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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 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,"/state will be, "higher than PCI." The following table is a listing of counties by PCPI.

Rank	County / Parish	State	Per capita personal income (2022)	Notes
1	Crowley County	Colorado	$22,240	Location of Crowley County Correctional Facility
2	Wheeler County	Georgia	$23,545	Location of Wheeler Correctional Facility
3	Issaquena County	Mississippi	$24,489
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
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※

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

References※

External links※

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• US Census Bureau