| | County Economic Status, FY 2019 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, 2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2014–2016 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 | Composite Index Value, FY 2019 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2019 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2019 |
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| United States | - | 5.4% | $40,679 | 15.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 6.0% | $29,765 | 16.7% | 109.9% | 73.2% | 136.7% | 110.7% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 6.5% | $25,987 | 17.7% | 119.1% | 63.9% | 156.5% | 117.4% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | At-Risk | 6.9% | $19,473 | 22.4% | 127.7% | 47.9% | 208.9% | 148.4% | 161.7 | 2,727 | 4 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 4.7% | $30,406 | 13.2% | 87.1% | 74.7% | 133.8% | 87.6% | 102.8 | 1,145 | 2 |
| Boone | Distressed | 9.3% | $19,098 | 26.0% | 171.4% | 46.9% | 213.0% | 172.2% | 185.5 | 2,960 | 4 |
| Braxton | Distressed | 9.0% | $18,201 | 20.2% | 165.7% | 44.7% | 223.5% | 134.0% | 174.4 | 2,876 | 4 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 7.2% | $26,335 | 12.7% | 132.3% | 64.7% | 154.5% | 84.2% | 123.7 | 1,843 | 3 |
| Cabell | Transitional | 5.2% | $27,563 | 21.8% | 96.3% | 67.8% | 147.6% | 144.6% | 129.5 | 2,016 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 11.6% | $15,139 | 15.9% | 212.7% | 37.2% | 268.7% | 105.2% | 195.5 | 3,015 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 10.8% | $17,835 | 23.1% | 198.3% | 43.8% | 228.1% | 153.0% | 193.1 | 3,003 | 4 |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 5.2% | $18,870 | 15.4% | 95.1% | 46.4% | 215.6% | 101.8% | 137.5 | 2,243 | 3 |
| Fayette | Distressed | 8.3% | $18,149 | 19.1% | 152.4% | 44.6% | 224.1% | 126.7% | 167.7 | 2,805 | 4 |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 7.5% | $15,973 | 26.1% | 138.0% | 39.3% | 254.7% | 172.9% | 188.5 | 2,978 | 4 |
| Grant | Transitional | 7.0% | $21,948 | 13.1% | 129.6% | 54.0% | 185.3% | 86.8% | 133.9 | 2,134 | 3 |
| Greenbrier | Transitional | 6.3% | $22,761 | 18.4% | 115.4% | 56.0% | 178.7% | 121.5% | 138.5 | 2,279 | 3 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 5.4% | $22,790 | 16.9% | 99.0% | 56.0% | 178.5% | 112.1% | 129.9 | 2,026 | 3 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 7.6% | $26,483 | 14.5% | 139.8% | 65.1% | 153.6% | 95.7% | 129.7 | 2,020 | 3 |
| Hardy | At-Risk | 7.2% | $20,088 | 13.7% | 132.0% | 49.4% | 202.5% | 90.8% | 141.8 | 2,361 | 4 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.8% | $32,338 | 15.9% | 107.4% | 79.5% | 125.8% | 105.1% | 112.7 | 1,469 | 2 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 6.8% | $24,178 | 14.9% | 124.7% | 59.4% | 168.2% | 98.7% | 130.5 | 2,043 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 4.0% | $36,977 | 10.9% | 73.8% | 90.9% | 110.0% | 72.1% | 85.3 | 564 | 1 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 5.8% | $31,941 | 16.0% | 106.1% | 78.5% | 127.4% | 105.8% | 113.1 | 1,486 | 2 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 7.7% | $24,742 | 19.3% | 141.0% | 60.8% | 164.4% | 128.1% | 144.5 | 2,423 | 4 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 9.3% | $17,379 | 25.2% | 170.6% | 42.7% | 234.1% | 166.6% | 190.5 | 2,989 | 4 |
| Logan | Distressed | 10.7% | $18,737 | 20.2% | 196.0% | 46.1% | 217.1% | 133.9% | 182.3 | 2,940 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.4% | $28,085 | 16.7% | 118.4% | 69.0% | 144.8% | 110.3% | 124.5 | 1,865 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 8.0% | $26,331 | 14.6% | 147.5% | 64.7% | 154.5% | 96.4% | 132.8 | 2,114 | 3 |
| Mason | At-Risk | 8.4% | $19,553 | 18.9% | 153.7% | 48.1% | 208.0% | 124.8% | 162.2 | 2,735 | 4 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 12.7% | $13,282 | 37.6% | 233.4% | 32.7% | 306.3% | 249.1% | 262.9 | 3,104 | 4 |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 7.1% | $20,397 | 21.1% | 131.6% | 50.1% | 199.4% | 139.7% | 156.9 | 2,646 | 4 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 7.1% | $25,891 | 16.4% | 130.1% | 63.6% | 157.1% | 108.4% | 131.9 | 2,081 | 3 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 12.6% | $14,743 | 26.0% | 231.1% | 36.2% | 275.9% | 172.1% | 226.4 | 3,073 | 4 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 4.5% | $33,803 | 22.2% | 82.4% | 83.1% | 120.3% | 147.1% | 116.6 | 1,605 | 3 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 5.3% | $18,284 | 17.1% | 97.4% | 44.9% | 222.5% | 113.3% | 144.4 | 2,421 | 4 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 5.2% | $22,771 | 11.4% | 96.5% | 56.0% | 178.6% | 75.2% | 116.8 | 1,613 | 3 |
| Nicholas | At-Risk | 9.0% | $19,264 | 17.6% | 165.8% | 47.4% | 211.2% | 116.6% | 164.5 | 2,766 | 4 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 5.6% | $36,483 | 16.2% | 102.5% | 89.7% | 111.5% | 107.4% | 107.1 | 1,303 | 2 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 4.5% | $23,203 | 18.2% | 82.0% | 57.0% | 175.3% | 120.5% | 126.0 | 1,911 | 3 |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 7.9% | $26,153 | 16.9% | 145.4% | 64.3% | 155.5% | 112.1% | 137.7 | 2,254 | 3 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 7.8% | $20,269 | 18.6% | 143.9% | 49.8% | 200.7% | 122.9% | 155.8 | 2,632 | 4 |
| Preston | Transitional | 6.0% | $23,858 | 15.3% | 109.9% | 58.7% | 170.5% | 101.4% | 127.3 | 1,951 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 5.3% | $33,764 | 9.8% | 98.2% | 83.0% | 120.5% | 65.2% | 94.6 | 862 | 2 |
| Raleigh | At-Risk | 7.2% | $23,114 | 17.7% | 131.8% | 56.8% | 176.0% | 117.0% | 141.6 | 2,355 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 6.7% | $21,500 | 16.9% | 123.8% | 52.9% | 189.2% | 112.1% | 141.7 | 2,359 | 4 |
| Ritchie | At-Risk | 6.6% | $21,111 | 19.4% | 120.9% | 51.9% | 192.7% | 128.5% | 147.4 | 2,478 | 4 |
| Roane | Distressed | 10.6% | $19,113 | 20.3% | 194.3% | 47.0% | 212.8% | 134.1% | 180.4 | 2,929 | 4 |
| Summers | Distressed | 6.8% | $15,025 | 18.4% | 124.5% | 36.9% | 270.7% | 121.5% | 172.2 | 2,856 | 4 |
| Taylor | Transitional | 5.6% | $25,519 | 16.6% | 103.5% | 62.7% | 159.4% | 110.1% | 124.4 | 1,859 | 3 |
| Tucker | Transitional | 5.9% | $21,847 | 13.3% | 108.9% | 53.7% | 186.2% | 88.3% | 127.8 | 1,975 | 3 |
| Tyler | At-Risk | 9.1% | $22,310 | 18.7% | 166.9% | 54.8% | 182.3% | 123.9% | 157.7 | 2,664 | 4 |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 7.4% | $21,597 | 17.9% | 136.3% | 53.1% | 188.4% | 118.8% | 147.8 | 2,492 | 4 |
| Wayne | At-Risk | 6.8% | $21,313 | 20.9% | 125.7% | 52.4% | 190.9% | 138.5% | 151.7 | 2,559 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 8.2% | $14,470 | 27.2% | 150.1% | 35.6% | 281.1% | 180.2% | 203.8 | 3,042 | 4 |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 9.8% | $21,851 | 21.1% | 181.0% | 53.7% | 186.2% | 139.6% | 168.9 | 2,821 | 4 |
| Wirt | At-Risk | 9.6% | $19,525 | 15.2% | 176.3% | 48.0% | 208.3% | 100.6% | 161.7 | 2,728 | 4 |
| Wood | Transitional | 6.0% | $27,102 | 17.4% | 110.1% | 66.6% | 150.1% | 114.8% | 125.0 | 1,882 | 3 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 9.8% | $15,743 | 20.1% | 179.8% | 38.7% | 258.4% | 132.9% | 190.4 | 2,988 | 4 |
