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: $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

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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 2023". United States Census Bureau. December 2024.
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