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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2901 | Lewis County | Kentucky | $46,838 ±$5,284 | 12,965 |
| 2902 | Brooks County | Georgia | $46,807 ±$5,373 | 16,293 |
| 2903 | Green County | Kentucky | $46,798 ±$9,020 | 11,369 |
| 2904 | Webster County | Georgia | $46,792 ±$11,399 | 2,381 |
| 2905 | Hempstead County | Arkansas | $46,787 ±$3,777 | 19,508 |
| 2906 | Lawrence County | Kentucky | $46,772 ±$5,311 | 16,077 |
| 2907 | Martinsville city | Virginia | $46,727 ±$5,215 | 13,658 |
| 2908 | Poinsett County | Arkansas | $46,707 ±$3,936 | 22,543 |
| 2909 | Oktibbeha County | Mississippi | $46,695 ±$4,149 | 51,771 |
| 2910 | Union County | New Mexico | $46,694 ±$17,202 | 4,013 |
| 2911 | Crittenden County | Kentucky | $46,656 ±$4,388 | 8,979 |
| 2912 | Appling County | Georgia | $46,651 ±$6,244 | 18,493 |
| 2913 | King County | Texas | $46,645 ±$20,375 | 211 |
| 2914 | Barnwell County | South Carolina | $46,626 ±$4,377 | 20,521 |
| 2915 | Dillon County | South Carolina | $46,605 ±$2,235 | 27,862 |
| 2916 | Allen Parish | Louisiana | $46,469 ±$4,198 | 22,477 |
| 2917 | Kemper County | Mississippi | $46,431 ±$5,352 | 8,729 |
| 2918 | Corson County | South Dakota | $46,406 ±$11,944 | 3,806 |
| 2919 | Scott County | Virginia | $46,349 ±$3,805 | 21,479 |
| 2920 | Garza County | Texas | $46,314 ±$16,002 | 5,118 |
| 2921 | Natchitoches Parish | Louisiana | $46,292 ±$2,441 | 36,693 |
| 2922 | McIntosh County | Oklahoma | $46,281 ±$3,807 | 19,400 |
| 2923 | Pickens County | Alabama | $46,274 ±$2,486 | 18,721 |
| 2924 | Baca County | Colorado | $46,215 ±$8,944 | 3,428 |
| 2925 | Williamsburg County | South Carolina | $46,213 ±$4,361 | 30,282 |
| 2926 | Lincoln County | West Virginia | $46,205 ±$6,238 | 19,902 |
| 2927 | Terrell County | Georgia | $46,171 ±$7,974 | 8,850 |
| 2928 | Clarke County | Mississippi | $46,108 ±$4,727 | 15,314 |
| 2929 | Hardeman County | Tennessee | $46,069 ±$3,221 | 25,433 |
| 2930 | Estill County | Kentucky | $46,051 ±$4,663 | 14,035 |
| 2931 | Barbour County | Alabama | $46,042 ±$5,089 | 24,643 |
| 2932 | Washington County | Georgia | $46,023 ±$6,789 | 19,849 |
| 2933 | Benton County | Mississippi | $46,016 ±$8,749 | 7,589 |
| 2934 | Baker County | Georgia | $46,012 ±$14,727 | 2,790 |
| 2935 | Johnson County | Arkansas | $45,995 ±$3,798 | 26,003 |
| 2936 | Douglas County | Missouri | $45,985 ±$4,512 | 11,965 |
| 2937 | Panola County | Mississippi | $45,945 ±$6,120 | 32,808 |
| 2938 | Glades County | Florida | $45,870 ±$9,869 | 12,563 |
| 2939 | Clinch County | Georgia | $45,847 ±$11,463 | 6,759 |
| 2940 | Roane County | West Virginia | $45,778 ±$3,029 | 13,786 |
| 2941 | Elliott County | Kentucky | $45,776 ±$9,791 | 7,307 |
| 2942 | Wayne County | Kentucky | $45,739 ±$4,327 | 19,602 |
| 2943 | Scotland County | North Carolina | $45,730 ±$3,850 | 33,590 |
| 2944 | Orangeburg County | South Carolina | $45,675 ±$2,691 | 83,253 |
| 2945 | Howard County | Arkansas | $45,603 ±$5,800 | 12,583 |
| 2946 | Halifax County | North Carolina | $45,590 ±$2,970 | 47,675 |
| 2947 | Acadia Parish | Louisiana | $45,562 ±$2,361 | 56,955 |
| 2948 | Hertford County | North Carolina | $45,537 ±$2,991 | 19,908 |
| 2949 | Casey County | Kentucky | $45,510 ±$4,492 | 15,914 |
| 2950 | Wilkinson County | Georgia | $45,465 ±$7,276 | 8,747 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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