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
editTwo 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
50 counties/parishes with lowest median household income
editUnited States of America: $77,719
Rank | County / Parish | State | Median household income (2023)[2] |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Claiborne County | Mississippi | $28,579
|
2 |
Holmes County | Mississippi | $30,542
|
3 |
Humphreys County | Mississippi | $31,538
|
4 |
Buffalo County | South Dakota | $32,803
|
5 |
Leflore County | Mississippi | $33,945
|
6 |
Perry County | Alabama | $34,176
|
7 |
Wilcox County | Alabama | $34,426
|
8 |
East Carroll Parish | Louisiana | $34,604
|
9 |
Greene County | Alabama | $34,619
|
10 |
Madison Parish | Louisiana | $34,704
|
11 |
Owsley County | Kentucky | $35,000
|
12 |
Quitman County | Mississippi | $35,150
|
13 |
McDowell County | West Virginia | $35,161
|
14 |
Allendale County | South Carolina | $35,477
|
15 |
Martin County | Kentucky | $35,522
|
16 |
Coahoma County | Mississippi | $35,552
|
17 |
Bell County | Kentucky | $35,566
|
18 |
Tensas Parish | Louisiana | $35,670
|
19 |
Bullock County | Alabama | $36,204
|
20 |
Wilkinson County | Mississippi | $36,240
|
21 |
Clay County | Kentucky | $36,330
|
22 |
McCreary County | Kentucky | $36,348
|
23 |
Brooks County | Texas | $36,695
|
24 |
Lee County | Arkansas | $36,735
|
25 |
Zavala County | Texas | $36,878
|
26 |
Harlan County | Kentucky | $36,916
|
27 |
Issaquena County | Mississippi | $36,986
|
28 |
Sumter County | Alabama | $37,021
|
29 |
Sharkey County | Mississippi | $37,098
|
30 |
Mineral County | Colorado | $37,108
|
31 |
Morehouse Parish | Louisiana | $37,255
|
32 |
Phillips County | Arkansas | $37,338
|
33 |
Noxubee County | Mississippi | $37,567
|
34 |
Jefferson County | Mississippi | $37,617
|
35 |
Knox County | Kentucky | $37,640
|
36 |
Clay County | Georgia | $37,858
|
37 |
Lee County | Kentucky | $37,939
|
38 |
Mingo County | West Virginia | $38,358
|
39 |
Luna County | New Mexico | $38,641
|
40 |
Costilla County | Colorado | $38,731
|
41 |
Starr County | Texas | $38,824
|
42 |
Dallas County | Alabama | $39,013
|
43 |
Hancock County | Tennessee | $39,077
|
44 |
Washington County | Mississippi | $39,081
|
45 |
Claiborne Parish | Louisiana | $39,576
|
46 |
Tunica County | Mississippi | $39,659
|
47 |
Bienville Parish | Louisiana | $39,743
|
48 |
Jefferson Davis County | Mississippi | $39,794
|
49 |
Leslie County | Kentucky | $39,855
|
50 |
Clinton County | Kentucky | $39,877
|
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area, 2023" (PDF). Bureau of Economic Analysis. November 14, 2024.
- ^ "SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2023". United States Census Bureau. December 2024.