| | County Economic Status, FY 2022 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2017–2019 | Per Capita Market Income, 2019 | Poverty Rate, 2015–2019 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2017–2019 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2019 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2019 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2015–2019 | Composite Index Value, FY 2022 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2022 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2022 |
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| United States | - | 4.0% | $46,969 | 13.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.3% | $33,926 | 15.3% | 108.9% | 72.2% | 138.4% | 113.6% | - | - | - |
| South Carolina | - | 3.5% | $35,524 | 15.2% | 88.7% | 75.6% | 132.2% | 113.3% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian South Carolina | - | 3.2% | $35,470 | 14.0% | 81.3% | 75.5% | 132.4% | 104.0% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 3.3% | $30,914 | 14.6% | 82.9% | 65.8% | 151.9% | 108.6% | 114.5 | 1,434 | 2 |
| Cherokee | At-Risk | 3.9% | $23,631 | 19.4% | 97.7% | 50.3% | 198.8% | 144.2% | 146.9 | 2,392 | 4 |
| Greenville | Competitive | 3.0% | $41,235 | 11.5% | 75.6% | 87.8% | 113.9% | 85.4% | 91.6 | 664 | 1 |
| Oconee | Transitional | 3.5% | $33,507 | 17.5% | 88.3% | 71.3% | 140.2% | 130.5% | 119.7 | 1,611 | 3 |
| Pickens | Transitional | 3.4% | $30,156 | 16.6% | 86.2% | 64.2% | 155.8% | 123.8% | 121.9 | 1,690 | 3 |
| Spartanburg | Transitional | 3.2% | $34,806 | 14.0% | 81.3% | 74.1% | 134.9% | 104.6% | 107.0 | 1,211 | 2 |
| Union | At-Risk | 4.4% | $21,754 | 21.6% | 109.9% | 46.3% | 215.9% | 161.0% | 162.2 | 2,687 | 4 |
