US Counties With the Lowest Economic Connectedness

3,020 US counties ranked by economic connectedness, from lowest to highest. First are Todd County, SD (0.295), Oglala Lakota County, SD (0.33) and Terrell County, GA (0.347). The middle one of the 3,020 has 0.807.

What this measures

How many of a low-income person's friends are high-income, compared with an even mix. One means their friends match the local mix of rich and poor. Below one means their friendships are more divided by income than that. Source: Social Capital Atlas.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

More on economic connectedness

• US Counties With the Highest Economic Connectedness
• Economic connectedness by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.