| | County Economic Status, FY 2024 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2019–2021 | Per Capita Market Income, 2021 | Poverty Rate, 2017–2021 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2019–2021 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2021 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017–2021 | Composite Index Value, FY 2024 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2024 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2024 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $50,231 | 12.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.4% | $36,193 | 14.5% | 94.8% | 72.1% | 138.8% | 114.5% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 6.0% | $32,060 | 16.9% | 106.2% | 63.8% | 156.7% | 133.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 6.5% | $24,112 | 20.8% | 113.8% | 48.0% | 208.3% | 164.6% | 162.2 | 2,818 | 4 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 4.4% | $38,197 | 10.7% | 77.2% | 76.0% | 131.5% | 84.8% | 97.9 | 1,019 | 2 |
| Boone | Distressed | 7.3% | $23,087 | 17.8% | 128.1% | 46.0% | 217.6% | 140.8% | 162.2 | 2,816 | 4 |
| Braxton | Distressed | 8.1% | $23,598 | 18.3% | 142.5% | 47.0% | 212.9% | 145.2% | 166.8 | 2,863 | 4 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 6.7% | $33,832 | 11.8% | 117.2% | 67.4% | 148.5% | 93.6% | 119.8 | 1,786 | 3 |
| Cabell | At-Risk | 5.5% | $33,323 | 21.2% | 97.4% | 66.3% | 150.7% | 168.0% | 138.7 | 2,369 | 4 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 13.0% | $21,541 | 28.4% | 229.3% | 42.9% | 233.2% | 224.8% | 229.1 | 3,086 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 9.5% | $22,149 | 26.3% | 168.0% | 44.1% | 226.8% | 208.3% | 201.0 | 3,045 | 4 |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 4.9% | $26,656 | 15.2% | 85.4% | 53.1% | 188.4% | 120.3% | 131.4 | 2,150 | 3 |
| Fayette | Distressed | 7.2% | $24,340 | 21.0% | 127.1% | 48.5% | 206.4% | 166.4% | 166.6 | 2,860 | 4 |
| Gilmer | At-Risk | 7.9% | $20,883 | 11.8% | 138.6% | 41.6% | 240.5% | 93.6% | 157.6 | 2,754 | 4 |
| Grant | Transitional | 5.4% | $26,990 | 12.1% | 95.7% | 53.7% | 186.1% | 95.9% | 125.9 | 1,982 | 3 |
| Greenbrier | At-Risk | 5.6% | $28,034 | 18.9% | 99.4% | 55.8% | 179.2% | 149.3% | 142.6 | 2,466 | 4 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 4.2% | $29,328 | 17.9% | 74.1% | 58.4% | 171.3% | 141.3% | 128.9 | 2,075 | 3 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 7.1% | $32,499 | 14.1% | 124.4% | 64.7% | 154.6% | 112.0% | 130.3 | 2,119 | 3 |
| Hardy | At-Risk | 5.7% | $26,829 | 18.3% | 100.6% | 53.4% | 187.2% | 144.5% | 144.1 | 2,511 | 4 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.6% | $41,051 | 15.2% | 99.1% | 81.7% | 122.4% | 120.1% | 113.9 | 1,562 | 3 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 6.4% | $29,436 | 18.1% | 112.3% | 58.6% | 170.6% | 143.2% | 142.1 | 2,452 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 4.0% | $46,912 | 9.7% | 70.4% | 93.4% | 107.1% | 76.9% | 84.8 | 544 | 1 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 6.1% | $37,505 | 16.4% | 108.1% | 74.7% | 133.9% | 130.2% | 124.1 | 1,930 | 3 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 7.9% | $27,799 | 17.2% | 139.2% | 55.3% | 180.7% | 136.0% | 152.0 | 2,657 | 4 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 7.6% | $21,457 | 20.6% | 133.7% | 42.7% | 234.1% | 163.3% | 177.0 | 2,947 | 4 |
| Logan | Distressed | 8.1% | $21,990 | 25.7% | 143.1% | 43.8% | 228.4% | 203.4% | 191.6 | 3,014 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.3% | $32,457 | 14.6% | 110.2% | 64.6% | 154.8% | 115.5% | 126.8 | 2,017 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 7.4% | $31,491 | 14.5% | 131.0% | 62.7% | 159.5% | 114.7% | 135.1 | 2,266 | 3 |
| Mason | At-Risk | 6.6% | $24,433 | 16.5% | 116.1% | 48.6% | 205.6% | 130.9% | 150.9 | 2,637 | 4 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 9.9% | $14,167 | 28.9% | 174.1% | 28.2% | 354.6% | 229.0% | 252.6 | 3,103 | 4 |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 7.0% | $24,410 | 18.9% | 122.4% | 48.6% | 205.8% | 149.4% | 159.2 | 2,775 | 4 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 5.9% | $31,423 | 12.1% | 104.4% | 62.6% | 159.9% | 95.5% | 119.9 | 1,794 | 3 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 9.9% | $16,917 | 28.2% | 174.7% | 33.7% | 296.9% | 223.6% | 231.7 | 3,090 | 4 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 4.6% | $41,288 | 19.3% | 80.7% | 82.2% | 121.7% | 152.7% | 118.3 | 1,728 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 5.0% | $24,805 | 14.4% | 87.6% | 49.4% | 202.5% | 114.4% | 134.8 | 2,259 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 4.4% | $27,793 | 8.0% | 77.9% | 55.3% | 180.7% | 63.1% | 107.2 | 1,343 | 2 |
| Nicholas | Distressed | 7.5% | $22,352 | 18.6% | 132.7% | 44.5% | 224.7% | 147.3% | 168.2 | 2,874 | 4 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 5.9% | $43,355 | 13.3% | 104.5% | 86.3% | 115.9% | 105.1% | 108.5 | 1,379 | 2 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 3.9% | $29,520 | 16.1% | 68.4% | 58.8% | 170.2% | 127.4% | 122.0 | 1,860 | 3 |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 8.3% | $29,884 | 7.4% | 145.8% | 59.5% | 168.1% | 59.0% | 124.3 | 1,938 | 3 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 6.5% | $27,333 | 17.5% | 115.0% | 54.4% | 183.8% | 138.4% | 145.7 | 2,549 | 4 |
| Preston | Transitional | 5.4% | $27,678 | 14.4% | 95.4% | 55.1% | 181.5% | 114.3% | 130.4 | 2,121 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 5.3% | $40,299 | 10.5% | 92.7% | 80.2% | 124.6% | 82.9% | 100.1 | 1,104 | 2 |
| Raleigh | At-Risk | 6.2% | $28,482 | 22.5% | 109.5% | 56.7% | 176.4% | 178.3% | 154.7 | 2,713 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 6.8% | $26,940 | 15.2% | 120.3% | 53.6% | 186.5% | 120.3% | 142.3 | 2,459 | 4 |
| Ritchie | Transitional | 6.5% | $33,219 | 18.2% | 114.2% | 66.1% | 151.2% | 143.8% | 136.4 | 2,307 | 3 |
| Roane | Distressed | 10.1% | $22,678 | 21.3% | 177.1% | 45.1% | 221.5% | 168.6% | 189.1 | 3,004 | 4 |
| Summers | Distressed | 5.9% | $22,136 | 22.6% | 104.4% | 44.1% | 226.9% | 178.6% | 170.0 | 2,894 | 4 |
| Taylor | Transitional | 5.6% | $32,320 | 16.2% | 97.9% | 64.3% | 155.4% | 128.4% | 127.2 | 2,026 | 3 |
| Tucker | Transitional | 6.2% | $32,975 | 9.9% | 109.7% | 65.6% | 152.3% | 78.0% | 113.3 | 1,540 | 2 |
| Tyler | Transitional | 8.7% | $31,057 | 12.0% | 153.3% | 61.8% | 161.7% | 95.4% | 136.8 | 2,317 | 3 |
| Upshur | Distressed | 7.2% | $24,958 | 20.0% | 126.1% | 49.7% | 201.3% | 158.5% | 162.0 | 2,813 | 4 |
| Wayne | At-Risk | 6.3% | $26,542 | 17.3% | 110.4% | 52.8% | 189.3% | 137.2% | 145.6 | 2,546 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 7.2% | $16,084 | 21.5% | 127.1% | 32.0% | 312.3% | 169.9% | 203.1 | 3,048 | 4 |
| Wetzel | Distressed | 7.9% | $23,989 | 18.8% | 139.4% | 47.8% | 209.4% | 148.5% | 165.8 | 2,851 | 4 |
| Wirt | Distressed | 8.7% | $24,459 | 20.9% | 152.6% | 48.7% | 205.4% | 165.2% | 174.4 | 2,933 | 4 |
| Wood | Transitional | 6.3% | $35,369 | 14.8% | 111.4% | 70.4% | 142.0% | 117.3% | 123.6 | 1,914 | 3 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 7.5% | $17,364 | 25.3% | 131.8% | 34.6% | 289.3% | 200.6% | 207.2 | 3,057 | 4 |
