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)	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	Location of Issaquena County Correctional Facility
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	Location of Brigham Young University–Idaho
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)
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

External links

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• US Census Bureau