Mississippi is the poorest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $20,670 (2012).

Mississippi counties ranked by per capita income

Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Rank County Per capitaincome Medianhouseholdincome Population Number ofhouseholds 1 Madison $32,223 $59,730 98,468 35,297 United States $27,915 $52,762 313,914,040 114,761,359 2 Rankin $27,183 $56,159 145,165 52,539 3 Lamar $27,399 $50,075 57,786 21,237 4 DeSoto $25,065 $59,734 166,234 56,641 5 Jackson $23,547 $49,620 140,298 50,185 6 Harrison $23,111 $44,550 194,029 69,384 7 Warren $22,079 $40,404 48,773 18,941 8 Hancock $21,935 $44,494 43,929 17,380 9 Lee $21,831 $39,049 82,910 32,086 10 Stone $21,691 $43,728 17,786 6,165 11 Franklin $21,583 $33,324 8,118 3,211 12 Lowndes $21,273 $37,607 59,779 23,487 13 Lafayette $21,267 $39,080 47,351 18,356 14 Hinds $20,676 $39,215 245,285 91,351 15 Lincoln $20,620 $38,405 34,869 13,296 16 Lauderdale $20,116 $33,926 80,261 31,090 17 Pearl River $20,014 $40,038 55,834 20,816 Mississippi $19,977 $37,881 2,967,297 1,115,768 18 Grenada $19,701 $32,901 21,906 8,779 19 George $19,452 $45,492 22,578 7,982 20 Oktibbeha $19,356 $30,320 47,671 18,820 21 Forrest $19,272 $34,448 74,934 28,746 22 Lawrence $19,142 $35,593 12,929 5,078 23 Monroe $18,884 $35,685 36,989 14,485 24 Smith $18,686 $37,176 16,491 6,221 25 Jones $18,632 $36,017 67,761 25,247 26 Itawamba $18,517 $37,588 23,401 8,881 27 Simpson $18,397 $36,739 27,503 10,330 28 Tate $18,318 $41,102 28,886 10,035 29 Jasper $18,268 $30,177 17,062 6,798 30 Perry $18,238 $38,887 12,250 4,674 31 Alcorn $17,954 $32,342 37,057 15,039 32 Union $17,945 $35,928 27,134 10,317 33 Webster $17,888 $34,107 10,253 4,060 34 Pontotoc $17,820 $38,420 29,957 11,172 35 Covington $17,713 $32,456 19,568 7,430 36 Attala $17,659 $28,508 19,564 7,619 37 Pike $17,620 $30,779 40,404 15,370 38 Neshoba $17,609 $34,905 29,676 10,856 39 Clay $17,604 $31,727 20,634 8,029 40 Marion $17,549 $31,332 27,088 10,135 41 Adams $17,473 $27,096 32,297 12,643 42 Copiah $17,473 $36,637 29,449 10,708 43 Winston $17,244 $30,738 19,198 7,494 44 Wayne $17,099 $31,081 20,747 8,104 45 Prentiss $17,068 $31,262 25,276 9,812 46 Tishomingo $17,017 $30,211 19,593 8,148 47 Amite $16,861 $27,615 13,131 5,351 48 Marshall $16,825 $34,183 37,144 13,369 49 Newton $16,727 $36,154 21,720 8,214 50 Yalobusha $16,623 $29,911 12,678 5,166 51 Scott $16,608 $35,765 28,264 10,248 52 Montgomery $16,584 $31,488 10,925 4,438 53 Choctaw $16,545 $30,994 8,547 3,446 54 Clarke $16,467 $29,103 16,732 6,733 55 Tippah $16,365 $32,109 22,232 8,597 56 Walthall $16,157 $33,054 15,443 5,888 57 Bolivar $16,051 $26,005 34,145 12,727 58 Carroll $16,025 $29,290 10,597 4,188 59 Panola $15,987 $34,030 34,707 12,839 60 Chickasaw $15,985 $30,092 17,392 6,639 61 Washington $15,946 $27,797 51,137 18,936 62 Tunica $15,711 $29,994 10,778 3,927 63 Coahoma $15,687 $24,726 26,151 9,461 64 Calhoun $15,183 $28,484 14,962 5,988 65 Jefferson Davis $15,120 $25,986 12,487 4,977 66 Benton $14,998 $29,202 8,729 3,404 67 Leake $14,617 $31,986 23,805 8,272 68 Yazoo $14,339 $27,356 28,065 8,860 69 Wilkinson $14,333 $28,066 9,878 3,455 70 Sharkey $14,322 $30,129 4,916 1,834 71 Greene $14,064 $40,828 14,400 4,306 72 Humphreys $13,282 $25,131 9,375 3,373 73 Quitman $13,080 $24,169 8,223 3,058 74 Leflore $12,957 $22,020 32,317 11,577 75 Kemper $12,903 $25,649 10,456 3,920 76 Noxubee $12,759 $22,178 11,545 4,305 77 Tallahatchie $12,687 $24,668 15,378 4,856 78 Claiborne $12,571 $24,150 9,604 3,440 79 Jefferson $12,534 $24,304 7,726 2,929 80 Sunflower $11,993 $25,012 29,450 8,822 81 Issaquena $11,810 $21,360 1,406 472 82 Holmes $11,585 $21,375 19,198 6,926

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