Lowest-income counties in the United States

100 poorest counties by per capita income

100 lowest counties by per capita income

Number of counties by state in the 100 poorest counties: Texas, 17; Kentucky, 16; Mississippi, 14; South Dakota, 10; Louisiana, 5; Alabama, 4; Georgia, 4; Montana, 4; New Mexico, 4; North Dakota, 3; Arizona, 2; Idaho, 2; Nebraska, 2; Tennessee, 2; West Virginia, 2; Alaska, 1; Arkansas, 1; Colorado, 1; Florida, 1; Missouri, 1; Oklahoma, 1; South Carolina, 1; Utah, 1; Wisconsin, 1. Twenty-six states do not have any counties in the 100 poorest counties.

United States of America: $21,587

Rank	County	Per Capita Income
1	Buffalo County, South Dakota	$5,213
2	Shannon County, South Dakota	$6,286
3	Starr County, Texas	$7,069
4	Ziebach County, South Dakota	$7,463
5	Todd County, South Dakota	$7,714
6	Sioux County, North Dakota	$7,731
7	Corson County, South Dakota	$8,615
8	Wade Hampton, Alaska	$8,717
9	Maverick County, Texas	$8,758
10	Apache County, Arizona	$8,986
11	Dewey County, South Dakota	$9,251
12	Willacy County, Texas	$9,421
13	Hudspeth County, Texas	$9,549
14	Presidio County, Texas	$9,558
15	East Carroll Parish, Louisiana	$9,629
16	La Salle County, Texas	$9,692
17	Jefferson County, Mississippi	$9,709
18	Clay County, Kentucky	$9,716
19	Dimmit County, Texas	$9,765
20	McKinley County, New Mexico	$9,872
21	McCreary County, Kentucky	$9,896
22	Hidalgo County, Texas	$9,899
23	Jackson County, South Dakota	$9,981
24	Zavala County, Texas	$10,034
25	Bennett County, South Dakota	$10,106
26	Madison Parish, Louisiana	$10,114
27	Bullock County, Alabama	$10,163
28	McDowell County, West Virginia	$10,174
29	San Juan County, Utah	$10,229
30	Brooks County, Texas	$10,234
31	Wolfe County, Kentucky	$10,321
32	Mellette County, South Dakota	$10,362
33	Leslie County, Kentucky	$10,429
34	Zapata County, Texas	$10,486
35	Hamilton County, Florida	$10,562
36	Issaquena County, Mississippi	$10,581
37	Bee County, Texas	$10,625
38	Menominee County, Wisconsin	$10,625
39	Martin County, Kentucky	$10,650
40	Knox County, Kentucky	$10,660
41	Holmes County, Mississippi	$10,683
42	Magoffin County, Kentucky	$10,685
43	Jackson County, Kentucky	$10,711
44	Owsley County, Kentucky	$10,742
45	Costilla County, Colorado	$10,748
46	Tallahatchie County, Mississippi	$10,749
47	Webb County, Texas	$10,759
48	Big Horn County, Montana	$10,792
49	Lake County, Tennessee	$10,794
50	Reeves County, Texas	$10,811
51	Quitman County, Mississippi	$10,817
52	Wilkinson County, Mississippi	$10,868
53	Rolette County, North Dakota	$10,873
54	Wilcox County, Alabama	$10,903
55	Hancock County, Georgia	$10,916
56	Humphreys County, Mississippi	$10,926
57	Perry County, Alabama	$10,948
58	Thurston County, Nebraska	$10,951
59	Madison County, Idaho	$10,956
60	Cameron County, Texas	$10,960
61	Lee County, Arkansas	$10,983
62	Breathitt County, Kentucky	$11,044
63	Clark County, Idaho	$11,141
64	Adair County, Oklahoma	$11,185
65	Luna County, New Mexico	$11,218
66	Guadalupe County, New Mexico	$11,241
67	Claiborne County, Mississippi	$11,244
68	Allendale County, South Carolina	$11,293
69	Knott County, Kentucky	$11,297
70	Duval County, Texas	$11,324
71	Roosevelt County, Montana	$11,347
72	Sunflower County, Mississippi	$11,365
73	Sharkey County, Mississippi	$11,396
74	Menifee County, Kentucky	$11,399
75	Evangeline Parish, Louisiana	$11,432
76	Sumter County, Alabama	$11,491
77	Calhoun County, West Virginia	$11,491
78	Shannon County, Missouri	$11,492
79	Culberson County, Texas	$11,493
80	Charles Mix County, South Dakota	$11,502
81	Benson County, North Dakota	$11,509
82	Bell County, Kentucky	$11,526
83	Harlan County, Kentucky	$11,585
84	Glacier County, Montana	$11,597
85	Navajo County, Arizona	$11,609
86	Cibola County, New Mexico	$11,731
87	Winn Parish, Louisiana	$11,794
88	Randolph County, Georgia	$11,809
89	Macon County, Georgia	$11,820
90	Calhoun County, Georgia	$11,839
91	Keya Paha County, Nebraska	$11,860
92	Greene County, Mississippi	$11,868
93	Wheatland County, Montana	$11,954
94	Concordia Parish, Louisiana	$11,966
95	Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi	$11,974
96	Tunica County, Mississippi	$11,978
97	Letcher County, Kentucky	$11,984
98	Kemper County, Mississippi	$11,985
99	Hancock County, Tennessee	$11,986
100	Lawrence County, Kentucky	$12,008

100 poorest counties by median household income

100 lowest counties by median household income

Number of counties by state in the 100 poorest counties: Kentucky, 29; Mississippi, 13; Texas, 10; Alabama, 7; Arkansas, 7; South Dakota, 6; West Virginia, 6; Louisiana, 5; Georgia, 3; Missouri, 3; Oklahoma, 3; Tennessee, 2; Colorado, 1; Hawai'i, 1; North Dakota, 1; New Mexico, 1; South Carolina, 1; Virginia, 1. Thirty-two states do not have any counties in the 100 poorest counties.

United States of America: $41,994

Rank	County	Median Household Income
1	Kalawao County, Hawai'i	$9,333
2	Buffalo County, South Dakota	$12,692
3	Owsley County, Kentucky	$15,805
4	Clay County, Kentucky	$16,271
5	Starr County, Texas	$16,504
6	Wilcox County, Alabama	$16,646
7	Zavala County, Texas	$16,844
8	McDowell County, West Virginia	$16,931
9	Holmes County, Mississippi	$17,235
10	Ziebach County, South Dakota	$18,062
11	Martin County, Kentucky	$18,279
12	Knox County, Kentucky	$18,294
13	Jefferson County, Mississippi	$18,447
14	Lee County, Kentucky	$18,544
15	Leslie County, Kentucky	$18,546
16	Brooks County, Texas	$18,622
17	Harlan County, Kentucky	$18,665
18	Sumter County, Alabama	$18,911
19	Wilkinson County, Mississippi	$18,929
20	Bell County, Kentucky	$19,057
21	Breathitt County, Kentucky	$19,155
22	Wolfe County, Kentucky	$19,310
23	McCreary County, Kentucky	$19,348
24	Magoffin County, Kentucky	$19,421
25	Costilla County, Colorado	$19,531
26	Clinton County, Kentucky	$19,563
27	Hancock County, Tennessee	$19,760
28	Tensas Parish, Louisiana	$19,799
29	Greene County, Alabama	$19,819
30	Presidio County, Texas	$19,860
31	Issaquena County, Mississippi	$19,936
32	Todd County, South Dakota	$20,035
33	Jackson County, Kentucky	$20,177
34	Perry County, Alabama	$20,200
35	Knott County, Kentucky	$20,373
36	Madison Parish, Louisiana	$20,509
37	Lee County, Arkansas	$20,510
38	Evangeline Parish, Louisiana	$20,532
39	Humphreys County, Mississippi	$20,566
40	Bullock County, Alabama	$20,605
41	Quitman County, Mississippi	$20,636
42	Corson County, South Dakota	$20,654
43	East Carroll Parish, Louisiana	$20,723
44	Luna County, New Mexico	$20,784
45	Wayne County, Kentucky	$20,863
46	Shannon County, Missouri	$20,878
47	Allendale County, South Carolina	$20,898
48	Shannon County, South Dakota	$20,916
49	Elliott County, Kentucky	$21,014
50	Hudspeth County, Texas	$21,045
51	Webster County, West Virginia	$21,055
52	Letcher County, Kentucky	$21,110
53	Summers County, West Virginia	$21,147
54	Floyd County, Kentucky	$21,168
55	Macon County, Alabama	$21,180
56	Maverick County, Texas	$21,232
57	Mingo County, West Virginia	$21,347
58	Searcy County, Arkansas	$21,397
59	Clay County, Georgia	$21,448
60	Leflore County, Mississippi	$21,518
61	Cumberland County, Kentucky	$21,572
62	Calhoun County, West Virginia	$21,578
63	Casey County, Kentucky	$21,580
64	Lawrence County, Kentucky	$21,610
65	Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi	$21,834
66	La Salle County, Texas	$21,857
67	Morgan County, Kentucky	$21,869
68	Pemiscot County, Missouri	$21,911
69	Dimmit County, Texas	$21,917
70	Lake County, Tennessee	$21,995
71	Randolph County, Georgia	$22,004
72	Chicot County, Arkansas	$22,024
73	Hancock County, Georgia	$22,033
74	Russell County, Kentucky	$22,042
75	Menifee County, Kentucky	$22,064
76	Whitley County, Kentucky	$22,075
77	Perry County, Kentucky	$22,089
78	Woodruff County, Arkansas	$22,099
79	Conecuh County, Alabama	$22,111
80	Willacy County, Texas	$22,114
81	Clay County, West Virginia	$22,120
82	Pushmataha County, Oklahoma	$22,127
83	Lewis County, Kentucky	$22,208
84	Stone County, Arkansas	$22,209
85	Buchanan County, Virginia	$22,213
86	Tallahatchie County, Mississippi	$22,229
87	Phillips County, Arkansas	$22,231
88	Sharkey County, Mississippi	$22,285
89	Noxubee County, Mississippi	$22,330
90	Coahoma County, Mississippi	$22,338
91	Monroe County, Kentucky	$22,356
92	Oregon County, Missouri	$22,359
93	Harmon County, Oklahoma	$22,365
94	McPherson County, South Dakota	$22,380
95	Duval County, Texas	$22,416
96	Sioux County, North Dakota	$22,483
97	Catahoula Parish, Louisiana	$22,528
98	Claiborne County, Mississippi	$22,615
99	Hughes County, Oklahoma	$22,621
100	Monroe County, Arkansas	$22,632