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[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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.
