Rural Counties With Greatest Percentage Decreases in Personal Income in 2006
05/11/2008
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The fifty rural counties with the greatest decline in personal income from 2005 to 2006.

These are the 50 counties with the greatest decrease in personal income from 2005 to 2006:



Rank County State Income 2005 Income 2006 $ Change % Change
1 Slope ND $24,640 $13,885 -$10,755 -43.6%
2 Campbell SD $28,968 $19,971 -$8,997 -31.1%
3 Ziebach SD $16,314 $11,381 -$4,933 -30.2%
4 Hyde SD $29,571 $21,609 -$7,962 -26.9%
5 Lynn TX $29,625 $22,013 -$7,612 -25.7%
6 Sherman TX $49,610 $36,938 -$12,672 -25.5%
7 Borden TX $31,506 $23,695 -$7,811 -24.8%
8 Sully SD $48,380 $36,822 -$11,558 -23.9%
9 Harding SD $27,954 $21,640 -$6,314 -22.6%
10 Faulk SD $33,361 $26,230 -$7,131 -21.4%
11 Kiowa CO $33,538 $26,516 -$7,022 -20.9%
12 Emmons ND $28,012 $22,317 -$5,695 -20.3%
13 Logan ND $36,035 $28,832 -$7,203 -20.0%
14 Haakon SD $38,932 $31,254 -$7,678 -19.7%
15 Hand SD $34,976 $28,278 -$6,698 -19.2%
16 Jackson SD $19,509 $15,846 -$3,663 -18.8%
17 Jones SD $28,126 $22,857 -$5,269 -18.7%
18 Dunn ND $27,528 $22,691 -$4,837 -17.6%
19 Buffalo SD $15,073 $12,471 -$2,602 -17.3%
20 Swisher TX $29,886 $24,760 -$5,126 -17.2%
21 Sheridan ND $28,186 $23,469 -$4,717 -16.7%
22 Hettinger ND $29,785 $24,835 -$4,950 -16.6%
23 Castro TX $40,478 $33,866 -$6,612 -16.3%
24 Carter MT $26,715 $22,418 -$4,297 -16.1%
25 McPherson SD $27,432 $23,130 -$4,302 -15.7%
26 Perkins SD $28,124 $24,006 -$4,118 -14.6%
27 Renville ND $33,305 $28,533 -$4,772 -14.3%
28 Gove KS $28,896 $24,877 -$4,019 -13.9%
29 Edmunds SD $38,658 $33,289 -$5,369 -13.9%
30 McIntosh ND $31,396 $27,156 -$4,240 -13.5%
31 Hamilton KS $30,607 $26,561 -$4,046 -13.2%
32 Burke ND $34,685 $30,134 -$4,551 -13.1%
33 Beaver UT $28,793 $25,017 -$3,776 -13.1%
34 Wells ND $33,803 $29,474 -$4,329 -12.8%
35 Floyd TX $29,687 $25,942 -$3,745 -12.6%
36 Scurry TX $32,690 $28,601 -$4,089 -12.5%
37 Garfield MT $29,696 $25,998 -$3,698 -12.5%
38 Hickman KY $43,964 $38,961 -$5,003 -11.4%
39 Lyman SD $23,330 $20,780 -$2,550 -10.9%
40 Clark SD $30,593 $27,343 -$3,250 -10.6%
41 Eddy ND $28,109 $25,158 -$2,951 -10.5%
42 Sheridan KS $34,952 $31,328 -$3,624 -10.4%
43 Loup NE $10,172 $9,140 -$1,032 -10.1%
44 Banner NE $26,063 $23,434 -$2,629 -10.1%
45 Corson SD $20,822 $18,731 -$2,091 -10.0%
46 Kidder ND $28,808 $26,052 -$2,756 -9.6%
47 Tripp SD $27,884 $25,234 -$2,650 -9.5%
48 Divide ND $30,980 $28,052 -$2,928 -9.5%
49 Baca CO $28,317 $25,761 -$2,556 -9.0%
50 Harding NM $19,571 $17,849 -$1,722 -8.8%


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