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List of lowest-income counties in the United States
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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 median household income
| Rank | County / Parish | State | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2023) | |||
| Claiborne County | Mississippi | ||
| Holmes County | Mississippi | ||
| Humphreys County | Mississippi | ||
| Buffalo County | South Dakota | ||
| Leflore County | Mississippi | ||
| Perry County | Alabama | ||
| Wilcox County | Alabama | ||
| East Carroll Parish | Louisiana | ||
| Greene County | Alabama | ||
| Madison Parish | Louisiana | ||
| Owsley County | Kentucky | ||
| Quitman County | Mississippi | ||
| McDowell County | West Virginia | ||
| Allendale County | South Carolina | ||
| Martin County | Kentucky | ||
| Coahoma County | Mississippi | ||
| Bell County | Kentucky | ||
| Tensas Parish | Louisiana | ||
| Bullock County | Alabama | ||
| Wilkinson County | Mississippi | ||
| Clay County | Kentucky | ||
| McCreary County | Kentucky | ||
| Brooks County | Texas | ||
| Lee County | Arkansas | ||
| Zavala County | Texas | ||
| Harlan County | Kentucky | ||
| Issaquena County | Mississippi | ||
| Sumter County | Alabama | ||
| Sharkey County | Mississippi | ||
| Mineral County | Colorado | ||
| Morehouse Parish | Louisiana | ||
| Phillips County | Arkansas | ||
| Noxubee County | Mississippi | ||
| Jefferson County | Mississippi | ||
| Knox County | Kentucky | ||
| Clay County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | ||
| Lee County | Kentucky | ||
| Mingo County | West Virginia | ||
| Luna County | New Mexico | ||
| Costilla County | Colorado | ||
| Starr County | Texas | ||
| Dallas County | Alabama | ||
| Hancock County | Tennessee | ||
| Washington County | Mississippi | ||
| Claiborne Parish | Louisiana | ||
| Tunica County | Mississippi | ||
| Bienville Parish | Louisiana | ||
| Mississippi | |||
| Leslie County | Kentucky | ||
| Clinton County | Kentucky |
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. Many of these counties are home to prisons, which lowers their per capita personal incomes.
| Rank | County / Parish | State | Per capita | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2023) | Notes | |||
| Wheeler County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Location of Wheeler Correctional Facility | ||
| Crowley County | Colorado | Location of Crowley County Correctional Facility and Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility | ||
| Union County | Florida | Location of Union Correctional Institution | ||
| Madison County | Idaho | Location of Brigham Young University–Idaho | ||
| Elliott County | Kentucky | Location of Little Sandy Correctional Complex | ||
| Forest County | Pennsylvania | Location of State Correctional Institution – Forest | ||
| Lake County | Tennessee | Location of Northwest Correctional Complex | ||
| Lincoln County | Arkansas | Location of Cummins and Varner correctional prisons | ||
| Wilcox County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Location of Wilcox State Prison | ||
| Charlton County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Location of D. Ray James Correctional Institution | ||
| Starr County | Texas | |||
| Glades County | Florida | Location of Moore Haven Correctional Facility | ||
| Hancock County | Tennessee | |||
| Noble County | Ohio | Location of Noble Correctional Institution | ||
| Martin County | Kentucky | Location of USP Big Sandy | ||
| Telfair County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Location of Telfair State Prison and McRae Correctional Institution | ||
| Bent County | Colorado | Location of Bent County Correctional Facility | ||
| Zapata County | Texas | |||
| Johnson County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Location of Johnson State Prison | ||
| Echols County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | |||
| Greene County | Mississippi | Location of South Mississippi Correctional Institution | ||
| Hidalgo County | Texas | |||
| Morgan County | Kentucky | Location of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex | ||
| Webster County | West Virginia | |||
| DeSoto County | Florida | Location of Desoto Annex state prison | ||
| Clayton County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | |||
| McCreary County | Kentucky | Location of USP McCreary | ||
| Cibola County | New Mexico | Location of Cibola County Correctional Center | ||
| County lies partly in Zuni Indian Reservation | ||||
| Lanier County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | |||
| Tattnall County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | |||
| East Carroll Parish | Louisiana | |||
| Johnson County | Arkansas | |||
| Calhoun County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Location of Calhoun State Prison | ||
| Liberty County | Florida | Location of Liberty Correctional Institution | ||
| Searcy County | Arkansas | |||
| McDowell County | West Virginia | Location of FCI McDowell | ||
| Willacy County | Texas | Location of Willacy County State Jail and Willacy County Regional Detention Center | ||
| Dixie County | Florida | Location of Cross City Correctional Institution | ||
| Walker County | Texas | Location of Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville | ||
| Lafayette County | Florida | Location of Mayo Correctional Institution Annex | ||
| Bledsoe County | Tennessee | Location of Bledsoe County Correctional Complex | ||
| Mississippi | Location of Issaquena County Correctional Facility | |||
| Bullock County | Alabama | Location of Bullock Correctional Facility | ||
| McKinley County | New Mexico | County lies partly in Zuni Indian Reservation | ||
| Fulton County | Arkansas | |||
| South Dakota | County lies entirely within Pine Ridge Indian Reservation | |||
| Buffalo County | South Dakota | Most of county lies within Crow Creek Indian Reservation | ||
| Lee County | Kentucky | |||
| Hancock County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Location of Hancock State Prison | ||
| Atkinson County | Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia |
References
References
- (December 2024). "SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2023".
- (November 14, 2024). "Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area, 2023".
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