| | County Economic Status, FY 2002 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, 1998 | Poverty Rate, 1990 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 1997-1999 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 1998 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 1990 |
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| United States | - | 4.6% | $23,564 | 13.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.0% | $18,344 | 15.4% | 109.5% | 77.8% | 117.1% |
| Georgia | - | 4.2% | $22,862 | 14.7% | 93.0% | 97.0% | 111.7% |
| Appalachian Georgia | - | 3.4% | $21,628 | 10.2% | 73.5% | 91.8% | 77.5% |
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| County |
| Banks | Transitional | 4.4% | $16,606 | 15.1% | 96.2% | 70.5% | 115.4% |
| Barrow | Transitional | 3.7% | $17,145 | 14.7% | 80.7% | 72.8% | 111.7% |
| Bartow | Transitional | 4.6% | $18,847 | 10.7% | 100.2% | 80.0% | 81.2% |
| Carroll | Transitional | 4.7% | $17,087 | 14.4% | 102.2% | 72.5% | 109.9% |
| Catoosa | Transitional | 3.7% | $16,177 | 12.0% | 82.2% | 68.7% | 91.3% |
| Chattooga | Transitional | 4.3% | $14,835 | 14.6% | 95.0% | 63.0% | 111.3% |
| Cherokee | Attainment | 2.2% | $24,182 | 6.1% | 48.7% | 102.6% | 46.3% |
| Dade | Transitional | 4.3% | $14,234 | 14.6% | 94.7% | 60.4% | 111.4% |
| Dawson | Competitive | 2.4% | $20,364 | 12.8% | 52.6% | 86.4% | 97.8% |
| Douglas | Competitive | 3.0% | $21,021 | 6.6% | 65.9% | 89.2% | 50.3% |
| Elbert | Distressed | 8.1% | $15,202 | 19.7% | 177.5% | 64.5% | 150.5% |
| Fannin | Transitional | 5.8% | $12,969 | 17.2% | 127.1% | 55.0% | 131.4% |
| Floyd | Transitional | 4.7% | $19,047 | 13.6% | 102.3% | 80.8% | 103.9% |
| Forsyth | Attainment | 1.9% | $27,999 | 6.8% | 40.9% | 118.8% | 51.6% |
| Franklin | Transitional | 4.0% | $17,476 | 16.5% | 88.7% | 74.2% | 125.8% |
| Gilmer | Transitional | 5.2% | $15,191 | 16.6% | 113.9% | 64.5% | 126.3% |
| Gordon | Transitional | 5.1% | $17,562 | 11.1% | 112.1% | 74.5% | 84.8% |
| Gwinnett | Attainment | 2.5% | $29,172 | 4.0% | 54.6% | 123.8% | 30.3% |
| Habersham | Competitive | 4.2% | $18,979 | 11.6% | 91.4% | 80.5% | 88.2% |
| Hall | Competitive | 2.8% | $21,165 | 10.6% | 62.4% | 89.8% | 81.0% |
| Haralson | Transitional | 5.9% | $15,120 | 14.4% | 130.1% | 64.2% | 110.1% |
| Hart | Transitional | 4.7% | $16,171 | 14.2% | 102.9% | 68.6% | 107.9% |
| Heard | Transitional | 6.0% | $13,562 | 19.1% | 131.0% | 57.6% | 145.2% |
| Jackson | Transitional | 3.8% | $19,426 | 14.1% | 83.2% | 82.4% | 107.8% |
| Lumpkin | Transitional | 2.8% | $18,794 | 15.3% | 61.5% | 79.8% | 116.4% |
| Madison | Transitional | 3.3% | $18,022 | 15.7% | 72.1% | 76.5% | 119.6% |
| Murray | Transitional | 4.4% | $15,175 | 11.3% | 95.6% | 64.4% | 86.5% |
| Paulding | Transitional | 2.4% | $14,879 | 8.8% | 51.7% | 63.1% | 66.7% |
| Pickens | Competitive | 3.1% | $21,316 | 12.8% | 67.1% | 90.5% | 97.3% |
| Polk | Transitional | 6.2% | $14,531 | 16.3% | 136.9% | 61.7% | 124.2% |
| Rabun | Transitional | 3.0% | $16,284 | 13.6% | 64.9% | 69.1% | 103.9% |
| Stephens | Transitional | 5.4% | $16,553 | 17.0% | 118.5% | 70.2% | 129.2% |
| Towns | Transitional | 6.3% | $15,440 | 14.0% | 138.7% | 65.5% | 107.0% |
| Union | Transitional | 4.3% | $14,267 | 18.3% | 95.2% | 60.5% | 139.4% |
| Walker | Transitional | 4.7% | $14,904 | 12.8% | 102.9% | 63.2% | 97.3% |
| White | Transitional | 4.2% | $18,076 | 12.5% | 92.7% | 76.7% | 95.5% |
| Whitfield | Competitive | 3.3% | $21,977 | 11.1% | 71.8% | 93.3% | 84.7% |
