| | County Economic Status, FY 2021 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2016–2018 | Per Capita Market Income, 2018 | Poverty Rate, 2014–2018 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2016–2018 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2018 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2018 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2014–2018 | Composite Index Value, FY 2021 | Index Value Rank (of 3,112 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2021 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2021 |
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| United States | - | 4.4% | $45,364 | 14.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.9% | $32,967 | 15.8% | 111.2% | 72.7% | 137.6% | 112.2% | - | - | - |
| Alabama | - | 4.7% | $32,577 | 17.5% | 108.3% | 71.8% | 139.3% | 124.5% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 4.5% | $34,297 | 16.2% | 103.2% | 75.6% | 132.3% | 115.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Bibb | Transitional | 4.9% | $20,856 | 14.0% | 113.0% | 46.0% | 217.5% | 99.5% | 143.4 | 2,334 | 3 |
| Blount | Transitional | 4.3% | $26,014 | 14.4% | 98.5% | 57.3% | 174.4% | 102.5% | 125.1 | 1,801 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 5.4% | $26,294 | 18.6% | 123.1% | 58.0% | 172.5% | 132.3% | 142.7 | 2,319 | 3 |
| Chambers | Transitional | 4.5% | $22,745 | 16.6% | 102.4% | 50.1% | 199.4% | 118.3% | 140.1 | 2,245 | 3 |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 4.2% | $24,386 | 15.0% | 96.8% | 53.8% | 186.0% | 106.8% | 129.9 | 1,938 | 3 |
| Chilton | Transitional | 4.4% | $25,035 | 18.6% | 100.4% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 132.2% | 137.9 | 2,187 | 3 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 4.7% | $22,893 | 18.4% | 107.7% | 50.5% | 198.2% | 131.2% | 145.7 | 2,389 | 4 |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 4.9% | $26,169 | 18.5% | 112.4% | 57.7% | 173.3% | 132.0% | 139.2 | 2,219 | 3 |
| Colbert | Transitional | 5.6% | $27,424 | 16.3% | 128.0% | 60.5% | 165.4% | 115.8% | 136.4 | 2,130 | 3 |
| Coosa | Transitional | 4.9% | $20,869 | 14.0% | 113.2% | 46.0% | 217.4% | 99.3% | 143.3 | 2,332 | 3 |
| Cullman | Transitional | 4.0% | $29,379 | 15.8% | 91.5% | 64.8% | 154.4% | 112.7% | 119.5 | 1,620 | 3 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 4.8% | $22,431 | 22.1% | 109.4% | 49.4% | 202.2% | 157.1% | 156.2 | 2,584 | 4 |
| Elmore | Transitional | 4.0% | $32,695 | 12.3% | 90.7% | 72.1% | 138.7% | 87.8% | 105.8 | 1,172 | 2 |
| Etowah | Transitional | 4.9% | $25,285 | 17.3% | 111.5% | 55.7% | 179.4% | 122.8% | 137.9 | 2,185 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 5.2% | $22,206 | 20.0% | 118.9% | 49.0% | 204.3% | 142.7% | 155.3 | 2,567 | 4 |
| Franklin | At-Risk | 4.6% | $24,628 | 20.2% | 105.7% | 54.3% | 184.2% | 144.0% | 144.6 | 2,366 | 4 |
| Hale | Distressed | 6.2% | $24,280 | 26.0% | 142.6% | 53.5% | 186.8% | 185.0% | 171.5 | 2,815 | 4 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 5.1% | $26,247 | 20.2% | 116.2% | 57.9% | 172.8% | 143.8% | 144.3 | 2,359 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 4.6% | $45,255 | 17.0% | 104.5% | 99.8% | 100.2% | 121.0% | 108.6 | 1,266 | 2 |
| Lamar | At-Risk | 4.5% | $21,941 | 21.2% | 104.0% | 48.4% | 206.8% | 150.9% | 153.9 | 2,540 | 4 |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 5.1% | $27,457 | 15.2% | 116.0% | 60.5% | 165.2% | 108.0% | 129.7 | 1,933 | 3 |
| Lawrence | At-Risk | 5.3% | $23,948 | 16.8% | 122.2% | 52.8% | 189.4% | 119.2% | 143.6 | 2,338 | 4 |
| Limestone | Transitional | 4.3% | $34,112 | 13.7% | 97.5% | 75.2% | 133.0% | 97.8% | 109.4 | 1,291 | 2 |
| Macon | Distressed | 6.3% | $21,663 | 25.8% | 143.9% | 47.8% | 209.4% | 183.4% | 178.9 | 2,889 | 4 |
| Madison | Transitional | 4.1% | $43,313 | 13.2% | 94.9% | 95.5% | 104.7% | 93.9% | 97.9 | 911 | 2 |
| Marion | At-Risk | 5.2% | $23,091 | 17.5% | 118.4% | 50.9% | 196.5% | 124.2% | 146.4 | 2,406 | 4 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 4.2% | $26,632 | 21.7% | 95.7% | 58.7% | 170.3% | 154.3% | 140.1 | 2,253 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 4.4% | $30,356 | 15.3% | 100.2% | 66.9% | 149.4% | 108.9% | 119.5 | 1,618 | 3 |
| Pickens | At-Risk | 5.6% | $21,582 | 23.5% | 128.1% | 47.6% | 210.2% | 167.1% | 168.5 | 2,779 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 4.7% | $21,377 | 17.7% | 106.6% | 47.1% | 212.2% | 126.1% | 148.3 | 2,440 | 4 |
| Shelby | Attainment | 3.5% | $47,071 | 8.4% | 79.0% | 103.8% | 96.4% | 60.1% | 78.5 | 310 | 1 |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 4.2% | $29,814 | 13.2% | 96.4% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 94.0% | 114.2 | 1,447 | 2 |
| Talladega | At-Risk | 5.3% | $24,070 | 19.9% | 121.2% | 53.1% | 188.5% | 142.0% | 150.5 | 2,494 | 4 |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 4.7% | $28,564 | 20.3% | 106.9% | 63.0% | 158.8% | 144.4% | 136.7 | 2,140 | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 4.5% | $30,496 | 17.4% | 102.6% | 67.2% | 148.8% | 123.9% | 125.1 | 1,797 | 3 |
| Walker | At-Risk | 5.6% | $27,859 | 19.7% | 127.9% | 61.4% | 162.8% | 140.4% | 143.7 | 2,342 | 4 |
| Winston | Transitional | 5.4% | $24,522 | 16.2% | 124.3% | 54.1% | 185.0% | 115.5% | 141.6 | 2,295 | 3 |
