| | County Economic Status, FY 2022 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2017–2019 | Per Capita Market Income, 2019 | Poverty Rate, 2015–2019 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2017–2019 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2019 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2019 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2015–2019 | Composite Index Value, FY 2022 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2022 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2022 |
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| United States | - | 4.0% | $46,969 | 13.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.3% | $33,926 | 15.3% | 108.9% | 72.2% | 138.4% | 113.6% | - | - | - |
| Georgia | - | 4.0% | $40,124 | 15.1% | 101.1% | 85.4% | 117.1% | 112.4% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Georgia | - | 3.7% | $35,299 | 12.1% | 92.3% | 75.2% | 133.1% | 89.9% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Banks | Transitional | 3.2% | $26,643 | 13.3% | 81.7% | 56.7% | 176.3% | 99.2% | 119.1 | 1,589 | 3 |
| Barrow | Transitional | 3.4% | $30,144 | 12.6% | 84.8% | 64.2% | 155.8% | 94.0% | 111.5 | 1,341 | 2 |
| Bartow | Transitional | 3.9% | $31,112 | 14.0% | 97.4% | 66.2% | 151.0% | 104.6% | 117.7 | 1,544 | 2 |
| Carroll | Transitional | 4.1% | $30,411 | 17.3% | 104.1% | 64.7% | 154.4% | 128.9% | 129.1 | 1,897 | 3 |
| Catoosa | Transitional | 3.5% | $27,554 | 9.9% | 87.8% | 58.7% | 170.5% | 73.6% | 110.6 | 1,311 | 2 |
| Chattooga | At-Risk | 4.6% | $20,707 | 19.4% | 115.1% | 44.1% | 226.8% | 144.4% | 162.1 | 2,683 | 4 |
| Cherokee | Competitive | 3.2% | $45,860 | 7.5% | 80.0% | 97.6% | 102.4% | 55.7% | 79.4 | 319 | 1 |
| Dade | Transitional | 3.7% | $25,094 | 13.7% | 94.4% | 53.4% | 187.2% | 101.7% | 127.8 | 1,860 | 3 |
| Dawson | Competitive | 3.3% | $37,944 | 8.6% | 83.8% | 80.8% | 123.8% | 64.0% | 90.5 | 625 | 1 |
| Douglas | Transitional | 4.2% | $28,991 | 12.8% | 105.0% | 61.7% | 162.0% | 95.5% | 120.8 | 1,657 | 3 |
| Elbert | At-Risk | 4.7% | $23,616 | 21.3% | 117.6% | 50.3% | 198.9% | 158.9% | 158.5 | 2,618 | 4 |
| Fannin | Transitional | 4.0% | $24,957 | 12.4% | 100.5% | 53.1% | 188.2% | 92.5% | 127.1 | 1,835 | 3 |
| Floyd | Transitional | 4.4% | $28,736 | 18.4% | 111.3% | 61.2% | 163.4% | 137.0% | 137.3 | 2,146 | 3 |
| Forsyth | Attainment | 3.2% | $58,702 | 5.7% | 80.4% | 125.0% | 80.0% | 42.4% | 67.6 | 89 | 1 |
| Franklin | At-Risk | 4.0% | $23,601 | 22.9% | 101.4% | 50.2% | 199.0% | 170.8% | 157.1 | 2,591 | 4 |
| Gilmer | Transitional | 4.2% | $24,171 | 16.8% | 106.7% | 51.5% | 194.3% | 125.1% | 142.0 | 2,279 | 3 |
| Gordon | Transitional | 3.9% | $27,072 | 18.0% | 99.0% | 57.6% | 173.5% | 134.4% | 135.6 | 2,091 | 3 |
| Gwinnett | Transitional | 3.6% | $37,303 | 10.7% | 89.9% | 79.4% | 125.9% | 79.5% | 98.5 | 913 | 2 |
| Habersham | Transitional | 3.9% | $25,555 | 15.1% | 98.3% | 54.4% | 183.8% | 112.4% | 131.5 | 1,971 | 3 |
| Hall | Transitional | 3.3% | $37,533 | 13.9% | 82.5% | 79.9% | 125.1% | 103.8% | 103.8 | 1,097 | 2 |
| Haralson | Transitional | 4.0% | $27,332 | 14.9% | 99.9% | 58.2% | 171.8% | 110.9% | 127.5 | 1,852 | 3 |
| Hart | Transitional | 3.9% | $27,208 | 15.1% | 97.1% | 57.9% | 172.6% | 112.6% | 127.4 | 1,849 | 3 |
| Heard | Transitional | 4.0% | $23,175 | 14.3% | 101.9% | 49.3% | 202.7% | 106.7% | 137.1 | 2,137 | 3 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 3.1% | $35,534 | 11.3% | 78.4% | 75.7% | 132.2% | 84.1% | 98.2 | 907 | 2 |
| Lumpkin | Transitional | 3.6% | $29,202 | 15.1% | 90.4% | 62.2% | 160.8% | 112.3% | 121.2 | 1,664 | 3 |
| Madison | Transitional | 3.6% | $27,292 | 17.1% | 90.9% | 58.1% | 172.1% | 127.5% | 130.2 | 1,933 | 3 |
| Murray | At-Risk | 5.5% | $22,249 | 15.6% | 138.0% | 47.4% | 211.1% | 116.5% | 155.2 | 2,554 | 4 |
| Paulding | Transitional | 3.5% | $32,745 | 8.2% | 87.7% | 69.7% | 143.4% | 60.9% | 97.3 | 869 | 2 |
| Pickens | Transitional | 3.6% | $36,987 | 10.2% | 90.2% | 78.7% | 127.0% | 76.0% | 97.7 | 890 | 2 |
| Polk | At-Risk | 4.3% | $23,597 | 18.4% | 109.2% | 50.2% | 199.0% | 136.7% | 148.3 | 2,422 | 4 |
| Rabun | Transitional | 4.1% | $29,305 | 18.1% | 103.8% | 62.4% | 160.3% | 134.7% | 132.9 | 2,016 | 3 |
| Stephens | Transitional | 4.5% | $27,792 | 13.2% | 114.3% | 59.2% | 169.0% | 98.7% | 127.3 | 1,843 | 3 |
| Towns | At-Risk | 5.6% | $23,993 | 15.4% | 142.1% | 51.1% | 195.8% | 114.7% | 150.8 | 2,483 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 3.8% | $24,014 | 14.4% | 94.5% | 51.1% | 195.6% | 107.4% | 132.5 | 2,002 | 3 |
| Walker | Transitional | 4.0% | $24,110 | 16.1% | 99.7% | 51.3% | 194.8% | 120.2% | 138.2 | 2,183 | 3 |
| White | Transitional | 3.2% | $25,395 | 10.8% | 79.6% | 54.1% | 185.0% | 80.6% | 115.0 | 1,463 | 2 |
| Whitfield | Transitional | 4.9% | $31,959 | 15.9% | 122.5% | 68.0% | 147.0% | 118.6% | 129.3 | 1,905 | 3 |
