| | 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% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 3.6% | $38,982 | 15.2% | 89.5% | 83.0% | 120.5% | 113.5% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 3.7% | $32,145 | 16.0% | 93.7% | 68.4% | 146.1% | 119.2% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 3.8% | $31,980 | 16.7% | 94.8% | 68.1% | 146.9% | 124.7% | 122.1 | 1,699 | 3 |
| Bledsoe | Distressed | 5.8% | $17,860 | 23.2% | 145.1% | 38.0% | 263.0% | 173.2% | 193.8 | 2,983 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 3.3% | $34,901 | 11.1% | 83.7% | 74.3% | 134.6% | 82.7% | 100.3 | 986 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 3.6% | $30,560 | 16.0% | 90.0% | 65.1% | 153.7% | 119.3% | 121.0 | 1,661 | 3 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 4.9% | $21,738 | 21.0% | 122.7% | 46.3% | 216.1% | 156.4% | 165.1 | 2,729 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 3.3% | $26,418 | 15.8% | 82.2% | 56.2% | 177.8% | 118.0% | 126.0 | 1,812 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 4.3% | $23,009 | 22.1% | 107.5% | 49.0% | 204.1% | 164.6% | 158.8 | 2,622 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 4.4% | $23,504 | 22.4% | 111.0% | 50.0% | 199.8% | 167.1% | 159.3 | 2,633 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 5.4% | $18,351 | 26.1% | 134.8% | 39.1% | 255.9% | 194.3% | 195.0 | 2,987 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 4.8% | $20,419 | 23.5% | 121.8% | 43.5% | 230.0% | 174.9% | 175.6 | 2,853 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 3.5% | $29,425 | 14.0% | 88.7% | 62.6% | 159.6% | 104.0% | 117.5 | 1,541 | 2 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 4.5% | $23,086 | 13.8% | 113.8% | 49.2% | 203.4% | 102.7% | 140.0 | 2,226 | 3 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 4.6% | $29,805 | 18.4% | 114.7% | 63.5% | 157.6% | 137.1% | 136.4 | 2,117 | 3 |
| Fentress | At-Risk | 4.3% | $19,955 | 20.6% | 108.3% | 42.5% | 235.4% | 153.1% | 165.6 | 2,736 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 3.5% | $29,293 | 14.4% | 88.6% | 62.4% | 160.3% | 107.4% | 118.8 | 1,578 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 4.1% | $23,783 | 18.1% | 103.2% | 50.6% | 197.5% | 134.8% | 145.2 | 2,353 | 4 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 4.6% | $24,302 | 16.7% | 116.8% | 51.7% | 193.3% | 124.2% | 144.7 | 2,345 | 4 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 4.5% | $20,206 | 22.7% | 114.4% | 43.0% | 232.4% | 169.0% | 171.9 | 2,805 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 3.9% | $27,340 | 17.3% | 98.8% | 58.2% | 171.8% | 128.9% | 133.2 | 2,022 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 3.4% | $43,685 | 12.8% | 86.6% | 93.0% | 107.5% | 95.6% | 96.6 | 832 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 5.5% | $16,065 | 28.6% | 139.3% | 34.2% | 292.4% | 212.9% | 214.8 | 3,046 | 4 |
| Hawkins | At-Risk | 4.1% | $23,167 | 19.1% | 104.2% | 49.3% | 202.7% | 142.2% | 149.7 | 2,450 | 4 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 4.9% | $19,868 | 19.2% | 123.3% | 42.3% | 236.4% | 143.0% | 167.6 | 2,755 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 3.9% | $26,235 | 13.2% | 97.2% | 55.9% | 179.0% | 98.6% | 125.0 | 1,784 | 3 |
| Johnson | At-Risk | 3.6% | $20,804 | 24.9% | 91.6% | 44.3% | 225.8% | 185.2% | 167.5 | 2,754 | 4 |
| Knox | Transitional | 3.0% | $42,819 | 14.5% | 76.0% | 91.2% | 109.7% | 108.3% | 98.0 | 896 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 4.2% | $25,106 | 17.0% | 105.3% | 53.5% | 187.1% | 126.3% | 139.5 | 2,217 | 3 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 4.4% | $25,324 | 19.5% | 109.9% | 53.9% | 185.5% | 145.1% | 146.8 | 2,389 | 4 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 3.5% | $37,881 | 11.3% | 88.1% | 80.7% | 124.0% | 84.0% | 98.7 | 922 | 2 |
| Macon | Transitional | 3.3% | $23,587 | 17.3% | 82.2% | 50.2% | 199.1% | 128.9% | 136.7 | 2,128 | 3 |
| Marion | Transitional | 4.6% | $28,534 | 15.4% | 116.6% | 60.8% | 164.6% | 114.5% | 131.9 | 1,981 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 4.1% | $26,202 | 19.3% | 103.2% | 55.8% | 179.3% | 143.6% | 142.0 | 2,278 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 4.8% | $23,119 | 16.9% | 121.0% | 49.2% | 203.2% | 126.1% | 150.1 | 2,463 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 3.8% | $23,072 | 18.4% | 95.8% | 49.1% | 203.6% | 137.3% | 145.6 | 2,362 | 4 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 4.5% | $20,427 | 22.8% | 113.4% | 43.5% | 229.9% | 170.1% | 171.1 | 2,798 | 4 |
| Overton | Transitional | 3.9% | $23,540 | 17.2% | 98.4% | 50.1% | 199.5% | 128.1% | 142.0 | 2,277 | 3 |
| Pickett | At-Risk | 4.3% | $25,908 | 20.0% | 108.9% | 55.2% | 181.3% | 149.1% | 146.4 | 2,379 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 4.3% | $23,135 | 15.0% | 107.6% | 49.3% | 203.0% | 111.7% | 140.8 | 2,242 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 3.6% | $29,964 | 18.9% | 91.6% | 63.8% | 156.7% | 141.1% | 129.8 | 1,924 | 3 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 6.0% | $24,062 | 19.3% | 150.3% | 51.2% | 195.2% | 143.8% | 163.1 | 2,696 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 4.2% | $29,344 | 13.8% | 106.1% | 62.5% | 160.1% | 103.2% | 123.1 | 1,731 | 3 |
| Scott | Distressed | 4.6% | $18,905 | 21.9% | 117.0% | 40.2% | 248.4% | 162.9% | 176.1 | 2,865 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | At-Risk | 4.5% | $26,506 | 19.7% | 114.4% | 56.4% | 177.2% | 147.1% | 146.2 | 2,372 | 4 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 3.6% | $31,073 | 13.7% | 90.6% | 66.2% | 151.2% | 101.9% | 114.5 | 1,437 | 2 |
| Smith | Transitional | 3.2% | $30,642 | 17.9% | 81.1% | 65.2% | 153.3% | 133.2% | 122.5 | 1,712 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 3.8% | $31,896 | 15.9% | 96.4% | 67.9% | 147.3% | 118.7% | 120.8 | 1,655 | 3 |
| Unicoi | At-Risk | 5.1% | $23,706 | 18.1% | 128.9% | 50.5% | 198.1% | 134.5% | 153.9 | 2,528 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 4.2% | $22,353 | 22.0% | 105.4% | 47.6% | 210.1% | 163.6% | 159.7 | 2,640 | 4 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 4.5% | $19,176 | 16.8% | 113.8% | 40.8% | 244.9% | 125.3% | 161.3 | 2,673 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 4.0% | $24,351 | 21.7% | 101.4% | 51.8% | 192.9% | 162.0% | 152.1 | 2,505 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 3.6% | $33,832 | 15.4% | 90.8% | 72.0% | 138.8% | 114.9% | 114.8 | 1,447 | 2 |
| White | Transitional | 3.8% | $22,097 | 16.2% | 95.0% | 47.0% | 212.6% | 121.0% | 142.9 | 2,292 | 3 |
