County Economic Status, Fiscal Year 2020: Appalachian North Carolina

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 County Economic Status, FY 2020Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2015–2017Per Capita Market Income, 2017Poverty Rate, 2013–2017Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2015–2017Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2017Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013–2017Composite Index Value, FY 2020Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2020Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2020
United States   -   4.8%$42,86114.6%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%   -      -      -   
Appalachian Region   -   5.4%$31,31116.3%111.8%73.1%136.9%111.5%   -      -      -   
North Carolina   -   5.1%$35,56516.1%105.9%83.0%120.5%110.7%   -      -      -   
Appalachian North Carolina   -   4.8%$30,14517.1%99.4%70.3%142.2%117.5%   -      -      -   
County
AlexanderTransitional4.3%$26,38914.7%88.5%61.6%162.4%101.0%117.331,573
AlleghanyAt-Risk5.6%$25,70821.0%115.9%60.0%166.7%143.7%142.142,343
AsheTransitional5.0%$24,40719.4%103.2%56.9%175.6%133.3%137.432,206
AveryTransitional5.1%$24,93014.7%105.6%58.2%171.9%100.5%126.031,864
BuncombeTransitional3.9%$36,87013.2%80.6%86.0%116.2%90.8%95.92852
BurkeTransitional4.9%$24,39319.3%101.7%56.9%175.7%132.6%136.732,185
CaldwellTransitional5.3%$23,87316.4%110.0%55.7%179.5%112.6%134.032,088
CherokeeAt-Risk5.7%$18,50316.8%118.7%43.2%231.6%115.5%155.342,595
ClayAt-Risk5.6%$20,59817.5%114.9%48.1%208.1%120.1%147.742,462
DavieTransitional4.5%$35,98514.0%93.6%84.0%119.1%96.0%102.921,101
ForsythTransitional4.9%$38,28718.7%102.0%89.3%111.9%128.3%114.121,460
GrahamDistressed9.2%$20,05719.0%190.8%46.8%213.7%130.2%178.242,895
HaywoodTransitional4.6%$27,23116.6%95.7%63.5%157.4%113.8%122.331,743
HendersonTransitional4.3%$30,56411.8%88.7%71.3%140.2%81.2%103.421,115
JacksonAt-Risk5.4%$23,74421.6%112.8%55.4%180.5%148.0%147.142,442
MaconTransitional5.4%$26,80317.7%112.2%62.5%159.9%121.2%131.132,013
MadisonTransitional5.0%$22,12717.8%102.7%51.6%193.7%122.3%139.632,271
McDowellAt-Risk4.8%$21,96719.3%99.8%51.3%195.1%132.2%142.442,348
MitchellTransitional6.1%$23,02615.4%126.3%53.7%186.1%105.6%139.332,261
PolkTransitional4.6%$31,75410.9%96.1%74.1%135.0%74.9%102.021,072
RutherfordAt-Risk6.9%$20,82719.6%142.3%48.6%205.8%134.6%160.942,683
StokesTransitional4.8%$25,62213.9%100.0%59.8%167.3%95.0%120.831,699
SurryTransitional4.8%$26,85017.6%99.7%62.6%159.6%120.6%126.631,885
SwainAt-Risk6.3%$25,83520.9%130.0%60.3%165.9%143.0%146.342,427
TransylvaniaTransitional4.9%$28,99615.5%101.0%67.7%147.8%106.6%118.531,618
WataugaAt-Risk4.5%$28,62828.3%92.7%66.8%149.7%194.1%145.542,413
WilkesTransitional4.9%$24,50820.9%101.7%57.2%174.9%143.0%139.932,286
YadkinTransitional4.5%$26,07217.3%92.4%60.8%164.4%118.6%125.131,834
YanceyAt-Risk5.2%$22,57319.6%108.0%52.7%189.9%134.4%144.142,387