| ECONOMY | Rome | Jonesboro | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 10.40% | 11.50% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.01% | 0.70% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 31.62% | 29.90% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 7.00% | 7.00% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 6.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $18,205 | $19,815 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $33,768 | $44,542 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 21.12% | 11.55% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 16.00% | 11.40% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 14.45% | 14.99% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.70% | 17.56% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 16.12% | 22.64% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 6.83% | 8.98% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 5.24% | 8.82% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 1.77% | 3.90% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 0.68% | 0.23% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 8.18% | 10.36% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 18.30% | 15.71% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.26% | 13.92% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 23.74% | 32.37% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.55% | 0.00% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 8.93% | 10.44% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 24.04% | 17.24% | 14.05% |
