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These are lists of the lowest-income counties in the United States, based on measures of per capita income and median household income.

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 capital 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.^[1] The following table is a listing of counties by PCPI.

Rank	County / Parish	State	Per capita personal income (2021)[2]	Notes
1	Wheeler County	Georgia	$24,241	Location of Wheeler Correctional Facility
2	Crowley County	Colorado	$24,314	Location of Crowley County Correctional Facility
3	Union County	Florida	$25,293	Location of Union Correctional Institution
4	Madison County	Idaho	$25,648
5	Lake County	Tennessee	$29,534	Location of Northwest Correctional Complex
6	Elliott County	Kentucky	$29,572	Location of Little Sandy Correctional Complex
7	Forest County	Pennsylvania	$29,573	Location of State Correctional Institution – Forest
8	Ziebach County	South Dakota	$30,532	County divided between Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian reservations
9	Telfair County	Georgia	$30,573	Location of Telfair State Prison and McRae Correctional Institution
10	Charlton County	Georgia	$30,916	Location of D. Ray James Correctional Institution
11	Lafayette County	Florida	$31,218	Location of Mayo Correctional Institution Annex
12	Petroleum County	Montana	$31,503	One of the lowest-population counties in the United States
13	Hamilton County	Florida	$32,123	Location of Hamilton Correctional Institution
14	Wilcox County	Georgia	$32,288	Location of Wilcox State Prison
15	Noble County	Ohio	$32,713	Location of Noble Correctional Institution
16	Bent County	Colorado	$32,716	Location of Bent County Correctional Facility
17	Buffalo County	South Dakota	$32,773	Most of county lies within Crow Creek Indian Reservation
18	Stewart County	Georgia	$32,844
19	Liberty County	Florida	$32,872	Location of Liberty Correctional Institution
20	DeSoto County	Florida	$32,873	Location of Desoto Annex state prison
21	Greene County	Mississippi	$33,133	Location of South Mississippi Correctional Institution
22	Morgan County	Kentucky	$33,208	Location of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
23	Johnson County	Georgia	$33,265	Location of Johnson State Prison
24	Bullock County	Alabama	$33,267	Location of Bullock Correctional Facility
25	Zapata County	Texas	$33,288
26	Walker County	Texas	$33,345
27	Lincoln County	Arkansas	$33,387	Location of Cummins and Varner correctional prisons
28	Glades County	Florida	$33,401	Location of Moore Haven Correctional Facility
29	Bledsoe County	Tennessee	$33,675	Location of Bledsoe County Correctional Complex
30	Dixie County	Florida	$33,813	Location of Cross City Correctional Institution
31	San Juan County	Utah	$34,038
32	Blaine County	Montana	$34,095	County lies partly in Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
33	Hancock County	Tennessee	$34,135
34	McDowell County	West Virginia	$34,141
35	Calhoun County	Georgia	$34,306	Location of Calhoun State Prison
36	Oglala Lakota County	South Dakota	$34,333	County lies entirely within Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
37	Searcy County	Arkansas	$34,335
38	Hidalgo County	Texas	$34,503
39	Webster County	West Virginia	$34,564
40	Cibola County	New Mexico	$34,627	Location of Cibola County Correctional Center County lies partly in Zuni Indian Reservation
41	Bee County	Texas	$34,738
42	Issaquena County	Mississippi	$34,832
43	Wyoming County	West Virginia	$34,881
44	Fulton County	Arkansas	$34,900
45	Starr County	Texas	$34,933
46	McKinley County	New Mexico	$34,939	County lies partly in Zuni Indian Reservation
47	Izard County	Arkansas	$34,986
48	Uintah County	Utah	$35,128	County lies partly in Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation
49	Taylor County	Florida	$35,156	Location of Taylor Correctional Institution
50	McDonald County	Missouri	$35,275

50 counties/parishes with lowest median household income

Rank	County / Parish	State	Median household income (2021)[3]
1	Buffalo County	South Dakota	$25,653
2	Holmes County	Mississippi	$28,236
3	McDowell County	West Virginia	$28,720
4	Issaquena County	Mississippi	$29,050
5	Lee County	Kentucky	$29,143
6	Lake County	Tennessee	$29,281
7	Owsley County	Kentucky	$29,365
8	Martin County	Kentucky	$29,387
9	Sumter County	Alabama	$29,490
10	Lee County	Arkansas	$29,714
11	Wilcox County	Alabama	$30,071
12	Greene County	Alabama	$30,225
13	East Carroll Parish	Louisiana	$30,288
14	Humphreys County	Mississippi	$30,555
15	Clay County	Kentucky	$30,700
16	Bell County	Kentucky	$31,033
17	Leflore County	Mississippi	$31,091
18	Harlan County	Kentucky	$31,116
19	Coahoma County	Mississippi	$31,234
20	Allendale County	South Carolina	$31,262
21	Tensas Parish	Louisiana	$31,438
22	Perry County	Alabama	$31,522
23	Quitman County	Mississippi	$31,877
24	Bullock County	Alabama	$32,027
25	Jefferson County	Mississippi	$32,234
26	Phillips County	Arkansas	$32,419
27	Knox County	Kentucky	$32,646
28	Sharkey County	Mississippi	$32,650
29	Leslie County	Kentucky	$32,682
30	McCreary County	Kentucky	$32,938
31	Breathitt County	Kentucky	$33,005
32	Dallas County	Alabama	$33,159
33	Claiborne County	Mississippi	$33,163
34	Mingo County	West Virginia	$33,416
35	Brooks County	Texas	$33,460
36	Starr County	Texas	$33,535
37	Madison Parish	Louisiana	$33,619
38	Wilkinson County	Mississippi	$33,777
39	Sunflower County	Mississippi	$34,017
40	Knott County	Kentucky	$34,051
41	Hancock County	Tennessee	$34,055
42	Corson County	South Dakota	$34,372
43	Magoffin County	Kentucky	$34,423
44	Noxubee County	Mississippi	$34,467
45	Elliott County	Kentucky	$34,491
46	Wolfe County	Kentucky	$34,749
47	Hall County	Texas	$34,766
48	Chicot County	Arkansas	$34,857
49	Jefferson Davis County	Mississippi	$34,876
50	Randolph County	Georgia	$34,883

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

References

External links

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• US Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Estimates for 2021