| | County Economic Status, FY 2023 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, 2020 | Poverty Rate, 2016–2020 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2018–2020 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2020 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2020 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2016–2020 | Composite Index Value, FY 2023 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2023 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2023 |
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| United States | - | 5.2% | $46,638 | 12.8% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $33,796 | 14.7% | 100.4% | 72.5% | 138.0% | 114.3% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 6.2% | $30,021 | 17.1% | 118.4% | 64.4% | 155.3% | 133.1% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 6.7% | $21,794 | 21.0% | 129.7% | 46.7% | 214.0% | 163.9% | 169.2 | 2,859 | 4 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 4.6% | $35,132 | 10.9% | 88.6% | 75.3% | 132.7% | 84.7% | 102.0 | 1,133 | 2 |
| Boone | Distressed | 7.3% | $21,814 | 18.8% | 141.3% | 46.8% | 213.8% | 146.2% | 167.1 | 2,836 | 4 |
| Braxton | Distressed | 8.3% | $20,496 | 18.6% | 159.1% | 43.9% | 227.5% | 144.8% | 177.2 | 2,925 | 4 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 6.7% | $34,090 | 12.3% | 129.7% | 73.1% | 136.8% | 95.8% | 120.8 | 1,775 | 3 |
| Cabell | At-Risk | 5.6% | $31,166 | 22.3% | 108.1% | 66.8% | 149.6% | 173.4% | 143.7 | 2,450 | 4 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 13.2% | $17,443 | 24.5% | 253.5% | 37.4% | 267.4% | 191.1% | 237.3 | 3,089 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.8% | $20,565 | 28.2% | 188.7% | 44.1% | 226.8% | 219.9% | 211.8 | 3,057 | 4 |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 4.9% | $22,776 | 13.1% | 93.7% | 48.8% | 204.8% | 101.9% | 133.4 | 2,174 | 3 |
| Fayette | Distressed | 7.3% | $21,719 | 21.4% | 141.0% | 46.6% | 214.7% | 167.0% | 174.2 | 2,909 | 4 |
| Gilmer | Distressed | 7.7% | $18,521 | 12.7% | 148.2% | 39.7% | 251.8% | 98.8% | 166.2 | 2,829 | 4 |
| Grant | Transitional | 5.9% | $24,109 | 10.8% | 113.4% | 51.7% | 193.4% | 83.8% | 130.2 | 2,066 | 3 |
| Greenbrier | At-Risk | 5.9% | $24,304 | 17.5% | 113.6% | 52.1% | 191.9% | 136.5% | 147.3 | 2,512 | 4 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 4.5% | $27,139 | 14.3% | 87.4% | 58.2% | 171.8% | 111.7% | 123.6 | 1,872 | 3 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 7.0% | $30,660 | 14.0% | 135.0% | 65.7% | 152.1% | 109.1% | 132.1 | 2,129 | 3 |
| Hardy | At-Risk | 5.9% | $25,777 | 16.1% | 114.1% | 55.3% | 180.9% | 125.6% | 140.2 | 2,350 | 4 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.6% | $37,674 | 14.4% | 108.2% | 80.8% | 123.8% | 112.4% | 114.8 | 1,556 | 2 |
| Jackson | Transitional | 5.7% | $27,115 | 17.7% | 109.6% | 58.1% | 172.0% | 137.6% | 139.7 | 2,333 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 4.1% | $43,328 | 9.4% | 79.3% | 92.9% | 107.6% | 73.6% | 86.9 | 600 | 1 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 6.2% | $35,980 | 17.2% | 119.4% | 77.1% | 129.6% | 133.7% | 127.6 | 1,990 | 3 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 7.5% | $28,218 | 17.8% | 143.7% | 60.5% | 165.3% | 138.2% | 149.1 | 2,554 | 4 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 7.7% | $20,806 | 21.8% | 149.1% | 44.6% | 224.2% | 169.9% | 181.0 | 2,949 | 4 |
| Logan | Distressed | 8.3% | $21,069 | 26.0% | 160.5% | 45.2% | 221.4% | 202.4% | 194.7 | 3,021 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.5% | $31,108 | 15.5% | 124.4% | 66.7% | 149.9% | 120.9% | 131.8 | 2,118 | 3 |
| Marshall | At-Risk | 7.3% | $29,463 | 15.5% | 140.8% | 63.2% | 158.3% | 120.7% | 140.0 | 2,342 | 4 |
| Mason | At-Risk | 7.1% | $22,392 | 14.1% | 137.2% | 48.0% | 208.3% | 110.0% | 151.8 | 2,616 | 4 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 10.4% | $15,275 | 32.8% | 199.3% | 32.8% | 305.3% | 255.5% | 253.4 | 3,101 | 4 |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 7.1% | $23,131 | 18.3% | 136.8% | 49.6% | 201.6% | 142.4% | 160.3 | 2,750 | 4 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 6.2% | $30,177 | 13.1% | 120.0% | 64.7% | 154.5% | 102.4% | 125.6 | 1,927 | 3 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 9.5% | $16,379 | 27.4% | 183.1% | 35.1% | 284.7% | 213.7% | 227.2 | 3,077 | 4 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 4.7% | $38,421 | 20.4% | 90.2% | 82.4% | 121.4% | 158.9% | 123.5 | 1,867 | 3 |
| Monroe | At-Risk | 5.4% | $21,181 | 14.2% | 104.4% | 45.4% | 220.2% | 110.4% | 145.0 | 2,473 | 4 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 4.7% | $24,846 | 5.8% | 91.4% | 53.3% | 187.7% | 45.4% | 108.2 | 1,351 | 2 |
| Nicholas | Distressed | 7.7% | $20,547 | 19.1% | 147.9% | 44.1% | 227.0% | 148.6% | 174.5 | 2,911 | 4 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 5.8% | $44,205 | 14.4% | 111.7% | 94.8% | 105.5% | 112.4% | 109.9 | 1,408 | 2 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 4.2% | $23,876 | 14.7% | 80.1% | 51.2% | 195.3% | 114.8% | 130.1 | 2,059 | 3 |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 8.0% | $28,492 | 8.5% | 153.9% | 61.1% | 163.7% | 66.5% | 128.0 | 2,003 | 3 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 7.0% | $24,319 | 18.9% | 134.5% | 52.1% | 191.8% | 147.4% | 157.9 | 2,713 | 4 |
| Preston | Transitional | 5.7% | $27,041 | 15.0% | 109.5% | 58.0% | 172.5% | 116.7% | 132.9 | 2,153 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 5.6% | $37,960 | 10.8% | 106.9% | 81.4% | 122.9% | 83.9% | 104.5 | 1,222 | 2 |
| Raleigh | At-Risk | 6.3% | $28,066 | 20.7% | 120.7% | 60.2% | 166.2% | 161.4% | 149.4 | 2,562 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 6.9% | $24,731 | 16.6% | 132.2% | 53.0% | 188.6% | 129.1% | 150.0 | 2,579 | 4 |
| Ritchie | At-Risk | 6.5% | $26,794 | 16.1% | 124.4% | 57.5% | 174.1% | 125.6% | 141.4 | 2,383 | 4 |
| Roane | Distressed | 10.0% | $23,543 | 22.5% | 191.7% | 50.5% | 198.1% | 175.2% | 188.3 | 3,000 | 4 |
| Summers | Distressed | 6.5% | $19,596 | 19.9% | 124.7% | 42.0% | 238.0% | 155.2% | 172.6 | 2,893 | 4 |
| Taylor | Transitional | 5.7% | $29,957 | 17.0% | 109.3% | 64.2% | 155.7% | 132.3% | 132.4 | 2,142 | 3 |
| Tucker | Transitional | 6.4% | $29,802 | 10.3% | 122.3% | 63.9% | 156.5% | 80.4% | 119.7 | 1,736 | 3 |
| Tyler | At-Risk | 8.4% | $26,675 | 14.5% | 162.4% | 57.2% | 174.8% | 112.5% | 149.9 | 2,577 | 4 |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 7.1% | $23,383 | 19.7% | 136.2% | 50.1% | 199.5% | 153.3% | 163.0 | 2,787 | 4 |
| Wayne | At-Risk | 6.6% | $24,481 | 19.7% | 126.5% | 52.5% | 190.5% | 153.4% | 156.8 | 2,699 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 7.3% | $15,683 | 27.1% | 141.3% | 33.6% | 297.4% | 210.9% | 216.5 | 3,066 | 4 |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 8.1% | $21,405 | 20.1% | 155.5% | 45.9% | 217.9% | 156.9% | 176.7 | 2,923 | 4 |
| Wirt | Distressed | 8.5% | $21,893 | 22.2% | 163.7% | 46.9% | 213.0% | 172.7% | 183.1 | 2,958 | 4 |
| Wood | Transitional | 6.5% | $32,965 | 15.5% | 124.2% | 70.7% | 141.5% | 121.0% | 128.9 | 2,026 | 3 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 8.1% | $16,762 | 21.4% | 156.1% | 35.9% | 278.2% | 166.8% | 200.4 | 3,036 | 4 |
