| | County Economic Status, FY 2025 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, 2022 | Poverty Rate, 2018–2022 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2020–2022 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2022 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2022 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2018–2022 | Composite Index Value, FY 2025 | Index Value Rank (of 3,106 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2025 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2025 |
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| United States | - | 5.7% | $53,462 | 12.5% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.2% | $38,683 | 14.3% | 92.3% | 72.4% | 138.2% | 114.1% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 5.7% | $35,023 | 16.8% | 101.4% | 65.5% | 152.6% | 134.1% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | Distressed | 6.0% | $25,721 | 22.0% | 105.0% | 48.1% | 207.9% | 175.5% | 162.8 | 2,818 | 4 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 4.2% | $42,319 | 10.9% | 74.2% | 79.2% | 126.3% | 87.3% | 95.9 | 925 | 2 |
| Boone | At-Risk | 7.1% | $23,627 | 16.5% | 124.4% | 44.2% | 226.3% | 131.9% | 160.9 | 2,795 | 4 |
| Braxton | Distressed | 7.7% | $23,437 | 18.2% | 135.9% | 43.8% | 228.1% | 145.1% | 169.7 | 2,885 | 4 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 6.5% | $35,969 | 11.0% | 114.3% | 67.3% | 148.6% | 88.1% | 117.0 | 1,671 | 3 |
| Cabell | Transitional | 5.4% | $35,991 | 20.1% | 94.9% | 67.3% | 148.5% | 160.5% | 134.6 | 2,250 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 11.5% | $22,371 | 33.7% | 203.4% | 41.8% | 239.0% | 268.7% | 237.0 | 3,088 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 8.8% | $22,311 | 24.6% | 155.1% | 41.7% | 239.6% | 195.9% | 196.9 | 3,027 | 4 |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 4.4% | $30,053 | 14.4% | 78.0% | 56.2% | 177.9% | 115.1% | 123.7 | 1,891 | 3 |
| Fayette | Distressed | 7.0% | $26,830 | 21.5% | 122.8% | 50.2% | 199.3% | 171.6% | 164.6 | 2,837 | 4 |
| Gilmer | At-Risk | 7.3% | $22,275 | 11.1% | 129.6% | 41.7% | 240.0% | 88.9% | 152.8 | 2,674 | 4 |
| Grant | Transitional | 4.9% | $28,756 | 11.7% | 85.7% | 53.8% | 185.9% | 93.5% | 121.7 | 1,821 | 3 |
| Greenbrier | At-Risk | 5.4% | $29,271 | 20.0% | 95.4% | 54.8% | 182.6% | 159.7% | 145.9 | 2,527 | 4 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 3.8% | $33,210 | 17.5% | 67.5% | 62.1% | 161.0% | 139.3% | 122.6 | 1,848 | 3 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 7.0% | $34,765 | 13.4% | 123.7% | 65.0% | 153.8% | 107.1% | 128.2 | 2,050 | 3 |
| Hardy | Transitional | 5.4% | $32,029 | 17.3% | 95.1% | 59.9% | 166.9% | 137.8% | 133.3 | 2,204 | 3 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 5.4% | $44,363 | 13.7% | 95.1% | 83.0% | 120.5% | 109.4% | 108.3 | 1,371 | 2 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 6.3% | $30,946 | 19.6% | 110.6% | 57.9% | 172.8% | 156.4% | 146.6 | 2,547 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 3.8% | $51,941 | 9.1% | 67.3% | 97.2% | 102.9% | 72.8% | 81.0 | 444 | 1 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 5.9% | $40,138 | 16.4% | 104.9% | 75.1% | 133.2% | 131.1% | 123.1 | 1,868 | 3 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 7.5% | $29,411 | 16.8% | 131.5% | 55.0% | 181.8% | 134.3% | 149.2 | 2,601 | 4 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 7.2% | $22,710 | 19.2% | 127.1% | 42.5% | 235.4% | 153.0% | 171.8 | 2,903 | 4 |
| Logan | Distressed | 7.6% | $21,987 | 23.8% | 133.7% | 41.1% | 243.1% | 189.5% | 188.8 | 3,002 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 6.1% | $34,437 | 14.9% | 107.0% | 64.4% | 155.2% | 119.0% | 127.1 | 2,010 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 7.1% | $34,491 | 14.7% | 124.5% | 64.5% | 155.0% | 117.0% | 132.2 | 2,163 | 3 |
| Mason | At-Risk | 6.0% | $25,878 | 16.3% | 106.3% | 48.4% | 206.6% | 130.2% | 147.7 | 2,570 | 4 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 9.1% | $15,260 | 33.3% | 159.9% | 28.5% | 350.3% | 265.4% | 258.5 | 3,100 | 4 |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 6.6% | $26,044 | 18.8% | 116.1% | 48.7% | 205.3% | 149.8% | 157.1 | 2,748 | 4 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 5.3% | $33,474 | 13.9% | 93.7% | 62.6% | 159.7% | 110.7% | 121.4 | 1,815 | 3 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 9.6% | $17,454 | 28.6% | 169.9% | 32.6% | 306.3% | 228.3% | 234.8 | 3,085 | 4 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 4.6% | $45,160 | 20.6% | 80.5% | 84.5% | 118.4% | 164.7% | 121.2 | 1,812 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 4.7% | $25,874 | 13.2% | 82.9% | 48.4% | 206.6% | 105.1% | 131.6 | 2,149 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 4.1% | $30,401 | 10.6% | 72.4% | 56.9% | 175.9% | 84.5% | 110.9 | 1,456 | 2 |
| Nicholas | Distressed | 7.0% | $23,328 | 16.7% | 124.3% | 43.6% | 229.2% | 133.0% | 162.2 | 2,810 | 4 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 5.8% | $50,305 | 14.7% | 102.9% | 94.1% | 106.3% | 117.5% | 108.9 | 1,393 | 2 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 3.5% | $34,777 | 16.4% | 61.5% | 65.0% | 153.7% | 130.5% | 115.2 | 1,614 | 3 |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 7.9% | $31,649 | 7.7% | 138.5% | 59.2% | 168.9% | 61.6% | 123.0 | 1,865 | 3 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 6.0% | $28,725 | 20.3% | 105.8% | 53.7% | 186.1% | 162.2% | 151.4 | 2,642 | 4 |
| Preston | Transitional | 5.3% | $29,638 | 13.8% | 93.4% | 55.4% | 180.4% | 110.0% | 127.9 | 2,041 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 5.0% | $44,048 | 10.9% | 87.6% | 82.4% | 121.4% | 87.3% | 98.7 | 1,044 | 2 |
| Raleigh | At-Risk | 6.0% | $30,836 | 22.0% | 105.2% | 57.7% | 173.4% | 175.7% | 151.4 | 2,643 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 6.5% | $28,712 | 15.5% | 114.5% | 53.7% | 186.2% | 123.5% | 141.4 | 2,428 | 4 |
| Ritchie | Transitional | 6.0% | $37,932 | 20.3% | 106.3% | 71.0% | 140.9% | 162.1% | 136.4 | 2,292 | 3 |
| Roane | Distressed | 9.0% | $23,404 | 21.1% | 159.5% | 43.8% | 228.4% | 168.1% | 185.4 | 2,987 | 4 |
| Summers | Distressed | 5.3% | $23,568 | 21.2% | 94.2% | 44.1% | 226.8% | 169.0% | 163.3 | 2,824 | 4 |
| Taylor | Transitional | 5.3% | $35,821 | 16.9% | 92.7% | 67.0% | 149.2% | 134.4% | 125.5 | 1,954 | 3 |
| Tucker | Transitional | 5.8% | $37,312 | 9.8% | 101.9% | 69.8% | 143.3% | 77.8% | 107.7 | 1,352 | 2 |
| Tyler | Transitional | 8.2% | $41,421 | 12.0% | 144.8% | 77.5% | 129.1% | 95.9% | 123.3 | 1,873 | 3 |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 6.8% | $27,455 | 17.8% | 120.1% | 51.4% | 194.7% | 142.2% | 152.4 | 2,661 | 4 |
| Wayne | At-Risk | 5.8% | $28,494 | 16.7% | 103.1% | 53.3% | 187.6% | 133.5% | 141.4 | 2,430 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 6.7% | $15,664 | 17.8% | 118.4% | 29.3% | 341.3% | 142.3% | 200.7 | 3,039 | 4 |
| Wetzel | At-Risk | 7.5% | $26,949 | 17.0% | 131.4% | 50.4% | 198.4% | 135.6% | 155.1 | 2,723 | 4 |
| Wirt | Distressed | 8.1% | $24,854 | 20.3% | 142.1% | 46.5% | 215.1% | 161.8% | 173.0 | 2,910 | 4 |
| Wood | Transitional | 6.0% | $42,907 | 14.8% | 106.6% | 80.3% | 124.6% | 117.9% | 116.4 | 1,655 | 3 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 6.7% | $19,069 | 24.4% | 117.4% | 35.7% | 280.4% | 194.9% | 197.6 | 3,031 | 4 |
