| | County Economic Status, FY 2020 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2015–2017 | Per Capita Market Income, 2017 | Poverty Rate, 2013–2017 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2015–2017 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2017 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013–2017 | Composite Index Value, FY 2020 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2020 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2020 |
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| United States | - | 4.8% | $42,861 | 14.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.4% | $31,311 | 16.3% | 111.8% | 73.1% | 136.9% | 111.5% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 6.0% | $27,421 | 17.8% | 124.5% | 64.0% | 156.3% | 121.9% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | At-Risk | 6.7% | $20,167 | 22.5% | 138.0% | 47.1% | 212.5% | 154.4% | 168.3 | 4 | 2,796 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 4.2% | $32,200 | 13.0% | 86.6% | 75.1% | 133.1% | 89.0% | 102.9 | 2 | 1,100 |
| Boone | Distressed | 8.4% | $18,887 | 24.4% | 174.0% | 44.1% | 226.9% | 167.5% | 189.5 | 4 | 2,968 |
| Braxton | Distressed | 8.4% | $19,584 | 22.1% | 173.1% | 45.7% | 218.9% | 151.8% | 181.3 | 4 | 2,923 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 6.8% | $27,887 | 13.0% | 141.2% | 65.1% | 153.7% | 89.3% | 128.1 | 3 | 1,921 |
| Cabell | Transitional | 4.9% | $27,827 | 23.2% | 102.0% | 64.9% | 154.0% | 159.3% | 138.4 | 3 | 2,241 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 12.0% | $16,200 | 17.1% | 247.5% | 37.8% | 264.6% | 117.3% | 209.8 | 4 | 3,046 |
| Clay | Distressed | 10.0% | $17,536 | 25.2% | 208.0% | 40.9% | 244.4% | 172.8% | 208.4 | 4 | 3,041 |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 4.9% | $19,429 | 14.9% | 102.2% | 45.3% | 220.6% | 101.9% | 141.6 | 3 | 2,332 |
| Fayette | Distressed | 7.6% | $20,135 | 20.0% | 158.3% | 47.0% | 212.9% | 137.3% | 169.5 | 4 | 2,807 |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 7.7% | $18,082 | 25.0% | 160.3% | 42.2% | 237.0% | 171.6% | 189.7 | 4 | 2,969 |
| Grant | Transitional | 6.4% | $23,514 | 12.7% | 132.0% | 54.9% | 182.3% | 87.1% | 133.8 | 3 | 2,082 |
| Greenbrier | Transitional | 5.6% | $23,685 | 17.8% | 115.7% | 55.3% | 181.0% | 121.9% | 139.5 | 3 | 2,269 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 4.6% | $24,854 | 16.9% | 95.6% | 58.0% | 172.4% | 115.9% | 128.0 | 3 | 1,915 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 7.0% | $28,127 | 13.5% | 144.3% | 65.6% | 152.4% | 92.3% | 129.7 | 3 | 1,969 |
| Hardy | Transitional | 6.0% | $23,508 | 14.8% | 124.5% | 54.8% | 182.3% | 101.6% | 136.1 | 3 | 2,163 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.7% | $33,601 | 15.0% | 117.1% | 78.4% | 127.6% | 103.0% | 115.9 | 2 | 1,525 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 6.5% | $24,775 | 14.7% | 134.0% | 57.8% | 173.0% | 100.9% | 136.0 | 3 | 2,157 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 3.5% | $40,047 | 9.9% | 73.2% | 93.4% | 107.0% | 68.0% | 82.7 | 1 | 437 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 5.5% | $32,945 | 16.5% | 113.7% | 76.9% | 130.1% | 113.0% | 118.9 | 3 | 1,635 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 7.8% | $25,127 | 19.8% | 161.7% | 58.6% | 170.6% | 135.6% | 156.0 | 4 | 2,611 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 8.4% | $18,322 | 24.9% | 173.3% | 42.7% | 233.9% | 170.6% | 192.6 | 4 | 2,985 |
| Logan | Distressed | 9.7% | $18,468 | 22.5% | 200.4% | 43.1% | 232.1% | 154.2% | 195.6 | 4 | 2,992 |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.2% | $29,035 | 16.1% | 128.6% | 67.7% | 147.6% | 110.2% | 128.8 | 3 | 1,945 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 7.5% | $27,470 | 15.2% | 155.1% | 64.1% | 156.0% | 104.4% | 138.5 | 3 | 2,243 |
| Mason | At-Risk | 7.5% | $20,258 | 19.3% | 154.2% | 47.3% | 211.6% | 132.6% | 166.1 | 4 | 2,763 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 11.2% | $14,959 | 34.9% | 231.2% | 34.9% | 286.5% | 239.3% | 252.4 | 4 | 3,094 |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 6.6% | $21,760 | 21.4% | 136.6% | 50.8% | 197.0% | 147.0% | 160.2 | 4 | 2,676 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 6.2% | $26,093 | 14.8% | 128.7% | 60.9% | 164.3% | 101.4% | 131.4 | 3 | 2,022 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 11.5% | $16,545 | 28.9% | 237.8% | 38.6% | 259.1% | 198.1% | 231.7 | 4 | 3,072 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 4.2% | $35,341 | 21.3% | 87.8% | 82.5% | 121.3% | 146.2% | 118.4 | 3 | 1,616 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 4.8% | $18,873 | 17.2% | 99.1% | 44.0% | 227.1% | 118.1% | 148.1 | 4 | 2,469 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 4.6% | $22,256 | 11.1% | 95.3% | 51.9% | 192.6% | 76.2% | 121.4 | 3 | 1,708 |
| Nicholas | Distressed | 8.3% | $19,097 | 18.6% | 172.4% | 44.6% | 224.4% | 127.5% | 174.8 | 4 | 2,860 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 5.3% | $49,281 | 13.7% | 110.0% | 115.0% | 87.0% | 94.3% | 97.1 | 2 | 893 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 4.1% | $21,364 | 18.7% | 83.8% | 49.8% | 200.6% | 127.9% | 137.5 | 3 | 2,209 |
| Pleasants | At-Risk | 7.9% | $26,161 | 16.6% | 163.3% | 61.0% | 163.8% | 113.8% | 147.0 | 4 | 2,439 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 6.9% | $21,951 | 17.6% | 142.8% | 51.2% | 195.3% | 120.4% | 152.8 | 4 | 2,549 |
| Preston | Transitional | 5.6% | $25,057 | 15.2% | 116.8% | 58.5% | 171.1% | 104.3% | 130.7 | 3 | 2,001 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 5.1% | $35,553 | 9.3% | 104.7% | 83.0% | 120.6% | 63.6% | 96.3 | 2 | 868 |
| Raleigh | At-Risk | 6.6% | $24,906 | 17.6% | 136.4% | 58.1% | 172.1% | 120.8% | 143.1 | 4 | 2,371 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 6.1% | $22,817 | 18.3% | 126.7% | 53.2% | 187.8% | 125.6% | 146.7 | 4 | 2,434 |
| Ritchie | At-Risk | 6.3% | $22,970 | 18.5% | 131.3% | 53.6% | 186.6% | 127.2% | 148.4 | 4 | 2,475 |
| Roane | Distressed | 10.1% | $19,839 | 19.3% | 209.6% | 46.3% | 216.0% | 132.0% | 185.9 | 4 | 2,950 |
| Summers | At-Risk | 6.3% | $17,997 | 19.0% | 129.4% | 42.0% | 238.2% | 130.2% | 165.9 | 4 | 2,760 |
| Taylor | Transitional | 5.5% | $27,392 | 15.7% | 113.7% | 63.9% | 156.5% | 107.6% | 125.9 | 3 | 1,862 |
| Tucker | Transitional | 5.5% | $27,526 | 15.3% | 114.7% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 104.7% | 125.1 | 3 | 1,831 |
| Tyler | At-Risk | 8.5% | $23,677 | 16.4% | 176.2% | 55.2% | 181.0% | 112.4% | 156.5 | 4 | 2,623 |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 7.2% | $21,564 | 21.2% | 149.1% | 50.3% | 198.8% | 145.3% | 164.4 | 4 | 2,745 |
| Wayne | At-Risk | 6.5% | $21,722 | 20.8% | 134.8% | 50.7% | 197.3% | 142.4% | 158.2 | 4 | 2,651 |
| Webster | Distressed | 7.4% | $13,903 | 26.7% | 152.6% | 32.4% | 308.3% | 183.3% | 214.7 | 4 | 3,057 |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 8.8% | $20,001 | 23.2% | 182.6% | 46.7% | 214.3% | 159.3% | 185.4 | 4 | 2,947 |
| Wirt | Distressed | 9.0% | $20,403 | 21.2% | 186.6% | 47.6% | 210.1% | 145.2% | 180.6 | 4 | 2,917 |
| Wood | Transitional | 5.8% | $27,732 | 16.9% | 120.8% | 64.7% | 154.6% | 116.1% | 130.5 | 3 | 1,996 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 9.0% | $16,309 | 22.2% | 186.1% | 38.1% | 262.8% | 152.3% | 200.4 | 4 | 3,019 |
