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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Lawrence County | Pennsylvania | $61,931 ±$2,883 | 85,024 |
| 1902 | Barber County | Kansas | $61,926 ±$6,033 | 4,069 |
| 1903 | Albany County | Wyoming | $61,917 ±$6,755 | 38,249 |
| 1904 | Haywood County | North Carolina | $61,912 ±$2,423 | 62,662 |
| 1905 | Lamar County | Texas | $61,880 ±$4,398 | 50,669 |
| 1905 | Preston County | West Virginia | $61,880 ±$4,690 | 34,160 |
| 1907 | Pocahontas County | Iowa | $61,875 ±$4,553 | 7,046 |
| 1907 | Garfield County | Utah | $61,875 ±$6,916 | 5,219 |
| 1909 | Stutsman County | North Dakota | $61,856 ±$4,203 | 21,549 |
| 1910 | Valley County | Nebraska | $61,852 ±$5,664 | 4,066 |
| 1911 | Dorchester County | Maryland | $61,839 ±$4,414 | 32,754 |
| 1912 | Marion County | Tennessee | $61,824 ±$4,484 | 29,250 |
| 1913 | Adams County | Idaho | $61,808 ±$4,677 | 4,744 |
| 1914 | Lucas County | Iowa | $61,793 ±$2,738 | 8,716 |
| 1915 | Newberry County | South Carolina | $61,780 ±$2,811 | 38,435 |
| 1916 | Bay County | Michigan | $61,763 ±$2,526 | 103,008 |
| 1917 | Moore County | Texas | $61,762 ±$4,676 | 21,373 |
| 1918 | Silver Bow County | Montana | $61,754 ±$3,962 | 35,785 |
| 1919 | Sherman County | Kansas | $61,750 ±$11,307 | 5,858 |
| 1920 | Griggs County | North Dakota | $61,711 ±$5,791 | 2,245 |
| 1921 | Vanderburgh County | Indiana | $61,648 ±$1,420 | 180,117 |
| 1922 | Blaine County | Oklahoma | $61,642 ±$3,194 | 8,570 |
| 1923 | Linn County | Missouri | $61,635 ±$5,399 | 11,852 |
| 1924 | Northampton County | Virginia | $61,632 ±$7,281 | 12,059 |
| 1925 | Jefferson County | Iowa | $61,620 ±$10,446 | 15,705 |
| 1925 | Stephens County | Oklahoma | $61,620 ±$3,572 | 43,551 |
| 1927 | Washington County | Kentucky | $61,616 ±$8,128 | 12,140 |
| 1928 | Foard County | Texas | $61,563 ±$25,735 | 991 |
| 1928 | Hemphill County | Texas | $61,563 ±$22,132 | 3,234 |
| 1930 | Adair County | Missouri | $61,536 ±$4,691 | 25,301 |
| 1931 | Venango County | Pennsylvania | $61,522 ±$2,262 | 49,801 |
| 1932 | Coffee County | Tennessee | $61,505 ±$3,920 | 59,710 |
| 1933 | Greene County | Missouri | $61,479 ±$1,008 | 303,375 |
| 1934 | McMinn County | Tennessee | $61,470 ±$4,893 | 54,884 |
| 1935 | Wadena County | Minnesota | $61,467 ±$4,671 | 14,256 |
| 1936 | Hancock County | West Virginia | $61,466 ±$3,968 | 28,431 |
| 1937 | Leon County | Texas | $61,449 ±$5,115 | 16,263 |
| 1938 | Somerset County | Pennsylvania | $61,446 ±$1,812 | 72,799 |
| 1939 | Avery County | North Carolina | $61,428 ±$7,429 | 17,680 |
| 1940 | Bailey County | Texas | $61,420 ±$15,970 | 6,913 |
| 1941 | Woodward County | Oklahoma | $61,417 ±$6,478 | 20,158 |
| 1942 | Stone County | Mississippi | $61,413 ±$6,291 | 18,894 |
| 1943 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | Alaska | $61,406 ±$6,154 | 2,311 |
| 1944 | Allen County | Kentucky | $61,403 ±$5,916 | 21,293 |
| 1945 | Pottawatomie County | Oklahoma | $61,398 ±$2,006 | 73,463 |
| 1946 | Meigs County | Tennessee | $61,375 ±$5,163 | 13,343 |
| 1947 | Fulton County | Indiana | $61,360 ±$5,343 | 20,312 |
| 1948 | Bourbon County | Kentucky | $61,354 ±$7,041 | 20,240 |
| 1949 | Piscataquis County | Maine | $61,345 ±$4,372 | 17,263 |
| 1950 | Douglas County | Oregon | $61,310 ±$1,747 | 112,072 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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