| | 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% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 5.5% | $40,682 | 13.3% | 101.7% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 88.2% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.9% | $34,191 | 13.5% | 108.4% | 84.1% | 119.0% | 89.1% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Competitive | 5.2% | $44,794 | 12.7% | 95.3% | 110.1% | 90.8% | 84.3% | 90.1 | 719 | 1 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 6.9% | $29,148 | 13.2% | 126.5% | 71.7% | 139.6% | 87.1% | 117.7 | 1,640 | 3 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 6.3% | $32,152 | 10.8% | 115.0% | 79.0% | 126.5% | 71.7% | 104.4 | 1,203 | 2 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 6.2% | $27,229 | 14.2% | 113.8% | 66.9% | 149.4% | 94.1% | 119.1 | 1,687 | 3 |
| Blair | Transitional | 5.4% | $30,287 | 14.8% | 99.3% | 74.5% | 134.3% | 97.9% | 110.5 | 1,406 | 2 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 6.0% | $29,197 | 12.4% | 109.8% | 71.8% | 139.3% | 82.2% | 110.5 | 1,404 | 2 |
| Butler | Competitive | 5.0% | $43,703 | 8.5% | 91.3% | 107.4% | 93.1% | 55.9% | 80.1 | 413 | 1 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 6.8% | $26,591 | 15.6% | 125.1% | 65.4% | 153.0% | 103.2% | 127.1 | 1,945 | 3 |
| Cameron | Transitional | 7.2% | $30,138 | 12.7% | 132.6% | 74.1% | 135.0% | 84.1% | 117.2 | 1,625 | 3 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 6.4% | $35,153 | 12.1% | 117.2% | 86.4% | 115.7% | 79.8% | 104.2 | 1,199 | 2 |
| Centre | Transitional | 4.2% | $34,480 | 19.1% | 76.4% | 84.8% | 118.0% | 126.7% | 107.0 | 1,298 | 2 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 6.2% | $26,679 | 18.6% | 114.0% | 65.6% | 152.5% | 122.8% | 129.8 | 2,023 | 3 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 7.1% | $29,567 | 14.8% | 130.0% | 72.7% | 137.6% | 98.3% | 122.0 | 1,779 | 3 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 7.1% | $26,461 | 17.3% | 130.5% | 65.0% | 153.7% | 114.2% | 132.8 | 2,113 | 3 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 5.8% | $29,209 | 15.3% | 107.1% | 71.8% | 139.3% | 101.2% | 115.9 | 1,573 | 3 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 5.7% | $26,338 | 14.5% | 104.0% | 64.7% | 154.4% | 96.0% | 118.2 | 1,657 | 3 |
| Elk | Competitive | 5.2% | $33,642 | 8.8% | 95.9% | 82.7% | 120.9% | 58.0% | 91.6 | 773 | 1 |
| Erie | Transitional | 6.1% | $30,177 | 16.7% | 111.7% | 74.2% | 134.8% | 110.3% | 118.9 | 1,680 | 3 |
| Fayette | Transitional | 7.8% | $26,487 | 18.6% | 144.2% | 65.1% | 153.6% | 123.3% | 140.4 | 2,324 | 3 |
| Forest | At-Risk | 8.0% | $15,440 | 12.7% | 146.9% | 38.0% | 263.5% | 84.3% | 164.9 | 2,772 | 4 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 6.5% | $26,825 | 11.2% | 120.4% | 65.9% | 151.6% | 73.9% | 115.3 | 1,556 | 2 |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.4% | $31,707 | 15.3% | 118.1% | 77.9% | 128.3% | 101.2% | 115.9 | 1,575 | 3 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 7.3% | $27,138 | 13.7% | 134.6% | 66.7% | 149.9% | 90.7% | 125.1 | 1,883 | 3 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 6.6% | $25,579 | 17.8% | 120.7% | 62.9% | 159.0% | 117.9% | 132.6 | 2,098 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.5% | $27,163 | 14.6% | 119.1% | 66.8% | 149.8% | 96.4% | 121.8 | 1,775 | 3 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 5.3% | $29,905 | 12.0% | 98.2% | 73.5% | 136.0% | 79.1% | 104.4 | 1,205 | 2 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 6.0% | $32,730 | 15.3% | 111.1% | 80.5% | 124.3% | 101.1% | 112.1 | 1,453 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.4% | $28,092 | 14.3% | 118.4% | 69.1% | 144.8% | 95.0% | 119.4 | 1,704 | 3 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 6.7% | $31,038 | 15.7% | 123.6% | 76.3% | 131.1% | 103.9% | 119.5 | 1,708 | 3 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 6.3% | $30,188 | 14.4% | 115.7% | 74.2% | 134.8% | 95.4% | 115.3 | 1,555 | 2 |
| McKean | Transitional | 6.4% | $28,563 | 17.1% | 117.2% | 70.2% | 142.4% | 112.9% | 124.2 | 1,854 | 3 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 5.8% | $27,382 | 14.0% | 106.2% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 92.5% | 115.7 | 1,570 | 3 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 6.0% | $25,066 | 14.6% | 109.9% | 61.6% | 162.3% | 96.7% | 123.0 | 1,814 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 6.8% | $30,305 | 12.2% | 124.4% | 74.5% | 134.2% | 80.7% | 113.1 | 1,487 | 2 |
| Montour | Competitive | 4.4% | $41,641 | 10.0% | 81.4% | 102.4% | 97.7% | 66.2% | 81.8 | 465 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 6.4% | $27,964 | 14.6% | 117.4% | 68.7% | 145.5% | 96.4% | 119.8 | 1,721 | 3 |
| Perry | Competitive | 4.8% | $31,749 | 8.7% | 87.4% | 78.0% | 128.1% | 57.7% | 91.1 | 756 | 1 |
| Pike | Transitional | 6.8% | $32,091 | 10.2% | 125.9% | 78.9% | 126.8% | 67.7% | 106.8 | 1,290 | 2 |
| Potter | Transitional | 7.4% | $25,051 | 14.1% | 136.8% | 61.6% | 162.4% | 93.4% | 130.9 | 2,051 | 3 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 6.5% | $29,500 | 13.0% | 120.2% | 72.5% | 137.9% | 86.3% | 114.8 | 1,540 | 2 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 4.8% | $27,802 | 11.1% | 89.2% | 68.3% | 146.3% | 73.7% | 103.1 | 1,153 | 2 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 7.1% | $26,659 | 12.6% | 131.2% | 65.5% | 152.6% | 83.5% | 122.4 | 1,795 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 6.5% | $27,857 | 12.0% | 119.2% | 68.5% | 146.0% | 79.3% | 114.8 | 1,542 | 2 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 5.7% | $31,042 | 12.9% | 105.7% | 76.3% | 131.0% | 85.1% | 107.3 | 1,308 | 2 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 6.9% | $26,290 | 13.4% | 126.7% | 64.6% | 154.7% | 88.8% | 123.4 | 1,832 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 4.7% | $29,147 | 11.2% | 87.2% | 71.7% | 139.6% | 74.0% | 100.2 | 1,066 | 2 |
| Venango | Transitional | 6.4% | $25,159 | 14.4% | 117.3% | 61.8% | 161.7% | 95.4% | 124.8 | 1,876 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.3% | $28,742 | 12.7% | 96.8% | 70.7% | 141.5% | 84.2% | 107.5 | 1,317 | 2 |
| Washington | Competitive | 5.8% | $42,271 | 10.1% | 107.3% | 103.9% | 96.2% | 66.7% | 90.1 | 717 | 1 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 6.0% | $28,173 | 12.7% | 110.7% | 69.3% | 144.4% | 84.0% | 113.0 | 1,480 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 5.7% | $36,172 | 10.3% | 104.4% | 88.9% | 112.5% | 68.5% | 95.1 | 881 | 2 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 6.3% | $32,031 | 10.3% | 116.4% | 78.7% | 127.0% | 68.4% | 103.9 | 1,187 | 2 |
