| | County Economic Status, FY 2017 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2012–2014 | Per Capita Market Income, 2014 | Poverty Rate, 2010–2014 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2012–2014 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2014 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2014 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010–2014 | Composite Index Value, FY 2017 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2017 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2017 |
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| United States | - | 7.2% | $38,117 | 15.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 7.5% | $28,317 | 17.2% | 104.1% | 74.3% | 134.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 7.0% | $38,529 | 13.5% | 97.6% | 101.1% | 98.9% | 86.6% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 7.2% | $33,082 | 13.7% | 99.6% | 86.8% | 115.2% | 87.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Competitive | 6.3% | $44,742 | 12.9% | 87.5% | 117.4% | 85.2% | 82.9% | 85.2 | 666 | 1 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 7.4% | $30,389 | 13.3% | 103.4% | 79.7% | 125.4% | 85.2% | 104.7 | 1,324 | 2 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 7.1% | $30,671 | 12.1% | 98.5% | 80.5% | 124.3% | 77.5% | 100.1 | 1,153 | 2 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 7.9% | $25,842 | 13.5% | 110.2% | 67.8% | 147.5% | 86.8% | 114.8 | 1,678 | 3 |
| Blair | Transitional | 6.7% | $27,851 | 14.2% | 92.8% | 73.1% | 136.9% | 91.3% | 107.0 | 1,414 | 2 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 6.5% | $29,478 | 13.2% | 90.3% | 77.3% | 129.3% | 84.5% | 101.4 | 1,206 | 2 |
| Butler | Competitive | 5.9% | $40,699 | 8.9% | 82.0% | 106.8% | 93.7% | 57.2% | 77.6 | 435 | 1 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 8.2% | $26,141 | 14.9% | 113.6% | 68.6% | 145.8% | 95.8% | 118.4 | 1,793 | 3 |
| Cameron | Transitional | 9.1% | $28,799 | 12.8% | 126.4% | 75.6% | 132.4% | 82.1% | 113.6 | 1,643 | 3 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 8.8% | $29,273 | 11.1% | 122.3% | 76.8% | 130.2% | 71.4% | 108.0 | 1,447 | 2 |
| Centre | Transitional | 5.0% | $33,720 | 20.3% | 69.1% | 88.5% | 113.0% | 130.3% | 104.2 | 1,304 | 2 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 7.8% | $26,190 | 18.9% | 108.3% | 68.7% | 145.5% | 121.4% | 125.1 | 1,990 | 3 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 8.5% | $28,406 | 15.0% | 117.4% | 74.5% | 134.2% | 96.0% | 115.9 | 1,715 | 3 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 8.4% | $27,216 | 16.9% | 116.3% | 71.4% | 140.1% | 108.3% | 121.5 | 1,885 | 3 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 7.4% | $27,580 | 15.8% | 102.1% | 72.4% | 138.2% | 101.3% | 113.9 | 1,646 | 3 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 6.9% | $25,288 | 15.6% | 95.4% | 66.3% | 150.7% | 100.3% | 115.5 | 1,701 | 3 |
| Elk | Transitional | 6.3% | $32,191 | 10.3% | 87.7% | 84.5% | 118.4% | 66.2% | 90.8 | 854 | 2 |
| Erie | Transitional | 7.2% | $28,654 | 16.7% | 99.3% | 75.2% | 133.0% | 107.1% | 113.1 | 1,631 | 3 |
| Fayette | Transitional | 9.0% | $25,836 | 19.0% | 124.8% | 67.8% | 147.5% | 122.0% | 131.4 | 2,173 | 3 |
| Forest | Distressed | 9.2% | $14,552 | 15.9% | 128.0% | 38.2% | 261.9% | 101.8% | 163.9 | 2,835 | 4 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 8.4% | $26,426 | 11.7% | 116.4% | 69.3% | 144.2% | 74.9% | 111.8 | 1,572 | 3 |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.6% | $33,499 | 14.5% | 92.2% | 87.9% | 113.8% | 93.2% | 99.7 | 1,141 | 2 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 9.1% | $25,540 | 13.7% | 126.9% | 67.0% | 149.2% | 88.1% | 121.4 | 1,879 | 3 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 7.3% | $27,883 | 17.2% | 100.7% | 73.1% | 136.7% | 110.1% | 115.8 | 1,712 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 7.6% | $25,950 | 14.9% | 105.5% | 68.1% | 146.9% | 95.4% | 115.9 | 1,718 | 3 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 6.7% | $28,293 | 12.4% | 92.5% | 74.2% | 134.7% | 79.4% | 102.2 | 1,239 | 2 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 7.9% | $30,960 | 14.2% | 110.4% | 81.2% | 123.1% | 90.9% | 108.1 | 1,455 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 7.3% | $27,471 | 14.5% | 100.7% | 72.1% | 138.8% | 92.8% | 110.8 | 1,551 | 2 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 8.8% | $29,883 | 16.3% | 122.9% | 78.4% | 127.6% | 104.5% | 118.3 | 1,788 | 3 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 7.3% | $30,817 | 14.8% | 101.1% | 80.8% | 123.7% | 94.6% | 106.5 | 1,388 | 2 |
| McKean | Transitional | 7.6% | $29,225 | 16.6% | 105.3% | 76.7% | 130.4% | 106.6% | 114.1 | 1,658 | 3 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 7.0% | $25,541 | 14.0% | 97.3% | 67.0% | 149.2% | 89.8% | 112.1 | 1,584 | 3 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 7.7% | $23,767 | 15.8% | 106.2% | 62.4% | 160.4% | 101.3% | 122.6 | 1,921 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 8.9% | $28,446 | 12.5% | 123.7% | 74.6% | 134.0% | 80.4% | 112.7 | 1,615 | 3 |
| Montour | Competitive | 5.3% | $44,944 | 10.6% | 73.6% | 117.9% | 84.8% | 67.7% | 75.4 | 378 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 8.2% | $26,365 | 14.2% | 113.3% | 69.2% | 144.6% | 90.8% | 116.2 | 1,729 | 3 |
| Perry | Transitional | 6.4% | $30,013 | 9.7% | 88.9% | 78.7% | 127.0% | 62.0% | 92.6 | 911 | 2 |
| Pike | Transitional | 9.1% | $30,067 | 9.8% | 126.0% | 78.9% | 126.8% | 62.6% | 105.1 | 1,336 | 2 |
| Potter | Transitional | 8.6% | $25,755 | 14.4% | 119.1% | 67.6% | 148.0% | 92.5% | 119.9 | 1,843 | 3 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 8.6% | $27,834 | 13.4% | 119.8% | 73.0% | 136.9% | 85.6% | 114.1 | 1,659 | 3 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 6.6% | $26,293 | 11.0% | 91.2% | 69.0% | 145.0% | 70.6% | 102.3 | 1,242 | 2 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 8.4% | $26,075 | 12.7% | 117.2% | 68.4% | 146.2% | 81.5% | 114.9 | 1,683 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 7.4% | $26,432 | 14.8% | 102.7% | 69.3% | 144.2% | 94.8% | 113.9 | 1,648 | 3 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 6.9% | $28,906 | 12.7% | 95.4% | 75.8% | 131.9% | 81.3% | 102.9 | 1,261 | 2 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 7.7% | $25,283 | 15.2% | 106.8% | 66.3% | 150.8% | 97.4% | 118.3 | 1,789 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 6.0% | $28,082 | 11.8% | 82.8% | 73.7% | 135.7% | 75.7% | 98.1 | 1,076 | 2 |
| Venango | Transitional | 7.2% | $24,335 | 16.0% | 99.3% | 63.8% | 156.6% | 102.4% | 119.5 | 1,830 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 6.2% | $27,933 | 13.0% | 85.7% | 73.3% | 136.5% | 83.3% | 101.8 | 1,225 | 2 |
| Washington | Competitive | 6.7% | $38,715 | 10.5% | 92.4% | 101.6% | 98.5% | 67.4% | 86.1 | 698 | 1 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 7.4% | $25,357 | 13.0% | 102.3% | 66.5% | 150.3% | 83.2% | 111.9 | 1,580 | 3 |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 6.7% | $34,411 | 10.3% | 93.1% | 90.3% | 110.8% | 66.2% | 90.0 | 831 | 2 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 8.2% | $28,812 | 11.3% | 114.5% | 75.6% | 132.3% | 72.7% | 106.5 | 1,391 | 2 |
