| | 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% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 4.8% | $38,934 | 14.6% | 91.9% | 83.5% | 119.8% | 113.8% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 4.8% | $32,484 | 15.2% | 91.5% | 69.7% | 143.6% | 118.5% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 4.7% | $32,820 | 15.2% | 89.9% | 70.4% | 142.1% | 118.2% | 116.7 | 1,639 | 3 |
| Bledsoe | Distressed | 6.6% | $18,562 | 20.5% | 127.9% | 39.8% | 251.3% | 159.5% | 179.5 | 2,940 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 4.3% | $36,032 | 9.7% | 82.1% | 77.3% | 129.4% | 75.9% | 95.8 | 912 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 4.6% | $30,104 | 15.6% | 87.8% | 64.5% | 154.9% | 121.3% | 121.3 | 1,798 | 3 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 5.6% | $21,995 | 19.8% | 108.6% | 47.2% | 212.0% | 154.1% | 158.3 | 2,723 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 4.2% | $26,758 | 16.5% | 81.4% | 57.4% | 174.3% | 128.5% | 128.1 | 2,005 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 5.0% | $22,569 | 19.1% | 97.1% | 48.4% | 206.6% | 148.4% | 150.7 | 2,597 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 5.1% | $23,550 | 23.1% | 98.5% | 50.5% | 198.0% | 180.2% | 158.9 | 2,732 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.3% | $19,348 | 25.9% | 121.0% | 41.5% | 241.1% | 201.8% | 187.9 | 2,995 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 6.5% | $20,632 | 20.7% | 124.4% | 44.2% | 226.0% | 161.1% | 170.5 | 2,876 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 4.9% | $29,511 | 14.4% | 94.1% | 63.3% | 158.0% | 112.5% | 121.5 | 1,808 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 5.5% | $23,314 | 12.5% | 105.7% | 50.0% | 200.0% | 97.6% | 134.5 | 2,211 | 3 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 5.9% | $29,257 | 19.8% | 114.5% | 62.7% | 159.4% | 153.9% | 142.6 | 2,420 | 4 |
| Fentress | At-Risk | 5.0% | $20,719 | 18.7% | 95.5% | 44.4% | 225.1% | 145.5% | 155.4 | 2,675 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 4.9% | $29,277 | 15.4% | 93.7% | 62.8% | 159.3% | 120.3% | 124.4 | 1,895 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 5.1% | $24,076 | 16.8% | 97.7% | 51.6% | 193.7% | 130.6% | 140.7 | 2,359 | 4 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 5.8% | $23,786 | 16.9% | 112.1% | 51.0% | 196.1% | 132.0% | 146.7 | 2,503 | 4 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 6.1% | $20,088 | 19.1% | 118.4% | 43.1% | 232.2% | 148.5% | 166.4 | 2,830 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 4.9% | $27,313 | 17.0% | 94.8% | 58.6% | 170.8% | 132.0% | 132.5 | 2,146 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 4.6% | $43,854 | 12.6% | 88.0% | 94.0% | 106.3% | 97.8% | 97.4 | 972 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 6.4% | $16,760 | 31.1% | 122.8% | 35.9% | 278.3% | 242.3% | 214.5 | 3,061 | 4 |
| Hawkins | At-Risk | 5.2% | $23,154 | 17.7% | 100.8% | 49.6% | 201.4% | 137.6% | 146.6 | 2,501 | 4 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 5.7% | $20,857 | 16.0% | 110.7% | 44.7% | 223.6% | 124.9% | 153.1 | 2,640 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.0% | $26,805 | 13.1% | 95.9% | 57.5% | 174.0% | 101.8% | 123.9 | 1,879 | 3 |
| Johnson | At-Risk | 4.5% | $21,354 | 23.7% | 85.8% | 45.8% | 218.4% | 184.7% | 163.0 | 2,788 | 4 |
| Knox | Transitional | 3.9% | $43,540 | 13.2% | 75.3% | 93.4% | 107.1% | 102.8% | 95.1 | 881 | 2 |
| Lawrence | At-Risk | 5.3% | $24,752 | 16.7% | 102.2% | 53.1% | 188.4% | 130.0% | 140.2 | 2,349 | 4 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 5.3% | $25,619 | 20.3% | 102.9% | 54.9% | 182.0% | 157.8% | 147.6 | 2,520 | 4 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 4.4% | $39,068 | 12.2% | 84.1% | 83.8% | 119.4% | 94.8% | 99.4 | 1,048 | 2 |
| Macon | Transitional | 4.3% | $23,480 | 16.8% | 82.2% | 50.3% | 198.6% | 130.4% | 137.1 | 2,276 | 3 |
| Marion | Transitional | 5.5% | $28,657 | 16.6% | 105.6% | 61.4% | 162.7% | 129.2% | 132.5 | 2,144 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 5.2% | $26,382 | 16.3% | 100.2% | 56.6% | 176.8% | 127.1% | 134.7 | 2,215 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 5.9% | $23,698 | 15.4% | 113.9% | 50.8% | 196.8% | 120.3% | 143.7 | 2,446 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 5.1% | $23,685 | 16.9% | 98.2% | 50.8% | 196.9% | 131.5% | 142.2 | 2,406 | 4 |
| Morgan | Distressed | 5.0% | $21,007 | 22.6% | 96.8% | 45.0% | 222.0% | 176.0% | 164.9 | 2,814 | 4 |
| Overton | At-Risk | 4.6% | $23,630 | 19.2% | 88.8% | 50.7% | 197.4% | 149.7% | 145.3 | 2,476 | 4 |
| Pickett | At-Risk | 4.8% | $25,061 | 19.3% | 93.0% | 53.7% | 186.1% | 150.6% | 143.2 | 2,436 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 5.0% | $23,234 | 12.4% | 96.7% | 49.8% | 200.7% | 96.6% | 131.4 | 2,107 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 4.6% | $30,291 | 17.8% | 87.7% | 64.9% | 154.0% | 138.3% | 126.6 | 1,955 | 3 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 7.0% | $24,449 | 17.1% | 134.9% | 52.4% | 190.8% | 133.0% | 152.9 | 2,639 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 4.9% | $30,136 | 13.5% | 94.3% | 64.6% | 154.8% | 105.4% | 118.1 | 1,680 | 3 |
| Scott | Distressed | 5.8% | $18,939 | 22.0% | 110.8% | 40.6% | 246.3% | 171.4% | 176.1 | 2,919 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | At-Risk | 5.4% | $26,796 | 21.6% | 104.7% | 57.5% | 174.0% | 168.3% | 149.0 | 2,553 | 4 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 5.4% | $31,036 | 14.2% | 104.9% | 66.5% | 150.3% | 110.4% | 121.8 | 1,821 | 3 |
| Smith | Transitional | 4.0% | $30,650 | 14.7% | 77.3% | 65.7% | 152.2% | 114.8% | 114.7 | 1,555 | 2 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 4.8% | $31,819 | 15.5% | 93.0% | 68.2% | 146.6% | 120.8% | 120.1 | 1,744 | 3 |
| Unicoi | At-Risk | 6.0% | $23,582 | 17.5% | 116.1% | 50.6% | 197.8% | 136.0% | 150.0 | 2,580 | 4 |
| Union | At-Risk | 5.0% | $23,035 | 18.8% | 95.9% | 49.4% | 202.5% | 146.7% | 148.4 | 2,539 | 4 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 6.0% | $19,270 | 15.1% | 114.7% | 41.3% | 242.0% | 117.4% | 158.0 | 2,717 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 5.6% | $24,108 | 20.2% | 108.6% | 51.7% | 193.5% | 157.2% | 153.1 | 2,641 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 4.5% | $34,905 | 15.2% | 85.7% | 74.8% | 133.6% | 118.1% | 112.5 | 1,489 | 2 |
| White | Transitional | 4.8% | $22,133 | 14.8% | 91.9% | 47.5% | 210.7% | 115.1% | 139.2 | 2,322 | 3 |
