| County Economic Status, FY 2006 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2001-2003 | Per Capita Market Income, 2002 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2001-2003 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2002 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
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United States | - | 5.5% | $26,420 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | - | 5.6% | $20,422 | 13.6% | 100.9% | 77.3% | 110.2% |
Georgia | - | 4.6% | $24,988 | 13.0% | 83.6% | 94.6% | 104.9% |
Appalachian Georgia | - | 4.0% | $23,037 | 9.2% | 72.8% | 87.2% | 74.7% |
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County |
Banks | Transitional | 4.0% | $19,853 | 12.5% | 72.8% | 75.1% | 101.4% |
Barrow | Transitional | 4.9% | $20,040 | 8.3% | 89.7% | 75.9% | 67.0% |
Bartow | Competitive | 5.4% | $22,251 | 8.6% | 98.3% | 84.2% | 69.3% |
Carroll | Transitional | 5.4% | $18,168 | 13.7% | 97.3% | 68.8% | 110.8% |
Catoosa | Transitional | 2.7% | $19,532 | 9.4% | 48.3% | 73.9% | 76.3% |
Chattooga | Transitional | 3.6% | $13,998 | 14.3% | 65.5% | 53.0% | 115.4% |
Cherokee | Attainment | 3.5% | $28,015 | 5.3% | 62.9% | 106.0% | 43.0% |
Dade | Transitional | 3.6% | $17,324 | 9.7% | 66.0% | 65.6% | 78.7% |
Dawson | Competitive | 3.2% | $23,878 | 7.6% | 58.0% | 90.4% | 61.5% |
Douglas | Competitive | 4.2% | $22,838 | 7.8% | 76.6% | 86.4% | 62.9% |
Elbert | Transitional | 6.8% | $17,060 | 17.3% | 124.3% | 64.6% | 140.0% |
Fannin | Transitional | 4.8% | $16,486 | 12.4% | 87.1% | 62.4% | 100.0% |
Floyd | Transitional | 4.4% | $20,199 | 14.4% | 80.2% | 76.5% | 116.7% |
Forsyth | Attainment | 3.2% | $31,043 | 5.5% | 58.1% | 117.5% | 44.5% |
Franklin | Transitional | 4.8% | $17,113 | 13.9% | 86.3% | 64.8% | 112.0% |
Gilmer | Transitional | 4.3% | $16,418 | 12.5% | 77.9% | 62.1% | 100.6% |
Gordon | Transitional | 5.8% | $18,674 | 9.9% | 104.6% | 70.7% | 79.7% |
Gwinnett | Attainment | 3.8% | $28,062 | 5.7% | 69.6% | 106.2% | 45.9% |
Habersham | Transitional | 3.9% | $18,805 | 12.2% | 71.5% | 71.2% | 98.4% |
Hall | Transitional | 3.4% | $21,580 | 12.4% | 62.3% | 81.7% | 100.3% |
Haralson | Transitional | 5.5% | $17,466 | 15.5% | 100.6% | 66.1% | 125.2% |
Hart | Transitional | 6.3% | $16,651 | 14.8% | 114.2% | 63.0% | 119.3% |
Heard | Transitional | 5.5% | $14,989 | 13.6% | 99.2% | 56.7% | 109.8% |
Jackson | Transitional | 4.2% | $20,046 | 12.0% | 75.9% | 75.9% | 96.8% |
Lumpkin | Transitional | 2.9% | $18,771 | 13.2% | 52.7% | 71.0% | 107.0% |
Madison | Transitional | 3.8% | $19,520 | 11.6% | 68.6% | 73.9% | 94.1% |
Murray | Transitional | 4.5% | $16,984 | 12.7% | 80.9% | 64.3% | 102.2% |
Paulding | Transitional | 3.5% | $20,902 | 5.5% | 64.2% | 79.1% | 44.4% |
Pickens | Competitive | 3.7% | $23,306 | 9.2% | 66.5% | 88.2% | 74.0% |
Polk | Transitional | 5.0% | $14,850 | 15.5% | 91.6% | 56.2% | 124.9% |
Rabun | Transitional | 2.6% | $18,972 | 11.1% | 47.7% | 71.8% | 89.8% |
Stephens | Transitional | 6.0% | $18,311 | 15.1% | 109.8% | 69.3% | 122.0% |
Towns | Transitional | 2.5% | $18,452 | 11.8% | 45.9% | 69.8% | 95.4% |
Union | Transitional | 3.2% | $17,352 | 12.5% | 58.6% | 65.7% | 101.1% |
Walker | Transitional | 3.8% | $16,999 | 12.5% | 69.3% | 64.3% | 100.8% |
White | Transitional | 3.3% | $18,303 | 10.5% | 60.3% | 69.3% | 85.1% |
Whitfield | Competitive | 3.7% | $22,414 | 11.5% | 67.2% | 84.8% | 92.7% |