| | County Economic Status, FY 2024 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2019–2021 | Per Capita Market Income, 2021 | Poverty Rate, 2017–2021 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2019–2021 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2021 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017–2021 | Composite Index Value, FY 2024 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2024 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2024 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $50,231 | 12.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.4% | $36,193 | 14.5% | 94.8% | 72.1% | 138.8% | 114.5% | - | - | - |
| Alabama | - | 4.4% | $36,100 | 15.8% | 76.9% | 71.9% | 139.1% | 125.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 4.0% | $37,900 | 14.5% | 71.2% | 75.5% | 132.5% | 115.1% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Bibb | At-Risk | 4.7% | $23,541 | 16.9% | 82.6% | 46.9% | 213.4% | 134.1% | 143.4 | 2,489 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 3.2% | $29,847 | 13.2% | 57.2% | 59.4% | 168.3% | 104.8% | 110.1 | 1,434 | 2 |
| Calhoun | Transitional | 5.2% | $27,762 | 17.5% | 91.9% | 55.3% | 180.9% | 138.8% | 137.2 | 2,333 | 3 |
| Chambers | Transitional | 4.8% | $24,433 | 15.1% | 83.9% | 48.6% | 205.6% | 119.3% | 136.2 | 2,301 | 3 |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 3.5% | $27,641 | 15.0% | 62.5% | 55.0% | 181.7% | 118.5% | 120.9 | 1,828 | 3 |
| Chilton | Transitional | 3.7% | $28,007 | 15.7% | 65.9% | 55.8% | 179.4% | 124.5% | 123.2 | 1,901 | 3 |
| Clay | Transitional | 3.4% | $24,330 | 16.9% | 60.5% | 48.4% | 206.5% | 134.0% | 133.7 | 2,231 | 3 |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 3.6% | $28,991 | 14.2% | 64.1% | 57.7% | 173.3% | 112.2% | 116.5 | 1,652 | 3 |
| Colbert | Transitional | 5.1% | $29,417 | 15.1% | 89.4% | 58.6% | 170.8% | 119.8% | 126.7 | 2,012 | 3 |
| Coosa | Transitional | 4.1% | $23,580 | 11.1% | 72.4% | 46.9% | 213.0% | 88.2% | 124.6 | 1,942 | 3 |
| Cullman | Transitional | 3.3% | $32,544 | 12.2% | 58.1% | 64.8% | 154.3% | 96.7% | 103.1 | 1,199 | 2 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 3.5% | $25,976 | 20.6% | 61.6% | 51.7% | 193.4% | 162.9% | 139.3 | 2,386 | 4 |
| Elmore | Transitional | 3.6% | $34,551 | 10.3% | 63.3% | 68.8% | 145.4% | 81.4% | 96.7 | 963 | 2 |
| Etowah | At-Risk | 5.4% | $26,254 | 16.0% | 94.3% | 52.3% | 191.3% | 126.8% | 137.5 | 2,340 | 4 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 4.0% | $24,062 | 21.3% | 69.8% | 47.9% | 208.8% | 168.9% | 149.2 | 2,607 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 3.5% | $27,259 | 18.1% | 61.1% | 54.3% | 184.3% | 143.0% | 129.5 | 2,090 | 3 |
| Hale | Distressed | 6.7% | $26,186 | 24.9% | 118.6% | 52.1% | 191.8% | 197.2% | 169.2 | 2,885 | 4 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 4.1% | $29,012 | 17.6% | 71.9% | 57.8% | 173.1% | 139.4% | 128.1 | 2,056 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 4.5% | $48,922 | 15.9% | 79.4% | 97.4% | 102.7% | 125.9% | 102.6 | 1,192 | 2 |
| Lamar | Transitional | 3.9% | $23,544 | 16.3% | 68.4% | 46.9% | 213.3% | 128.8% | 136.9 | 2,320 | 3 |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 4.3% | $31,074 | 13.3% | 75.0% | 61.9% | 161.7% | 105.3% | 114.0 | 1,568 | 3 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 3.9% | $28,657 | 15.4% | 68.8% | 57.0% | 175.3% | 121.8% | 121.9 | 1,859 | 3 |
| Limestone | Transitional | 3.3% | $38,950 | 11.5% | 58.5% | 77.5% | 129.0% | 90.9% | 92.8 | 809 | 2 |
| Macon | Distressed | 7.0% | $23,085 | 22.2% | 123.5% | 46.0% | 217.6% | 175.4% | 172.1 | 2,914 | 4 |
| Madison | Competitive | 3.5% | $48,293 | 10.9% | 61.7% | 96.1% | 104.0% | 86.3% | 84.0 | 523 | 1 |
| Marion | Transitional | 4.0% | $26,258 | 17.5% | 71.3% | 52.3% | 191.3% | 138.3% | 133.6 | 2,230 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 3.2% | $30,860 | 17.7% | 56.6% | 61.4% | 162.8% | 139.9% | 119.8 | 1,787 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.4% | $33,989 | 14.6% | 60.4% | 67.7% | 147.8% | 115.5% | 107.9 | 1,356 | 2 |
| Pickens | At-Risk | 5.0% | $26,620 | 22.7% | 88.2% | 53.0% | 188.7% | 179.5% | 152.1 | 2,659 | 4 |
| Randolph | Transitional | 3.8% | $25,431 | 18.2% | 66.2% | 50.6% | 197.5% | 144.2% | 136.0 | 2,289 | 3 |
| Shelby | Attainment | 2.9% | $53,884 | 7.0% | 50.9% | 107.3% | 93.2% | 55.3% | 66.5 | 108 | 1 |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 3.6% | $34,116 | 12.1% | 64.0% | 67.9% | 147.2% | 95.4% | 102.2 | 1,178 | 2 |
| Talladega | At-Risk | 5.2% | $25,784 | 18.6% | 91.2% | 51.3% | 194.8% | 147.5% | 144.5 | 2,521 | 4 |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 4.9% | $31,667 | 16.8% | 86.6% | 63.0% | 158.6% | 132.8% | 126.0 | 1,989 | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 4.6% | $32,148 | 15.8% | 80.5% | 64.0% | 156.2% | 125.1% | 120.6 | 1,820 | 3 |
| Walker | Transitional | 4.5% | $30,715 | 16.9% | 79.6% | 61.1% | 163.5% | 134.0% | 125.7 | 1,977 | 3 |
| Winston | Transitional | 3.8% | $26,659 | 19.3% | 67.5% | 53.1% | 188.4% | 152.8% | 136.2 | 2,298 | 3 |
