The data set was compiled going back as far as 1969 for each county in Tennessee for increases or decreases in the following economic development measures:
- Population
- Labor Force
- Total Employment
- Average Wages
- Per Capita Income
- Median Household Income
- GDP
Using these data sets, a scoring or ranking system showed that over the ten-year period from 2011-2021 Marshall County ranked 8th overall out of 95 counties and for the five-year period from 2016-2021 Marshall County ranked 2nd.
More recent indicators of a consistently strong economic development outlook for Marshall County is the continued growth in population (4.5% from April 2021 - April 2022) and 49.6% increase in business license applications from 2019 (226) - 2022 (338), according to a report from the Economic Innovation Group.
