| | County Economic Status, FY 2006 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2001-2003 | Per Capita Market Income, 2002 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2001-2003 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2002 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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| United States | - | 5.5% | $26,420 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $20,422 | 13.6% | 100.9% | 77.3% | 110.2% |
| Alabama | - | 5.7% | $20,944 | 16.1% | 102.8% | 79.3% | 130.1% |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 5.4% | $22,022 | 14.4% | 97.5% | 83.4% | 115.9% |
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| County |
| Bibb | Distressed | 9.2% | $14,186 | 20.6% | 167.7% | 53.7% | 166.5% |
| Blount | Transitional | 3.7% | $17,382 | 11.7% | 67.8% | 65.8% | 94.9% |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 5.5% | $18,312 | 16.1% | 100.8% | 69.3% | 130.2% |
| Chambers | At-Risk | 7.1% | $16,998 | 17.0% | 129.6% | 64.3% | 137.6% |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 4.2% | $15,797 | 15.6% | 76.4% | 59.8% | 125.7% |
| Chilton | Transitional | 5.0% | $17,010 | 15.7% | 91.0% | 64.4% | 126.9% |
| Clay | Transitional | 6.6% | $15,233 | 17.1% | 120.1% | 57.7% | 138.2% |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 5.1% | $15,534 | 13.9% | 92.8% | 58.8% | 112.7% |
| Colbert | At-Risk | 8.6% | $16,505 | 14.0% | 155.7% | 62.5% | 112.8% |
| Coosa | At-Risk | 8.8% | $14,862 | 14.9% | 160.4% | 56.3% | 120.6% |
| Cullman | Transitional | 5.1% | $18,611 | 13.0% | 93.5% | 70.4% | 105.0% |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 4.7% | $17,637 | 15.4% | 85.5% | 66.8% | 124.3% |
| Elmore | Transitional | 4.1% | $19,877 | 10.2% | 74.2% | 75.2% | 82.8% |
| Etowah | Transitional | 6.5% | $17,541 | 15.7% | 117.8% | 66.4% | 126.8% |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 8.2% | $15,679 | 17.3% | 149.7% | 59.3% | 140.0% |
| Franklin | Distressed | 10.3% | $16,158 | 18.9% | 186.8% | 61.2% | 152.6% |
| Hale | Distressed | 10.4% | $12,723 | 26.9% | 188.7% | 48.2% | 217.2% |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 8.3% | $17,239 | 13.7% | 150.0% | 65.2% | 110.5% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 4.6% | $28,248 | 14.8% | 82.8% | 106.9% | 119.4% |
| Lamar | At-Risk | 10.3% | $14,808 | 16.1% | 187.2% | 56.0% | 130.0% |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 8.8% | $18,552 | 14.4% | 159.6% | 70.2% | 116.5% |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.9% | $16,541 | 15.3% | 126.0% | 62.6% | 123.2% |
| Limestone | Transitional | 5.0% | $19,836 | 12.3% | 90.4% | 75.1% | 99.7% |
| Macon | Distressed | 6.6% | $11,719 | 32.8% | 119.4% | 44.4% | 265.3% |
| Madison | Attainment | 3.9% | $26,860 | 10.5% | 71.7% | 101.7% | 85.2% |
| Marion | At-Risk | 8.8% | $14,786 | 15.6% | 159.9% | 56.0% | 126.3% |
| Marshall | Transitional | 5.9% | $19,534 | 14.7% | 107.5% | 73.9% | 118.5% |
| Morgan | Transitional | 6.4% | $21,854 | 12.3% | 116.4% | 82.7% | 99.3% |
| Pickens | Distressed | 10.2% | $13,739 | 24.9% | 184.7% | 52.0% | 201.3% |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 7.8% | $14,073 | 17.0% | 141.6% | 53.3% | 137.4% |
| Shelby | Attainment | 2.4% | $32,003 | 6.3% | 42.9% | 121.1% | 51.0% |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 4.1% | $19,022 | 12.1% | 75.4% | 72.0% | 97.6% |
| Talladega | At-Risk | 8.7% | $17,020 | 17.6% | 158.7% | 64.4% | 142.3% |
| Tallapoosa | At-Risk | 7.2% | $17,220 | 16.6% | 130.1% | 65.2% | 133.8% |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 3.5% | $21,729 | 17.0% | 63.3% | 82.2% | 137.5% |
| Walker | At-Risk | 7.0% | $16,718 | 16.5% | 127.3% | 63.3% | 133.3% |
| Winston | At-Risk | 11.2% | $14,678 | 17.1% | 203.5% | 55.6% | 138.5% |
