| | County Economic Status, FY 2019 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, 2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 | Composite Index Value, FY 2019 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2019 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2019 |
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| United States | - | 5.4% | $40,679 | 15.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 6.0% | $29,765 | 16.7% | 109.9% | 73.2% | 136.7% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 5.6% | $34,543 | 17.2% | 103.7% | 84.9% | 117.8% | 114.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 5.9% | $28,990 | 17.9% | 107.7% | 71.3% | 140.3% | 118.3% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 5.8% | $29,326 | 17.2% | 107.3% | 72.1% | 138.7% | 113.9% | 120.0 | 1,728 | 3 |
| Bledsoe | Distressed | 8.0% | $11,950 | 23.7% | 146.5% | 29.4% | 340.4% | 157.0% | 214.6 | 3,059 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 5.2% | $30,277 | 13.6% | 95.2% | 74.4% | 134.4% | 89.8% | 106.5 | 1,278 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 5.2% | $28,972 | 18.4% | 96.3% | 71.2% | 140.4% | 122.0% | 119.6 | 1,712 | 3 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 8.0% | $19,816 | 22.4% | 148.0% | 48.7% | 205.3% | 148.1% | 167.1 | 2,800 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 5.6% | $23,815 | 16.2% | 102.8% | 58.5% | 170.8% | 107.1% | 126.9 | 1,935 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 6.6% | $21,063 | 23.9% | 121.4% | 51.8% | 193.1% | 158.1% | 157.5 | 2,658 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 7.4% | $20,490 | 22.3% | 135.4% | 50.4% | 198.5% | 147.4% | 160.4 | 2,709 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 8.2% | $20,269 | 24.8% | 150.2% | 49.8% | 200.7% | 164.4% | 171.8 | 2,850 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 7.7% | $18,618 | 26.1% | 142.1% | 45.8% | 218.5% | 172.7% | 177.8 | 2,907 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 5.5% | $27,287 | 15.9% | 102.1% | 67.1% | 149.1% | 105.0% | 118.7 | 1,673 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 7.0% | $22,142 | 16.0% | 128.3% | 54.4% | 183.7% | 105.6% | 139.2 | 2,296 | 3 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 6.9% | $24,913 | 22.2% | 126.2% | 61.2% | 163.3% | 146.7% | 145.4 | 2,440 | 4 |
| Fentress | Distressed | 7.3% | $17,336 | 23.3% | 134.8% | 42.6% | 234.7% | 154.5% | 174.6 | 2,879 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 5.4% | $26,359 | 16.2% | 99.5% | 64.8% | 154.3% | 107.4% | 120.4 | 1,743 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 6.7% | $20,687 | 20.2% | 124.1% | 50.9% | 196.6% | 134.0% | 151.6 | 2,556 | 4 |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.6% | $23,154 | 18.6% | 122.3% | 56.9% | 175.7% | 123.3% | 140.4 | 2,330 | 3 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 7.9% | $17,481 | 28.0% | 145.5% | 43.0% | 232.7% | 185.4% | 187.9 | 2,974 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 6.2% | $26,050 | 21.2% | 114.5% | 64.0% | 156.2% | 140.2% | 137.0 | 2,223 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 5.4% | $39,320 | 14.8% | 98.8% | 96.7% | 103.5% | 98.2% | 100.2 | 1,061 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 9.1% | $13,353 | 27.3% | 167.8% | 32.8% | 304.6% | 180.4% | 217.6 | 3,062 | 4 |
| Hawkins | At-Risk | 6.4% | $21,306 | 19.2% | 117.6% | 52.4% | 190.9% | 127.2% | 145.3 | 2,433 | 4 |
| Jackson | Distressed | 7.9% | $16,746 | 25.0% | 145.4% | 41.2% | 242.9% | 165.5% | 184.6 | 2,955 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.4% | $23,004 | 15.2% | 116.9% | 56.5% | 176.8% | 100.7% | 131.5 | 2,068 | 3 |
| Johnson | At-Risk | 5.7% | $21,011 | 26.9% | 105.7% | 51.7% | 193.6% | 178.3% | 159.2 | 2,693 | 4 |
| Knox | Transitional | 4.7% | $38,510 | 16.2% | 86.5% | 94.7% | 105.6% | 107.1% | 99.8 | 1,046 | 2 |
| Lawrence | At-Risk | 6.8% | $21,797 | 19.5% | 125.4% | 53.6% | 186.6% | 128.9% | 147.0 | 2,473 | 4 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 7.4% | $20,254 | 20.4% | 136.2% | 49.8% | 200.8% | 135.0% | 157.3 | 2,654 | 4 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 5.6% | $33,109 | 13.5% | 103.8% | 81.4% | 122.9% | 89.3% | 105.3 | 1,241 | 2 |
| Macon | Transitional | 5.4% | $20,925 | 18.6% | 99.2% | 51.4% | 194.4% | 122.8% | 138.8 | 2,286 | 3 |
| Marion | Transitional | 7.0% | $25,174 | 19.2% | 128.2% | 61.9% | 161.6% | 127.3% | 139.0 | 2,291 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 6.4% | $23,799 | 19.5% | 117.9% | 58.5% | 170.9% | 129.0% | 139.3 | 2,298 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 7.7% | $20,018 | 18.8% | 141.5% | 49.2% | 203.2% | 124.7% | 156.5 | 2,641 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 6.4% | $21,340 | 19.2% | 117.6% | 52.5% | 190.6% | 127.3% | 145.2 | 2,430 | 4 |
| Morgan | Distressed | 7.6% | $18,393 | 23.6% | 139.3% | 45.2% | 221.2% | 156.2% | 172.2 | 2,855 | 4 |
| Overton | At-Risk | 6.8% | $20,219 | 20.0% | 125.1% | 49.7% | 201.2% | 132.0% | 152.8 | 2,579 | 4 |
| Pickett | Transitional | 7.7% | $25,184 | 16.5% | 141.8% | 61.9% | 161.5% | 109.4% | 137.6 | 2,247 | 3 |
| Polk | At-Risk | 6.7% | $22,184 | 17.8% | 123.4% | 54.5% | 183.4% | 117.6% | 141.5 | 2,351 | 4 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 5.9% | $28,130 | 24.0% | 107.7% | 69.2% | 144.6% | 158.9% | 137.1 | 2,229 | 3 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 7.7% | $23,070 | 22.9% | 141.4% | 56.7% | 176.3% | 151.3% | 156.3 | 2,636 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 6.6% | $26,554 | 16.2% | 120.6% | 65.3% | 153.2% | 107.1% | 127.0 | 1,940 | 3 |
| Scott | Distressed | 9.5% | $16,232 | 27.7% | 174.5% | 39.9% | 250.6% | 183.3% | 202.8 | 3,038 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | Transitional | 6.6% | $23,591 | 16.1% | 121.0% | 58.0% | 172.4% | 106.5% | 133.3 | 2,125 | 3 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 6.0% | $27,393 | 15.3% | 110.6% | 67.3% | 148.5% | 101.3% | 120.1 | 1,736 | 3 |
| Smith | Transitional | 5.5% | $25,782 | 16.2% | 101.2% | 63.4% | 157.8% | 107.0% | 122.0 | 1,780 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 5.9% | $28,673 | 16.8% | 108.2% | 70.5% | 141.9% | 111.5% | 120.5 | 1,751 | 3 |
| Unicoi | At-Risk | 8.1% | $22,142 | 21.0% | 148.2% | 54.4% | 183.7% | 139.2% | 157.1 | 2,648 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 6.8% | $19,697 | 23.5% | 125.4% | 48.4% | 206.5% | 155.8% | 162.6 | 2,741 | 4 |
| Van Buren | Distressed | 7.9% | $15,779 | 19.1% | 146.2% | 38.8% | 257.8% | 126.7% | 176.9 | 2,900 | 4 |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.7% | $22,783 | 20.7% | 105.1% | 56.0% | 178.5% | 136.9% | 140.2 | 2,317 | 3 |
| Washington | Transitional | 5.6% | $30,657 | 17.1% | 102.3% | 75.4% | 132.7% | 113.3% | 116.1 | 1,582 | 3 |
| White | At-Risk | 6.1% | $21,217 | 18.1% | 113.1% | 52.2% | 191.7% | 119.9% | 141.6 | 2,356 | 4 |
