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: $69,810

Rank	County / Parish	State	Per capita personal income (2023)	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

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