| | County Economic Status, FY 2023 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, 2020 | Poverty Rate, 2016–2020 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2020 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2020 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016–2020 | Composite Index Value, FY 2023 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2023 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2023 |
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| United States | - | 5.2% | $46,638 | 12.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $33,796 | 14.7% | 100.4% | 72.5% | 138.0% | 114.3% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 6.0% | $46,159 | 12.0% | 115.2% | 99.0% | 101.0% | 93.1% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 6.2% | $39,074 | 12.3% | 119.8% | 83.8% | 119.4% | 95.6% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Transitional | 5.8% | $53,278 | 11.3% | 111.4% | 114.2% | 87.5% | 88.0% | 95.6 | 905 | 2 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 6.7% | $33,676 | 11.2% | 128.9% | 72.2% | 138.5% | 87.2% | 118.2 | 1,684 | 3 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 6.5% | $37,331 | 9.8% | 125.7% | 80.0% | 124.9% | 76.4% | 109.0 | 1,375 | 2 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 6.2% | $29,888 | 11.2% | 119.1% | 64.1% | 156.0% | 86.9% | 120.7 | 1,772 | 3 |
| Blair | Transitional | 5.9% | $34,515 | 13.8% | 113.2% | 74.0% | 135.1% | 107.3% | 118.5 | 1,698 | 3 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 5.5% | $31,391 | 12.6% | 105.4% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 97.8% | 117.3 | 1,654 | 3 |
| Butler | Competitive | 5.3% | $50,292 | 7.4% | 101.3% | 107.8% | 92.7% | 58.0% | 84.0 | 505 | 1 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 6.8% | $29,775 | 14.5% | 130.0% | 63.8% | 156.6% | 113.2% | 133.3 | 2,165 | 3 |
| Cameron | At-Risk | 7.9% | $30,860 | 18.2% | 151.7% | 66.2% | 151.1% | 142.1% | 148.3 | 2,537 | 4 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 6.8% | $40,631 | 11.9% | 131.4% | 87.1% | 114.8% | 92.4% | 112.9 | 1,496 | 2 |
| Centre | Transitional | 4.2% | $40,559 | 17.8% | 80.6% | 87.0% | 115.0% | 138.7% | 111.4 | 1,451 | 2 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 6.1% | $29,509 | 16.1% | 116.5% | 63.3% | 158.0% | 125.3% | 133.3 | 2,166 | 3 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 6.6% | $34,042 | 14.3% | 126.2% | 73.0% | 137.0% | 111.4% | 124.9 | 1,908 | 3 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 6.6% | $31,379 | 15.4% | 126.2% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 120.3% | 131.7 | 2,117 | 3 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 6.0% | $32,826 | 14.1% | 114.6% | 70.4% | 142.1% | 109.5% | 122.1 | 1,829 | 3 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 6.2% | $29,780 | 12.5% | 118.8% | 63.9% | 156.6% | 97.4% | 124.3 | 1,889 | 3 |
| Elk | Transitional | 7.0% | $34,404 | 9.9% | 135.0% | 73.8% | 135.6% | 77.4% | 116.0 | 1,608 | 3 |
| Erie | Transitional | 6.4% | $34,034 | 15.5% | 123.6% | 73.0% | 137.0% | 120.6% | 127.1 | 1,972 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 7.9% | $29,444 | 16.5% | 152.8% | 63.1% | 158.4% | 128.6% | 146.6 | 2,500 | 4 |
| Forest | Distressed | 8.0% | $14,459 | 16.7% | 154.1% | 31.0% | 322.6% | 130.0% | 202.2 | 3,042 | 4 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 6.7% | $32,109 | 10.7% | 128.5% | 68.8% | 145.2% | 83.4% | 119.1 | 1,716 | 3 |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.6% | $32,382 | 12.9% | 127.7% | 69.4% | 144.0% | 100.6% | 124.1 | 1,884 | 3 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 7.3% | $27,757 | 10.6% | 140.7% | 59.5% | 168.0% | 82.8% | 130.5 | 2,076 | 3 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 6.4% | $29,418 | 15.2% | 123.6% | 63.1% | 158.5% | 118.2% | 133.4 | 2,173 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.1% | $31,992 | 13.9% | 117.9% | 68.6% | 145.8% | 108.3% | 124.0 | 1,880 | 3 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 5.3% | $36,381 | 9.4% | 101.7% | 78.0% | 128.2% | 72.8% | 100.9 | 1,091 | 2 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 6.4% | $35,868 | 13.8% | 123.8% | 76.9% | 130.0% | 107.8% | 120.5 | 1,766 | 3 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.9% | $31,156 | 12.9% | 133.3% | 66.8% | 149.7% | 100.2% | 127.7 | 1,993 | 3 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 7.4% | $33,894 | 14.6% | 142.7% | 72.7% | 137.6% | 113.8% | 131.4 | 2,108 | 3 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 6.2% | $33,108 | 13.6% | 119.5% | 71.0% | 140.9% | 105.8% | 122.1 | 1,827 | 3 |
| McKean | Transitional | 6.7% | $30,964 | 16.2% | 129.3% | 66.4% | 150.6% | 126.3% | 135.4 | 2,239 | 3 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 6.5% | $29,713 | 14.4% | 124.8% | 63.7% | 157.0% | 112.0% | 131.3 | 2,103 | 3 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 6.0% | $28,423 | 13.9% | 115.4% | 60.9% | 164.1% | 108.0% | 129.2 | 2,033 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 7.5% | $34,355 | 10.7% | 144.4% | 73.7% | 135.8% | 83.5% | 121.2 | 1,793 | 3 |
| Montour | Competitive | 4.5% | $47,768 | 10.2% | 85.8% | 102.4% | 97.6% | 79.5% | 87.6 | 630 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 6.8% | $30,790 | 13.1% | 131.3% | 66.0% | 151.5% | 101.8% | 128.2 | 2,009 | 3 |
| Perry | Transitional | 4.8% | $36,185 | 8.7% | 92.4% | 77.6% | 128.9% | 67.9% | 96.4 | 939 | 2 |
| Pike | Transitional | 7.2% | $38,296 | 9.3% | 139.5% | 82.1% | 121.8% | 72.6% | 111.3 | 1,449 | 2 |
| Potter | Transitional | 6.9% | $31,450 | 11.7% | 133.5% | 67.4% | 148.3% | 91.3% | 124.4 | 1,892 | 3 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 6.7% | $31,086 | 13.1% | 129.1% | 66.7% | 150.0% | 102.3% | 127.1 | 1,973 | 3 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 5.7% | $31,422 | 9.9% | 110.6% | 67.4% | 148.4% | 77.3% | 112.1 | 1,474 | 2 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 6.7% | $30,896 | 10.7% | 129.1% | 66.2% | 151.0% | 83.6% | 121.2 | 1,794 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 6.3% | $33,797 | 11.5% | 121.4% | 72.5% | 138.0% | 89.7% | 116.4 | 1,628 | 3 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 5.3% | $34,767 | 11.7% | 101.4% | 74.5% | 134.1% | 91.0% | 108.9 | 1,371 | 2 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 6.6% | $29,836 | 12.3% | 127.0% | 64.0% | 156.3% | 96.1% | 126.5 | 1,948 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 4.9% | $33,825 | 11.4% | 94.3% | 72.5% | 137.9% | 88.8% | 107.0 | 1,306 | 2 |
| Venango | Transitional | 6.3% | $28,094 | 13.5% | 121.2% | 60.2% | 166.0% | 104.9% | 130.7 | 2,086 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.7% | $30,386 | 12.6% | 110.7% | 65.2% | 153.5% | 97.8% | 120.7 | 1,769 | 3 |
| Washington | Transitional | 6.1% | $46,296 | 8.9% | 118.1% | 99.3% | 100.7% | 69.1% | 96.0 | 923 | 2 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 6.3% | $33,187 | 10.6% | 121.0% | 71.2% | 140.5% | 82.5% | 114.7 | 1,553 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 6.1% | $40,876 | 9.5% | 116.7% | 87.6% | 114.1% | 73.6% | 101.5 | 1,110 | 2 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 6.0% | $35,598 | 10.5% | 115.4% | 76.3% | 131.0% | 82.1% | 109.5 | 1,398 | 2 |
