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List of lowest-income counties in the United States

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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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