100 poorest 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
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 |
See also
Statistics derived from U.S. Census Bureau data; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business; and DataQuick Information Systems, a public records database company located in La Jolla, San Diego, CA.
