8% | $13,358 | 19.6% | 83.1% | 49.7% | 201.2% | 158.5% | 148 | 2,512 | 4 |
| Van Buren | Transitional | 6.9% | $15,883 | 15.2% | 119.2% | 59.1% | 169.2% | 123.1% | 137 | 2,292 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.8% | $17,743 | 16.6% | 100.9% | 66.0% | 151.5% | 134.0% | 129 | 2,055 | 3 |
| Washington | Transitional | 5.1% | $19,857 | 13.9% | 88.6% | 73.9% | 135.4% | 112.7% | 112 | 1,462 | 2 |
| White | At-Risk | 6.7% | $13,796 | 14.3% | 116.9% | 51.3% | 194.8% | 115.2% | 142 | 2,405 | 4 |
