List of lowest-income counties in the United States

These are lists of the lowest-income counties in the United States, based on measures of per capita personal income and median household income. This article lists counties by per capita personal income (PCPI), a more comprehensive measurement of an individual's income than per capita income (PCI).

50 counties/parishes with lowest per capita personal income

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Two common measurements of the average annual income of individuals in the United States are: per capita income (PCI) and per capita personal income (PCPI). Per capita personal income is the more comprehensive of the two measures, and thus PCPI for an individual, county, or state will be higher than PCI. The following table is a listing of counties by PCPI.

United States of America: $65,470
Rank County / Parish State Per capita
personal income
(2022)[1]
Notes
1
Crowley County   Colorado
$22,240
Location of Crowley County Correctional Facility and Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
2
Wheeler County   Georgia
$23,545
Location of Wheeler Correctional Facility
3
Issaquena County   Mississippi
$24,489
4
Union County   Florida
$26,536
Location of Union Correctional Institution
5
Elliott County   Kentucky
$27,403
Location of Little Sandy Correctional Complex
6
Madison County   Idaho
$27,836
7
Forest County   Pennsylvania
$28,009
Location of State Correctional Institution – Forest
8
Telfair County   Georgia
$28,393
Location of Telfair State Prison and McRae Correctional Institution
9
Lake County   Tennessee
$30,404
Location of Northwest Correctional Complex
10
Noble County   Ohio
$31,123
Location of Noble Correctional Institution
11
Charlton County   Georgia
$31,382
Location of D. Ray James Correctional Institution
12
Bullock County   Alabama
$31,394
Location of Bullock Correctional Facility
13
Glades County   Florida
$31,410
Location of Moore Haven Correctional Facility
14
Starr County   Texas
$31,643
15
Morgan County   Kentucky
$31,709
Location of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
16
Johnson County   Georgia
$31,721
Location of Johnson State Prison
17
Hancock County   Tennessee
$31,828
18
Martin County   Kentucky
$31,956
Location of USP Big Sandy
19
Liberty County   Florida
$32,522
Location of Liberty Correctional Institution
20
Webster County   West Virginia
$32,597
21
Greene County   Mississippi
$32,650
Location of South Mississippi Correctional Institution
22
Echols County   Georgia
$32,683
23
Garza County   Texas
$32,823
Location of Giles W. Dalby Correctional Institution
24
Clayton County   Georgia
$32,831
25
DeSoto County   Florida
$32,893
Location of Desoto Annex state prison
26
Bent County   Colorado
$32,978
Location of Bent County Correctional Facility
27
Lincoln County   Arkansas
$33,042
Location of Cummins and Varner correctional prisons
28
Zapata County   Texas
$33,076
29
Wilcox County   Georgia
$33,327
Location of Wilcox State Prison
30
Hidalgo County   Texas
$33,525
31
Searcy County   Arkansas
$33,616
32
Walker County   Texas
$33,631
33
Ziebach County   South Dakota
$33,700
County divided between Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian reservations
34
Lanier County   Georgia
$33,834
35
Calhoun County   Georgia
$33,901
Location of Calhoun State Prison
36
Lafayette County   Florida
$33,903
Location of Mayo Correctional Institution Annex
37
Holmes County   Mississippi
$33,929
38
Fulton County   Arkansas
$34,007
39
Petroleum County   Montana
$34,027
One of the lowest-population counties in the United States
40
Greer County   Oklahoma
$34,048
Location of Oklahoma State Reformatory
41
Hamilton County   Florida
$34,058
Location of Hamilton Correctional Institution
42
McCreary County   Kentucky
$34,058
Location of USP McCreary
43
Cibola County   New Mexico
$34,184
Location of Cibola County Correctional Center
County lies partly in Zuni Indian Reservation
44
McDowell County   West Virginia
$34,283
Location of FCI McDowell
45
Tillman County   Oklahoma
$34,298
46
Lee County   Kentucky
$34,518
47
Izard County   Arkansas
$34,660
48
Lincoln County   Colorado
$34,678
Location of Limon Correctional Facility
49
Bee County   Texas
$34,707
50
Hardeman County   Tennessee
$34,765
Location of Hardeman County Correctional Center

50 counties/parishes with lowest median household income

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United States of America: $74,755
Rank County / Parish State Median
household income
(2022)[2]
1
McDowell County   West Virginia
$28,972
2
Buffalo County   South Dakota
$30,659
3
East Carroll Parish   Louisiana
$30,688
4
Holmes County   Mississippi
$31,972
5
Owsley County   Kentucky
$32,783
6
Monroe County   Arkansas
$33,090
7
Humphreys County   Mississippi
$33,148
8
Tensas Parish   Louisiana
$33,290
9
Madison Parish   Louisiana
$33,403
10
Perry County   Alabama
$33,585
11
Wilcox County   Alabama
$33,682
12
Jefferson County   Mississippi
$33,852
13
Bell County   Kentucky
$33,923
14
Martin County   Kentucky
$34,435
15
Clay County   Kentucky
$34,473
16
Lee County   Kentucky
$34,632
17
Sumter County   Alabama
$35,152
18
Lee County   Arkansas
$35,213
19
Allendale County   South Carolina
$35,249
20
Dallas County   Alabama
$35,258
21
Brooks County   Texas
$35,359
22
McCreary County   Kentucky
$35,443
23
Greene County   Alabama
$35,449
24
Leflore County   Mississippi
$35,520
25
Claiborne County   Mississippi
$35,591
26
Magoffin County   Kentucky
$35,669
27
Starr County   Texas
$35,758
28
Mingo County   West Virginia
$35,761
29
Bullock County   Alabama
$35,798
30
Wheeler County   Georgia
$35,952
31
Harlan County   Kentucky
$36,022
32
Coahoma County   Mississippi
$36,071
33
Phillips County   Arkansas
$36,098
34
Conecuh County   Alabama
$36,106
35
Zavala County   Texas
$36,237
36
Breathitt County   Kentucky
$36,300
37
Sharkey County   Mississippi
$36,375
38
Knox County   Kentucky
$36,573
39
Macon County   Alabama
$36,601
40
Noxubee County   Mississippi
$36,608
41
Jefferson Davis County   Mississippi
$36,642
42
Leslie County   Kentucky
$36,666
43
Wilkinson County   Mississippi
$36,798
44
Issaquena County   Mississippi
$36,922
45
Costilla County   Colorado
$36,970
46
Marion County   South Carolina
$37,244
47
Floyd County   Kentucky
$37,296
48
Tunica County   Mississippi
$37,694
49
Wolfe County   Kentucky
$37,718
50
Dillon County   South Carolina
$37,752

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022" (PDF). Bureau of Economic Analysis. November 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2022". United States Census Bureau. December 2023.
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