| | County Economic Status, FY 2023 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, 2020 | Poverty Rate, 2016–2020 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2020 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2020 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016–2020 | Composite Index Value, FY 2023 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2023 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2023 |
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| United States | - | 5.2% | $46,638 | 12.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $33,796 | 14.7% | 100.4% | 72.5% | 138.0% | 114.3% | - | - | - |
| Georgia | - | 4.7% | $40,706 | 14.3% | 90.2% | 87.3% | 114.6% | 111.2% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Georgia | - | 4.2% | $35,838 | 11.6% | 80.7% | 76.8% | 130.1% | 90.2% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Banks | Transitional | 3.4% | $26,370 | 13.6% | 66.0% | 56.5% | 176.9% | 105.6% | 116.1 | 1,619 | 3 |
| Barrow | Transitional | 3.8% | $30,552 | 11.2% | 72.8% | 65.5% | 152.6% | 87.2% | 104.2 | 1,212 | 2 |
| Bartow | Transitional | 4.5% | $31,514 | 12.6% | 86.5% | 67.6% | 148.0% | 97.9% | 110.8 | 1,436 | 2 |
| Carroll | Transitional | 4.7% | $30,543 | 16.3% | 89.7% | 65.5% | 152.7% | 126.6% | 123.0 | 1,857 | 3 |
| Catoosa | Transitional | 3.6% | $27,471 | 9.0% | 69.8% | 58.9% | 169.8% | 69.9% | 103.1 | 1,172 | 2 |
| Chattooga | Distressed | 5.8% | $19,697 | 21.1% | 112.2% | 42.2% | 236.8% | 164.3% | 171.1 | 2,883 | 4 |
| Cherokee | Attainment | 3.6% | $46,749 | 6.9% | 69.5% | 100.2% | 99.8% | 53.8% | 74.3 | 234 | 1 |
| Dade | Transitional | 3.7% | $25,253 | 11.1% | 71.6% | 54.1% | 184.7% | 86.2% | 114.2 | 1,537 | 2 |
| Dawson | Competitive | 3.7% | $37,604 | 9.5% | 70.7% | 80.6% | 124.0% | 74.2% | 89.6 | 675 | 1 |
| Douglas | Transitional | 5.1% | $29,505 | 11.5% | 98.0% | 63.3% | 158.1% | 89.3% | 115.1 | 1,570 | 3 |
| Elbert | At-Risk | 5.3% | $23,476 | 24.5% | 101.6% | 50.3% | 198.7% | 191.0% | 163.7 | 2,801 | 4 |
| Fannin | Transitional | 4.1% | $24,839 | 10.6% | 78.1% | 53.3% | 187.8% | 82.7% | 116.2 | 1,621 | 3 |
| Floyd | Transitional | 4.9% | $27,674 | 18.6% | 93.4% | 59.3% | 168.5% | 144.5% | 135.5 | 2,241 | 3 |
| Forsyth | Attainment | 3.5% | $60,550 | 5.2% | 68.0% | 129.8% | 77.0% | 40.7% | 61.9 | 63 | 1 |
| Franklin | At-Risk | 4.5% | $21,934 | 21.0% | 85.7% | 47.0% | 212.6% | 163.3% | 153.9 | 2,653 | 4 |
| Gilmer | Transitional | 4.2% | $23,870 | 15.2% | 80.6% | 51.2% | 195.4% | 118.4% | 131.5 | 2,110 | 3 |
| Gordon | Transitional | 4.3% | $26,588 | 15.9% | 82.4% | 57.0% | 175.4% | 123.5% | 127.1 | 1,974 | 3 |
| Gwinnett | Transitional | 4.3% | $38,283 | 10.5% | 83.6% | 82.1% | 121.8% | 81.9% | 95.8 | 911 | 2 |
| Habersham | Transitional | 4.2% | $24,984 | 13.6% | 81.3% | 53.6% | 186.7% | 105.8% | 124.6 | 1,898 | 3 |
| Hall | Transitional | 3.6% | $38,159 | 14.0% | 69.7% | 81.8% | 122.2% | 108.8% | 100.2 | 1,070 | 2 |
| Haralson | Transitional | 4.4% | $26,638 | 12.6% | 84.8% | 57.1% | 175.1% | 98.4% | 119.4 | 1,725 | 3 |
| Hart | Transitional | 4.2% | $26,240 | 13.6% | 81.2% | 56.3% | 177.7% | 105.6% | 121.5 | 1,806 | 3 |
| Heard | At-Risk | 4.6% | $22,796 | 19.7% | 88.7% | 48.9% | 204.6% | 153.4% | 148.9 | 2,551 | 4 |
| Jackson | Competitive | 3.4% | $34,789 | 9.3% | 66.2% | 74.6% | 134.1% | 72.8% | 91.0 | 722 | 1 |
| Lumpkin | Transitional | 3.9% | $29,592 | 14.1% | 74.8% | 63.5% | 157.6% | 109.6% | 114.0 | 1,532 | 2 |
| Madison | Transitional | 4.0% | $26,635 | 19.9% | 76.1% | 57.1% | 175.1% | 155.2% | 135.5 | 2,240 | 3 |
| Murray | At-Risk | 6.0% | $22,136 | 16.0% | 116.1% | 47.5% | 210.7% | 124.8% | 150.6 | 2,591 | 4 |
| Paulding | Competitive | 4.0% | $33,795 | 6.9% | 76.2% | 72.5% | 138.0% | 54.0% | 89.4 | 666 | 1 |
| Pickens | Transitional | 3.8% | $36,764 | 11.7% | 73.7% | 78.8% | 126.9% | 90.9% | 97.2 | 962 | 2 |
| Polk | At-Risk | 4.6% | $22,949 | 18.3% | 89.5% | 49.2% | 203.2% | 142.2% | 145.0 | 2,470 | 4 |
| Rabun | Transitional | 4.3% | $29,697 | 19.9% | 83.3% | 63.7% | 157.0% | 154.7% | 131.7 | 2,116 | 3 |
| Stephens | Transitional | 5.0% | $25,340 | 13.9% | 95.5% | 54.3% | 184.0% | 108.1% | 129.2 | 2,034 | 3 |
| Towns | Transitional | 5.7% | $24,948 | 12.8% | 110.6% | 53.5% | 186.9% | 99.4% | 132.3 | 2,141 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 3.8% | $23,965 | 15.8% | 72.4% | 51.4% | 194.6% | 123.1% | 130.0 | 2,058 | 3 |
| Walker | Transitional | 4.2% | $23,666 | 15.1% | 79.9% | 50.7% | 197.1% | 117.4% | 131.5 | 2,109 | 3 |
| White | Transitional | 3.4% | $26,333 | 11.3% | 65.4% | 56.5% | 177.1% | 88.2% | 110.2 | 1,421 | 2 |
| Whitfield | Transitional | 5.5% | $32,414 | 16.2% | 106.6% | 69.5% | 143.9% | 126.5% | 125.6 | 1,928 | 3 |
