| | 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% |
| West Virginia | - | 5.5% | $17,525 | 17.9% | 113.0% | 66.6% | 144.6% |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 9.0% | $11,735 | 22.6% | 185.7% | 44.6% | 182.2% |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 3.7% | $20,835 | 11.5% | 77.2% | 79.2% | 92.7% |
| Boone | Distressed | 8.2% | $15,649 | 22.0% | 170.1% | 59.5% | 177.7% |
| Braxton | Distressed | 9.4% | $10,770 | 22.0% | 193.4% | 40.9% | 177.6% |
| Brooke | Transitional | 4.4% | $17,801 | 11.7% | 91.6% | 67.7% | 94.1% |
| Cabell | Transitional | 4.8% | $19,072 | 19.2% | 99.0% | 72.5% | 155.4% |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 15.8% | $10,092 | 25.1% | 326.8% | 38.4% | 202.5% |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.2% | $10,929 | 27.5% | 191.1% | 41.5% | 222.2% |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 4.7% | $15,788 | 19.8% | 97.1% | 60.0% | 160.0% |
| Fayette | Distressed | 7.9% | $12,574 | 21.7% | 162.5% | 47.8% | 175.0% |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 6.7% | $13,353 | 25.9% | 137.9% | 50.8% | 209.3% |
| Grant | Transitional | 6.9% | $15,888 | 16.3% | 143.6% | 60.4% | 131.9% |
| Greenbrier | Transitional | 7.4% | $16,335 | 18.2% | 153.1% | 62.1% | 147.1% |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 4.7% | $13,175 | 16.3% | 97.7% | 50.1% | 131.5% |
| Hancock | Transitional | 4.1% | $19,518 | 11.1% | 85.3% | 74.2% | 89.9% |
| Hardy | Transitional | 2.8% | $17,489 | 13.1% | 58.8% | 66.5% | 105.6% |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.6% | $20,700 | 17.2% | 114.9% | 78.7% | 139.0% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 6.7% | $15,696 | 15.2% | 137.4% | 59.7% | 123.1% |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 2.8% | $24,809 | 10.3% | 58.8% | 94.3% | 83.4% |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 4.4% | $24,900 | 14.4% | 90.4% | 94.6% | 116.2% |
| Lewis | Transitional | 6.6% | $14,180 | 19.9% | 135.9% | 53.9% | 161.1% |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 9.9% | $10,514 | 27.9% | 203.8% | 40.0% | 225.5% |
| Logan | Distressed | 7.5% | $12,242 | 24.1% | 155.5% | 46.5% | 195.0% |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.0% | $16,795 | 16.3% | 123.6% | 63.8% | 131.8% |
| Marshall | Transitional | 6.3% | $15,954 | 16.6% | 129.3% | 60.6% | 133.8% |
| Mason | Distressed | 11.7% | $13,648 | 19.9% | 242.0% | 51.9% | 161.0% |
| McDowell | Distressed | 9.2% | $8,700 | 37.7% | 190.9% | 33.1% | 304.5% |
| Mercer | Transitional | 4.7% | $16,290 | 19.7% | 97.5% | 61.9% | 159.4% |
| Mineral | Transitional | 6.8% | $15,155 | 14.7% | 141.3% | 57.6% | 118.7% |
| Mingo | Distressed | 9.0% | $12,802 | 29.7% | 185.3% | 48.7% | 239.6% |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 2.4% | $21,640 | 22.8% | 50.1% | 82.3% | 184.4% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 4.2% | $10,697 | 16.2% | 87.8% | 40.7% | 131.1% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.3% | $16,476 | 10.4% | 69.1% | 62.6% | 84.1% |
| Nicholas | Distressed | 7.4% | $12,735 | 19.2% | 152.2% | 48.4% | 155.3% |
| Ohio | Transitional | 3.7% | $22,246 | 15.8% | 76.5% | 84.6% | 127.6% |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 6.2% | $16,325 | 11.4% | 127.4% | 62.0% | 92.4% |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 8.1% | $15,992 | 13.7% | 166.8% | 60.8% | 110.7% |
| Pocahontas | Transitional | 7.4% | $14,635 | 17.1% | 152.8% | 55.6% | 138.5% |
| Preston | Transitional | 5.6% | $13,202 | 18.3% | 115.6% | 50.2% | 148.0% |
| Putnam | Competitive | 4.2% | $22,379 | 9.3% | 87.8% | 85.1% | 75.3% |
| Raleigh | Transitional | 5.1% | $17,274 | 18.5% | 105.2% | 65.7% | 149.8% |
| Randolph | Transitional | 6.3% | $15,542 | 18.0% | 131.1% | 59.1% | 145.2% |
| Ritchie | Distressed | 8.1% | $13,225 | 19.1% | 167.7% | 50.3% | 154.4% |
| Roane | Distressed | 12.3% | $11,464 | 22.6% | 254.1% | 43.6% | 182.7% |
| Summers | Transitional | 7.2% | $10,194 | 24.4% | 147.9% | 38.7% | 197.3% |
| Taylor | Transitional | 5.3% | $11,156 | 20.3% | 109.4% | 42.4% | 164.0% |
| Tucker | Transitional | 6.9% | $14,551 | 18.1% | 143.1% | 55.3% | 146.6% |
| Tyler | Transitional | 5.6% | $13,356 | 16.6% | 114.9% | 50.8% | 134.2% |
| Upshur | Transitional | 6.0% | $14,111 | 20.0% | 123.3% | 53.6% | 161.7% |
| Wayne | Transitional | 5.9% | $12,357 | 19.6% | 120.9% | 47.0% | 158.0% |
| Webster | Distressed | 7.6% | $9,131 | 31.8% | 156.4% | 34.7% | 256.5% |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 8.5% | $15,186 | 19.8% | 175.9% | 57.7% | 160.0% |
| Wirt | Distressed | 11.5% | $12,638 | 19.6% | 236.9% | 48.0% | 158.3% |
| Wood | Transitional | 5.1% | $19,582 | 13.9% | 104.8% | 74.4% | 111.9% |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 6.9% | $10,541 | 25.1% | 143.1% | 40.1% | 202.8% |
