List of lowest-income counties in the United States explained

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

Rank	County / Parish	State	Per capita (2022)^[1]	Notes
				Location of Crowley County Correctional Facility and Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility
		Georgia		Location of Wheeler Correctional Facility
				Location of Union Correctional Institution
				Location of Little Sandy Correctional Complex
				Location of State Correctional Institution – Forest
		Georgia		Location of Telfair State Prison and McRae Correctional Institution
				Location of Northwest Correctional Complex
				Location of Noble Correctional Institution
		Georgia		Location of D. Ray James Correctional Institution
				Location of Bullock Correctional Facility
				Location of Moore Haven Correctional Facility
				Location of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
		Georgia		Location of Johnson State Prison
				Location of USP Big Sandy
				Location of Liberty Correctional Institution
				Location of South Mississippi Correctional Institution
		Georgia
				Location of Giles W. Dalby Correctional Institution
		Georgia
				Location of Desoto Annex state prison
				Location of Bent County Correctional Facility
				Location of Cummins and Varner correctional prisons
		Georgia		Location of Wilcox State Prison
				County divided between Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian reservations
		Georgia
		Georgia		Location of Calhoun State Prison
				Location of Mayo Correctional Institution Annex
				One of the lowest-population counties in the United States
				Location of Oklahoma State Reformatory
				Location of Hamilton Correctional Institution
				Location of USP McCreary
				Location of Cibola County Correctional Center County lies partly in Zuni Indian Reservation
				Location of FCI McDowell
				Location of Limon Correctional Facility
				Location of Hardeman County Correctional Center

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

External links

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• US Census Bureau

Notes and References

1. Web site: Personal Income by County and Metropolitan Area, 2022 . Bureau of Economic Analysis . November 16, 2023.
2. Web site: SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2022 . United States Census Bureau . December 2023.