The median income of Alcorn County residents was an inflation-adjusted $21,082 per year. Alcorn County had 14,675 households in 2017, with a population of 37,242.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Madison County. Madison County's median income was $35,218 per year after adjusting for inflation – $14,136 more than Alcorn County. It had 38,405 households in 2017 and a population of 102,212.
Humphreys County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in Mississippi, with a median income of only $14,583 per year. That was $6,499 less than the median income in Alcorn County at the time. Humphreys County had 3,119 households in 2017 and a population of 8,678.
The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident ($$$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County | 35,218 |
| 2 | Rankin County | 31,542 |
| 3 | DeSoto County | 31,457 |
| 4 | Lamar County | 27,694 |
| 5 | Jackson County | 26,540 |
| 6 | Hancock County | 25,463 |
| 7 | Franklin County | 25,141 |
| 8 | Marshall County | 24,978 |
| 9 | Harrison County | 24,812 |
| 10 | Lee County | 24,375 |
| 11 | Lowndes County | 23,878 |
| 12 | Tate County | 23,870 |
| 13 | Warren County | 23,797 |
| 14 | Hinds County | 23,291 |
| 15 | George County | 23,006 |
| 16 | Pearl River County | 22,542 |
| 17 | Monroe County | 22,186 |
| 18 | Lincoln County | 22,141 |
| 19 | Pontotoc County | 22,109 |
| 20 | Union County | 22,090 |
| 21 | Lauderdale County | 22,078 |
| 22 | Lawrence County | 22,017 |
| 23 | Greene County | 21,932 |
| 24 | Yalobusha County | 21,874 |
| 25 | Jasper County | 21,860 |
| 26 | Lafayette County | 21,706 |
| 27 | Tippah County | 21,691 |
| 28 | Montgomery County | 21,688 |
| 29 | Carroll County | 21,608 |
| 30 | Itawamba County | 21,455 |
| 31 | Newton County | 21,426 |
| 32 | Smith County | 21,387 |
| 33 | Clarke County | 21,258 |
| 34 | Panola County | 21,188 |
| 35 | Jones County | 21,172 |
| 36 | Chickasaw County | 21,095 |
| 37 | Alcorn County | 21,082 |
| 38 | Copiah County | 20,990 |
| 39 | Clay County | 20,729 |
| 40 | Stone County | 20,647 |
| 41 | Walthall County | 20,366 |
| 42 | Neshoba County | 20,357 |
| 43 | Benton County | 20,280 |
| 44 | Tunica County | 19,961 |
| 45 | Winston County | 19,959 |
| 46 | Webster County | 19,830 |
| 47 | Tishomingo County | 19,795 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 19,795 |
| 49 | Simpson County | 19,624 |
| 50 | Covington County | 19,468 |
| 51 | Leake County | 19,460 |
| 52 | Grenada County | 19,386 |
| 53 | Scott County | 19,328 |
| 54 | Calhoun County | 19,326 |
| 55 | Forrest County | 19,301 |
| 56 | Prentiss County | 18,870 |
| 57 | Pike County | 18,729 |
| 58 | Amite County | 18,626 |
| 59 | Attala County | 18,595 |
| 60 | Sharkey County | 18,496 |
| 61 | Adams County | 18,285 |
| 62 | Perry County | 18,252 |
| 63 | Marion County | 18,245 |
| 64 | Choctaw County | 18,092 |
| 65 | Washington County | 18,021 |
| 66 | Sunflower County | 17,947 |
| 67 | Coahoma County | 17,661 |
| 68 | Yazoo County | 17,588 |
| 69 | Kemper County | 17,214 |
| 70 | Oktibbeha County | 17,166 |
| 71 | Tallahatchie County | 17,008 |
| 72 | Leflore County | 16,704 |
| 73 | Bolivar County | 16,466 |
| 74 | Quitman County | 15,815 |
| 75 | Noxubee County | 15,704 |
| 76 | Jefferson County | 15,529 |
| 77 | Issaquena County | 15,313 |
| 78 | Jefferson Davis County | 15,286 |
| 79 | Wilkinson County | 14,954 |
| 80 | Claiborne County | 14,914 |
| 81 | Holmes County | 14,679 |
| 82 | Humphreys County | 14,583 |
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