| | County Economic Status, FY 2025 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, 2022 | Poverty Rate, 2018–2022 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2022 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2022 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2018–2022 | Composite Index Value, FY 2025 | Index Value Rank (of 3,106 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2025 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2025 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $53,462 | 12.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $38,683 | 14.3% | 92.3% | 72.4% | 138.2% | 114.1% | - | - | - |
| Kentucky | - | 4.9% | $38,498 | 16.1% | 87.0% | 72.0% | 138.9% | 128.6% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Kentucky | - | 5.9% | $24,318 | 22.7% | 103.4% | 45.5% | 219.8% | 181.1% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Adair | At-Risk | 5.4% | $24,816 | 19.8% | 95.6% | 46.4% | 215.4% | 157.8% | 156.3 | 2,738 | 4 |
| Bath | Distressed | 6.2% | $22,378 | 23.1% | 109.7% | 41.9% | 238.9% | 184.5% | 177.7 | 2,942 | 4 |
| Bell | Distressed | 6.0% | $17,653 | 26.3% | 106.3% | 33.0% | 302.8% | 209.8% | 206.3 | 3,049 | 4 |
| Boyd | At-Risk | 6.4% | $29,773 | 17.4% | 112.6% | 55.7% | 179.6% | 138.9% | 143.7 | 2,480 | 4 |
| Breathitt | Distressed | 8.5% | $16,286 | 28.5% | 149.6% | 30.5% | 328.3% | 227.4% | 235.1 | 3,086 | 4 |
| Carter | Distressed | 7.9% | $21,829 | 23.9% | 139.2% | 40.8% | 244.9% | 190.5% | 191.5 | 3,009 | 4 |
| Casey | Distressed | 4.6% | $23,066 | 26.1% | 80.7% | 43.1% | 231.8% | 208.2% | 173.6 | 2,915 | 4 |
| Clark | Transitional | 4.7% | $34,719 | 15.1% | 82.7% | 64.9% | 154.0% | 120.1% | 119.0 | 1,750 | 3 |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.8% | $17,173 | 31.2% | 119.5% | 32.1% | 311.3% | 249.0% | 226.6 | 3,075 | 4 |
| Clinton | At-Risk | 4.7% | $23,064 | 20.3% | 82.6% | 43.1% | 231.8% | 161.8% | 158.7 | 2,766 | 4 |
| Cumberland | Distressed | 3.8% | $25,175 | 28.3% | 66.4% | 47.1% | 212.4% | 225.4% | 168.0 | 2,866 | 4 |
| Edmonson | At-Risk | 5.7% | $26,729 | 17.0% | 101.0% | 50.0% | 200.0% | 135.3% | 145.5 | 2,517 | 4 |
| Elliott | Distressed | 8.6% | $12,883 | 24.7% | 151.4% | 24.1% | 415.0% | 196.9% | 254.4 | 3,097 | 4 |
| Estill | Distressed | 5.7% | $21,859 | 24.0% | 100.3% | 40.9% | 244.6% | 191.1% | 178.7 | 2,946 | 4 |
| Fleming | At-Risk | 5.4% | $26,902 | 21.0% | 95.4% | 50.3% | 198.7% | 167.4% | 153.9 | 2,698 | 4 |
| Floyd | Distressed | 7.1% | $21,817 | 29.3% | 124.9% | 40.8% | 245.0% | 233.6% | 201.2 | 3,041 | 4 |
| Garrard | Transitional | 4.7% | $30,535 | 15.7% | 83.3% | 57.1% | 175.1% | 125.1% | 127.8 | 2,038 | 3 |
| Green | At-Risk | 4.2% | $23,837 | 21.3% | 73.6% | 44.6% | 224.3% | 170.3% | 156.1 | 2,734 | 4 |
| Greenup | At-Risk | 7.0% | $31,608 | 15.1% | 123.7% | 59.1% | 169.1% | 120.2% | 137.7 | 2,330 | 4 |
| Harlan | Distressed | 8.6% | $15,568 | 30.0% | 151.3% | 29.1% | 343.4% | 239.5% | 244.7 | 3,091 | 4 |
| Hart | At-Risk | 4.8% | $26,481 | 22.6% | 85.0% | 49.5% | 201.9% | 180.6% | 155.8 | 2,732 | 4 |
| Jackson | Distressed | 6.7% | $20,582 | 22.6% | 117.4% | 38.5% | 259.7% | 180.6% | 185.9 | 2,991 | 4 |
| Johnson | Distressed | 7.0% | $20,688 | 21.4% | 124.2% | 38.7% | 258.4% | 170.8% | 184.4 | 2,984 | 4 |
| Knott | Distressed | 7.0% | $18,632 | 27.7% | 123.9% | 34.9% | 286.9% | 221.2% | 210.7 | 3,053 | 4 |
| Knox | Distressed | 6.4% | $19,019 | 34.0% | 112.9% | 35.6% | 281.1% | 271.5% | 221.9 | 3,065 | 4 |
| Laurel | At-Risk | 5.1% | $26,425 | 20.5% | 89.6% | 49.4% | 202.3% | 163.9% | 152.0 | 2,651 | 4 |
| Lawrence | Distressed | 6.5% | $20,002 | 26.3% | 114.0% | 37.4% | 267.3% | 210.1% | 197.1 | 3,028 | 4 |
| Lee | Distressed | 5.8% | $15,058 | 31.4% | 103.1% | 28.2% | 355.0% | 250.2% | 236.1 | 3,087 | 4 |
| Leslie | Distressed | 8.2% | $16,588 | 33.6% | 145.1% | 31.0% | 322.3% | 268.3% | 245.2 | 3,092 | 4 |
| Letcher | Distressed | 7.7% | $16,767 | 29.0% | 135.8% | 31.4% | 318.8% | 231.4% | 228.7 | 3,079 | 4 |
| Lewis | Distressed | 7.9% | $21,516 | 26.6% | 139.1% | 40.2% | 248.5% | 212.2% | 199.9 | 3,038 | 4 |
| Lincoln | At-Risk | 5.9% | $24,933 | 17.4% | 104.4% | 46.6% | 214.4% | 138.6% | 152.5 | 2,663 | 4 |
| Madison | Transitional | 4.5% | $33,181 | 16.1% | 78.8% | 62.1% | 161.1% | 128.6% | 122.9 | 1,858 | 3 |
| Magoffin | Distressed | 12.6% | $18,977 | 30.4% | 221.6% | 35.5% | 281.7% | 242.9% | 248.7 | 3,095 | 4 |
| Martin | Distressed | 9.2% | $12,032 | 23.5% | 161.7% | 22.5% | 444.3% | 187.7% | 264.6 | 3,102 | 4 |
| McCreary | Distressed | 5.9% | $14,462 | 33.7% | 104.1% | 27.1% | 369.7% | 268.5% | 247.4 | 3,094 | 4 |
| Menifee | Distressed | 6.9% | $21,287 | 26.9% | 121.8% | 39.8% | 251.1% | 214.5% | 195.8 | 3,024 | 4 |
| Metcalfe | Distressed | 5.8% | $20,635 | 24.0% | 101.7% | 38.6% | 259.1% | 191.5% | 184.1 | 2,981 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 4.1% | $27,587 | 20.9% | 72.3% | 51.6% | 193.8% | 166.8% | 144.3 | 2,498 | 4 |
| Montgomery | Transitional | 5.7% | $29,787 | 16.4% | 100.9% | 55.7% | 179.5% | 130.8% | 137.1 | 2,311 | 3 |
| Morgan | Distressed | 5.8% | $16,998 | 20.4% | 101.9% | 31.8% | 314.5% | 163.0% | 193.2 | 3,016 | 4 |
| Nicholas | At-Risk | 5.0% | $24,783 | 16.2% | 87.5% | 46.4% | 215.7% | 129.1% | 144.1 | 2,490 | 4 |
| Owsley | Distressed | 7.7% | $16,104 | 28.8% | 135.2% | 30.1% | 332.0% | 229.9% | 232.3 | 3,082 | 4 |
| Perry | Distressed | 6.5% | $21,559 | 23.8% | 115.1% | 40.3% | 248.0% | 190.1% | 184.4 | 2,983 | 4 |
| Pike | Distressed | 6.4% | $23,506 | 23.9% | 113.5% | 44.0% | 227.4% | 190.6% | 177.2 | 2,939 | 4 |
| Powell | Distressed | 5.3% | $21,493 | 21.1% | 93.1% | 40.2% | 248.7% | 168.4% | 170.1 | 2,888 | 4 |
| Pulaski | At-Risk | 5.5% | $27,143 | 21.4% | 96.4% | 50.8% | 197.0% | 170.5% | 154.6 | 2,708 | 4 |
| Robertson | Distressed | 4.9% | $24,076 | 22.0% | 87.2% | 45.0% | 222.1% | 175.4% | 161.5 | 2,804 | 4 |
| Rockcastle | Distressed | 5.5% | $22,746 | 23.6% | 97.0% | 42.5% | 235.0% | 187.9% | 173.3 | 2,913 | 4 |
| Rowan | Distressed | 5.6% | $23,770 | 24.6% | 98.8% | 44.5% | 224.9% | 196.1% | 173.3 | 2,912 | 4 |
| Russell | At-Risk | 6.0% | $34,348 | 21.6% | 106.6% | 64.2% | 155.6% | 172.6% | 144.9 | 2,508 | 4 |
| Wayne | Distressed | 5.4% | $19,964 | 25.4% | 95.0% | 37.3% | 267.8% | 202.4% | 188.4 | 2,998 | 4 |
| Whitley | Distressed | 5.4% | $21,878 | 23.5% | 94.7% | 40.9% | 244.4% | 187.4% | 175.5 | 2,924 | 4 |
| Wolfe | Distressed | 6.2% | $19,671 | 36.8% | 109.5% | 36.8% | 271.8% | 293.3% | 224.9 | 3,074 | 4 |
