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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2701 | Monroe County | Kentucky | $51,280 ±$3,814 | 11,269 |
| 2702 | Edgecombe County | North Carolina | $51,265 ±$3,893 | 48,736 |
| 2703 | Alcorn County | Mississippi | $51,260 ±$4,689 | 34,289 |
| 2704 | Prairie County | Montana | $51,250 ±$6,492 | 1,250 |
| 2704 | Loving County | Texas | $51,250 ±$617 | 33 |
| 2706 | Carter County | Kentucky | $51,235 ±$4,124 | 26,341 |
| 2707 | Bibb County | Georgia | $51,234 ±$2,220 | 156,578 |
| 2708 | DeKalb County | Alabama | $51,204 ±$2,508 | 72,269 |
| 2709 | Russell County | Alabama | $51,197 ±$3,129 | 58,811 |
| 2710 | Fentress County | Tennessee | $51,149 ±$3,253 | 19,309 |
| 2711 | Lincoln County | Mississippi | $51,119 ±$4,425 | 34,877 |
| 2712 | Colleton County | South Carolina | $51,114 ±$2,869 | 38,783 |
| 2713 | Jefferson County | Arkansas | $51,096 ±$3,068 | 64,802 |
| 2714 | Sequoyah County | Oklahoma | $51,093 ±$2,806 | 39,860 |
| 2715 | Johnson County | Georgia | $51,028 ±$8,776 | 9,190 |
| 2716 | Saluda County | South Carolina | $51,009 ±$5,886 | 19,131 |
| 2717 | Howell County | Missouri | $50,993 ±$2,030 | 40,383 |
| 2718 | Conejos County | Colorado | $50,978 ±$7,913 | 7,530 |
| 2719 | Telfair County | Georgia | $50,929 ±$10,351 | 11,831 |
| 2720 | Choctaw County | Mississippi | $50,919 ±$5,054 | 8,118 |
| 2721 | Randolph County | Arkansas | $50,911 ±$6,752 | 18,838 |
| 2722 | Cross County | Arkansas | $50,863 ±$5,959 | 16,543 |
| 2723 | Eddy County | North Dakota | $50,850 ±$8,517 | 2,307 |
| 2724 | Lauderdale County | Mississippi | $50,817 ±$2,933 | 71,504 |
| 2725 | Lake County | Michigan | $50,805 ±$2,404 | 12,563 |
| 2726 | Graves County | Kentucky | $50,772 ±$3,209 | 36,630 |
| 2727 | Henry County | Virginia | $50,760 ±$2,873 | 49,980 |
| 2728 | Cibola County | New Mexico | $50,759 ±$9,447 | 26,845 |
| 2729 | Grayson County | Kentucky | $50,757 ±$2,233 | 26,707 |
| 2730 | Tattnall County | Georgia | $50,747 ±$6,658 | 24,208 |
| 2730 | Nolan County | Texas | $50,747 ±$3,546 | 14,454 |
| 2732 | Leake County | Mississippi | $50,728 ±$4,140 | 21,319 |
| 2733 | Caddo Parish | Louisiana | $50,705 ±$1,788 | 230,004 |
| 2734 | Petersburg city | Virginia | $50,698 ±$2,886 | 33,537 |
| 2735 | Coffee County | Georgia | $50,683 ±$4,084 | 43,347 |
| 2736 | Graham County | Kansas | $50,650 ±$4,237 | 2,389 |
| 2737 | Warren County | North Carolina | $50,638 ±$4,322 | 18,795 |
| 2738 | Barren County | Kentucky | $50,628 ±$2,937 | 44,938 |
| 2739 | Henry County | Tennessee | $50,613 ±$2,203 | 32,412 |
| 2740 | Scioto County | Ohio | $50,609 ±$2,908 | 72,627 |
| 2741 | Ritchie County | West Virginia | $50,582 ±$4,402 | 8,286 |
| 2742 | Cameron County | Pennsylvania | $50,573 ±$6,455 | 4,427 |
| 2743 | Newton County | Mississippi | $50,540 ±$5,200 | 21,093 |
| 2744 | Grainger County | Tennessee | $50,538 ±$2,961 | 24,266 |
| 2745 | Calhoun County | Florida | $50,517 ±$5,263 | 13,492 |
| 2746 | Haywood County | Tennessee | $50,472 ±$5,777 | 17,475 |
| 2747 | Vance County | North Carolina | $50,465 ±$4,966 | 42,322 |
| 2748 | Coal County | Oklahoma | $50,423 ±$3,005 | 5,320 |
| 2749 | San Augustine County | Texas | $50,408 ±$7,814 | 7,874 |
| 2750 | Pulaski County | Georgia | $50,406 ±$4,880 | 9,939 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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