List of lowest-income counties in the United States

This is a list of the lowest-income counties in the United States.

The county with the lowest per capita personal income in the 50 states and District of Columbia is Wheeler County, Georgia, while the territorial county-equivalent with the lowest per capita income (in the entire United States) is Manu'a District, American Samoa. The county with the lowest median household income in the 50 states and District of Columbia is Clay County, Georgia, while the territorial county-equivalent with the lowest median household income (in the entire United States) is Comerío Municipality, Puerto Rico.

50 counties 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. The difference between the two measurements is substantial. In 2019, for example, the per capita income of the United States was estimated at $34,103. The per capita personal income was estimated at $56,469. The following table is a listing of counties by PCPI. [1]

United States of America: $56,469

Rank County / Parish State Per capita
personal income
(2019)[2]		 Notes
1Wheeler County Georgia$19,472Location of Wheeler Correctional Facility
2Ziebach County South Dakota$19,940County divided between Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian reservations
3Buffalo County South Dakota$20,682Most of county lies within Crow Creek Indian Reservation
4Crowley County Colorado$20,822Location of Crowley County Correctional Facility
5Telfair County Georgia$21,535Location of Telfair State Prison and McRae Correctional Institution
6Union County Florida$22,440Location of Union Correctional Institution
7Elliott County Kentucky$22,828Location of Little Sandy Correctional Complex
8Stewart County Georgia$23,081
9Hudspeth County Texas$23,569
10Forest County Pennsylvania$24,113Location of State Correctional Institution – Forest
11Charlton County Georgia$25,020Location of D. Ray James Correctional Institution
12Lake County Tennessee$25,772Location of Northwest Correctional Complex
13Oglala Lakota County South Dakota$25,840County lies entirely within Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
14Liberty County Florida$25,973Location of Liberty Correctional Institution
15Glades County Florida$26,102Location of Moore Haven Correctional Facility
16DeSoto County Florida$26,128Location of Desoto Annex state prison
17Todd County South Dakota$26,172County lies entirely within Rosebud Indian Reservation
18Johnson County Georgia$26,341Location of Johnson State Prison
19McCreary County Kentucky$26,600Location of United States Penitentiary, McCreary
20Bledsoe County Tennessee$27,113Location of Bledsoe County Correctional Complex
21Corson County South Dakota$27,114County lies entirely within Standing Rock Indian Reservation
22Long County Georgia$27,232Location of Long State Prison
23Jackson County South Dakota$27,278Most of county lies within Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
24Calhoun County Georgia$27,390Location of Calhoun State Prison
25Hidalgo County Texas$27,415
26Issaquena County Mississippi$27,430
27Willacy County Texas$27,584
28Hamilton County Florida$27,643Location of Hamilton Correctional Institution
29Lafayette County Florida$27,645Location of Mayo Correctional Institution Annex
30Yazoo County Mississippi$27,666Location of Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City
31Noble County Ohio$27,703Location of Noble Correctional Institution
32Starr County Texas$27,713
33Morgan County Kentucky$27,978Location of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
34Lincoln County Arkansas$28,024Location of Cummins and Varner correctional prisons
35San Juan County Utah$28,074
36Hancock County Tennessee$28,083
37Searcy County Arkansas$28,143
38Echols County Georgia$28,211
39Brantley County Georgia$28,248
40Dixie County Florida$28,314Location of Cross City Correctional Institution
41Sioux County North Dakota$28,524County lies entirely within Standing Rock Indian Reservation
42Greene County Mississippi$28,617Location of South Mississippi Correctional Institution
43Clayton County Georgia$28,665
44Madison County Idaho$28,780
45Johnson County Arkansas$28,920
46Wayne County Tennessee$28,922Location of South Central Correctional Facility
47McDonald County Missouri$28,931
48Wayne County Kentucky$28,935
49Zapata County Texas$28,936
50Lanier County Georgia$28,991

50 counties/parishes with lowest median household income

United States of America: $62,843[3]

Rank County / Parish State Median
household
income
(2019)[4]
1Clay County Georgia$24,732
2Holmes County Mississippi$26,348
3Buffalo County South Dakota$26,671
4Taylor County Georgia$28,234
5Humphreys County Mississippi$28,464
6Greene County Alabama$28,699
7Owsley County Kentucky$28,727
8McDowell County West Virginia$29,106
9Sumter County Alabama$29,209
10Quitman County Mississippi$29,318
11Perry County Alabama$29,572
12Leflore County Mississippi$29,687
13East Carroll Parish Louisiana$29,943
14Harlan County Kentucky$30,050
15Clay County Kentucky$30,175
16Coahoma County Mississippi$30,242
17Bolivar County Mississippi$30,309
18Lee County Arkansas$30,421
19Jefferson County Mississippi$30,871
20Lee County Kentucky$30,905
21Bell County Kentucky$30,940
22Issaquena County Mississippi$30,944
23Wilcox County Alabama$30,998
24Washington County Mississippi$31,018
25Sharkey County Mississippi$31,138
26Johnson County Kentucky$31,202
27Claiborne County Mississippi$31,221
28Brooks County Texas$31,410
29Tensas Parish Louisiana$31,436
30Phillips County Arkansas$31,521
31Knox County Kentucky$31,634
32Hancock County Georgia$31,715
33Bullock County Alabama$31,906
34Tallahatchie County Mississippi$31,915
35Hancock County Tennessee$31,938
36Magoffin County Kentucky$32,045
37Jefferson Davis County Mississippi$32,077
38Allendale County South Carolina$32,147
39Leslie County Kentucky$32,202
40Madison Parish Louisiana$32,229
41Letcher County Kentucky$32,435
42Starr County Texas$32,516
43Zavala County Texas$32,538
44Luna County New Mexico$32,544
45Wilkinson County Mississippi$32,612
46Knott County Kentucky$32,613
47McCreary County Kentucky$32,701
48Wolfe County Kentucky$32,773
49Jenkins County Georgia$32,808
50Corson County South Dakota$32,848

20 territorial equivalents with lowest per capita income

Note: This list excludes county-equivalents in the U.S. territories that have zero people, such as Rose Atoll.

Rank County-equivalent Per capita
income
(2018 for PR)
(2010 for AS)
[5][6][note 1]
—Manu’a District, American Samoa$5,441
1Maricao Municipality, Puerto Rico$5,974
—Eastern District, American Samoa$6,191
—Western District, American Samoa$6,429
2Comerío Municipality, Puerto Rico$6,903
3Las Marias Municipality, Puerto Rico$7,098
4Adjuntas Municipality, Puerto Rico$7,126
5Lajas Municipality, Puerto Rico$7,233
6Guanica Municipality, Puerto Rico$7,430
7Jayuya Municipality, Puerto Rico$7,519
8Corozal Municipality, Puerto Rico$7,619
9Orocovis Municipality, Puerto Rico$7,889
10Arroyo Municipality, Puerto Rico$7,979
11Barranquitas Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,221
12Yauco Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,339
13Ciales Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,398
14Peñuelas Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,609
15Utuado Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,639
16Guayanilla Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,717
17Lares Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,735
18San Sebastián Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,739
19Moca Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,806
20Loíza Municipality, Puerto Rico$8,809

20 territorial equivalents with lowest median household income

Note: This list excludes county-equivalents in the U.S. territories that have zero people, such as Rose Atoll.

Rank County-equivalent Median
household
income
(2018)[5][6]
1Comerío Municipality, Puerto Rico$12,812
2Adjuntas Municipality, Puerto Rico$12,902
3Guanica Municipality, Puerto Rico$13,242
4Maricao Municipality, Puerto Rico$13,262
5Orocovis Municipality, Puerto Rico$13,319
6Las Marias Municipality, Puerto Rico$13,435
7Lajas Municipality, Puerto Rico$13,747
8Mayagüez Municipality, Puerto Rico$14,120
9Moca Municipality, Puerto Rico$14,155
10Lares Municipality, Puerto Rico$14,540
11San Sebastián Municipality, Puerto Rico$14,812
12Yauco Municipality, Puerto Rico$14,954
13Ciales Municipality, Puerto Rico$15,071
14Corozal Municipality, Puerto Rico$15,088
15Jayuya Municipality, Puerto Rico$15,424
16Vieques Municipality, Puerto Rico$15,539
17San German Municipality, Puerto Rico$15,619
18Patillas Municipality, Puerto Rico$15,761
19Barranquitas Municipality, Puerto Rico$15,970
20Yabucoa Municipality, Puerto Rico$16,013

See also

References
  1. "Per Capita Confusion for Counties". Indiana Business Research Center. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. "Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area, 2019" (PDF). Bureau of Economic Advisors.
  3. "Census Bureau Releases New American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate". United States Census Bureau.
  4. "SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2019". United States Census Bureau.

  5. https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DPAS_ASDP3&prodType=table Archived 2020-02-14 at Archive.today
    American FactFinder. American Samoa. DP03 - Selected Economic characteristics. (And Puerto Rico 2013-2017 American Community Survey estimates). Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  6. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanjuanmunicipiopuertorico/DIS010218 U.S. Census Bureau. QuickFacts - Puerto Rico municipalities (municipios). 2014-2018 American Community Survey estimates. Retrieved July 4, 2020. [Note: URL link is San Juan's data. To see the data of a different municipio, use the search bar.]

Notes
  1. Puerto Rico data is from 2018. American Samoa data is from 2010. Because American Samoa data is more than 5 years old, county-equivalents in American Samoa are not ranked.
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