| | County Economic Status, FY 2026 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2021–2023 | Per Capita Market Income, 2023 | Poverty Rate, 2019–2023 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2021–2023 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2023 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2023 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2019–2023 | Composite Index Value, FY 2026 | Index Value Rank (of 3,106 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2026 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2026 |
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| United States | - | 4.2% | $57,066 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 3.8% | $41,089 | 14.3% | 91.6% | 72.0% | 138.9% | 114.6% | - | - | - |
| Tennessee | - | 3.7% | $49,799 | 13.8% | 88.5% | 87.3% | 114.6% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Tennessee | - | 3.7% | $40,775 | 14.5% | 87.0% | 71.5% | 140.0% | 116.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Anderson | Transitional | 3.5% | $42,339 | 14.8% | 83.9% | 74.2% | 134.8% | 119.3% | 112.7 | 1,464 | 2 |
| Bledsoe | Distressed | 5.4% | $24,245 | 25.0% | 127.9% | 42.5% | 235.4% | 200.7% | 188.0 | 2,979 | 4 |
| Blount | Competitive | 3.2% | $45,613 | 8.9% | 77.3% | 79.9% | 125.1% | 71.4% | 91.3 | 731 | 1 |
| Bradley | Transitional | 3.8% | $37,082 | 13.1% | 90.5% | 65.0% | 153.9% | 105.5% | 116.6 | 1,605 | 3 |
| Campbell | At-Risk | 4.4% | $28,960 | 19.2% | 105.3% | 50.7% | 197.0% | 154.0% | 152.1 | 2,600 | 4 |
| Cannon | Transitional | 3.2% | $35,468 | 16.5% | 75.5% | 62.2% | 160.9% | 132.7% | 123.0 | 1,827 | 3 |
| Carter | At-Risk | 3.9% | $28,288 | 18.0% | 92.9% | 49.6% | 201.7% | 144.4% | 146.3 | 2,477 | 4 |
| Claiborne | At-Risk | 4.0% | $28,236 | 18.2% | 95.7% | 49.5% | 202.1% | 146.1% | 148.0 | 2,506 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 4.8% | $24,310 | 21.7% | 115.0% | 42.6% | 234.7% | 174.7% | 174.8 | 2,890 | 4 |
| Cocke | Distressed | 5.1% | $25,877 | 20.3% | 122.4% | 45.3% | 220.5% | 163.0% | 168.6 | 2,837 | 4 |
| Coffee | Transitional | 3.7% | $35,946 | 16.1% | 87.5% | 63.0% | 158.8% | 129.7% | 125.3 | 1,905 | 3 |
| Cumberland | Transitional | 4.5% | $29,359 | 13.4% | 106.3% | 51.4% | 194.4% | 107.8% | 136.1 | 2,220 | 3 |
| DeKalb | At-Risk | 4.3% | $37,231 | 21.4% | 102.2% | 65.2% | 153.3% | 172.1% | 142.5 | 2,393 | 4 |
| Fentress | At-Risk | 3.9% | $25,049 | 20.9% | 93.8% | 43.9% | 227.8% | 168.3% | 163.3 | 2,788 | 4 |
| Franklin | Transitional | 3.7% | $36,273 | 12.7% | 87.3% | 63.6% | 157.3% | 102.1% | 115.6 | 1,559 | 3 |
| Grainger | Transitional | 4.0% | $31,196 | 16.4% | 94.6% | 54.7% | 182.9% | 131.4% | 136.3 | 2,227 | 3 |
| Greene | At-Risk | 4.2% | $28,504 | 15.2% | 100.9% | 49.9% | 200.2% | 122.0% | 141.0 | 2,359 | 4 |
| Grundy | Distressed | 4.9% | $24,649 | 19.2% | 116.8% | 43.2% | 231.5% | 154.1% | 167.5 | 2,828 | 4 |
| Hamblen | Transitional | 3.8% | $36,213 | 17.2% | 90.5% | 63.5% | 157.6% | 138.0% | 128.7 | 2,017 | 3 |
| Hamilton | Transitional | 3.6% | $52,853 | 12.5% | 86.2% | 92.6% | 108.0% | 100.8% | 98.3 | 962 | 2 |
| Hancock | Distressed | 4.5% | $18,856 | 31.5% | 108.1% | 33.0% | 302.6% | 253.0% | 221.3 | 3,065 | 4 |
| Hawkins | At-Risk | 4.1% | $29,110 | 17.1% | 98.7% | 51.0% | 196.0% | 137.7% | 144.1 | 2,427 | 4 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 4.2% | $25,689 | 20.7% | 99.3% | 45.0% | 222.1% | 166.0% | 162.5 | 2,778 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 3.8% | $33,883 | 11.5% | 91.3% | 59.4% | 168.4% | 92.5% | 117.4 | 1,635 | 3 |
| Johnson | At-Risk | 3.4% | $24,459 | 22.1% | 81.7% | 42.9% | 233.3% | 177.5% | 164.2 | 2,793 | 4 |
| Knox | Competitive | 3.0% | $55,903 | 12.2% | 72.2% | 98.0% | 102.1% | 98.4% | 90.9 | 716 | 1 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 3.8% | $29,505 | 15.3% | 91.0% | 51.7% | 193.4% | 122.6% | 135.7 | 2,206 | 3 |
| Lewis | Transitional | 4.0% | $31,274 | 15.9% | 94.6% | 54.8% | 182.5% | 127.6% | 134.9 | 2,188 | 3 |
| Loudon | Transitional | 3.4% | $54,052 | 12.6% | 80.1% | 94.7% | 105.6% | 101.6% | 95.7 | 876 | 2 |
| Macon | Transitional | 3.3% | $29,511 | 15.2% | 79.1% | 51.7% | 193.4% | 122.1% | 131.5 | 2,095 | 3 |
| Marion | Transitional | 4.1% | $36,394 | 16.9% | 98.0% | 63.8% | 156.8% | 136.0% | 130.3 | 2,062 | 3 |
| McMinn | Transitional | 4.3% | $31,333 | 13.3% | 103.2% | 54.9% | 182.1% | 106.9% | 130.8 | 2,074 | 3 |
| Meigs | At-Risk | 4.8% | $26,241 | 14.3% | 114.3% | 46.0% | 217.5% | 114.9% | 148.9 | 2,524 | 4 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 3.7% | $29,297 | 16.1% | 87.6% | 51.3% | 194.8% | 129.2% | 137.2 | 2,250 | 3 |
| Morgan | At-Risk | 4.1% | $27,754 | 18.8% | 98.4% | 48.6% | 205.6% | 151.3% | 151.8 | 2,591 | 4 |
| Overton | At-Risk | 3.6% | $28,085 | 18.0% | 84.9% | 49.2% | 203.2% | 145.0% | 144.4 | 2,432 | 4 |
| Pickett | Distressed | 4.0% | $25,582 | 25.8% | 94.1% | 44.8% | 223.1% | 207.6% | 174.9 | 2,893 | 4 |
| Polk | Transitional | 4.0% | $29,208 | 13.3% | 94.9% | 51.2% | 195.4% | 107.2% | 132.5 | 2,120 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 3.6% | $37,115 | 16.9% | 85.2% | 65.0% | 153.8% | 136.2% | 125.0 | 1,892 | 3 |
| Rhea | Transitional | 4.6% | $30,720 | 15.3% | 109.6% | 53.8% | 185.8% | 123.3% | 139.6 | 2,312 | 3 |
| Roane | Transitional | 3.8% | $37,766 | 12.7% | 90.9% | 66.2% | 151.1% | 102.2% | 114.7 | 1,530 | 2 |
| Scott | Distressed | 5.0% | $23,302 | 24.9% | 118.7% | 40.8% | 244.9% | 200.0% | 187.9 | 2,976 | 4 |
| Sequatchie | At-Risk | 4.2% | $33,412 | 23.6% | 100.6% | 58.5% | 170.8% | 189.5% | 153.7 | 2,641 | 4 |
| Sevier | Transitional | 3.4% | $44,153 | 13.6% | 81.2% | 77.4% | 129.2% | 109.6% | 106.7 | 1,258 | 2 |
| Smith | Transitional | 3.2% | $37,923 | 13.3% | 75.2% | 66.5% | 150.5% | 106.6% | 110.8 | 1,389 | 2 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 3.8% | $39,310 | 14.9% | 90.6% | 68.9% | 145.2% | 119.9% | 118.5 | 1,676 | 3 |
| Unicoi | At-Risk | 4.5% | $28,401 | 14.2% | 108.2% | 49.8% | 200.9% | 114.2% | 141.1 | 2,364 | 4 |
| Union | Transitional | 3.9% | $30,273 | 13.9% | 93.4% | 53.0% | 188.5% | 112.0% | 131.3 | 2,088 | 3 |
| Van Buren | At-Risk | 4.6% | $22,678 | 13.8% | 110.4% | 39.7% | 251.6% | 111.3% | 157.8 | 2,714 | 4 |
| Warren | At-Risk | 4.4% | $29,659 | 15.3% | 105.3% | 52.0% | 192.4% | 123.3% | 140.3 | 2,336 | 4 |
| Washington | Transitional | 3.4% | $41,991 | 15.8% | 81.2% | 73.6% | 135.9% | 127.1% | 114.7 | 1,529 | 2 |
| White | Transitional | 3.7% | $27,186 | 14.7% | 88.4% | 47.6% | 209.9% | 118.5% | 138.9 | 2,298 | 3 |
