| | County Economic Status, FY 2025 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, 2022 | Poverty Rate, 2018–2022 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2022 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2022 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2018–2022 | Composite Index Value, FY 2025 | Index Value Rank (of 3,106 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2025 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2025 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $53,462 | 12.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $38,683 | 14.3% | 92.3% | 72.4% | 138.2% | 114.1% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 5.1% | $46,585 | 14.0% | 90.0% | 87.1% | 114.8% | 111.4% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 4.9% | $38,181 | 14.6% | 86.2% | 71.4% | 140.0% | 116.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 4.7% | $38,118 | 15.4% | 82.7% | 71.3% | 140.3% | 122.8% | 115.3 | 1,615 | 3 |
| Bledsoe | Distressed | 6.4% | $23,409 | 26.0% | 113.0% | 43.8% | 228.4% | 207.5% | 183.0 | 2,974 | 4 |
| Blount | Transitional | 4.4% | $41,318 | 8.6% | 77.1% | 77.3% | 129.4% | 68.6% | 91.7 | 788 | 2 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 4.9% | $35,056 | 13.4% | 85.6% | 65.6% | 152.5% | 107.0% | 115.0 | 1,608 | 3 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 5.6% | $26,632 | 19.4% | 98.1% | 49.8% | 200.7% | 155.1% | 151.3 | 2,641 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 4.4% | $32,002 | 15.1% | 76.9% | 59.9% | 167.1% | 120.7% | 121.6 | 1,817 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 5.0% | $26,560 | 18.1% | 87.4% | 49.7% | 201.3% | 144.7% | 144.5 | 2,500 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 5.2% | $26,784 | 18.3% | 91.7% | 50.1% | 199.6% | 146.3% | 145.9 | 2,525 | 4 |
| Clay | At-Risk | 6.0% | $26,876 | 22.3% | 105.0% | 50.3% | 198.9% | 177.6% | 160.5 | 2,790 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 7.1% | $25,083 | 20.1% | 125.4% | 46.9% | 213.1% | 160.4% | 166.3 | 2,854 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 5.2% | $33,517 | 16.9% | 92.3% | 62.7% | 159.5% | 134.8% | 128.9 | 2,078 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 5.6% | $27,090 | 12.6% | 98.5% | 50.7% | 197.3% | 100.8% | 132.2 | 2,165 | 3 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 5.8% | $35,398 | 20.2% | 103.1% | 66.2% | 151.0% | 161.3% | 138.4 | 2,348 | 4 |
| Fentress | At-Risk | 4.8% | $24,738 | 20.2% | 83.9% | 46.3% | 216.1% | 160.9% | 153.6 | 2,693 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 5.2% | $33,726 | 14.5% | 92.5% | 63.1% | 158.5% | 115.4% | 122.2 | 1,833 | 3 |
| Grainger | At-Risk | 5.1% | $28,893 | 17.6% | 90.5% | 54.0% | 185.0% | 140.1% | 138.5 | 2,352 | 4 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 5.6% | $26,460 | 15.6% | 98.5% | 49.5% | 202.0% | 124.5% | 141.7 | 2,434 | 4 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 6.8% | $23,144 | 18.2% | 119.7% | 43.3% | 231.0% | 145.6% | 165.4 | 2,845 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 5.0% | $33,398 | 17.1% | 88.0% | 62.5% | 160.1% | 136.7% | 128.3 | 2,054 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 4.9% | $48,717 | 12.3% | 87.2% | 91.1% | 109.7% | 97.9% | 98.3 | 1,028 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 5.8% | $17,458 | 32.3% | 101.9% | 32.7% | 306.2% | 258.0% | 222.0 | 3,066 | 4 |
| Hawkins | At-Risk | 5.4% | $26,805 | 16.9% | 95.8% | 50.1% | 199.4% | 134.7% | 143.3 | 2,470 | 4 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 5.4% | $23,627 | 19.7% | 96.0% | 44.2% | 226.3% | 157.2% | 159.8 | 2,778 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.2% | $31,447 | 11.1% | 91.3% | 58.8% | 170.0% | 88.9% | 116.7 | 1,666 | 3 |
| Johnson | At-Risk | 4.5% | $23,466 | 21.6% | 79.1% | 43.9% | 227.8% | 172.3% | 159.7 | 2,775 | 4 |
| Knox | Competitive | 4.1% | $52,791 | 12.4% | 71.5% | 98.7% | 101.3% | 98.8% | 90.6 | 736 | 1 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 5.3% | $28,701 | 16.1% | 92.7% | 53.7% | 186.3% | 128.2% | 135.7 | 2,273 | 3 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 5.3% | $28,831 | 18.9% | 94.3% | 53.9% | 185.4% | 150.8% | 143.5 | 2,475 | 4 |
| Loudon | Competitive | 4.4% | $52,167 | 11.8% | 76.8% | 97.6% | 102.5% | 94.3% | 91.2 | 764 | 1 |
| Macon | Transitional | 4.5% | $28,287 | 16.5% | 78.7% | 52.9% | 189.0% | 131.7% | 133.1 | 2,198 | 3 |
| Marion | Transitional | 5.3% | $33,451 | 16.3% | 94.3% | 62.6% | 159.8% | 129.9% | 128.0 | 2,045 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 5.6% | $30,045 | 13.6% | 98.8% | 56.2% | 177.9% | 108.8% | 128.5 | 2,065 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 6.1% | $26,201 | 15.4% | 106.9% | 49.0% | 204.0% | 123.1% | 144.7 | 2,505 | 4 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 5.1% | $27,399 | 16.0% | 90.5% | 51.2% | 195.1% | 127.7% | 137.8 | 2,332 | 4 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 4.9% | $25,174 | 20.9% | 86.2% | 47.1% | 212.4% | 166.8% | 155.1 | 2,722 | 4 |
| Overton | At-Risk | 4.5% | $26,481 | 17.3% | 79.1% | 49.5% | 201.9% | 137.8% | 139.6 | 2,383 | 4 |
| Pickett | At-Risk | 4.6% | $26,052 | 21.0% | 81.1% | 48.7% | 205.2% | 167.5% | 151.3 | 2,639 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 5.0% | $28,010 | 12.9% | 88.2% | 52.4% | 190.9% | 102.7% | 127.2 | 2,018 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 4.6% | $35,096 | 16.3% | 80.8% | 65.6% | 152.3% | 130.2% | 121.1 | 1,810 | 3 |
| Rhea | At-Risk | 6.3% | $29,215 | 15.7% | 110.4% | 54.6% | 183.0% | 125.3% | 139.6 | 2,381 | 4 |
| Roane | Transitional | 4.7% | $35,349 | 12.2% | 83.2% | 66.1% | 151.2% | 96.9% | 110.5 | 1,441 | 2 |
| Scott | Distressed | 6.2% | $22,140 | 25.7% | 109.9% | 41.4% | 241.5% | 205.1% | 185.5 | 2,988 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | At-Risk | 5.5% | $32,133 | 22.3% | 97.7% | 60.1% | 166.4% | 177.6% | 147.2 | 2,557 | 4 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 5.7% | $39,853 | 13.3% | 99.7% | 74.5% | 134.1% | 106.1% | 113.3 | 1,552 | 2 |
| Smith | Transitional | 4.2% | $36,615 | 14.9% | 73.5% | 68.5% | 146.0% | 118.5% | 112.7 | 1,518 | 2 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 5.0% | $37,027 | 15.2% | 88.8% | 69.3% | 144.4% | 121.2% | 118.1 | 1,720 | 3 |
| Unicoi | At-Risk | 5.8% | $26,190 | 16.7% | 102.2% | 49.0% | 204.1% | 133.0% | 146.4 | 2,543 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 4.9% | $28,234 | 15.9% | 87.2% | 52.8% | 189.4% | 126.8% | 134.5 | 2,241 | 3 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 6.0% | $22,233 | 17.0% | 105.4% | 41.6% | 240.5% | 135.6% | 160.5 | 2,787 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 6.1% | $27,894 | 16.8% | 106.7% | 52.2% | 191.7% | 134.0% | 144.1 | 2,492 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 4.4% | $40,655 | 15.7% | 78.2% | 76.0% | 131.5% | 125.5% | 111.7 | 1,480 | 2 |
| White | At-Risk | 4.9% | $26,821 | 17.1% | 86.4% | 50.2% | 199.3% | 136.0% | 140.6 | 2,409 | 4 |
