| | 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% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 5.7% | $17,969 | 17.9% | 99.7% | 66.8% | - | 144.6% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 6.9% | $12,996 | 22.6% | 119.9% | 48.3% | 206.8% | 182.2% | 170 | 2,828 | 4 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 4.4% | $20,772 | 11.5% | 76.5% | 77.3% | 129.4% | 92.7% | 100 | 997 | 2 |
| Boone | At-Risk | 6.3% | $13,390 | 22.0% | 109.4% | 49.8% | 200.8% | 177.7% | 163 | 2,745 | 4 |
| Braxton | Distressed | 7.0% | $11,660 | 22.0% | 121.5% | 43.4% | 230.5% | 177.6% | 177 | 2,906 | 4 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 6.5% | $18,260 | 11.7% | 112.2% | 67.9% | 147.2% | 94.1% | 118 | 1,682 | 3 |
| Cabell | Transitional | 5.0% | $19,271 | 19.2% | 87.0% | 71.7% | 139.5% | 155.4% | 127 | 2,001 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 10.7% | $10,347 | 25.1% | 185.1% | 38.5% | 259.8% | 202.5% | 216 | 3,056 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.0% | $9,716 | 27.5% | 155.5% | 36.1% | 276.6% | 222.2% | 218 | 3,062 | 4 |
| Doddridge | At-Risk | 5.9% | $13,569 | 19.8% | 101.5% | 50.5% | 198.1% | 160.0% | 153 | 2,629 | 4 |
| Fayette | Distressed | 7.0% | $12,702 | 21.7% | 120.7% | 47.3% | 211.6% | 175.0% | 169 | 2,821 | 4 |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 5.7% | $13,112 | 25.9% | 99.4% | 48.8% | 205.0% | 209.3% | 171 | 2,845 | 4 |
| Grant | Transitional | 6.9% | $17,185 | 16.3% | 119.4% | 63.9% | 156.4% | 131.9% | 136 | 2,255 | 3 |
| Greenbrier | Transitional | 6.2% | $16,639 | 18.2% | 107.4% | 61.9% | 161.5% | 147.1% | 139 | 2,322 | 3 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 4.7% | $14,986 | 16.3% | 80.8% | 55.8% | 179.4% | 131.5% | 131 | 2,117 | 3 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 6.3% | $17,973 | 11.1% | 108.5% | 66.9% | 149.6% | 89.9% | 116 | 1,619 | 3 |
| Hardy | Transitional | 4.2% | $16,711 | 13.1% | 72.0% | 62.2% | 160.9% | 105.6% | 113 | 1,491 | 2 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.7% | $20,514 | 17.2% | 99.2% | 76.3% | 131.0% | 139.0% | 123 | 1,846 | 3 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 7.0% | $15,225 | 15.2% | 121.2% | 56.6% | 176.6% | 123.1% | 140 | 2,362 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 3.5% | $24,771 | 10.3% | 61.1% | 92.2% | 108.5% | 83.4% | 84 | 387 | 1 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 5.2% | $25,320 | 14.4% | 90.7% | 94.2% | 106.2% | 116.2% | 104 | 1,159 | 2 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 6.4% | $15,260 | 19.9% | 110.2% | 56.8% | 176.1% | 161.1% | 149 | 2,555 | 4 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 7.5% | $11,539 | 27.9% | 129.2% | 42.9% | 232.9% | 225.5% | 196 | 2,997 | 4 |
| Logan | Distressed | 7.0% | $13,465 | 24.1% | 121.6% | 50.1% | 199.6% | 195.0% | 172 | 2,858 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 5.5% | $18,674 | 16.3% | 95.4% | 69.5% | 143.9% | 131.8% | 124 | 1,875 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 6.4% | $17,077 | 16.6% | 110.2% | 63.5% | 157.4% | 133.8% | 134 | 2,196 | 3 |
| Mason | Distressed | 8.7% | $13,470 | 19.9% | 150.6% | 50.1% | 199.6% | 161.0% | 170 | 2,835 | 4 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 10.8% | $8,312 | 37.7% | 187.0% | 30.9% | 323.4% | 304.5% | 272 | 3,100 | 4 |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 5.8% | $15,957 | 19.7% | 100.3% | 59.4% | 168.5% | 159.4% | 143 | 2,415 | 4 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 6.6% | $15,887 | 14.7% | 113.7% | 59.1% | 169.2% | 118.7% | 134 | 2,198 | 3 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 8.5% | $12,156 | 29.7% | 146.7% | 45.2% | 221.1% | 239.6% | 203 | 3,015 | 4 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 3.8% | $22,361 | 22.8% | 65.5% | 83.2% | 120.2% | 184.4% | 123 | 1,859 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 4.9% | $13,705 | 16.2% | 84.7% | 51.0% | 196.1% | 131.1% | 137 | 2,295 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 4.4% | $20,425 | 10.4% | 75.9% | 76.0% | 131.6% | 84.1% | 97 | 887 | 2 |
| Nicholas | At-Risk | 6.7% | $14,158 | 19.2% | 116.4% | 52.7% | 189.9% | 155.3% | 154 | 2,636 | 4 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 5.2% | $22,879 | 15.8% | 90.3% | 85.1% | 117.5% | 127.6% | 112 | 1,447 | 2 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 4.3% | $16,515 | 11.4% | 74.9% | 61.4% | 162.8% | 92.4% | 110 | 1,371 | 2 |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 6.8% | $17,692 | 13.7% | 118.6% | 65.8% | 151.9% | 110.7% | 127 | 1,991 | 3 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 6.6% | $14,933 | 17.1% | 114.3% | 55.6% | 180.0% | 138.5% | 144 | 2,448 | 4 |
| Preston | At-Risk | 5.8% | $15,125 | 18.3% | 100.0% | 56.3% | 177.7% | 148.0% | 142 | 2,388 | 4 |
| Putnam | Competitive | 4.8% | $22,757 | 9.3% | 83.7% | 84.7% | 118.1% | 75.3% | 92 | 689 | 1 |
| Raleigh | Transitional | 5.9% | $17,069 | 18.5% | 101.9% | 63.5% | 157.5% | 149.8% | 136 | 2,269 | 3 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 6.2% | $16,315 | 18.0% | 107.3% | 60.7% | 164.8% | 145.2% | 139 | 2,333 | 4 |
| Ritchie | At-Risk | 7.2% | $14,140 | 19.1% | 125.0% | 52.6% | 190.1% | 154.4% | 157 | 2,669 | 4 |
| Roane | Distressed | 8.6% | $11,912 | 22.6% | 149.1% | 44.3% | 225.7% | 182.7% | 186 | 2,958 | 4 |
| Summers | Distressed | 6.6% | $9,857 | 24.4% | 114.5% | 36.7% | 272.7% | 197.3% | 195 | 2,991 | 4 |
| Taylor | At-Risk | 5.5% | $13,704 | 20.3% | 95.6% | 51.0% | 196.1% | 164.0% | 152 | 2,610 | 4 |
| Tucker | At-Risk | 7.2% | $14,832 | 18.1% | 125.1% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 146.6% | 151 | 2,587 | 4 |
| Tyler | At-Risk | 7.2% | $14,295 | 16.6% | 124.1% | 53.2% | 188.0% | 134.2% | 149 | 2,540 | 4 |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 6.1% | $13,784 | 20.0% | 105.2% | 51.3% | 195.0% | 161.7% | 154 | 2,638 | 4 |
| Wayne | At-Risk | 5.8% | $14,824 | 19.6% | 100.7% | 55.2% | 181.3% | 158.0% | 147 | 2,496 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 6.3% | $9,714 | 31.8% | 109.9% | 36.1% | 276.7% | 256.5% | 214 | 3,055 | 4 |
| Wetzel | At-Risk | 8.4% | $16,263 | 19.8% | 145.4% | 60.5% | 165.3% | 160.0% | 157 | 2,676 | 4 |
| Wirt | Distressed | 8.2% | $12,350 | 19.6% | 141.4% | 45.9% | 217.6% | 158.3% | 172 | 2,863 | 4 |
| Wood | Transitional | 5.7% | $19,436 | 13.9% | 99.1% | 72.3% | 138.3% | 111.9% | 116 | 1,637 | 3 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 7.1% | $11,880 | 25.1% | 123.1% | 44.2% | 226.3% | 202.8% | 184 | 2,948 | 4 |
