| 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% | - | - | - |
West Virginia | - | 5.4% | $18,864 | 17.9% | 98.0% | 66.9% | 149.4% | 144.6% | - | - | - |
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County |
Barbour | Distressed | 6.5% | $13,493 | 22.6% | 117.4% | 47.9% | 208.9% | 182.2% | 169.5 | 2,800 | 4 |
Berkeley | Transitional | 4.0% | $22,297 | 11.5% | 72.9% | 79.1% | 126.4% | 92.7% | 97.4 | 864 | 2 |
Boone | At-Risk | 5.3% | $14,145 | 22.0% | 95.7% | 50.2% | 199.3% | 177.7% | 157.6 | 2,671 | 4 |
Braxton | Distressed | 6.4% | $12,406 | 22.0% | 115.9% | 44.0% | 227.2% | 177.6% | 173.6 | 2,850 | 4 |
Brooke | Transitional | 6.9% | $18,640 | 11.7% | 124.1% | 66.1% | 151.2% | 94.1% | 123.1 | 1,840 | 3 |
Cabell | Transitional | 4.7% | $20,555 | 19.2% | 85.8% | 72.9% | 137.1% | 155.4% | 126.1 | 1,941 | 3 |
Calhoun | Distressed | 9.9% | $10,892 | 25.1% | 178.2% | 38.6% | 258.8% | 202.5% | 213.2 | 3,037 | 4 |
Clay | Distressed | 8.1% | $10,113 | 27.5% | 146.3% | 35.9% | 278.7% | 222.2% | 215.7 | 3,045 | 4 |
Doddridge | At-Risk | 5.3% | $14,353 | 19.8% | 95.0% | 50.9% | 196.4% | 160.0% | 150.5 | 2,559 | 4 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 6.4% | $13,479 | 21.7% | 116.0% | 47.8% | 209.1% | 175.0% | 166.7 | 2,789 | 4 |
Gilmer | At-Risk | 5.0% | $14,313 | 25.9% | 90.7% | 50.8% | 196.9% | 209.3% | 165.6 | 2,776 | 4 |
Grant | At-Risk | 6.8% | $16,963 | 16.3% | 122.9% | 60.2% | 166.2% | 131.9% | 140.3 | 2,336 | 4 |
Greenbrier | Transitional | 6.0% | $17,141 | 18.2% | 108.3% | 60.8% | 164.4% | 147.1% | 139.9 | 2,326 | 3 |
Hampshire | Transitional | 4.4% | $15,265 | 16.3% | 80.2% | 54.2% | 184.7% | 131.5% | 132.1 | 2,131 | 3 |
Hancock | Transitional | 6.9% | $18,104 | 11.1% | 125.1% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 89.9% | 123.5 | 1,849 | 3 |
Hardy | Transitional | 4.1% | $17,771 | 13.1% | 73.2% | 63.0% | 158.6% | 105.6% | 112.5 | 1,447 | 2 |
Harrison | Transitional | 5.3% | $21,666 | 17.2% | 95.4% | 76.9% | 130.1% | 139.0% | 121.5 | 1,778 | 3 |
Jackson | At-Risk | 6.7% | $15,691 | 15.2% | 122.0% | 55.7% | 179.6% | 123.1% | 141.6 | 2,365 | 4 |
Jefferson | Competitive | 3.2% | $25,785 | 10.3% | 58.7% | 91.5% | 109.3% | 83.4% | 83.8 | 365 | 1 |
Kanawha | Transitional | 5.0% | $26,311 | 14.4% | 91.1% | 93.3% | 107.1% | 116.2% | 104.8 | 1,170 | 2 |
Lewis | At-Risk | 5.8% | $16,024 | 19.9% | 104.1% | 56.8% | 175.9% | 161.1% | 147.0 | 2,485 | 4 |
Lincoln | Distressed | 6.7% | $12,212 | 27.9% | 121.8% | 43.3% | 230.8% | 225.5% | 192.7 | 2,980 | 4 |
Logan | At-Risk | 6.1% | $14,506 | 24.1% | 110.6% | 51.5% | 194.3% | 195.0% | 166.6 | 2,788 | 4 |
Marion | Transitional | 4.9% | $19,566 | 16.3% | 89.3% | 69.4% | 144.1% | 131.8% | 121.7 | 1,783 | 3 |
Marshall | Transitional | 6.0% | $18,540 | 16.6% | 108.4% | 65.8% | 152.0% | 133.8% | 131.4 | 2,114 | 3 |
Mason | Distressed | 8.4% | $13,965 | 19.9% | 152.4% | 49.5% | 201.8% | 161.0% | 171.8 | 2,825 | 4 |
McDowell | Distressed | 10.3% | $8,625 | 37.7% | 187.0% | 30.6% | 326.8% | 304.5% | 272.8 | 3,100 | 4 |
Mercer | At-Risk | 5.6% | $16,008 | 19.7% | 102.0% | 56.8% | 176.1% | 159.4% | 145.8 | 2,465 | 4 |
Mineral | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,467 | 14.7% | 102.7% | 58.4% | 171.2% | 118.7% | 130.9 | 2,102 | 3 |
Mingo | Distressed | 7.5% | $12,848 | 29.7% | 135.5% | 45.6% | 219.4% | 239.6% | 198.2 | 2,998 | 4 |
Monongalia | Transitional | 3.5% | $23,446 | 22.8% | 63.6% | 83.2% | 120.2% | 184.4% | 122.7 | 1,815 | 3 |
Monroe | Transitional | 4.8% | $14,449 | 16.2% | 86.5% | 51.3% | 195.1% | 131.1% | 137.6 | 2,276 | 3 |
Morgan | Transitional | 4.4% | $21,951 | 10.4% | 78.9% | 77.9% | 128.4% | 84.1% | 97.1 | 857 | 2 |
Nicholas | At-Risk | 6.1% | $14,564 | 19.2% | 110.4% | 51.7% | 193.5% | 155.3% | 153.1 | 2,605 | 4 |
Ohio | Transitional | 5.1% | $23,285 | 15.8% | 91.8% | 82.6% | 121.1% | 127.6% | 113.5 | 1,488 | 2 |
Pendleton | Transitional | 4.1% | $17,461 | 11.4% | 74.2% | 61.9% | 161.4% | 92.4% | 109.3 | 1,332 | 2 |
Pleasants | Transitional | 6.6% | $19,523 | 13.7% | 120.0% | 69.3% | 144.4% | 110.7% | 125.0 | 1,906 | 3 |
Pocahontas | At-Risk | 6.4% | $15,523 | 17.1% | 116.0% | 55.1% | 181.6% | 138.5% | 145.4 | 2,454 | 4 |
Preston | Transitional | 5.2% | $15,837 | 18.3% | 94.3% | 56.2% | 178.0% | 148.0% | 140.1 | 2,332 | 3 |
Putnam | Competitive | 4.6% | $24,008 | 9.3% | 83.7% | 85.2% | 117.4% | 75.3% | 92.1 | 660 | 1 |
Raleigh | Transitional | 5.5% | $18,412 | 18.5% | 98.8% | 65.3% | 153.1% | 149.8% | 133.9 | 2,179 | 3 |
Randolph | Transitional | 5.7% | $17,043 | 18.0% | 102.2% | 60.5% | 165.4% | 145.2% | 137.6 | 2,277 | 3 |
Ritchie | At-Risk | 6.7% | $15,595 | 19.1% | 121.7% | 55.3% | 180.7% | 154.4% | 152.3 | 2,591 | 4 |
Roane | Distressed | 8.0% | $12,690 | 22.6% | 144.9% | 45.0% | 222.1% | 182.7% | 183.2 | 2,934 | 4 |
Summers | Distressed | 6.2% | $10,511 | 24.4% | 112.7% | 37.3% | 268.2% | 197.3% | 192.8 | 2,981 | 4 |
Taylor | At-Risk | 5.2% | $14,151 | 20.3% | 94.8% | 50.2% | 199.2% | 164.0% | 152.7 | 2,596 | 4 |
Tucker | At-Risk | 6.7% | $16,138 | 18.1% | 120.9% | 57.3% | 174.7% | 146.6% | 147.4 | 2,494 | 4 |
Tyler | At-Risk | 7.3% | $15,074 | 16.6% | 132.5% | 53.5% | 187.0% | 134.2% | 151.2 | 2,571 | 4 |
Upshur | At-Risk | 5.3% | $14,733 | 20.0% | 95.8% | 52.3% | 191.3% | 161.7% | 149.6 | 2,536 | 4 |
Wayne | At-Risk | 5.4% | $15,373 | 19.6% | 97.6% | 54.5% | 183.4% | 158.0% | 146.3 | 2,474 | 4 |
Webster | Distressed | 6.0% | $10,537 | 31.8% | 108.8% | 37.4% | 267.5% | 256.5% | 210.9 | 3,031 | 4 |
Wetzel | At-Risk | 8.7% | $16,317 | 19.8% | 157.7% | 57.9% | 172.8% | 160.0% | 163.5 | 2,744 | 4 |
Wirt | Distressed | 7.9% | $12,735 | 19.6% | 142.7% | 45.2% | 221.3% | 158.3% | 174.1 | 2,854 | 4 |
Wood | Transitional | 5.6% | $20,551 | 13.9% | 101.4% | 72.9% | 137.2% | 111.9% | 116.8 | 1,605 | 3 |
Wyoming | Distressed | 6.6% | $12,665 | 25.1% | 119.7% | 44.9% | 222.6% | 202.8% | 181.7 | 2,923 | 4 |