| | County Economic Status, FY 2027 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2022–2024 | Per Capita Market Income, 2024 | Poverty Rate, 2020–2024 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2022–2024 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2024 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2024 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2020–2024 | Composite Index Value, FY 2027 | Index Value Rank (of 3,115 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2027 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2027 |
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| United States | - | 3.8% | $59,811 | 12.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 3.6% | $43,192 | 14.3% | 95.1% | 72.2% | 138.5% | 114.4% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 3.3% | $53,332 | 13.8% | 88.8% | 89.2% | 112.1% | 110.5% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 3.4% | $43,716 | 14.4% | 90.5% | 73.1% | 136.8% | 115.6% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 3.3% | $45,344 | 13.4% | 88.7% | 75.8% | 131.9% | 107.3% | 109.3 | 1,276 | 2 |
| Bledsoe | At-Risk | 3.2% | $26,026 | 20.7% | 86.1% | 43.5% | 229.8% | 166.4% | 160.8 | 2,735 | 4 |
| Blount | Competitive | 3.0% | $49,526 | 8.4% | 79.7% | 82.8% | 120.8% | 67.2% | 89.2 | 564 | 1 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 3.6% | $39,374 | 12.7% | 95.6% | 65.8% | 151.9% | 101.9% | 116.5 | 1,540 | 2 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 3.7% | $31,251 | 18.5% | 99.1% | 52.2% | 191.4% | 148.8% | 146.4 | 2,453 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 3.0% | $37,649 | 18.3% | 79.7% | 62.9% | 158.9% | 146.7% | 128.4 | 1,949 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 3.8% | $29,785 | 17.1% | 101.2% | 49.8% | 200.8% | 137.1% | 146.4 | 2,452 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 3.8% | $28,722 | 17.4% | 102.1% | 48.0% | 208.2% | 139.4% | 149.9 | 2,530 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 4.3% | $30,084 | 24.2% | 114.6% | 50.3% | 198.8% | 194.3% | 169.2 | 2,850 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 4.8% | $28,320 | 21.9% | 126.0% | 47.3% | 211.2% | 175.9% | 171.0 | 2,868 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 3.3% | $37,997 | 17.4% | 87.3% | 63.5% | 157.4% | 139.4% | 128.1 | 1,941 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 4.4% | $32,816 | 14.4% | 117.8% | 54.9% | 182.3% | 115.3% | 138.5 | 2,242 | 3 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 3.9% | $36,774 | 18.6% | 102.2% | 61.5% | 162.6% | 149.1% | 138.0 | 2,231 | 3 |
| Fentress | At-Risk | 3.8% | $28,572 | 21.0% | 100.0% | 47.8% | 209.3% | 168.4% | 159.3 | 2,707 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 3.7% | $38,671 | 12.0% | 98.2% | 64.7% | 154.7% | 96.2% | 116.4 | 1,537 | 2 |
| Grainger | Transitional | 3.6% | $33,310 | 17.1% | 95.3% | 55.7% | 179.6% | 137.0% | 137.3 | 2,212 | 3 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 4.3% | $30,790 | 15.4% | 113.4% | 51.5% | 194.3% | 123.3% | 143.6 | 2,387 | 4 |
| Grundy | At-Risk | 4.3% | $26,101 | 18.9% | 113.7% | 43.6% | 229.2% | 151.5% | 164.8 | 2,792 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 3.6% | $38,365 | 18.4% | 96.2% | 64.1% | 155.9% | 147.4% | 133.2 | 2,096 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 3.2% | $55,534 | 13.1% | 84.0% | 92.8% | 107.7% | 105.0% | 98.9 | 917 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 4.3% | $19,747 | 32.2% | 113.0% | 33.0% | 302.9% | 258.9% | 224.9 | 3,080 | 4 |
| Hawkins | Transitional | 4.1% | $30,796 | 15.2% | 107.7% | 51.5% | 194.2% | 121.8% | 141.2 | 2,320 | 3 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 4.0% | $27,032 | 20.3% | 105.3% | 45.2% | 221.3% | 162.6% | 163.0 | 2,767 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 3.5% | $36,235 | 11.4% | 92.1% | 60.6% | 165.1% | 91.5% | 116.2 | 1,533 | 2 |
| Johnson | Distressed | 4.4% | $26,796 | 21.4% | 115.5% | 44.8% | 223.2% | 172.1% | 170.3 | 2,861 | 4 |
| Knox | Competitive | 2.9% | $60,766 | 12.2% | 77.5% | 101.6% | 98.4% | 98.0% | 91.3 | 642 | 1 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 3.6% | $32,136 | 15.0% | 96.1% | 53.7% | 186.1% | 120.3% | 134.2 | 2,122 | 3 |
| Lewis | Transitional | 3.5% | $34,390 | 16.7% | 91.9% | 57.5% | 173.9% | 134.5% | 133.4 | 2,106 | 3 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 3.3% | $56,583 | 12.6% | 86.4% | 94.6% | 105.7% | 101.3% | 97.8 | 870 | 2 |
| Macon | Transitional | 2.8% | $31,635 | 17.2% | 74.6% | 52.9% | 189.1% | 137.8% | 133.8 | 2,114 | 3 |
| Marion | Transitional | 4.0% | $38,316 | 16.3% | 105.1% | 64.1% | 156.1% | 130.9% | 130.7 | 2,012 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 4.2% | $33,312 | 13.0% | 111.6% | 55.7% | 179.5% | 104.0% | 131.7 | 2,051 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 5.0% | $26,789 | 14.3% | 131.9% | 44.8% | 223.3% | 114.6% | 156.6 | 2,660 | 4 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 3.8% | $31,624 | 15.5% | 101.3% | 52.9% | 189.1% | 124.2% | 138.2 | 2,237 | 3 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 3.9% | $29,605 | 15.1% | 104.6% | 49.5% | 202.0% | 121.6% | 142.8 | 2,362 | 4 |
| Overton | Transitional | 3.4% | $30,432 | 16.3% | 90.0% | 50.9% | 196.5% | 130.9% | 139.2 | 2,262 | 3 |
| Pickett | Distressed | 5.0% | $30,698 | 23.9% | 132.7% | 51.3% | 194.8% | 192.0% | 173.2 | 2,885 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 3.7% | $31,398 | 13.9% | 98.9% | 52.5% | 190.5% | 112.0% | 133.8 | 2,115 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 3.3% | $39,702 | 18.4% | 87.2% | 66.4% | 150.6% | 147.5% | 128.5 | 1,950 | 3 |
| Rhea | Transitional | 4.2% | $32,258 | 15.9% | 111.2% | 53.9% | 185.4% | 127.6% | 141.4 | 2,325 | 3 |
| Roane | Transitional | 3.7% | $39,956 | 12.0% | 98.4% | 66.8% | 149.7% | 96.1% | 114.7 | 1,468 | 2 |
| Scott | Distressed | 4.3% | $24,200 | 23.1% | 114.3% | 40.5% | 247.2% | 185.2% | 182.2 | 2,952 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | At-Risk | 4.0% | $34,421 | 21.9% | 104.9% | 57.6% | 173.8% | 176.1% | 151.6 | 2,560 | 4 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 3.2% | $49,758 | 13.5% | 85.9% | 83.2% | 120.2% | 108.2% | 104.7 | 1,124 | 2 |
| Smith | Transitional | 2.9% | $40,320 | 10.0% | 77.6% | 67.4% | 148.3% | 80.4% | 102.1 | 1,017 | 2 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 3.5% | $41,944 | 15.4% | 92.2% | 70.1% | 142.6% | 123.9% | 119.5 | 1,640 | 3 |
| Unicoi | Transitional | 4.0% | $30,416 | 14.3% | 105.1% | 50.9% | 196.6% | 115.0% | 138.9 | 2,252 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 3.4% | $31,554 | 13.8% | 90.6% | 52.8% | 189.5% | 110.8% | 130.3 | 2,001 | 3 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 3.5% | $23,660 | 16.1% | 91.7% | 39.6% | 252.8% | 129.3% | 157.9 | 2,690 | 4 |
| Warren | Transitional | 3.9% | $31,963 | 15.7% | 104.1% | 53.4% | 187.1% | 126.1% | 139.1 | 2,261 | 3 |
| Washington | Transitional | 3.2% | $45,355 | 15.5% | 84.2% | 75.8% | 131.9% | 124.8% | 113.6 | 1,428 | 2 |
| White | Transitional | 3.9% | $28,580 | 13.2% | 104.0% | 47.8% | 209.3% | 105.8% | 139.7 | 2,283 | 3 |
