| | County Economic Status, FY 2020 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2015–2017 | Per Capita Market Income, 2017 | Poverty Rate, 2013–2017 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2015–2017 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2017 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2017 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2013–2017 | Composite Index Value, FY 2020 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2020 | Index Value Rank (of 3,113 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2020 |
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| United States | - | 4.8% | $42,861 | 14.6% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 5.4% | $31,311 | 16.3% | 111.8% | 73.1% | 136.9% | 111.5% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 5.2% | $43,169 | 13.1% | 107.6% | 100.7% | 99.3% | 90.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.6% | $36,093 | 13.3% | 116.3% | 84.2% | 118.8% | 91.0% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Competitive | 5.0% | $48,039 | 12.5% | 102.7% | 112.1% | 89.2% | 85.8% | 92.6 | 1 | 741 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 6.8% | $30,173 | 13.0% | 140.0% | 70.4% | 142.1% | 89.1% | 123.7 | 3 | 1,787 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 5.9% | $34,183 | 10.8% | 122.7% | 79.8% | 125.4% | 74.0% | 107.4 | 2 | 1,229 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 5.7% | $29,420 | 13.6% | 118.0% | 68.6% | 145.7% | 93.6% | 119.1 | 3 | 1,641 |
| Blair | Transitional | 5.1% | $32,137 | 15.2% | 105.4% | 75.0% | 133.4% | 104.0% | 114.3 | 2 | 1,465 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 5.9% | $28,786 | 12.2% | 121.5% | 67.2% | 148.9% | 84.0% | 118.1 | 3 | 1,603 |
| Butler | Competitive | 4.8% | $46,390 | 8.4% | 99.2% | 108.2% | 92.4% | 57.7% | 83.1 | 1 | 448 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 6.5% | $28,023 | 15.6% | 134.1% | 65.4% | 152.9% | 107.3% | 131.4 | 3 | 2,020 |
| Cameron | Transitional | 7.1% | $31,625 | 14.4% | 147.7% | 73.8% | 135.5% | 98.5% | 127.2 | 3 | 1,898 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 5.9% | $38,428 | 12.8% | 121.3% | 89.7% | 111.5% | 87.8% | 106.9 | 2 | 1,214 |
| Centre | Transitional | 3.9% | $37,527 | 18.4% | 81.7% | 87.6% | 114.2% | 126.2% | 107.4 | 2 | 1,230 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 5.9% | $28,502 | 17.5% | 122.7% | 66.5% | 150.4% | 120.3% | 131.1 | 3 | 2,014 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 6.6% | $30,959 | 15.3% | 137.4% | 72.2% | 138.4% | 105.1% | 127.0 | 3 | 1,893 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 6.7% | $28,132 | 17.2% | 139.1% | 65.6% | 152.4% | 118.2% | 136.6 | 3 | 2,179 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 5.5% | $30,676 | 15.9% | 113.2% | 71.6% | 139.7% | 108.8% | 120.6 | 3 | 1,692 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 5.6% | $27,435 | 14.5% | 115.3% | 64.0% | 156.2% | 99.4% | 123.6 | 3 | 1,784 |
| Elk | Transitional | 5.1% | $34,782 | 9.4% | 105.6% | 81.2% | 123.2% | 64.3% | 97.7 | 2 | 919 |
| Erie | Transitional | 5.9% | $31,236 | 16.8% | 122.8% | 72.9% | 137.2% | 115.0% | 125.0 | 3 | 1,824 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 7.5% | $27,345 | 18.8% | 155.5% | 63.8% | 156.7% | 129.2% | 147.2 | 4 | 2,444 |
| Forest | Distressed | 7.5% | $12,458 | 14.1% | 155.0% | 29.1% | 344.0% | 96.7% | 198.6 | 4 | 3,009 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 5.9% | $31,419 | 11.5% | 122.2% | 73.3% | 136.4% | 78.5% | 112.4 | 2 | 1,412 |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.6% | $30,206 | 14.8% | 135.6% | 70.5% | 141.9% | 101.5% | 126.3 | 3 | 1,873 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 6.7% | $25,844 | 13.6% | 138.1% | 60.3% | 165.8% | 93.6% | 132.5 | 3 | 2,050 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 6.5% | $27,281 | 16.6% | 134.7% | 63.7% | 157.1% | 113.6% | 135.1 | 3 | 2,125 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 6.2% | $30,313 | 14.2% | 128.0% | 70.7% | 141.4% | 97.3% | 122.2 | 3 | 1,741 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 5.0% | $34,227 | 13.1% | 103.1% | 79.9% | 125.2% | 89.7% | 106.0 | 2 | 1,180 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 5.5% | $34,208 | 15.4% | 114.6% | 79.8% | 125.3% | 105.8% | 115.2 | 2 | 1,503 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.4% | $29,143 | 14.0% | 131.8% | 68.0% | 147.1% | 96.1% | 125.0 | 3 | 1,826 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 6.2% | $32,295 | 15.2% | 128.8% | 75.3% | 132.7% | 104.2% | 121.9 | 3 | 1,724 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 6.1% | $31,166 | 14.0% | 126.5% | 72.7% | 137.5% | 96.3% | 120.1 | 3 | 1,675 |
| McKean | Transitional | 6.3% | $31,777 | 17.3% | 130.1% | 74.1% | 134.9% | 118.8% | 127.9 | 3 | 1,913 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 5.6% | $28,345 | 13.7% | 116.5% | 66.1% | 151.2% | 93.8% | 120.5 | 3 | 1,689 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 5.6% | $26,658 | 13.5% | 116.1% | 62.2% | 160.8% | 92.4% | 123.1 | 3 | 1,763 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 6.2% | $31,860 | 11.1% | 128.2% | 74.3% | 134.5% | 76.2% | 113.0 | 2 | 1,424 |
| Montour | Competitive | 4.2% | $44,599 | 10.5% | 85.9% | 104.1% | 96.1% | 72.1% | 84.7 | 1 | 482 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 6.0% | $28,537 | 14.4% | 124.4% | 66.6% | 150.2% | 98.5% | 124.4 | 3 | 1,804 |
| Perry | Competitive | 4.5% | $33,411 | 8.4% | 92.3% | 78.0% | 128.3% | 57.5% | 92.7 | 1 | 744 |
| Pike | Transitional | 6.3% | $35,038 | 9.9% | 130.1% | 81.7% | 122.3% | 67.9% | 106.7 | 2 | 1,207 |
| Potter | Transitional | 7.2% | $28,396 | 14.4% | 148.0% | 66.3% | 150.9% | 98.5% | 132.5 | 3 | 2,049 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 6.1% | $29,546 | 12.5% | 126.4% | 68.9% | 145.1% | 85.8% | 119.1 | 3 | 1,643 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 4.6% | $29,562 | 11.3% | 95.3% | 69.0% | 145.0% | 77.2% | 105.8 | 2 | 1,176 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 6.7% | $28,591 | 12.7% | 138.8% | 66.7% | 149.9% | 86.9% | 125.2 | 3 | 1,840 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 6.4% | $31,722 | 13.1% | 131.6% | 74.0% | 135.1% | 89.7% | 118.8 | 3 | 1,633 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 5.3% | $31,730 | 13.0% | 110.4% | 74.0% | 135.1% | 89.0% | 111.5 | 2 | 1,383 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 6.5% | $28,665 | 13.4% | 135.6% | 66.9% | 149.5% | 91.8% | 125.6 | 3 | 1,850 |
| Union | Transitional | 4.5% | $31,912 | 10.2% | 94.0% | 74.5% | 134.3% | 69.7% | 99.3 | 2 | 984 |
| Venango | Transitional | 6.4% | $26,349 | 13.6% | 133.3% | 61.5% | 162.7% | 93.4% | 129.8 | 3 | 1,978 |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.2% | $28,537 | 13.4% | 108.6% | 66.6% | 150.2% | 91.9% | 116.9 | 3 | 1,559 |
| Washington | Transitional | 5.6% | $43,521 | 9.7% | 116.8% | 101.5% | 98.5% | 66.4% | 93.9 | 2 | 801 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 5.5% | $30,634 | 11.1% | 114.7% | 71.5% | 139.9% | 76.1% | 110.3 | 2 | 1,347 |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 5.5% | $37,944 | 10.3% | 113.4% | 88.5% | 113.0% | 70.8% | 99.1 | 2 | 972 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 5.9% | $32,636 | 10.4% | 121.2% | 76.1% | 131.3% | 71.3% | 108.0 | 2 | 1,257 |
