| 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% | - | - | - |
South Carolina | - | 4.1% | $35,703 | 14.7% | 79.1% | 76.6% | 130.6% | 114.3% | - | - | - |
Appalachian South Carolina | - | 3.9% | $35,505 | 13.6% | 75.0% | 76.1% | 131.4% | 105.5% | - | - | - |
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County |
Anderson | Transitional | 3.9% | $30,753 | 13.6% | 75.4% | 65.9% | 151.7% | 105.9% | 111.0 | 1,442 | 2 |
Cherokee | At-Risk | 4.9% | $23,450 | 17.9% | 93.8% | 50.3% | 198.9% | 139.5% | 144.0 | 2,455 | 4 |
Greenville | Competitive | 3.7% | $41,356 | 11.2% | 70.3% | 88.7% | 112.8% | 87.5% | 90.2 | 687 | 1 |
Oconee | Transitional | 3.8% | $33,660 | 15.3% | 72.9% | 72.2% | 138.6% | 119.1% | 110.2 | 1,419 | 2 |
Pickens | Transitional | 3.8% | $30,178 | 16.4% | 72.7% | 64.7% | 154.5% | 127.7% | 118.3 | 1,693 | 3 |
Spartanburg | Transitional | 4.1% | $34,726 | 14.4% | 78.3% | 74.5% | 134.3% | 112.5% | 108.3 | 1,356 | 2 |
Union | At-Risk | 5.5% | $21,788 | 19.9% | 106.6% | 46.7% | 214.0% | 154.6% | 158.4 | 2,726 | 4 |