| | County Economic Status, FY 2026 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2021–2023 | Per Capita Market Income, 2023 | Poverty Rate, 2019–2023 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2021–2023 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2023 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2023 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2019–2023 | Composite Index Value, FY 2026 | Index Value Rank (of 3,106 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2026 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2026 |
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| United States | - | 4.2% | $57,066 | 12.4% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 3.8% | $41,089 | 14.3% | 91.6% | 72.0% | 138.9% | 114.6% | - | - | - |
| West Virginia | - | 4.3% | $37,084 | 16.6% | 102.7% | 65.0% | 153.9% | 133.7% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Barbour | At-Risk | 4.9% | $27,244 | 20.8% | 116.1% | 47.7% | 209.5% | 167.1% | 164.2 | 2,794 | 4 |
| Berkeley | Transitional | 3.3% | $44,443 | 11.4% | 79.5% | 77.9% | 128.4% | 91.4% | 99.8 | 1,019 | 2 |
| Boone | At-Risk | 4.9% | $25,334 | 17.3% | 117.6% | 44.4% | 225.3% | 139.1% | 160.7 | 2,757 | 4 |
| Braxton | Distressed | 6.0% | $25,092 | 18.8% | 141.8% | 44.0% | 227.4% | 151.2% | 173.5 | 2,873 | 4 |
| Brooke | Transitional | 5.3% | $38,345 | 12.1% | 125.2% | 67.2% | 148.8% | 97.4% | 123.8 | 1,849 | 3 |
| Cabell | Transitional | 4.0% | $38,339 | 19.8% | 95.0% | 67.2% | 148.8% | 159.3% | 134.4 | 2,173 | 3 |
| Calhoun | Distressed | 8.6% | $25,068 | 33.4% | 204.1% | 43.9% | 227.6% | 268.2% | 233.3 | 3,076 | 4 |
| Clay | Distressed | 6.5% | $24,170 | 24.9% | 154.7% | 42.4% | 236.1% | 200.1% | 197.0 | 3,018 | 4 |
| Doddridge | Transitional | 3.5% | $31,214 | 14.5% | 83.5% | 54.7% | 182.8% | 116.7% | 127.7 | 1,978 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 5.1% | $28,367 | 18.8% | 122.2% | 49.7% | 201.2% | 151.0% | 158.1 | 2,721 | 4 |
| Gilmer | At-Risk | 5.8% | $25,060 | 12.9% | 139.1% | 43.9% | 227.7% | 103.8% | 156.8 | 2,700 | 4 |
| Grant | Transitional | 4.0% | $29,926 | 13.4% | 95.3% | 52.4% | 190.7% | 107.9% | 131.3 | 2,086 | 3 |
| Greenbrier | At-Risk | 4.0% | $30,965 | 20.7% | 95.4% | 54.3% | 184.3% | 166.4% | 148.7 | 2,521 | 4 |
| Hampshire | Transitional | 3.0% | $32,429 | 14.2% | 71.3% | 56.8% | 176.0% | 114.0% | 120.4 | 1,738 | 3 |
| Hancock | Transitional | 5.7% | $36,925 | 15.0% | 135.5% | 64.7% | 154.5% | 120.2% | 136.7 | 2,240 | 3 |
| Hardy | At-Risk | 4.5% | $30,809 | 17.6% | 106.5% | 54.0% | 185.2% | 141.8% | 144.5 | 2,435 | 4 |
| Harrison | Transitional | 3.9% | $47,660 | 13.6% | 92.1% | 83.5% | 119.7% | 109.0% | 106.9 | 1,272 | 2 |
| Jackson | At-Risk | 4.7% | $33,402 | 17.5% | 112.7% | 58.5% | 170.8% | 140.9% | 141.5 | 2,372 | 4 |
| Jefferson | Competitive | 2.8% | $54,300 | 8.8% | 66.2% | 95.2% | 105.1% | 70.8% | 80.7 | 399 | 1 |
| Kanawha | Transitional | 4.2% | $43,344 | 16.1% | 99.8% | 76.0% | 131.7% | 129.5% | 120.3 | 1,736 | 3 |
| Lewis | At-Risk | 5.5% | $31,753 | 19.4% | 129.9% | 55.6% | 179.7% | 155.8% | 155.1 | 2,663 | 4 |
| Lincoln | Distressed | 5.5% | $23,632 | 20.6% | 131.3% | 41.4% | 241.5% | 165.8% | 179.5 | 2,932 | 4 |
| Logan | Distressed | 5.0% | $25,797 | 21.4% | 119.4% | 45.2% | 221.2% | 172.0% | 170.9 | 2,857 | 4 |
| Marion | Transitional | 4.6% | $36,896 | 13.6% | 108.9% | 64.7% | 154.7% | 109.1% | 124.2 | 1,863 | 3 |
| Marshall | Transitional | 5.4% | $37,201 | 15.0% | 129.3% | 65.2% | 153.4% | 120.7% | 134.5 | 2,177 | 3 |
| Mason | At-Risk | 4.8% | $27,527 | 17.9% | 114.9% | 48.2% | 207.3% | 143.7% | 155.3 | 2,667 | 4 |
| McDowell | Distressed | 7.1% | $16,580 | 30.9% | 168.9% | 29.1% | 344.2% | 248.6% | 253.9 | 3,095 | 4 |
| Mercer | At-Risk | 5.0% | $28,752 | 18.0% | 118.8% | 50.4% | 198.5% | 144.5% | 153.9 | 2,644 | 4 |
| Mineral | Transitional | 4.2% | $33,069 | 14.3% | 100.5% | 57.9% | 172.6% | 114.5% | 129.2 | 2,032 | 3 |
| Mingo | Distressed | 6.6% | $19,614 | 29.9% | 155.9% | 34.4% | 291.0% | 240.0% | 228.9 | 3,074 | 4 |
| Monongalia | Transitional | 3.5% | $47,682 | 20.5% | 84.1% | 83.6% | 119.7% | 164.8% | 122.8 | 1,824 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 3.4% | $27,601 | 15.7% | 81.2% | 48.4% | 206.8% | 125.9% | 137.9 | 2,268 | 3 |
| Morgan | Transitional | 3.2% | $30,375 | 11.0% | 75.9% | 53.2% | 187.9% | 88.6% | 117.5 | 1,636 | 3 |
| Nicholas | At-Risk | 5.1% | $26,295 | 17.8% | 121.7% | 46.1% | 217.0% | 143.3% | 160.6 | 2,756 | 4 |
| Ohio | Transitional | 4.3% | $50,282 | 15.7% | 103.4% | 88.1% | 113.5% | 125.9% | 114.3 | 1,515 | 2 |
| Pendleton | Transitional | 2.8% | $32,130 | 16.3% | 66.0% | 56.3% | 177.6% | 131.3% | 125.0 | 1,886 | 3 |
| Pleasants | Transitional | 6.0% | $34,651 | 8.0% | 142.3% | 60.7% | 164.7% | 64.3% | 123.8 | 1,848 | 3 |
| Pocahontas | At-Risk | 4.6% | $29,690 | 20.8% | 108.6% | 52.0% | 192.2% | 167.2% | 156.0 | 2,675 | 4 |
| Preston | Transitional | 4.2% | $30,812 | 14.1% | 99.9% | 54.0% | 185.2% | 113.7% | 132.9 | 2,134 | 3 |
| Putnam | Transitional | 3.6% | $45,489 | 10.7% | 86.6% | 79.7% | 125.5% | 85.8% | 99.3 | 1,000 | 2 |
| Raleigh | At-Risk | 4.2% | $33,507 | 21.6% | 100.8% | 58.7% | 170.3% | 173.7% | 148.3 | 2,509 | 4 |
| Randolph | At-Risk | 5.0% | $30,574 | 14.7% | 120.0% | 53.6% | 186.6% | 118.3% | 141.6 | 2,373 | 4 |
| Ritchie | At-Risk | 4.7% | $38,884 | 21.7% | 111.3% | 68.1% | 146.8% | 174.2% | 144.1 | 2,425 | 4 |
| Roane | Distressed | 6.9% | $24,892 | 20.2% | 164.8% | 43.6% | 229.3% | 162.5% | 185.5 | 2,968 | 4 |
| Summers | At-Risk | 4.1% | $25,164 | 19.2% | 98.0% | 44.1% | 226.8% | 154.4% | 159.7 | 2,742 | 4 |
| Taylor | Transitional | 4.1% | $38,487 | 14.7% | 97.3% | 67.4% | 148.3% | 118.0% | 121.2 | 1,768 | 3 |
| Tucker | Transitional | 4.2% | $38,524 | 13.2% | 99.5% | 67.5% | 148.1% | 105.9% | 117.9 | 1,652 | 3 |
| Tyler | At-Risk | 6.6% | $45,817 | 17.7% | 157.5% | 80.3% | 124.6% | 142.1% | 141.4 | 2,371 | 4 |
| Upshur | At-Risk | 5.2% | $30,612 | 18.3% | 123.9% | 53.6% | 186.4% | 147.2% | 152.5 | 2,604 | 4 |
| Wayne | At-Risk | 4.5% | $30,080 | 15.7% | 106.1% | 52.7% | 189.7% | 126.0% | 140.6 | 2,347 | 4 |
| Webster | Distressed | 5.3% | $17,051 | 22.1% | 125.0% | 29.9% | 334.7% | 177.9% | 212.5 | 3,052 | 4 |
| Wetzel | At-Risk | 6.1% | $29,065 | 16.6% | 145.5% | 50.9% | 196.3% | 133.6% | 158.5 | 2,730 | 4 |
| Wirt | Distressed | 6.5% | $28,208 | 18.3% | 153.7% | 49.4% | 202.3% | 147.3% | 167.8 | 2,830 | 4 |
| Wood | Transitional | 4.5% | $42,644 | 14.8% | 107.9% | 74.7% | 133.8% | 118.9% | 120.2 | 1,729 | 3 |
| Wyoming | Distressed | 4.8% | $20,712 | 22.6% | 115.3% | 36.3% | 275.5% | 181.3% | 190.7 | 2,994 | 4 |
