| | County Economic Status, FY 2017 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2012–2014 | Per Capita Market Income, 2014 | Poverty Rate, 2010–2014 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2012–2014 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2014 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2014 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2010–2014 | Composite Index Value, FY 2017 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2017 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2017 |
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| United States | - | 7.2% | $38,117 | 15.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 7.5% | $28,317 | 17.2% | 104.1% | 74.3% | 134.6% | 110.2% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 7.4% | $32,086 | 17.8% | 103.0% | 84.2% | 118.8% | 114.3% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 7.6% | $27,164 | 18.5% | 105.7% | 71.3% | 140.3% | 118.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 7.5% | $31,000 | 17.1% | 104.5% | 81.3% | 123.0% | 109.4% | 112.3 | 1,594 | 3 |
| Bledsoe | Distressed | 9.8% | $13,133 | 21.6% | 136.5% | 34.5% | 290.2% | 138.5% | 188.4 | 3,019 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 6.6% | $28,643 | 14.4% | 92.3% | 75.1% | 133.1% | 92.6% | 106.0 | 1,365 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 6.9% | $31,396 | 19.8% | 95.5% | 82.4% | 121.4% | 126.8% | 114.6 | 1,671 | 3 |
| Campbell | Distressed | 10.5% | $18,686 | 22.6% | 145.3% | 49.0% | 204.0% | 144.9% | 164.7 | 2,845 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 7.4% | $24,892 | 18.1% | 102.6% | 65.3% | 153.1% | 116.1% | 123.9 | 1,963 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 8.5% | $20,286 | 23.5% | 117.5% | 53.2% | 187.9% | 150.8% | 152.0 | 2,645 | 4 |
| Claiborne | Distressed | 9.8% | $18,887 | 24.0% | 135.5% | 49.5% | 201.8% | 153.8% | 163.7 | 2,833 | 4 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 10.0% | $23,685 | 21.8% | 138.3% | 62.1% | 160.9% | 140.0% | 146.4 | 2,524 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 10.5% | $17,425 | 27.8% | 145.3% | 45.7% | 218.7% | 178.5% | 180.8 | 2,988 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 7.3% | $27,735 | 21.3% | 101.6% | 72.8% | 137.4% | 136.5% | 125.2 | 1,993 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 8.8% | $21,190 | 16.4% | 121.6% | 55.6% | 179.9% | 105.0% | 135.5 | 2,289 | 3 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 9.0% | $23,499 | 19.7% | 125.3% | 61.6% | 162.2% | 126.5% | 138.0 | 2,353 | 4 |
| Fentress | Distressed | 9.2% | $18,925 | 24.7% | 128.0% | 49.6% | 201.4% | 158.2% | 162.5 | 2,813 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 7.0% | $25,191 | 15.9% | 97.6% | 66.1% | 151.3% | 102.1% | 117.0 | 1,750 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 9.5% | $19,431 | 21.2% | 131.7% | 51.0% | 196.2% | 136.0% | 154.6 | 2,696 | 4 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 9.3% | $21,704 | 22.1% | 129.7% | 56.9% | 175.6% | 141.9% | 149.1 | 2,588 | 4 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 9.8% | $16,824 | 29.1% | 135.7% | 44.1% | 226.6% | 186.4% | 182.9 | 3,005 | 4 |
| Hamblen | At-Risk | 8.5% | $23,022 | 22.0% | 118.4% | 60.4% | 165.6% | 140.9% | 141.6 | 2,445 | 4 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 6.8% | $35,753 | 16.0% | 94.4% | 93.8% | 106.6% | 102.6% | 101.2 | 1,196 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 11.2% | $12,110 | 27.8% | 155.0% | 31.8% | 314.8% | 178.3% | 216.0 | 3,082 | 4 |
| Hawkins | At-Risk | 8.2% | $19,716 | 17.0% | 113.5% | 51.7% | 193.3% | 109.0% | 138.6 | 2,369 | 4 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 9.7% | $23,483 | 24.1% | 135.2% | 61.6% | 162.3% | 154.4% | 150.6 | 2,610 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 8.6% | $21,336 | 16.6% | 120.0% | 56.0% | 178.7% | 106.6% | 135.1 | 2,279 | 3 |
| Johnson | At-Risk | 8.5% | $18,261 | 23.3% | 117.9% | 47.9% | 208.7% | 149.4% | 158.7 | 2,760 | 4 |
| Knox | Transitional | 6.0% | $35,610 | 15.3% | 82.7% | 93.4% | 107.0% | 98.2% | 96.0 | 1,006 | 2 |
| Lawrence | At-Risk | 9.3% | $20,322 | 19.4% | 128.5% | 53.3% | 187.6% | 124.6% | 146.9 | 2,533 | 4 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 10.1% | $17,937 | 19.8% | 140.2% | 47.1% | 212.5% | 126.8% | 159.9 | 2,772 | 4 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 7.3% | $29,961 | 15.7% | 100.8% | 78.6% | 127.2% | 100.4% | 109.5 | 1,512 | 2 |
| Macon | At-Risk | 7.6% | $20,552 | 21.2% | 105.5% | 53.9% | 185.5% | 136.0% | 142.3 | 2,457 | 4 |
| Marion | At-Risk | 8.7% | $23,394 | 20.3% | 120.7% | 61.4% | 162.9% | 130.4% | 138.0 | 2,355 | 4 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 8.6% | $23,013 | 18.5% | 119.3% | 60.4% | 165.6% | 118.4% | 134.5 | 2,263 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 9.7% | $22,861 | 21.9% | 134.4% | 60.0% | 166.7% | 140.2% | 147.1 | 2,541 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 9.1% | $19,746 | 19.0% | 126.8% | 51.8% | 193.0% | 121.7% | 147.2 | 2,543 | 4 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 9.7% | $18,460 | 22.0% | 135.0% | 48.4% | 206.5% | 141.2% | 160.9 | 2,793 | 4 |
| Overton | At-Risk | 8.6% | $18,681 | 22.4% | 119.1% | 49.0% | 204.0% | 143.8% | 155.7 | 2,718 | 4 |
| Pickett | At-Risk | 9.3% | $18,515 | 16.7% | 129.0% | 48.6% | 205.9% | 107.3% | 147.4 | 2,550 | 4 |
| Polk | At-Risk | 9.0% | $20,797 | 18.9% | 124.8% | 54.6% | 183.3% | 121.0% | 143.0 | 2,465 | 4 |
| Putnam | At-Risk | 7.6% | $25,267 | 25.2% | 105.3% | 66.3% | 150.9% | 161.7% | 139.3 | 2,392 | 4 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 9.8% | $21,142 | 23.0% | 136.1% | 55.5% | 180.3% | 147.3% | 154.6 | 2,695 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 8.2% | $24,357 | 17.2% | 114.3% | 63.9% | 156.5% | 110.4% | 127.1 | 2,053 | 3 |
| Scott | Distressed | 13.9% | $15,795 | 27.7% | 193.1% | 41.4% | 241.3% | 177.7% | 204.0 | 3,060 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | Transitional | 8.0% | $21,654 | 18.6% | 111.6% | 56.8% | 176.0% | 119.2% | 135.6 | 2,296 | 3 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 8.1% | $24,016 | 15.4% | 112.9% | 63.0% | 158.7% | 98.5% | 123.3 | 1,944 | 3 |
| Smith | Transitional | 7.3% | $25,648 | 15.9% | 101.6% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 101.8% | 117.3 | 1,764 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 7.2% | $26,861 | 18.0% | 100.5% | 70.5% | 141.9% | 115.4% | 119.3 | 1,822 | 3 |
| Unicoi | At-Risk | 9.8% | $20,810 | 20.7% | 136.4% | 54.6% | 183.2% | 132.8% | 150.8 | 2,613 | 4 |
| Union | Distressed | 8.7% | $17,043 | 22.7% | 120.9% | 44.7% | 223.7% | 145.4% | 163.3 | 2,822 | 4 |
| Van Buren | Distressed | 10.9% | $15,410 | 21.6% | 151.1% | 40.4% | 247.4% | 138.2% | 178.9 | 2,979 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 8.1% | $21,111 | 21.5% | 113.1% | 55.4% | 180.6% | 138.1% | 143.9 | 2,482 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 6.9% | $28,167 | 17.9% | 95.2% | 73.9% | 135.3% | 115.0% | 115.2 | 1,691 | 3 |
| White | At-Risk | 9.0% | $19,375 | 22.1% | 124.7% | 50.8% | 196.7% | 141.6% | 154.4 | 2,692 | 4 |
