| | 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% |
| Alabama | - | 4.5% | $19,192 | 18.3% | 106.6% | 77.3% | 139.8% |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 4.2% | $20,012 | 16.1% | 98.1% | 80.6% | 122.9% |
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| County |
| Bibb | Distressed | 6.8% | $14,471 | 21.2% | 159.3% | 58.3% | 161.5% |
| Blount | Transitional | 2.9% | $17,907 | 15.3% | 67.5% | 72.2% | 116.3% |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 4.9% | $16,527 | 15.7% | 116.5% | 66.6% | 119.4% |
| Chambers | Transitional | 4.5% | $15,555 | 18.8% | 105.4% | 62.7% | 143.3% |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 4.5% | $14,045 | 17.6% | 105.2% | 56.6% | 134.1% |
| Chilton | Transitional | 4.1% | $16,189 | 17.1% | 96.3% | 65.2% | 130.4% |
| Clay | Transitional | 5.6% | $15,065 | 17.4% | 132.1% | 60.7% | 133.0% |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 3.8% | $14,796 | 15.3% | 89.7% | 59.6% | 116.6% |
| Colbert | Transitional | 7.1% | $18,297 | 14.6% | 166.2% | 73.7% | 111.0% |
| Coosa | Transitional | 5.2% | $13,541 | 18.2% | 122.1% | 54.6% | 138.7% |
| Cullman | Transitional | 3.7% | $17,255 | 15.3% | 86.4% | 69.5% | 116.7% |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 3.9% | $17,154 | 17.4% | 90.8% | 69.1% | 132.3% |
| Elmore | Transitional | 3.2% | $18,431 | 14.5% | 74.7% | 74.3% | 110.5% |
| Etowah | Transitional | 6.1% | $16,122 | 16.5% | 144.5% | 65.0% | 125.7% |
| Fayette | Distressed | 8.0% | $14,414 | 20.3% | 189.6% | 58.1% | 154.9% |
| Franklin | Distressed | 7.3% | $16,476 | 20.7% | 170.9% | 66.4% | 157.9% |
| Hale | Distressed | 7.5% | $11,971 | 35.6% | 175.6% | 48.2% | 271.4% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 6.3% | $17,212 | 16.6% | 148.2% | 69.4% | 126.7% |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 3.3% | $24,675 | 16.0% | 78.6% | 99.4% | 122.0% |
| Lamar | Transitional | 9.0% | $13,756 | 18.0% | 211.0% | 55.4% | 137.3% |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 6.2% | $17,109 | 14.9% | 144.9% | 68.9% | 113.4% |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 5.6% | $17,428 | 19.8% | 131.1% | 70.2% | 151.1% |
| Limestone | Transitional | 3.6% | $18,387 | 14.0% | 85.3% | 74.1% | 106.6% |
| Macon | Distressed | 7.4% | $11,301 | 34.5% | 174.7% | 45.5% | 262.9% |
| Madison | Competitive | 2.9% | $24,494 | 10.9% | 69.0% | 98.7% | 82.7% |
| Marion | Transitional | 7.5% | $15,074 | 19.1% | 177.2% | 60.7% | 145.9% |
| Marshall | Transitional | 5.7% | $16,205 | 17.2% | 135.3% | 65.3% | 131.4% |
| Morgan | Competitive | 4.1% | $20,778 | 12.0% | 95.8% | 83.7% | 91.7% |
| Pickens | Distressed | 9.6% | $13,534 | 28.9% | 225.9% | 54.5% | 220.2% |
| Randolph | Transitional | 5.5% | $14,065 | 18.9% | 128.6% | 56.7% | 143.8% |
| Shelby | Attainment | 1.6% | $27,377 | 9.2% | 37.3% | 110.3% | 69.8% |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 3.1% | $17,385 | 14.8% | 72.3% | 70.0% | 112.5% |
| Talladega | Transitional | 5.6% | $14,342 | 20.2% | 133.0% | 57.8% | 153.6% |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 4.9% | $16,962 | 16.0% | 115.1% | 68.3% | 122.2% |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 2.8% | $19,200 | 20.1% | 66.9% | 77.4% | 153.0% |
| Walker | Transitional | 6.4% | $15,535 | 17.3% | 151.2% | 62.6% | 132.0% |
| Winston | Distressed | 7.4% | $14,818 | 19.8% | 173.4% | 59.7% | 150.8% |
