The Fifty Rural Counties With The Lowest Personal Income In 2006
05/11/2008
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The fifty rural counties that have the lowest personal income in 2006.

These are the fifty rural counties that were found to have the lowest personal incomes in 2006:


Rank County State Income 2005 Income 2006 $ Change % Change
1 Loup NE $10,172 $9,140 -$1,032 -10.1%
2 Ziebach SD $16,314 $11,381 -$4,933 -30.2%
3 Buffalo SD $15,073 $12,471 -$2,602 -17.3%
4 Starr TX $12,364 $12,971 $607 4.9%
5 Slope ND $24,640 $13,885 -$10,755 -43.6%
6 Grant NE $14,461 $14,158 -$303 -2.1%
7 Zavala TX $14,799 $14,607 -$192 -1.3%
8 Todd SD $15,715 $15,066 -$649 -4.1%
9 Madison ID $14,638 $15,166 $528 3.6%
10 Maverick TX $14,999 $15,667 $668 4.5%
11 Shannon SD $16,176 $15,759 -$417 -2.6%
12 Lafayette FL $15,887 $15,791 -$96 -0.6%
13 Hancock TN $15,376 $15,795 $419 2.7%
14 Jackson SD $19,509 $15,846 -$3,663 -18.8%
15 Jackson KY $15,696 $16,034 $338 2.2%
16 Elliott KY $16,062 $16,439 $377 2.3%
17 Jefferson MS $15,838 $16,518 $680 4.3%
18 Presidio TX $15,585 $16,534 $949 6.1%
19 San Juan UT $16,062 $16,569 $507 3.2%
20 Zapata TX $15,222 $16,598 $1,376 9.0%
21 Hamilton FL $15,927 $16,614 $687 4.3%
22 Wade Hampton Census Area AK $16,303 $16,677 $374 2.3%
23 Crowley CO $15,905 $16,859 $954 6.0%
24 Union FL $15,830 $16,950 $1,120 7.1%
25 Hudspeth TX $15,168 $17,007 $1,839 12.1%
26 Lewis KY $16,286 $17,015 $729 4.5%
27 Guadalupe NM $16,004 $17,047 $1,043 6.5%
28 Lake TN $16,558 $17,085 $527 3.2%
29 McCreary KY $16,667 $17,239 $572 3.4%
30 Menifee KY $16,654 $17,262 $608 3.7%
31 Sioux NE $18,491 $17,387 -$1,104 -6.0%
32 Clay KY $16,643 $17,413 $770 4.6%
33 Morgan KY $16,725 $17,467 $742 4.4%
34 Wheeler GA $17,469 $17,483 $14 0.1%
35 Bent CO $17,609 $17,590 -$19 -0.1%
36 Mitchell TX $17,133 $17,640 $507 3.0%
37 Sioux ND $18,525 $17,642 -$883 -4.8%
38 Concho TX $18,251 $17,770 -$481 -2.6%
39 Harding NM $19,571 $17,849 -$1,722 -8.8%
40 Childress TX $18,278 $17,885 -$393 -2.2%
41 Mora NM $17,291 $18,037 $746 4.3%
42 Wilkinson MS $17,545 $18,212 $667 3.8%
43 Issaquena MS $19,669 $18,266 -$1,403 -7.1%
44 Noble OH $17,973 $18,366 $393 2.2%
45 Pecos TX $17,780 $18,462 $682 3.8%
46 Benton MS $18,103 $18,478 $375 2.1%
47 Telfair GA $17,934 $18,523 $589 3.3%
48 Wayne TN $17,989 $18,575 $586 3.3%
49 Hancock GA $17,621 $18,585 $964 5.5%
50 Calhoun GA $18,602 $18,606 $4 0.0%


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