| County Economic Status, FY 2013 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2008–2010 | Per Capita Market Income, 2009 | Poverty Rate, 2006–2010 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2008–2010 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2009 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2006–2010 | Composite Index Value, FY 2013 | Index Value Rank (of 3,110 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2013 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2013 |
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United States | - | 8.2% | $32,691 | 13.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Region | - | 8.4% | $24,553 | 15.6% | 102.5% | 75.1% | 133.1% | 113.2% | - | - | - |
Pennsylvania | - | 7.3% | $31,978 | 12.4% | 89.2% | 97.8% | 102.2% | 89.6% | - | - | - |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 7.5% | $27,592 | 12.8% | 91.4% | 84.4% | 118.5% | 92.9% | - | - | - |
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County |
Allegheny | Competitive | 6.4% | $37,640 | 12.3% | 78.4% | 115.1% | 86.9% | 89.1% | 84.8 | 557 | 1 |
Armstrong | Transitional | 8.2% | $24,383 | 11.7% | 99.1% | 74.6% | 134.1% | 84.4% | 105.9 | 1,309 | 2 |
Beaver | Transitional | 7.2% | $25,955 | 11.1% | 88.0% | 79.4% | 126.0% | 80.3% | 98.1 | 1,009 | 2 |
Bedford | Transitional | 9.5% | $21,059 | 13.5% | 115.2% | 64.4% | 155.2% | 97.5% | 122.7 | 1,916 | 3 |
Blair | Transitional | 6.7% | $23,360 | 12.9% | 81.1% | 71.5% | 139.9% | 93.5% | 104.9 | 1,267 | 2 |
Bradford | Transitional | 6.9% | $22,078 | 13.6% | 83.3% | 67.5% | 148.1% | 98.2% | 109.9 | 1,455 | 2 |
Butler | Competitive | 6.3% | $33,093 | 8.3% | 77.2% | 101.2% | 98.8% | 60.0% | 78.6 | 376 | 1 |
Cambria | Transitional | 8.0% | $21,950 | 13.7% | 97.8% | 67.1% | 148.9% | 99.1% | 115.3 | 1,655 | 3 |
Cameron | At-Risk | 13.4% | $19,200 | 11.4% | 162.7% | 58.7% | 170.3% | 82.3% | 138.4 | 2,368 | 4 |
Carbon | Transitional | 9.2% | $22,734 | 10.5% | 112.3% | 69.5% | 143.8% | 76.0% | 110.7 | 1,486 | 2 |
Centre | Transitional | 5.4% | $28,470 | 18.5% | 66.2% | 87.1% | 114.8% | 133.9% | 105.0 | 1,268 | 2 |
Clarion | Transitional | 8.6% | $21,835 | 15.8% | 104.4% | 66.8% | 149.7% | 114.5% | 122.9 | 1,927 | 3 |
Clearfield | Transitional | 8.9% | $20,425 | 14.7% | 108.5% | 62.5% | 160.1% | 106.3% | 125.0 | 1,989 | 3 |
Clinton | Transitional | 8.0% | $21,828 | 15.5% | 97.5% | 66.8% | 149.8% | 111.9% | 119.7 | 1,825 | 3 |
Columbia | Transitional | 7.8% | $22,197 | 13.7% | 94.9% | 67.9% | 147.3% | 99.5% | 113.9 | 1,612 | 3 |
Crawford | Transitional | 8.3% | $20,362 | 15.8% | 101.3% | 62.3% | 160.5% | 114.5% | 125.5 | 2,003 | 3 |
Elk | Transitional | 9.4% | $23,482 | 11.0% | 114.4% | 71.8% | 139.2% | 79.4% | 111.0 | 1,501 | 2 |
Erie | Transitional | 8.0% | $24,083 | 15.6% | 96.8% | 73.7% | 135.7% | 112.6% | 115.0 | 1,647 | 3 |
Fayette | Transitional | 8.6% | $19,924 | 19.2% | 104.4% | 60.9% | 164.1% | 139.2% | 135.9 | 2,298 | 3 |
Forest | At-Risk | 9.6% | $14,796 | 11.7% | 117.3% | 45.3% | 220.9% | 84.8% | 141.0 | 2,442 | 4 |
Fulton | Transitional | 10.8% | $21,831 | 13.3% | 131.2% | 66.8% | 149.7% | 96.4% | 125.8 | 2,013 | 3 |
Greene | Transitional | 7.0% | $21,424 | 16.7% | 85.4% | 65.5% | 152.6% | 121.2% | 119.7 | 1,823 | 3 |
Huntingdon | Transitional | 9.2% | $19,167 | 11.4% | 111.3% | 58.6% | 170.6% | 82.3% | 121.4 | 1,881 | 3 |
Indiana | Transitional | 7.0% | $24,951 | 18.6% | 85.1% | 76.3% | 131.0% | 134.5% | 116.9 | 1,719 | 3 |
Jefferson | Transitional | 8.2% | $21,219 | 13.7% | 99.6% | 64.9% | 154.1% | 99.1% | 117.6 | 1,743 | 3 |
Juniata | Transitional | 7.0% | $22,835 | 8.3% | 84.9% | 69.9% | 143.2% | 59.9% | 96.0 | 937 | 2 |
Lackawanna | Transitional | 7.8% | $27,620 | 13.2% | 94.3% | 84.5% | 118.4% | 95.7% | 102.8 | 1,191 | 2 |
Lawrence | Transitional | 8.3% | $21,781 | 12.7% | 101.3% | 66.6% | 150.1% | 91.8% | 114.4 | 1,628 | 3 |
Luzerne | Transitional | 8.4% | $26,540 | 13.7% | 102.4% | 81.2% | 123.2% | 98.9% | 108.2 | 1,399 | 2 |
Lycoming | Transitional | 7.9% | $23,850 | 14.4% | 96.0% | 73.0% | 137.1% | 104.5% | 112.5 | 1,561 | 3 |
McKean | Transitional | 8.8% | $22,490 | 13.9% | 106.8% | 68.8% | 145.4% | 101.0% | 117.7 | 1,752 | 3 |
Mercer | Transitional | 9.6% | $21,894 | 13.2% | 116.5% | 67.0% | 149.3% | 95.2% | 120.4 | 1,849 | 3 |
Mifflin | Transitional | 8.7% | $19,345 | 13.9% | 106.2% | 59.2% | 169.0% | 100.6% | 125.3 | 2,000 | 3 |
Monroe | Transitional | 8.3% | $25,405 | 10.4% | 100.8% | 77.7% | 128.7% | 75.0% | 101.5 | 1,147 | 2 |
Montour | Competitive | 6.0% | $31,110 | 11.0% | 73.2% | 95.2% | 105.1% | 79.3% | 85.9 | 592 | 1 |
Northumberland | Transitional | 8.7% | $23,298 | 14.9% | 105.3% | 71.3% | 140.3% | 107.8% | 117.8 | 1,755 | 3 |
Perry | Transitional | 7.2% | $26,145 | 9.1% | 87.3% | 80.0% | 125.0% | 65.7% | 92.7 | 833 | 2 |
Pike | Transitional | 8.4% | $25,431 | 8.7% | 101.7% | 77.8% | 128.5% | 62.8% | 97.7 | 996 | 2 |
Potter | Transitional | 9.6% | $21,905 | 14.8% | 116.8% | 67.0% | 149.2% | 107.2% | 124.4 | 1,972 | 3 |
Schuylkill | Transitional | 8.9% | $21,958 | 11.9% | 107.8% | 67.2% | 148.9% | 86.3% | 114.3 | 1,627 | 3 |
Snyder | Transitional | 8.0% | $21,482 | 11.7% | 96.9% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 84.5% | 111.2 | 1,509 | 2 |
Somerset | Transitional | 8.1% | $21,474 | 12.9% | 98.6% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 93.1% | 114.7 | 1,637 | 3 |
Sullivan | Transitional | 7.3% | $19,699 | 15.5% | 89.1% | 60.3% | 166.0% | 112.2% | 122.4 | 1,905 | 3 |
Susquehanna | Transitional | 7.6% | $23,940 | 11.3% | 91.8% | 73.2% | 136.6% | 82.0% | 103.5 | 1,218 | 2 |
Tioga | Transitional | 8.0% | $18,480 | 15.8% | 97.3% | 56.5% | 176.9% | 114.1% | 129.4 | 2,113 | 3 |
Union | Transitional | 8.1% | $23,455 | 12.6% | 99.0% | 71.7% | 139.4% | 91.1% | 109.8 | 1,454 | 2 |
Venango | Transitional | 7.7% | $20,673 | 15.7% | 93.7% | 63.2% | 158.1% | 113.8% | 121.9 | 1,891 | 3 |
Warren | Transitional | 7.0% | $22,578 | 12.2% | 85.5% | 69.1% | 144.8% | 87.9% | 106.1 | 1,317 | 2 |
Washington | Competitive | 7.0% | $31,595 | 10.4% | 85.5% | 96.6% | 103.5% | 74.9% | 88.0 | 674 | 1 |
Wayne | Transitional | 6.8% | $22,930 | 10.9% | 82.6% | 70.1% | 142.6% | 79.2% | 101.4 | 1,142 | 2 |
Westmoreland | Competitive | 7.1% | $30,444 | 9.8% | 86.7% | 93.1% | 107.4% | 71.0% | 88.4 | 692 | 1 |
Wyoming | Transitional | 7.9% | $23,731 | 10.9% | 95.9% | 72.6% | 137.8% | 78.9% | 104.2 | 1,243 | 2 |