Highest-income counties in the US
Compare median household income, a measure of income rather than accumulated wealth.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:20:49+00:00
Median household income: ACS B19013_001E, in the release year’s inflation-adjusted dollars. This is not net worth or individual earnings. All US counties and county equivalents with usable estimates. ACS 5-year pooled estimates; margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. Ranks do not imply statistically significant differences. Missing, suppressed, and annotated/top-coded estimates are excluded.
Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full filtered set.
| Rank | Name | State | Median household income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 951 | Lorain County | Ohio | $73,347 ±$1,501 | 317,129 |
| 952 | Ringgold County | Iowa | $73,346 ±$6,185 | 4,645 |
| 953 | Cumberland County | Illinois | $73,327 ±$6,920 | 10,334 |
| 954 | Bennington County | Vermont | $73,325 ±$4,802 | 37,269 |
| 955 | Marshall County | Iowa | $73,315 ±$3,402 | 40,114 |
| 956 | Genesee County | New York | $73,314 ±$2,536 | 57,787 |
| 957 | Morgan County | Colorado | $73,278 ±$2,653 | 29,520 |
| 958 | Grant County | Washington | $73,267 ±$3,441 | 101,799 |
| 959 | Franklin County | Missouri | $73,165 ±$2,639 | 105,950 |
| 960 | Lake County | Florida | $73,161 ±$1,462 | 412,924 |
| 961 | Hancock County | Ohio | $73,141 ±$3,050 | 74,866 |
| 962 | Polk County | Minnesota | $73,107 ±$4,402 | 30,705 |
| 963 | Sheboygan County | Wisconsin | $73,094 ±$2,384 | 117,991 |
| 964 | East Feliciana Parish | Louisiana | $73,085 ±$8,674 | 19,271 |
| 965 | Richland County | Montana | $73,084 ±$8,806 | 11,235 |
| 966 | Mower County | Minnesota | $73,074 ±$2,698 | 40,343 |
| 967 | Defiance County | Ohio | $73,064 ±$4,002 | 38,343 |
| 968 | Shackelford County | Texas | $73,047 ±$13,485 | 3,175 |
| 969 | LaSalle County | Illinois | $73,045 ±$2,890 | 108,714 |
| 970 | Park County | Wyoming | $73,035 ±$5,225 | 30,449 |
| 971 | Edgefield County | South Carolina | $73,029 ±$6,942 | 27,476 |
| 972 | Hettinger County | North Dakota | $73,026 ±$8,453 | 2,432 |
| 973 | La Crosse County | Wisconsin | $73,013 ±$2,790 | 120,488 |
| 974 | Finney County | Kansas | $73,009 ±$4,668 | 38,084 |
| 975 | Coconino County | Arizona | $72,966 ±$2,339 | 144,508 |
| 976 | Cottonwood County | Minnesota | $72,941 ±$5,820 | 11,458 |
| 977 | Carroll County | Iowa | $72,930 ±$2,443 | 20,594 |
| 978 | Clark County | Illinois | $72,927 ±$4,958 | 15,266 |
| 979 | Kent County | Texas | $72,889 ±$17,672 | 734 |
| 980 | Aurora County | South Dakota | $72,885 ±$5,520 | 2,642 |
| 981 | White Pine County | Nevada | $72,865 ±$11,752 | 8,735 |
| 982 | Fulton County | Ohio | $72,864 ±$2,855 | 42,240 |
| 983 | Erie County | New York | $72,839 ±$1,077 | 950,622 |
| 984 | Waupaca County | Wisconsin | $72,830 ±$2,821 | 51,569 |
| 985 | Lonoke County | Arkansas | $72,828 ±$2,770 | 75,272 |
| 986 | Yankton County | South Dakota | $72,821 ±$7,170 | 23,414 |
| 987 | Waldo County | Maine | $72,782 ±$3,352 | 40,192 |
| 988 | Palo Alto County | Iowa | $72,781 ±$7,482 | 8,863 |
| 989 | Perkins County | Nebraska | $72,778 ±$6,496 | 2,821 |
| 990 | Boone County | Missouri | $72,758 ±$1,612 | 188,043 |
| 991 | Armstrong County | Texas | $72,750 ±$13,280 | 1,822 |
| 991 | Pecos County | Texas | $72,750 ±$12,336 | 14,896 |
| 993 | Trousdale County | Tennessee | $72,747 ±$8,709 | 11,957 |
| 994 | Hancock County | Maine | $72,744 ±$3,276 | 56,460 |
| 995 | Tioga County | New York | $72,739 ±$3,285 | 47,864 |
| 996 | Shelby County | Iowa | $72,738 ±$9,091 | 11,778 |
| 997 | Mille Lacs County | Minnesota | $72,729 ±$3,403 | 27,125 |
| 998 | Codington County | South Dakota | $72,727 ±$4,778 | 28,767 |
| 999 | Montgomery County | Virginia | $72,715 ±$3,227 | 99,101 |
| 1000 | Fremont County | Idaho | $72,683 ±$5,715 | 13,943 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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