| | County Economic Status, FY 2025 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, 2022 | Poverty Rate, 2018–2022 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2022 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2022 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2018–2022 | Composite Index Value, FY 2025 | Index Value Rank (of 3,106 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2025 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2025 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $53,462 | 12.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $38,683 | 14.3% | 92.3% | 72.4% | 138.2% | 114.1% | - | - | - |
| Alabama | - | 4.1% | $38,535 | 15.7% | 72.6% | 72.1% | 138.7% | 125.4% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Alabama | - | 3.8% | $40,590 | 14.5% | 67.0% | 75.9% | 131.7% | 115.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Bibb | At-Risk | 4.4% | $24,957 | 20.6% | 77.4% | 46.7% | 214.2% | 164.5% | 152.1 | 2,654 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 3.0% | $32,652 | 14.2% | 53.1% | 61.1% | 163.7% | 113.1% | 110.0 | 1,426 | 2 |
| Calhoun | At-Risk | 4.9% | $28,757 | 18.0% | 87.0% | 53.8% | 185.9% | 143.9% | 138.9 | 2,361 | 4 |
| Chambers | At-Risk | 4.5% | $24,645 | 17.9% | 80.2% | 46.1% | 216.9% | 142.6% | 146.6 | 2,548 | 4 |
| Cherokee | Transitional | 3.3% | $30,092 | 14.3% | 58.5% | 56.3% | 177.7% | 113.8% | 116.6 | 1,662 | 3 |
| Chilton | Transitional | 3.5% | $29,828 | 14.5% | 61.6% | 55.8% | 179.2% | 115.3% | 118.7 | 1,742 | 3 |
| Clay | Transitional | 3.1% | $26,507 | 17.6% | 55.4% | 49.6% | 201.7% | 140.2% | 132.4 | 2,172 | 3 |
| Cleburne | Transitional | 3.3% | $31,736 | 12.9% | 58.4% | 59.4% | 168.5% | 102.9% | 109.9 | 1,424 | 2 |
| Colbert | Transitional | 4.7% | $30,749 | 15.9% | 83.1% | 57.5% | 173.9% | 126.7% | 127.9 | 2,039 | 3 |
| Coosa | Transitional | 3.9% | $25,026 | 11.1% | 68.4% | 46.8% | 213.6% | 88.2% | 123.4 | 1,882 | 3 |
| Cullman | Transitional | 3.0% | $36,863 | 13.0% | 53.7% | 69.0% | 145.0% | 104.0% | 100.9 | 1,120 | 2 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 3.3% | $27,906 | 20.2% | 57.8% | 52.2% | 191.6% | 161.3% | 136.9 | 2,306 | 3 |
| Elmore | Transitional | 3.4% | $37,169 | 9.6% | 59.4% | 69.5% | 143.8% | 76.6% | 93.3 | 837 | 2 |
| Etowah | Transitional | 5.2% | $27,801 | 15.9% | 91.4% | 52.0% | 192.3% | 126.6% | 136.8 | 2,299 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 3.8% | $24,881 | 22.2% | 66.4% | 46.5% | 214.9% | 177.0% | 152.7 | 2,671 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 3.3% | $29,741 | 16.6% | 57.5% | 55.6% | 179.8% | 132.6% | 123.3 | 1,874 | 3 |
| Hale | Distressed | 6.6% | $26,562 | 25.0% | 115.8% | 49.7% | 201.3% | 199.5% | 172.2 | 2,906 | 4 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 3.7% | $29,948 | 18.6% | 65.8% | 56.0% | 178.5% | 148.5% | 130.9 | 2,132 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 4.3% | $54,103 | 15.9% | 75.7% | 101.2% | 98.8% | 126.6% | 100.4 | 1,102 | 2 |
| Lamar | Transitional | 3.7% | $24,129 | 15.3% | 64.9% | 45.1% | 221.6% | 122.4% | 136.3 | 2,287 | 3 |
| Lauderdale | Transitional | 3.9% | $32,725 | 13.3% | 69.5% | 61.2% | 163.4% | 105.8% | 112.9 | 1,527 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 3.6% | $28,263 | 15.8% | 62.7% | 52.9% | 189.2% | 126.3% | 126.0 | 1,982 | 3 |
| Limestone | Competitive | 3.0% | $43,873 | 11.2% | 53.5% | 82.1% | 121.9% | 89.3% | 88.2 | 658 | 1 |
| Macon | Distressed | 6.7% | $23,985 | 25.0% | 118.1% | 44.9% | 222.9% | 199.6% | 180.2 | 2,954 | 4 |
| Madison | Competitive | 3.2% | $50,819 | 10.7% | 57.3% | 95.1% | 105.2% | 85.3% | 82.6 | 490 | 1 |
| Marion | Transitional | 3.6% | $29,935 | 16.4% | 63.3% | 56.0% | 178.6% | 131.2% | 124.4 | 1,921 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 3.0% | $33,868 | 16.6% | 52.9% | 63.3% | 157.9% | 132.4% | 114.4 | 1,587 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.2% | $34,269 | 13.7% | 56.0% | 64.1% | 156.0% | 109.5% | 107.2 | 1,336 | 2 |
| Pickens | At-Risk | 4.8% | $27,632 | 22.3% | 85.1% | 51.7% | 193.5% | 178.2% | 152.3 | 2,658 | 4 |
| Randolph | Transitional | 3.5% | $27,795 | 19.9% | 61.1% | 52.0% | 192.3% | 158.4% | 137.3 | 2,321 | 3 |
| Shelby | Attainment | 2.7% | $58,052 | 6.9% | 47.5% | 108.6% | 92.1% | 54.7% | 64.8 | 96 | 1 |
| St. Clair | Transitional | 3.4% | $36,504 | 10.9% | 59.4% | 68.3% | 146.5% | 87.1% | 97.7 | 996 | 2 |
| Talladega | At-Risk | 4.9% | $27,623 | 18.7% | 87.2% | 51.7% | 193.5% | 149.1% | 143.3 | 2,469 | 4 |
| Tallapoosa | Transitional | 4.8% | $33,685 | 16.8% | 84.6% | 63.0% | 158.7% | 134.4% | 125.9 | 1,972 | 3 |
| Tuscaloosa | Transitional | 4.4% | $31,552 | 16.7% | 78.1% | 59.0% | 169.4% | 133.2% | 126.9 | 2,002 | 3 |
| Walker | Transitional | 4.2% | $31,295 | 16.4% | 74.4% | 58.5% | 170.8% | 130.9% | 125.4 | 1,952 | 3 |
| Winston | Transitional | 3.5% | $29,524 | 18.2% | 60.9% | 55.2% | 181.1% | 145.2% | 129.0 | 2,081 | 3 |
