| | County Economic Status, FY 2019 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, 2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 | Composite Index Value, FY 2019 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2019 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2019 |
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| United States | - | 5.4% | $40,679 | 15.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 6.0% | $29,765 | 16.7% | 109.9% | 73.2% | 136.7% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
| Kentucky | - | 5.6% | $29,389 | 18.8% | 102.8% | 72.2% | 138.4% | 124.5% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Kentucky | - | 7.7% | $19,022 | 25.9% | 141.5% | 46.8% | 213.8% | 171.6% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Adair | Distressed | 7.6% | $15,200 | 23.3% | 139.7% | 37.4% | 267.6% | 154.0% | 187.1 | 2,969 | 4 |
| Bath | Distressed | 7.9% | $17,824 | 24.5% | 145.8% | 43.8% | 228.2% | 162.1% | 178.7 | 2,917 | 4 |
| Bell | Distressed | 9.2% | $14,731 | 36.6% | 169.2% | 36.2% | 276.1% | 241.9% | 229.1 | 3,079 | 4 |
| Boyd | At-Risk | 7.5% | $24,341 | 19.0% | 138.4% | 59.8% | 167.1% | 125.6% | 143.7 | 2,407 | 4 |
| Breathitt | Distressed | 10.1% | $13,592 | 33.5% | 185.5% | 33.4% | 299.3% | 221.5% | 235.4 | 3,085 | 4 |
| Carter | Distressed | 10.2% | $18,556 | 18.6% | 188.5% | 45.6% | 219.2% | 123.4% | 177.0 | 2,902 | 4 |
| Casey | Distressed | 5.7% | $15,973 | 26.4% | 104.1% | 39.3% | 254.7% | 174.7% | 177.8 | 2,908 | 4 |
| Clark | Transitional | 5.4% | $27,586 | 15.1% | 98.6% | 67.8% | 147.5% | 100.0% | 115.4 | 1,557 | 3 |
| Clay | Distressed | 10.1% | $12,393 | 41.0% | 185.7% | 30.5% | 328.2% | 271.0% | 261.6 | 3,103 | 4 |
| Clinton | Distressed | 8.2% | $14,448 | 22.4% | 150.9% | 35.5% | 281.6% | 148.3% | 193.6 | 3,007 | 4 |
| Cumberland | Distressed | 6.3% | $16,324 | 22.3% | 116.7% | 40.1% | 249.2% | 147.3% | 171.0 | 2,845 | 4 |
| Edmonson | At-Risk | 7.2% | $19,487 | 21.9% | 132.3% | 47.9% | 208.7% | 144.7% | 161.9 | 2,731 | 4 |
| Elliott | Distressed | 10.7% | $11,217 | 33.9% | 196.8% | 27.6% | 362.6% | 224.7% | 261.4 | 3,102 | 4 |
| Estill | Distressed | 6.4% | $17,959 | 30.3% | 118.5% | 44.1% | 226.5% | 200.6% | 181.9 | 2,936 | 4 |
| Fleming | At-Risk | 6.6% | $18,905 | 22.3% | 121.7% | 46.5% | 215.2% | 147.7% | 161.5 | 2,722 | 4 |
| Floyd | Distressed | 10.1% | $17,751 | 30.7% | 185.9% | 43.6% | 229.2% | 203.2% | 206.1 | 3,047 | 4 |
| Garrard | At-Risk | 5.4% | $20,875 | 19.3% | 100.2% | 51.3% | 194.9% | 127.6% | 140.9 | 2,341 | 4 |
| Green | At-Risk | 5.4% | $21,083 | 19.6% | 99.3% | 51.8% | 192.9% | 129.7% | 140.6 | 2,336 | 4 |
| Greenup | At-Risk | 8.3% | $25,259 | 17.6% | 152.5% | 62.1% | 161.0% | 116.2% | 143.3 | 2,397 | 4 |
| Harlan | Distressed | 12.7% | $12,579 | 32.4% | 233.7% | 30.9% | 323.4% | 214.4% | 257.2 | 3,098 | 4 |
| Hart | At-Risk | 5.3% | $22,367 | 24.2% | 97.8% | 55.0% | 181.9% | 160.0% | 146.6 | 2,467 | 4 |
| Jackson | Distressed | 9.3% | $14,471 | 33.1% | 170.2% | 35.6% | 281.1% | 219.1% | 223.5 | 3,067 | 4 |
| Johnson | Distressed | 9.0% | $18,637 | 26.2% | 166.0% | 45.8% | 218.3% | 173.2% | 185.8 | 2,962 | 4 |
| Knott | Distressed | 10.8% | $13,735 | 31.6% | 198.4% | 33.8% | 296.2% | 209.0% | 234.5 | 3,083 | 4 |
| Knox | Distressed | 8.7% | $13,931 | 34.4% | 159.5% | 34.2% | 292.0% | 227.8% | 226.4 | 3,074 | 4 |
| Laurel | At-Risk | 6.6% | $22,327 | 22.8% | 122.3% | 54.9% | 182.2% | 151.2% | 151.9 | 2,561 | 4 |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 9.7% | $15,904 | 22.4% | 179.3% | 39.1% | 255.8% | 148.3% | 194.5 | 3,012 | 4 |
| Lee | Distressed | 9.1% | $13,936 | 38.4% | 167.7% | 34.3% | 291.9% | 254.4% | 238.0 | 3,087 | 4 |
| Leslie | Distressed | 12.3% | $14,117 | 32.5% | 226.0% | 34.7% | 288.2% | 214.8% | 243.0 | 3,091 | 4 |
| Letcher | Distressed | 11.8% | $14,813 | 29.8% | 217.3% | 36.4% | 274.6% | 197.5% | 229.8 | 3,080 | 4 |
| Lewis | Distressed | 9.1% | $17,396 | 28.2% | 167.0% | 42.8% | 233.8% | 186.9% | 195.9 | 3,018 | 4 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 7.2% | $18,688 | 25.2% | 132.4% | 45.9% | 217.7% | 166.7% | 172.3 | 2,857 | 4 |
| Madison | Transitional | 4.6% | $25,146 | 21.3% | 85.3% | 61.8% | 161.8% | 140.9% | 129.3 | 2,011 | 3 |
| Magoffin | Distressed | 15.8% | $9,752 | 29.5% | 290.5% | 24.0% | 417.1% | 195.4% | 301.0 | 3,113 | 4 |
| Martin | Distressed | 9.6% | $13,831 | 32.4% | 176.4% | 34.0% | 294.1% | 214.5% | 228.4 | 3,078 | 4 |
| McCreary | Distressed | 8.8% | $10,228 | 42.5% | 162.5% | 25.1% | 397.7% | 281.3% | 280.5 | 3,110 | 4 |
| Menifee | Distressed | 8.9% | $16,485 | 24.1% | 164.3% | 40.5% | 246.8% | 159.6% | 190.2 | 2,987 | 4 |
| Metcalfe | At-Risk | 5.3% | $17,514 | 22.8% | 96.6% | 43.1% | 232.3% | 150.9% | 159.9 | 2,704 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 4.6% | $19,161 | 26.1% | 84.8% | 47.1% | 212.3% | 172.5% | 156.5 | 2,642 | 4 |
| Montgomery | At-Risk | 6.7% | $23,793 | 25.1% | 124.1% | 58.5% | 171.0% | 166.2% | 153.8 | 2,597 | 4 |
| Morgan | Distressed | 8.5% | $13,475 | 24.9% | 155.7% | 33.1% | 301.9% | 165.1% | 207.6 | 3,049 | 4 |
| Nicholas | At-Risk | 6.4% | $20,214 | 26.0% | 117.3% | 49.7% | 201.2% | 172.2% | 163.6 | 2,755 | 4 |
| Owsley | Distressed | 9.9% | $10,616 | 37.1% | 181.9% | 26.1% | 383.2% | 245.9% | 270.3 | 3,106 | 4 |
| Perry | Distressed | 9.9% | $19,043 | 27.4% | 182.2% | 46.8% | 213.6% | 181.5% | 192.4 | 2,999 | 4 |
| Pike | Distressed | 10.2% | $19,445 | 25.2% | 187.5% | 47.8% | 209.2% | 166.7% | 187.8 | 2,973 | 4 |
| Powell | Distressed | 7.5% | $18,165 | 26.0% | 137.9% | 44.7% | 223.9% | 171.9% | 177.9 | 2,909 | 4 |
| Pulaski | At-Risk | 6.2% | $22,597 | 25.0% | 113.6% | 55.5% | 180.0% | 165.3% | 153.0 | 2,584 | 4 |
| Robertson | Distressed | 6.7% | $18,384 | 24.4% | 123.6% | 45.2% | 221.3% | 161.5% | 168.8 | 2,817 | 4 |
| Rockcastle | Distressed | 6.7% | $17,359 | 23.4% | 122.6% | 42.7% | 234.3% | 154.9% | 170.6 | 2,839 | 4 |
| Rowan | At-Risk | 6.1% | $18,987 | 25.9% | 112.3% | 46.7% | 214.2% | 171.4% | 166.0 | 2,788 | 4 |
| Russell | Distressed | 10.1% | $18,977 | 26.5% | 185.5% | 46.6% | 214.4% | 175.1% | 191.7 | 2,994 | 4 |
| Wayne | Distressed | 8.3% | $15,869 | 25.4% | 152.1% | 39.0% | 256.3% | 167.9% | 192.1 | 2,998 | 4 |
| Whitley | Distressed | 7.3% | $19,023 | 27.0% | 134.9% | 46.8% | 213.8% | 178.9% | 175.9 | 2,893 | 4 |
| Wolfe | Distressed | 10.3% | $10,819 | 40.8% | 190.2% | 26.6% | 376.0% | 270.2% | 278.8 | 3,109 | 4 |
