| | County Economic Status, FY 2027 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2022–2024 | Per Capita Market Income, 2024 | Poverty Rate, 2020–2024 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2022–2024 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2024 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2024 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2020–2024 | Composite Index Value, FY 2027 | Index Value Rank (of 3,115 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2027 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2027 |
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| United States | - | 3.8% | $59,811 | 12.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 3.6% | $43,192 | 14.3% | 95.1% | 72.2% | 138.5% | 114.4% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 3.9% | $39,030 | 16.7% | 104.4% | 65.3% | 153.2% | 134.2% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | At-Risk | 4.9% | $28,977 | 20.0% | 129.8% | 48.4% | 206.4% | 160.4% | 165.5 | 2,798 | 4 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 3.1% | $46,077 | 11.1% | 81.8% | 77.0% | 129.8% | 89.1% | 100.2 | 955 | 2 |
| Boone | At-Risk | 4.3% | $28,330 | 16.2% | 114.8% | 47.4% | 211.1% | 130.4% | 152.1 | 2,571 | 4 |
| Braxton | Distressed | 5.6% | $26,610 | 20.4% | 149.1% | 44.5% | 224.8% | 163.9% | 179.3 | 2,933 | 4 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 4.8% | $39,345 | 13.1% | 128.4% | 65.8% | 152.0% | 105.0% | 128.5 | 1,951 | 3 |
| Cabell | Transitional | 3.6% | $40,375 | 19.2% | 96.1% | 67.5% | 148.1% | 154.2% | 132.8 | 2,085 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 7.1% | $25,249 | 32.9% | 188.1% | 42.2% | 236.9% | 263.9% | 229.6 | 3,084 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.8% | $26,269 | 26.4% | 179.1% | 43.9% | 227.7% | 212.2% | 206.4 | 3,045 | 4 |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 3.9% | $32,003 | 14.8% | 102.9% | 53.5% | 186.9% | 119.2% | 136.3 | 2,186 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 4.3% | $31,326 | 19.2% | 113.7% | 52.4% | 190.9% | 154.5% | 153.0 | 2,596 | 4 |
| Gilmer | At-Risk | 4.6% | $26,890 | 19.0% | 121.9% | 45.0% | 222.4% | 152.5% | 165.6 | 2,801 | 4 |
| Grant | Transitional | 4.1% | $31,515 | 13.3% | 108.2% | 52.7% | 189.8% | 106.5% | 134.8 | 2,140 | 3 |
| Greenbrier | At-Risk | 3.8% | $31,933 | 21.8% | 101.3% | 53.4% | 187.3% | 175.2% | 154.6 | 2,624 | 4 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 3.1% | $34,161 | 13.1% | 81.7% | 57.1% | 175.1% | 105.0% | 120.6 | 1,680 | 3 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 5.3% | $38,484 | 14.5% | 139.8% | 64.3% | 155.4% | 116.5% | 137.2 | 2,211 | 3 |
| Hardy | Transitional | 3.4% | $34,113 | 17.7% | 91.1% | 57.0% | 175.3% | 142.1% | 136.2 | 2,178 | 3 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 3.7% | $49,496 | 14.4% | 97.8% | 82.8% | 120.8% | 115.3% | 111.3 | 1,340 | 2 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 5.0% | $35,094 | 18.5% | 132.3% | 58.7% | 170.4% | 148.2% | 150.3 | 2,536 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 2.6% | $57,437 | 8.7% | 70.0% | 96.0% | 104.1% | 69.7% | 81.3 | 345 | 1 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 3.7% | $44,976 | 15.7% | 98.7% | 75.2% | 133.0% | 126.4% | 119.4 | 1,635 | 3 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 4.7% | $32,876 | 16.1% | 125.5% | 55.0% | 181.9% | 129.4% | 145.6 | 2,434 | 4 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 4.8% | $25,869 | 23.2% | 128.2% | 43.3% | 231.2% | 186.0% | 181.8 | 2,948 | 4 |
| Logan | Distressed | 4.2% | $28,255 | 21.8% | 112.4% | 47.2% | 211.7% | 174.9% | 166.3 | 2,813 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 4.0% | $38,134 | 13.6% | 106.3% | 63.8% | 156.8% | 108.9% | 124.0 | 1,802 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 4.8% | $38,502 | 16.8% | 128.3% | 64.4% | 155.3% | 135.1% | 139.6 | 2,278 | 3 |
| Mason | At-Risk | 4.1% | $30,436 | 19.4% | 109.9% | 50.9% | 196.5% | 155.8% | 154.1 | 2,616 | 4 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 7.3% | $18,441 | 34.2% | 193.4% | 30.8% | 324.3% | 274.4% | 264.0 | 3,106 | 4 |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 4.0% | $30,064 | 16.5% | 106.4% | 50.3% | 198.9% | 132.4% | 145.9 | 2,440 | 4 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 3.9% | $35,748 | 14.0% | 103.4% | 59.8% | 167.3% | 112.8% | 127.8 | 1,933 | 3 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 5.2% | $23,401 | 32.4% | 137.1% | 39.1% | 255.6% | 259.8% | 217.5 | 3,071 | 4 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 3.3% | $49,554 | 19.7% | 86.5% | 82.9% | 120.7% | 158.2% | 121.8 | 1,733 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 3.8% | $28,541 | 14.0% | 100.3% | 47.7% | 209.6% | 112.1% | 140.7 | 2,299 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.0% | $32,785 | 11.2% | 80.8% | 54.8% | 182.4% | 89.6% | 117.6 | 1,577 | 3 |
| Nicholas | At-Risk | 4.5% | $27,314 | 15.4% | 120.2% | 45.7% | 219.0% | 123.7% | 154.3 | 2,619 | 4 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 4.1% | $52,300 | 17.7% | 109.5% | 87.4% | 114.4% | 141.8% | 121.9 | 1,736 | 3 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 3.0% | $34,810 | 16.6% | 78.6% | 58.2% | 171.8% | 132.9% | 127.8 | 1,930 | 3 |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 4.5% | $36,591 | 11.6% | 120.3% | 61.2% | 163.5% | 93.1% | 125.6 | 1,853 | 3 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 4.7% | $31,512 | 22.5% | 125.2% | 52.7% | 189.8% | 181.0% | 165.3 | 2,797 | 4 |
| Preston | Transitional | 4.2% | $32,001 | 13.8% | 111.4% | 53.5% | 186.9% | 110.5% | 136.3 | 2,182 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 3.3% | $47,686 | 10.6% | 88.2% | 79.7% | 125.4% | 85.0% | 99.5 | 934 | 2 |
| Raleigh | At-Risk | 3.8% | $37,119 | 22.8% | 99.5% | 62.1% | 161.1% | 183.2% | 147.9 | 2,490 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 5.2% | $31,806 | 15.9% | 138.7% | 53.2% | 188.1% | 127.7% | 151.5 | 2,559 | 4 |
| Ritchie | At-Risk | 5.1% | $38,562 | 21.6% | 134.5% | 64.5% | 155.1% | 173.1% | 154.2 | 2,618 | 4 |
| Roane | Distressed | 6.2% | $26,154 | 19.1% | 164.7% | 43.7% | 228.7% | 153.0% | 182.2 | 2,951 | 4 |
| Summers | Distressed | 4.0% | $25,451 | 23.8% | 105.2% | 42.6% | 235.0% | 191.0% | 177.1 | 2,919 | 4 |
| Taylor | Transitional | 4.0% | $39,961 | 13.9% | 105.4% | 66.8% | 149.7% | 111.3% | 122.1 | 1,741 | 3 |
| Tucker | Transitional | 3.6% | $42,067 | 15.3% | 96.2% | 70.3% | 142.2% | 123.2% | 120.5 | 1,677 | 3 |
| Tyler | At-Risk | 6.0% | $46,319 | 20.2% | 159.3% | 77.4% | 129.1% | 162.2% | 150.2 | 2,533 | 4 |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 4.4% | $32,839 | 19.2% | 117.1% | 54.9% | 182.1% | 154.5% | 151.2 | 2,550 | 4 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 4.2% | $32,502 | 14.6% | 111.3% | 54.3% | 184.0% | 117.0% | 137.4 | 2,216 | 3 |
| Webster | Distressed | 5.0% | $17,522 | 23.3% | 133.2% | 29.3% | 341.4% | 186.9% | 220.5 | 3,075 | 4 |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 6.8% | $30,407 | 16.0% | 179.3% | 50.8% | 196.7% | 128.5% | 168.1 | 2,837 | 4 |
| Wirt | Distressed | 6.1% | $29,303 | 16.8% | 162.1% | 49.0% | 204.1% | 135.2% | 167.1 | 2,824 | 4 |
| Wood | Transitional | 4.0% | $43,744 | 14.7% | 107.0% | 73.1% | 136.7% | 118.4% | 120.7 | 1,684 | 3 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 4.4% | $23,394 | 22.6% | 117.2% | 39.1% | 255.7% | 181.3% | 184.7 | 2,970 | 4 |
