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
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] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Crowley County |  Colorado | $22,240 | Location of Crowley County 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
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
- List of lowest-income places in the United States
- List of highest-income counties in the United States
- List of United States counties by per capita income
- Persistent poverty county
References
- "Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022" (PDF). Bureau of Economic Analysis. November 16, 2023.
- "SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2022". United States Census Bureau. December 2023.
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