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: $69,810
Rank County / Parish State Per capita
personal income
(2023)[1]
Notes
1
Wheeler County Georgia
$24,588
Location of Wheeler Correctional Facility
2
Crowley County  Colorado
$25,013
Location of Crowley County Correctional Facility and Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
3
Union County  Florida
$28,946
Location of Union Correctional Institution
4
Madison County  Idaho
$29,168
Location of Brigham Young University–Idaho
5
Elliott County  Kentucky
$29,689
Location of Little Sandy Correctional Complex
6
Forest County  Pennsylvania
$30,606
Location of State Correctional Institution – Forest
7
Lake County  Tennessee
$32,554
Location of Northwest Correctional Complex
8
Lincoln County  Arkansas
$32,565
Location of Cummins and Varner correctional prisons
9
Wilcox County Georgia
$32,581
Location of Wilcox State Prison
10
Charlton County Georgia
$32,717
Location of D. Ray James Correctional Institution
11
Starr County  Texas
$32,785
12
Glades County  Florida
$32,897
Location of Moore Haven Correctional Facility
13
Hancock County  Tennessee
$33,223
14
Noble County  Ohio
$33,492
Location of Noble Correctional Institution
15
Martin County  Kentucky
$33,523
Location of USP Big Sandy
16
Telfair County Georgia
$34,086
Location of Telfair State Prison and McRae Correctional Institution
17
Bent County  Colorado
$34,152
Location of Bent County Correctional Facility
18
Zapata County  Texas
$34,154
19
Johnson County Georgia
$34,237
Location of Johnson State Prison
20
Echols County Georgia
$34,289
21
Greene County  Mississippi
$34,362
Location of South Mississippi Correctional Institution
22
Hidalgo County  Texas
$34,373
23
Morgan County  Kentucky
$34,380
Location of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
24
Webster County  West Virginia
$34,445
25
DeSoto County  Florida
$34,786
Location of Desoto Annex state prison
26
Clayton County Georgia
$34,871
27
McCreary County  Kentucky
$35,036
Location of USP McCreary
28
Cibola County  New Mexico
$35,144
Location of Cibola County Correctional Center
County lies partly in Zuni Indian Reservation
29
Lanier County Georgia
$35,327
30
Tattnall County Georgia
$35,381
31
East Carroll Parish  Louisiana
$35,475
32
Johnson County  Arkansas
$35,549
33
Calhoun County Georgia
$35,593
Location of Calhoun State Prison
34
Liberty County  Florida
$35,661
Location of Liberty Correctional Institution
35
Searcy County  Arkansas
$35,719
36
McDowell County  West Virginia
$35,813
Location of FCI McDowell
37
Willacy County  Texas
$35,832
Location of Willacy County State Jail and Willacy County Regional Detention Center
38
Dixie County  Florida
$35,895
Location of Cross City Correctional Institution
39
Walker County  Texas
$35,913
Location of Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville
40
Lafayette County  Florida
$35,986
Location of Mayo Correctional Institution Annex
41
Bledsoe County  Tennessee
$36,038
Location of Bledsoe County Correctional Complex
42
Issaquena County  Mississippi
$36,046
Location of Issaquena County Correctional Facility
43
Bullock County  Alabama
$36,061
Location of Bullock Correctional Facility
44
McKinley County  New Mexico
$36,133
County lies partly in Zuni Indian Reservation
45
Fulton County  Arkansas
$36,218
46
Oglala Lakota County   South Dakota
$36,222
County lies entirely within Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
47
Buffalo County  South Dakota
$36,239
Most of county lies within Crow Creek Indian Reservation
48
Lee County  Kentucky
$36,462
49
Hancock County Georgia
$36,621
Location of Hancock State Prison
50
Atkinson County Georgia
$36,641

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, 2023" (PDF). Bureau of Economic Analysis. November 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2022". United States Census Bureau. December 2023.
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