| | 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 |
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| 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% |
| West Virginia | - | 6.3% | $16,171 | 19.7% | 147.3% | 65.2% | 149.9% |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 11.0% | $10,540 | 28.5% | 258.7% | 42.5% | 217.5% |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 3.5% | $19,778 | 12.0% | 82.2% | 79.7% | 91.3% |
| Boone | Distressed | 10.3% | $14,895 | 27.0% | 243.7% | 60.0% | 205.8% |
| Braxton | Distressed | 10.5% | $11,682 | 25.8% | 247.3% | 47.1% | 197.0% |
| Brooke | Transitional | 5.3% | $15,895 | 12.1% | 124.1% | 64.0% | 92.4% |
| Cabell | Transitional | 5.0% | $18,556 | 19.1% | 117.7% | 74.8% | 145.6% |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 16.7% | $9,116 | 32.0% | 392.8% | 36.7% | 244.3% |
| Clay | Distressed | 10.6% | $9,766 | 39.2% | 249.4% | 39.3% | 298.6% |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 6.1% | $13,636 | 23.0% | 144.2% | 54.9% | 175.1% |
| Fayette | Distressed | 9.3% | $11,853 | 24.4% | 219.0% | 47.8% | 185.7% |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 8.3% | $12,174 | 33.5% | 195.0% | 49.1% | 255.2% |
| Grant | Transitional | 8.5% | $14,610 | 15.5% | 199.1% | 58.9% | 118.5% |
| Greenbrier | Transitional | 7.7% | $14,579 | 17.9% | 181.6% | 58.7% | 136.7% |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 5.0% | $12,613 | 18.2% | 118.0% | 50.8% | 139.0% |
| Hancock | Transitional | 5.3% | $17,751 | 11.9% | 124.7% | 71.5% | 90.5% |
| Hardy | Transitional | 3.6% | $16,145 | 14.6% | 84.5% | 65.1% | 111.3% |
| Harrison | Transitional | 6.6% | $18,994 | 17.4% | 156.4% | 76.5% | 132.5% |
| Jackson | Distressed | 7.2% | $14,189 | 20.0% | 169.1% | 57.2% | 152.7% |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 2.8% | $23,487 | 10.6% | 65.7% | 94.6% | 80.8% |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 4.6% | $22,271 | 15.3% | 107.5% | 89.7% | 116.6% |
| Lewis | Distressed | 7.7% | $12,673 | 23.7% | 180.9% | 51.1% | 180.6% |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 11.0% | $10,013 | 33.8% | 259.3% | 40.3% | 257.7% |
| Logan | Distressed | 10.8% | $11,195 | 27.7% | 253.4% | 45.1% | 211.4% |
| Marion | Transitional | 7.3% | $15,123 | 19.0% | 172.2% | 60.9% | 144.5% |
| Marshall | Transitional | 6.2% | $15,169 | 16.0% | 146.5% | 61.1% | 122.3% |
| Mason | Distressed | 12.9% | $12,664 | 22.1% | 303.1% | 51.0% | 168.2% |
| McDowell | Distressed | 12.5% | $7,482 | 37.7% | 293.9% | 30.1% | 287.5% |
| Mercer | Transitional | 4.9% | $15,338 | 20.4% | 115.3% | 61.8% | 155.3% |
| Mineral | Transitional | 6.7% | $14,182 | 14.8% | 158.3% | 57.1% | 112.7% |
| Mingo | Distressed | 12.7% | $11,719 | 30.9% | 299.4% | 47.2% | 235.8% |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 3.1% | $20,283 | 20.6% | 73.2% | 81.7% | 156.7% |
| Monroe | Transitional | 4.7% | $11,063 | 21.0% | 109.8% | 44.6% | 159.7% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.0% | $15,924 | 11.0% | 70.3% | 64.2% | 84.1% |
| Nicholas | Distressed | 8.9% | $12,080 | 24.4% | 209.1% | 48.7% | 185.9% |
| Ohio | Transitional | 4.1% | $21,826 | 15.0% | 95.5% | 87.9% | 114.7% |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 6.3% | $15,470 | 17.0% | 148.2% | 62.3% | 129.2% |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 9.4% | $14,476 | 19.4% | 220.8% | 58.3% | 148.2% |
| Pocahontas | Distressed | 8.4% | $14,027 | 21.2% | 197.3% | 56.5% | 161.5% |
| Preston | Transitional | 6.1% | $11,695 | 18.9% | 143.8% | 47.1% | 144.0% |
| Putnam | Transitional | 4.6% | $20,404 | 12.0% | 107.9% | 82.2% | 91.8% |
| Raleigh | Distressed | 7.0% | $15,328 | 19.9% | 163.8% | 61.8% | 151.6% |
| Randolph | Distressed | 7.6% | $13,822 | 21.9% | 177.9% | 55.7% | 167.0% |
| Ritchie | Distressed | 9.4% | $11,784 | 26.0% | 222.4% | 47.5% | 198.0% |
| Roane | Distressed | 12.1% | $11,424 | 28.1% | 284.0% | 46.0% | 214.3% |
| Summers | Distressed | 8.7% | $8,972 | 24.5% | 206.0% | 36.1% | 186.5% |
| Taylor | Distressed | 7.1% | $10,792 | 22.9% | 166.4% | 43.5% | 174.5% |
| Tucker | Transitional | 9.0% | $11,986 | 17.0% | 211.1% | 48.3% | 129.7% |
| Tyler | Transitional | 7.1% | $12,426 | 18.3% | 167.7% | 50.1% | 139.9% |
| Upshur | Distressed | 6.8% | $12,514 | 21.2% | 160.3% | 50.4% | 161.5% |
| Wayne | Transitional | 6.0% | $12,211 | 21.8% | 140.9% | 49.2% | 165.9% |
| Webster | Distressed | 9.0% | $8,106 | 34.8% | 211.4% | 32.7% | 265.2% |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 10.0% | $14,327 | 20.5% | 236.6% | 57.7% | 156.5% |
| Wirt | Distressed | 13.8% | $11,705 | 22.0% | 325.2% | 47.2% | 168.0% |
| Wood | Transitional | 5.4% | $18,650 | 14.1% | 127.1% | 75.1% | 107.8% |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 9.6% | $9,351 | 27.9% | 225.8% | 37.7% | 212.4% |
