| | County Economic Status, FY 2024 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2019–2021 | Per Capita Market Income, 2021 | Poverty Rate, 2017–2021 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2019–2021 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2021 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017–2021 | Composite Index Value, FY 2024 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2024 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2024 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $50,231 | 12.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.4% | $36,193 | 14.5% | 94.8% | 72.1% | 138.8% | 114.5% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 5.0% | $43,388 | 14.3% | 88.3% | 86.4% | 115.8% | 113.1% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 4.8% | $35,667 | 14.9% | 85.0% | 71.0% | 140.8% | 118.0% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 4.7% | $36,158 | 15.4% | 82.4% | 72.0% | 138.9% | 122.2% | 114.5 | 1,585 | 3 |
| Bledsoe | Distressed | 6.3% | $21,068 | 21.1% | 111.7% | 41.9% | 238.4% | 167.3% | 172.5 | 2,919 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 4.3% | $39,104 | 9.5% | 75.9% | 77.8% | 128.5% | 75.1% | 93.2 | 821 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 4.7% | $32,660 | 14.2% | 82.6% | 65.0% | 153.8% | 112.5% | 116.3 | 1,638 | 3 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 5.6% | $25,675 | 19.0% | 98.9% | 51.1% | 195.6% | 150.4% | 148.3 | 2,584 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 4.3% | $30,272 | 17.2% | 75.6% | 60.3% | 165.9% | 136.1% | 125.9 | 1,984 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 5.0% | $25,343 | 19.0% | 88.1% | 50.5% | 198.2% | 150.3% | 145.5 | 2,543 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 5.2% | $26,474 | 19.0% | 92.0% | 52.7% | 189.7% | 150.2% | 144.0 | 2,505 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.3% | $23,101 | 24.0% | 111.1% | 46.0% | 217.4% | 190.3% | 173.0 | 2,922 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 6.8% | $23,306 | 20.3% | 119.7% | 46.4% | 215.5% | 160.5% | 165.2 | 2,844 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 5.1% | $31,783 | 16.0% | 90.0% | 63.3% | 158.0% | 127.0% | 125.0 | 1,958 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 5.6% | $25,670 | 12.9% | 98.5% | 51.1% | 195.7% | 101.9% | 132.0 | 2,169 | 3 |
| DeKalb | Transitional | 6.0% | $33,195 | 18.4% | 104.9% | 66.1% | 151.3% | 145.5% | 133.9 | 2,235 | 3 |
| Fentress | At-Risk | 4.8% | $22,682 | 20.5% | 84.9% | 45.2% | 221.5% | 162.6% | 156.3 | 2,735 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 5.1% | $31,502 | 14.6% | 89.1% | 62.7% | 159.5% | 115.4% | 121.3 | 1,844 | 3 |
| Grainger | Transitional | 5.1% | $26,685 | 16.5% | 90.1% | 53.1% | 188.2% | 130.9% | 136.4 | 2,306 | 3 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 5.7% | $25,444 | 15.7% | 100.3% | 50.7% | 197.4% | 124.4% | 140.7 | 2,419 | 4 |
| Grundy | At-Risk | 6.5% | $21,922 | 17.2% | 114.7% | 43.6% | 229.1% | 136.2% | 160.0 | 2,786 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 5.0% | $30,499 | 17.2% | 87.4% | 60.7% | 164.7% | 135.8% | 129.3 | 2,084 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 4.8% | $46,731 | 12.7% | 83.8% | 93.0% | 107.5% | 100.6% | 97.3 | 993 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 6.3% | $18,162 | 29.1% | 110.5% | 36.2% | 276.6% | 230.6% | 205.9 | 3,054 | 4 |
| Hawkins | At-Risk | 5.4% | $25,618 | 17.6% | 94.9% | 51.0% | 196.1% | 139.7% | 143.5 | 2,496 | 4 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 5.6% | $23,183 | 17.0% | 98.6% | 46.2% | 216.7% | 134.4% | 149.9 | 2,621 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.1% | $29,422 | 12.5% | 89.9% | 58.6% | 170.7% | 99.0% | 119.9 | 1,791 | 3 |
| Johnson | At-Risk | 4.4% | $22,315 | 22.0% | 77.7% | 44.4% | 225.1% | 174.3% | 159.0 | 2,773 | 4 |
| Knox | Competitive | 4.0% | $48,076 | 12.7% | 70.3% | 95.7% | 104.5% | 100.7% | 91.8 | 777 | 1 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 5.4% | $26,732 | 16.3% | 94.4% | 53.2% | 187.9% | 129.2% | 137.2 | 2,331 | 3 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 5.4% | $27,052 | 20.6% | 95.3% | 53.9% | 185.7% | 162.9% | 148.0 | 2,579 | 4 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 4.3% | $45,098 | 12.2% | 76.1% | 89.8% | 111.4% | 96.5% | 94.7 | 882 | 2 |
| Macon | At-Risk | 4.4% | $26,042 | 18.0% | 77.5% | 51.8% | 192.9% | 142.3% | 137.5 | 2,344 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 5.3% | $31,019 | 16.6% | 94.2% | 61.8% | 161.9% | 131.4% | 129.1 | 2,082 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 5.4% | $28,576 | 15.9% | 94.5% | 56.9% | 175.8% | 126.2% | 132.2 | 2,172 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 6.0% | $24,556 | 15.8% | 105.8% | 48.9% | 204.6% | 125.1% | 145.1 | 2,534 | 4 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 5.1% | $26,595 | 16.3% | 90.3% | 52.9% | 188.9% | 129.0% | 136.0 | 2,291 | 3 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 4.9% | $25,015 | 21.8% | 86.2% | 49.8% | 200.8% | 172.9% | 153.3 | 2,686 | 4 |
| Overton | Transitional | 4.5% | $25,879 | 17.3% | 79.9% | 51.5% | 194.1% | 137.0% | 137.0 | 2,325 | 3 |
| Pickett | At-Risk | 4.8% | $27,628 | 21.5% | 85.1% | 55.0% | 181.8% | 170.2% | 145.7 | 2,547 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 5.0% | $24,787 | 11.6% | 87.7% | 49.3% | 202.6% | 91.6% | 127.3 | 2,030 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 4.5% | $33,549 | 16.3% | 79.9% | 66.8% | 149.7% | 128.6% | 119.4 | 1,772 | 3 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 6.7% | $26,801 | 16.8% | 117.2% | 53.4% | 187.4% | 132.9% | 145.8 | 2,550 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 4.8% | $33,950 | 13.7% | 83.9% | 67.6% | 148.0% | 108.5% | 113.5 | 1,545 | 2 |
| Scott | Distressed | 5.9% | $21,193 | 23.2% | 104.4% | 42.2% | 237.0% | 183.9% | 175.1 | 2,937 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | At-Risk | 5.4% | $28,005 | 20.1% | 95.8% | 55.8% | 179.4% | 159.1% | 144.8 | 2,525 | 4 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 5.6% | $35,054 | 13.8% | 98.9% | 69.8% | 143.3% | 109.5% | 117.2 | 1,677 | 3 |
| Smith | Transitional | 4.1% | $35,133 | 14.2% | 72.3% | 69.9% | 143.0% | 112.6% | 109.3 | 1,405 | 2 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 5.0% | $35,123 | 15.6% | 87.8% | 69.9% | 143.0% | 123.6% | 118.1 | 1,717 | 3 |
| Unicoi | At-Risk | 5.9% | $25,505 | 15.4% | 104.0% | 50.8% | 196.9% | 121.8% | 140.9 | 2,424 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 4.9% | $26,011 | 16.3% | 87.0% | 51.8% | 193.1% | 129.3% | 136.4 | 2,308 | 3 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 6.0% | $20,910 | 17.3% | 105.5% | 41.6% | 240.2% | 136.9% | 160.9 | 2,799 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 5.9% | $26,039 | 19.1% | 103.6% | 51.8% | 192.9% | 151.2% | 149.2 | 2,608 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 4.4% | $38,228 | 15.3% | 77.7% | 76.1% | 131.4% | 121.5% | 110.2 | 1,439 | 2 |
| White | Transitional | 4.9% | $25,058 | 15.9% | 85.9% | 49.9% | 200.5% | 125.6% | 137.3 | 2,335 | 3 |
