| | County Economic Status, FY 2022 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2017–2019 | Per Capita Market Income, 2019 | Poverty Rate, 2015–2019 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2017–2019 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2019 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2019 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2015–2019 | Composite Index Value, FY 2022 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2022 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2022 |
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| United States | - | 4.0% | $46,969 | 13.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.3% | $33,926 | 15.3% | 108.9% | 72.2% | 138.4% | 113.6% | - | - | - |
| Alabama | - | 3.8% | $33,845 | 16.7% | 94.6% | 72.1% | 138.8% | 124.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 3.5% | $35,702 | 15.5% | 89.4% | 76.0% | 131.6% | 115.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Bibb | At-Risk | 3.8% | $21,826 | 18.1% | 95.2% | 46.5% | 215.2% | 135.1% | 148.5 | 2,426 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 3.4% | $26,908 | 13.6% | 85.1% | 57.3% | 174.6% | 101.0% | 120.2 | 1,630 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 4.3% | $27,091 | 17.9% | 109.5% | 57.7% | 173.4% | 133.4% | 138.8 | 2,194 | 3 |
| Chambers | Transitional | 3.6% | $23,789 | 17.3% | 90.9% | 50.6% | 197.4% | 128.5% | 139.0 | 2,199 | 3 |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 3.5% | $24,601 | 13.9% | 88.1% | 52.4% | 190.9% | 103.7% | 127.6 | 1,854 | 3 |
| Chilton | Transitional | 3.4% | $25,967 | 19.1% | 86.7% | 55.3% | 180.9% | 142.4% | 136.7 | 2,125 | 3 |
| Clay | Transitional | 3.7% | $22,873 | 17.9% | 92.8% | 48.7% | 205.4% | 133.7% | 144.0 | 2,321 | 3 |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 3.9% | $25,526 | 17.3% | 99.3% | 54.3% | 184.0% | 128.8% | 137.4 | 2,148 | 3 |
| Colbert | Transitional | 4.5% | $28,066 | 15.5% | 112.9% | 59.8% | 167.4% | 115.2% | 131.8 | 1,979 | 3 |
| Coosa | Transitional | 3.9% | $21,512 | 13.5% | 97.9% | 45.8% | 218.3% | 100.7% | 139.0 | 2,200 | 3 |
| Cullman | Transitional | 3.2% | $29,984 | 14.9% | 80.2% | 63.8% | 156.6% | 110.8% | 115.9 | 1,489 | 2 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 3.7% | $23,086 | 21.1% | 92.3% | 49.2% | 203.4% | 157.1% | 150.9 | 2,486 | 4 |
| Elmore | Transitional | 3.2% | $34,119 | 11.5% | 81.3% | 72.6% | 137.7% | 85.7% | 101.6 | 1,028 | 2 |
| Etowah | Transitional | 4.0% | $25,917 | 17.4% | 100.6% | 55.2% | 181.2% | 129.6% | 137.1 | 2,141 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 4.0% | $22,851 | 19.4% | 99.6% | 48.7% | 205.5% | 144.8% | 150.0 | 2,460 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 3.5% | $25,179 | 19.4% | 89.4% | 53.6% | 186.5% | 144.6% | 140.2 | 2,233 | 3 |
| Hale | At-Risk | 4.9% | $24,827 | 24.2% | 124.6% | 52.9% | 189.2% | 180.2% | 164.7 | 2,722 | 4 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 4.0% | $27,254 | 18.6% | 101.5% | 58.0% | 172.3% | 138.5% | 137.4 | 2,152 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 3.6% | $47,292 | 16.0% | 90.2% | 100.7% | 99.3% | 119.4% | 103.0 | 1,080 | 2 |
| Lamar | At-Risk | 3.7% | $22,695 | 20.6% | 92.1% | 48.3% | 207.0% | 153.8% | 151.0 | 2,487 | 4 |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 4.0% | $28,444 | 14.6% | 100.8% | 60.6% | 165.1% | 108.6% | 124.9 | 1,781 | 3 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 4.0% | $24,326 | 18.0% | 101.6% | 51.8% | 193.1% | 134.3% | 143.0 | 2,296 | 3 |
| Limestone | Transitional | 3.4% | $36,145 | 13.6% | 85.0% | 77.0% | 129.9% | 101.1% | 105.3 | 1,152 | 2 |
| Macon | Distressed | 5.1% | $22,450 | 24.4% | 129.3% | 47.8% | 209.2% | 181.9% | 173.5 | 2,829 | 4 |
| Madison | Competitive | 3.3% | $45,359 | 12.5% | 82.4% | 96.6% | 103.6% | 93.0% | 93.0 | 706 | 1 |
| Marion | At-Risk | 4.1% | $23,172 | 17.5% | 102.8% | 49.3% | 202.7% | 130.2% | 145.2 | 2,356 | 4 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 3.2% | $27,456 | 20.3% | 80.6% | 58.5% | 171.1% | 151.3% | 134.3 | 2,054 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.4% | $31,653 | 14.6% | 84.6% | 67.4% | 148.4% | 109.0% | 114.0 | 1,421 | 2 |
| Pickens | At-Risk | 4.4% | $21,916 | 22.7% | 112.0% | 46.7% | 214.3% | 169.2% | 165.2 | 2,733 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 3.8% | $21,931 | 16.9% | 95.3% | 46.7% | 214.2% | 126.1% | 145.2 | 2,355 | 4 |
| Shelby | Attainment | 2.7% | $49,144 | 7.5% | 68.6% | 104.6% | 95.6% | 55.8% | 73.3 | 173 | 1 |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 3.4% | $31,044 | 12.2% | 84.6% | 66.1% | 151.3% | 91.0% | 108.9 | 1,262 | 2 |
| Talladega | At-Risk | 4.2% | $24,808 | 19.1% | 105.5% | 52.8% | 189.3% | 142.0% | 145.6 | 2,365 | 4 |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 3.7% | $29,750 | 18.9% | 94.4% | 63.3% | 157.9% | 140.6% | 131.0 | 1,956 | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 3.5% | $31,679 | 17.7% | 87.5% | 67.4% | 148.3% | 131.6% | 122.4 | 1,709 | 3 |
| Walker | Transitional | 4.2% | $29,386 | 18.1% | 104.7% | 62.6% | 159.8% | 135.2% | 133.2 | 2,026 | 3 |
| Winston | Transitional | 4.2% | $24,383 | 17.6% | 104.7% | 51.9% | 192.6% | 131.4% | 142.9 | 2,294 | 3 |
