| County Economic Status, FY 2023 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, 2020 | Poverty Rate, 2016–2020 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2020 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2020 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016–2020 | Composite Index Value, FY 2023 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2023 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2023 |
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United States | - | 5.2% | $46,638 | 12.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $33,796 | 14.7% | 100.4% | 72.5% | 138.0% | 114.3% | - | - | - |
Alabama | - | 4.3% | $34,035 | 16.0% | 82.3% | 73.0% | 137.0% | 124.5% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Alabama | - | 4.0% | $35,785 | 14.7% | 77.0% | 76.7% | 130.3% | 114.7% | - | - | - |
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County |
Bibb | At-Risk | 4.6% | $21,858 | 18.1% | 88.0% | 46.9% | 213.4% | 140.9% | 147.4 | 2,514 | 4 |
Blount | Transitional | 3.4% | $27,481 | 13.7% | 65.9% | 58.9% | 169.7% | 107.0% | 114.2 | 1,540 | 2 |
Calhoun | Transitional | 5.1% | $26,659 | 15.8% | 97.8% | 57.2% | 174.9% | 122.9% | 131.9 | 2,123 | 3 |
Chambers | Transitional | 4.6% | $23,954 | 15.4% | 87.6% | 51.4% | 194.7% | 119.9% | 134.1 | 2,194 | 3 |
Cherokee | Transitional | 3.7% | $24,214 | 12.9% | 70.9% | 51.9% | 192.6% | 100.7% | 121.4 | 1,805 | 3 |
Chilton | Transitional | 3.8% | $26,513 | 17.0% | 72.6% | 56.8% | 175.9% | 132.5% | 127.0 | 1,970 | 3 |
Clay | Transitional | 3.6% | $23,202 | 15.5% | 69.5% | 49.7% | 201.0% | 120.9% | 130.5 | 2,073 | 3 |
Cleburne | Transitional | 4.0% | $25,594 | 15.6% | 76.9% | 54.9% | 182.2% | 121.3% | 126.8 | 1,960 | 3 |
Colbert | Transitional | 5.0% | $28,119 | 15.5% | 95.6% | 60.3% | 165.9% | 120.8% | 127.4 | 1,984 | 3 |
Coosa | Transitional | 4.2% | $21,733 | 12.5% | 80.9% | 46.6% | 214.6% | 97.3% | 130.9 | 2,094 | 3 |
Cullman | Transitional | 3.4% | $30,087 | 12.7% | 65.4% | 64.5% | 155.0% | 98.8% | 106.4 | 1,286 | 2 |
DeKalb | At-Risk | 3.7% | $23,056 | 20.7% | 71.3% | 49.4% | 202.3% | 161.3% | 145.0 | 2,471 | 4 |
Elmore | Transitional | 3.6% | $35,031 | 10.6% | 69.9% | 75.1% | 133.1% | 82.4% | 95.1 | 882 | 2 |
Etowah | Transitional | 5.0% | $25,049 | 16.0% | 96.4% | 53.7% | 186.2% | 124.3% | 135.6 | 2,242 | 3 |
Fayette | At-Risk | 4.1% | $22,313 | 20.8% | 78.0% | 47.8% | 209.0% | 161.7% | 149.6 | 2,568 | 4 |
Franklin | Transitional | 3.6% | $25,258 | 19.7% | 70.0% | 54.2% | 184.6% | 153.0% | 135.9 | 2,248 | 3 |
Hale | Distressed | 6.2% | $25,131 | 24.6% | 118.6% | 53.9% | 185.6% | 191.5% | 165.2 | 2,816 | 4 |
Jackson | Transitional | 4.2% | $26,918 | 17.9% | 81.2% | 57.7% | 173.3% | 139.2% | 131.2 | 2,101 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 4.3% | $46,041 | 15.7% | 82.2% | 98.7% | 101.3% | 122.0% | 101.8 | 1,124 | 2 |
Lamar | At-Risk | 3.9% | $22,541 | 17.7% | 75.3% | 48.3% | 206.9% | 137.6% | 139.9 | 2,339 | 4 |
Lauderdale | Transitional | 4.3% | $28,358 | 13.0% | 83.3% | 60.8% | 164.5% | 101.5% | 116.4 | 1,632 | 3 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 4.1% | $25,232 | 16.8% | 78.3% | 54.1% | 184.8% | 130.8% | 131.3 | 2,105 | 3 |
Limestone | Transitional | 3.5% | $37,285 | 12.7% | 67.4% | 79.9% | 125.1% | 98.8% | 97.1 | 958 | 2 |
Macon | Distressed | 6.4% | $23,055 | 23.4% | 124.0% | 49.4% | 202.3% | 182.6% | 169.6 | 2,865 | 4 |
Madison | Competitive | 3.6% | $46,473 | 11.4% | 68.7% | 99.6% | 100.4% | 89.1% | 86.0 | 574 | 1 |
Marion | Transitional | 4.2% | $23,403 | 17.3% | 81.3% | 50.2% | 199.3% | 134.5% | 138.4 | 2,303 | 3 |
Marshall | Transitional | 3.3% | $28,224 | 19.1% | 64.4% | 60.5% | 165.2% | 148.4% | 126.0 | 1,933 | 3 |
Morgan | Transitional | 3.5% | $32,462 | 14.9% | 67.7% | 69.6% | 143.7% | 115.8% | 109.1 | 1,380 | 2 |
Pickens | At-Risk | 4.9% | $22,908 | 24.7% | 93.5% | 49.1% | 203.6% | 192.6% | 163.3 | 2,793 | 4 |
Randolph | At-Risk | 3.9% | $21,568 | 18.8% | 75.9% | 46.2% | 216.2% | 146.2% | 146.1 | 2,494 | 4 |
Shelby | Attainment | 3.0% | $50,098 | 6.9% | 57.0% | 107.4% | 93.1% | 53.4% | 67.8 | 120 | 1 |
St. Clair | Transitional | 3.7% | $31,680 | 11.4% | 71.4% | 67.9% | 147.2% | 88.7% | 102.4 | 1,147 | 2 |
Talladega | At-Risk | 4.9% | $24,672 | 17.8% | 94.5% | 52.9% | 189.0% | 138.8% | 140.8 | 2,366 | 4 |
Tallapoosa | Transitional | 4.7% | $29,818 | 16.5% | 90.0% | 63.9% | 156.4% | 128.3% | 124.9 | 1,910 | 3 |
Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 4.3% | $31,815 | 17.2% | 82.8% | 68.2% | 146.6% | 134.0% | 121.2 | 1,791 | 3 |
Walker | Transitional | 4.5% | $28,852 | 16.9% | 85.7% | 61.9% | 161.6% | 131.9% | 126.4 | 1,945 | 3 |
Winston | Transitional | 4.1% | $25,044 | 17.4% | 78.5% | 53.7% | 186.2% | 135.6% | 133.4 | 2,172 | 3 |