| County Economic Status, FY 2019 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, 2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 | Composite Index Value, FY 2019 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2019 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2019 |
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United States | - | 5.4% | $40,679 | 15.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 6.0% | $29,765 | 16.7% | 109.9% | 73.2% | 136.7% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 6.3% | $29,859 | 18.4% | 115.9% | 73.4% | 136.2% | 121.8% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 6.0% | $31,279 | 17.1% | 110.9% | 76.9% | 130.1% | 113.1% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | At-Risk | 6.8% | $20,191 | 16.5% | 125.9% | 49.6% | 201.5% | 108.9% | 145.4 | 2,442 | 4 |
Blount | Transitional | 5.7% | $23,186 | 16.5% | 104.8% | 57.0% | 175.4% | 109.4% | 129.9 | 2,028 | 3 |
Calhoun | At-Risk | 7.2% | $24,243 | 19.6% | 133.4% | 59.6% | 167.8% | 130.0% | 143.7 | 2,408 | 4 |
Chambers | At-Risk | 6.1% | $21,431 | 20.3% | 112.2% | 52.7% | 189.8% | 134.4% | 145.5 | 2,443 | 4 |
Cherokee | Transitional | 5.5% | $22,448 | 16.4% | 101.1% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 108.9% | 130.4 | 2,037 | 3 |
Chilton | Transitional | 5.9% | $23,087 | 20.3% | 107.8% | 56.8% | 176.2% | 134.2% | 139.4 | 2,302 | 3 |
Clay | Transitional | 6.5% | $23,158 | 16.7% | 119.4% | 56.9% | 175.7% | 110.9% | 135.3 | 2,174 | 3 |
Cleburne | At-Risk | 6.2% | $22,422 | 19.6% | 114.8% | 55.1% | 181.4% | 129.8% | 142.0 | 2,369 | 4 |
Colbert | Transitional | 7.7% | $25,905 | 16.5% | 142.5% | 63.7% | 157.0% | 109.4% | 136.3 | 2,201 | 3 |
Coosa | At-Risk | 7.2% | $19,487 | 15.3% | 132.8% | 47.9% | 208.8% | 101.5% | 147.7 | 2,485 | 4 |
Cullman | Transitional | 5.5% | $26,726 | 17.1% | 100.6% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 113.3% | 122.0 | 1,783 | 3 |
DeKalb | At-Risk | 6.4% | $20,675 | 19.8% | 117.4% | 50.8% | 196.8% | 131.0% | 148.4 | 2,506 | 4 |
Elmore | Transitional | 5.2% | $30,592 | 14.3% | 96.5% | 75.2% | 133.0% | 94.6% | 108.0 | 1,331 | 2 |
Etowah | Transitional | 6.4% | $24,233 | 18.4% | 117.5% | 59.6% | 167.9% | 121.6% | 135.7 | 2,183 | 3 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 7.3% | $19,250 | 17.3% | 133.9% | 47.3% | 211.3% | 114.5% | 153.3 | 2,588 | 4 |
Franklin | At-Risk | 6.8% | $22,866 | 22.3% | 124.3% | 56.2% | 177.9% | 147.5% | 149.9 | 2,529 | 4 |
Hale | At-Risk | 8.5% | $23,991 | 25.9% | 156.5% | 59.0% | 169.6% | 171.5% | 165.8 | 2,785 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 6.8% | $24,436 | 18.8% | 124.7% | 60.1% | 166.5% | 124.4% | 138.5 | 2,277 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 6.0% | $40,439 | 18.1% | 110.2% | 99.4% | 100.6% | 119.8% | 110.2 | 1,392 | 2 |
Lamar | At-Risk | 6.3% | $19,803 | 23.9% | 116.4% | 48.7% | 205.4% | 157.9% | 159.9 | 2,703 | 4 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 6.9% | $26,299 | 18.3% | 126.1% | 64.7% | 154.7% | 121.0% | 133.9 | 2,135 | 3 |
Lawrence | At-Risk | 7.7% | $21,698 | 18.3% | 140.9% | 53.3% | 187.5% | 121.0% | 149.8 | 2,528 | 4 |
Limestone | Transitional | 5.6% | $30,021 | 14.1% | 103.7% | 73.8% | 135.5% | 93.3% | 110.8 | 1,412 | 2 |
Macon | Distressed | 8.3% | $21,208 | 25.5% | 152.7% | 52.1% | 191.8% | 169.0% | 171.2 | 2,848 | 4 |
Madison | Transitional | 5.6% | $39,611 | 13.3% | 103.6% | 97.4% | 102.7% | 87.8% | 98.0 | 973 | 2 |
Marion | At-Risk | 7.2% | $19,558 | 18.6% | 132.2% | 48.1% | 208.0% | 123.3% | 154.5 | 2,610 | 4 |
Marshall | Transitional | 6.0% | $24,603 | 20.5% | 109.9% | 60.5% | 165.3% | 135.8% | 137.0 | 2,225 | 3 |
Morgan | Transitional | 6.0% | $27,769 | 16.3% | 110.7% | 68.3% | 146.5% | 107.9% | 121.7 | 1,773 | 3 |
Pickens | At-Risk | 7.3% | $19,646 | 23.9% | 134.6% | 48.3% | 207.1% | 158.4% | 166.7 | 2,793 | 4 |
Randolph | At-Risk | 6.1% | $21,681 | 20.6% | 112.2% | 53.3% | 187.6% | 136.1% | 145.3 | 2,436 | 4 |
Shelby | Competitive | 4.4% | $43,772 | 8.5% | 80.6% | 107.6% | 92.9% | 56.2% | 76.6 | 321 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 5.5% | $26,641 | 13.7% | 100.5% | 65.5% | 152.7% | 90.7% | 114.6 | 1,529 | 2 |
Talladega | At-Risk | 7.0% | $22,090 | 20.8% | 129.6% | 54.3% | 184.1% | 137.6% | 150.4 | 2,542 | 4 |
Tallapoosa | At-Risk | 6.4% | $25,893 | 23.4% | 117.6% | 63.7% | 157.1% | 154.6% | 143.1 | 2,391 | 4 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 5.7% | $28,098 | 18.0% | 105.4% | 69.1% | 144.8% | 118.9% | 123.0 | 1,818 | 3 |
Walker | At-Risk | 7.6% | $25,445 | 21.9% | 139.9% | 62.5% | 159.9% | 145.2% | 148.3 | 2,505 | 4 |
Winston | At-Risk | 7.8% | $22,657 | 20.6% | 144.0% | 55.7% | 179.5% | 136.1% | 153.2 | 2,587 | 4 |