| | County Economic Status, FY 2021 | Three-Year Average Unemployment Rate, 2016–2018 | Per Capita Market Income, 2018 | Poverty Rate, 2014–2018 | Three-Year Avg. Unemp. Rate, Percent of U.S. Avg., 2016–2018 | Per Capita Market Income, Percent of U.S. Average, 2018 | PCMI, Percent of U.S. Avg., Inversed, 2018 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2014–2018 | Composite Index Value, FY 2021 | Index Value Rank (of 3,112 counties in U.S., 1 is the best), FY 2021 | Quartile (1 is the best), FY 2021 |
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| United States | - | 4.4% | $45,364 | 14.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Region | - | 4.9% | $32,967 | 15.8% | 111.2% | 72.7% | 137.6% | 112.2% | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania | - | 4.9% | $45,347 | 12.8% | 111.1% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 90.8% | - | - | - |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | - | 5.2% | $38,603 | 13.0% | 120.0% | 85.1% | 117.5% | 92.6% | - | - | - |
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| County |
| Allegheny | Competitive | 4.6% | $52,300 | 12.1% | 106.3% | 115.3% | 86.7% | 86.4% | 93.2 | 729 | 1 |
| Armstrong | Transitional | 6.2% | $33,337 | 11.7% | 142.6% | 73.5% | 136.1% | 83.3% | 120.7 | 1,671 | 3 |
| Beaver | Transitional | 5.4% | $36,379 | 10.9% | 124.1% | 80.2% | 124.7% | 77.6% | 108.8 | 1,272 | 2 |
| Bedford | Transitional | 5.2% | $31,401 | 12.7% | 118.4% | 69.2% | 144.5% | 90.6% | 117.8 | 1,570 | 3 |
| Blair | Transitional | 4.8% | $34,052 | 14.6% | 109.1% | 75.1% | 133.2% | 103.9% | 115.4 | 1,492 | 2 |
| Bradford | Transitional | 5.4% | $30,625 | 12.0% | 122.5% | 67.5% | 148.1% | 85.5% | 118.7 | 1,602 | 3 |
| Butler | Competitive | 4.5% | $49,085 | 8.3% | 103.0% | 108.2% | 92.4% | 58.7% | 84.7 | 460 | 1 |
| Cambria | Transitional | 6.0% | $29,684 | 15.4% | 137.6% | 65.4% | 152.8% | 109.2% | 133.2 | 2,041 | 3 |
| Cameron | Transitional | 6.4% | $33,463 | 14.3% | 147.0% | 73.8% | 135.6% | 102.0% | 128.2 | 1,884 | 3 |
| Carbon | Transitional | 5.5% | $39,004 | 12.5% | 126.4% | 86.0% | 116.3% | 89.1% | 110.6 | 1,331 | 2 |
| Centre | Transitional | 3.7% | $39,100 | 18.4% | 84.5% | 86.2% | 116.0% | 130.7% | 110.4 | 1,326 | 2 |
| Clarion | Transitional | 5.5% | $30,075 | 16.2% | 126.0% | 66.3% | 150.8% | 115.4% | 130.7 | 1,971 | 3 |
| Clearfield | Transitional | 6.1% | $32,575 | 14.9% | 138.7% | 71.8% | 139.3% | 105.8% | 127.9 | 1,877 | 3 |
| Clinton | Transitional | 6.2% | $29,230 | 17.4% | 141.2% | 64.4% | 155.2% | 124.0% | 140.1 | 2,252 | 3 |
| Columbia | Transitional | 5.2% | $31,967 | 14.3% | 118.0% | 70.5% | 141.9% | 102.0% | 120.6 | 1,668 | 3 |
| Crawford | Transitional | 5.4% | $29,402 | 14.1% | 123.5% | 64.8% | 154.3% | 100.0% | 125.9 | 1,827 | 3 |
| Elk | Transitional | 4.7% | $36,968 | 9.8% | 108.3% | 81.5% | 122.7% | 69.9% | 100.3 | 997 | 2 |
| Erie | Transitional | 5.7% | $33,392 | 16.3% | 129.5% | 73.6% | 135.9% | 115.7% | 127.0 | 1,857 | 3 |
| Fayette | At-Risk | 7.0% | $29,456 | 17.7% | 159.1% | 64.9% | 154.0% | 126.0% | 146.4 | 2,405 | 4 |
| Forest | Distressed | 6.9% | $12,999 | 14.5% | 158.2% | 28.7% | 349.0% | 102.9% | 203.4 | 3,020 | 4 |
| Fulton | Transitional | 5.1% | $34,349 | 11.4% | 116.2% | 75.7% | 132.1% | 81.4% | 109.9 | 1,309 | 2 |
| Greene | Transitional | 6.2% | $33,122 | 14.2% | 141.6% | 73.0% | 137.0% | 101.1% | 126.6 | 1,843 | 3 |
| Huntingdon | Transitional | 6.1% | $27,726 | 13.3% | 139.0% | 61.1% | 163.6% | 94.9% | 132.5 | 2,015 | 3 |
| Indiana | Transitional | 6.0% | $29,199 | 16.8% | 137.6% | 64.4% | 155.4% | 119.9% | 137.6 | 2,175 | 3 |
| Jefferson | Transitional | 5.7% | $32,194 | 13.9% | 130.0% | 71.0% | 140.9% | 99.0% | 123.3 | 1,753 | 3 |
| Juniata | Transitional | 4.6% | $35,751 | 11.9% | 106.2% | 78.8% | 126.9% | 84.3% | 105.8 | 1,175 | 2 |
| Lackawanna | Transitional | 5.1% | $35,767 | 15.1% | 117.2% | 78.8% | 126.8% | 107.5% | 117.2 | 1,553 | 2 |
| Lawrence | Transitional | 6.0% | $31,171 | 14.1% | 136.2% | 68.7% | 145.5% | 100.4% | 127.4 | 1,864 | 3 |
| Luzerne | Transitional | 5.9% | $33,687 | 14.9% | 133.9% | 74.3% | 134.7% | 105.8% | 124.8 | 1,793 | 3 |
| Lycoming | Transitional | 5.7% | $32,916 | 14.2% | 129.8% | 72.6% | 137.8% | 100.9% | 122.8 | 1,735 | 3 |
| McKean | Transitional | 5.8% | $33,390 | 16.8% | 133.8% | 73.6% | 135.9% | 119.4% | 129.7 | 1,932 | 3 |
| Mercer | Transitional | 5.4% | $30,500 | 14.2% | 123.2% | 67.2% | 148.7% | 101.1% | 124.3 | 1,778 | 3 |
| Mifflin | Transitional | 5.2% | $28,330 | 14.4% | 119.7% | 62.4% | 160.1% | 102.8% | 127.5 | 1,869 | 3 |
| Monroe | Transitional | 5.8% | $32,978 | 11.5% | 133.0% | 72.7% | 137.6% | 81.9% | 117.5 | 1,560 | 3 |
| Montour | Competitive | 3.9% | $46,479 | 11.1% | 88.5% | 102.5% | 97.6% | 79.1% | 88.4 | 568 | 1 |
| Northumberland | Transitional | 5.7% | $29,952 | 13.9% | 130.7% | 66.0% | 151.5% | 99.2% | 127.1 | 1,859 | 3 |
| Perry | Transitional | 4.2% | $35,019 | 8.5% | 96.2% | 77.2% | 129.5% | 60.4% | 95.4 | 809 | 2 |
| Pike | Transitional | 5.9% | $36,659 | 10.0% | 134.9% | 80.8% | 123.7% | 70.9% | 109.8 | 1,307 | 2 |
| Potter | Transitional | 6.6% | $31,047 | 14.3% | 150.2% | 68.4% | 146.1% | 102.0% | 132.8 | 2,025 | 3 |
| Schuylkill | Transitional | 5.7% | $31,283 | 12.7% | 131.0% | 69.0% | 145.0% | 90.4% | 122.1 | 1,716 | 3 |
| Snyder | Transitional | 4.3% | $31,194 | 10.6% | 99.3% | 68.8% | 145.4% | 75.5% | 106.7 | 1,209 | 2 |
| Somerset | Transitional | 6.1% | $30,904 | 12.4% | 139.9% | 68.1% | 146.8% | 88.5% | 125.1 | 1,798 | 3 |
| Sullivan | Transitional | 6.1% | $33,474 | 13.4% | 138.6% | 73.8% | 135.5% | 95.3% | 123.1 | 1,748 | 3 |
| Susquehanna | Transitional | 4.8% | $34,845 | 12.3% | 110.1% | 76.8% | 130.2% | 87.3% | 109.2 | 1,281 | 2 |
| Tioga | Transitional | 6.1% | $30,079 | 14.2% | 139.5% | 66.3% | 150.8% | 101.3% | 130.5 | 1,964 | 3 |
| Union | Transitional | 4.3% | $33,430 | 11.3% | 98.0% | 73.7% | 135.7% | 80.4% | 104.7 | 1,134 | 2 |
| Venango | Transitional | 6.1% | $28,044 | 13.8% | 139.7% | 61.8% | 161.8% | 98.5% | 133.3 | 2,045 | 3 |
| Warren | Transitional | 5.1% | $31,024 | 12.7% | 115.9% | 68.4% | 146.2% | 90.4% | 117.5 | 1,562 | 3 |
| Washington | Competitive | 5.2% | $48,421 | 9.3% | 119.5% | 106.7% | 93.7% | 66.0% | 93.0 | 724 | 1 |
| Wayne | Transitional | 5.2% | $32,471 | 11.6% | 118.7% | 71.6% | 139.7% | 82.6% | 113.7 | 1,435 | 2 |
| Westmoreland | Transitional | 5.1% | $40,291 | 10.0% | 117.7% | 88.8% | 112.6% | 71.2% | 100.5 | 1,002 | 2 |
| Wyoming | Transitional | 5.3% | $34,660 | 10.5% | 121.8% | 76.4% | 130.9% | 74.5% | 109.1 | 1,278 | 2 |
