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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3051 | Latimer County | Oklahoma | $41,405 ±$1,666 | 9,518 |
| 3052 | Conecuh County | Alabama | $41,327 ±$3,467 | 11,275 |
| 3053 | Floyd County | Kentucky | $41,279 ±$4,939 | 35,224 |
| 3054 | Lafayette County | Arkansas | $41,278 ±$8,386 | 6,136 |
| 3055 | Webster Parish | Louisiana | $41,182 ±$1,410 | 35,820 |
| 3056 | Macon County | Georgia | $41,031 ±$6,044 | 11,864 |
| 3057 | Stone County | Arkansas | $40,943 ±$7,863 | 12,568 |
| 3058 | Clay County | Kentucky | $40,900 ±$7,504 | 19,921 |
| 3059 | Summers County | West Virginia | $40,699 ±$6,548 | 11,729 |
| 3060 | Wilcox County | Alabama | $40,640 ±$7,684 | 10,172 |
| 3061 | Wheeler County | Georgia | $40,539 ±$12,079 | 7,335 |
| 3062 | Edwards County | Texas | $40,313 ±$21,695 | 1,290 |
| 3063 | Powell County | Kentucky | $40,309 ±$6,520 | 13,038 |
| 3064 | Jeff Davis County | Georgia | $40,283 ±$6,427 | 14,924 |
| 3065 | Quitman County | Georgia | $40,179 ±$8,631 | 2,264 |
| 3066 | Phillips County | Arkansas | $40,134 ±$4,740 | 15,450 |
| 3067 | Pemiscot County | Missouri | $40,089 ±$4,225 | 14,958 |
| 3068 | Hancock County | Georgia | $40,082 ±$9,107 | 8,650 |
| 3069 | Cumberland County | Kentucky | $40,000 ±$12,731 | 5,948 |
| 3069 | Jackson County | Kentucky | $40,000 ±$12,176 | 13,086 |
| 3069 | Sharkey County | Mississippi | $40,000 ±$10,299 | 3,872 |
| 3072 | Clay County | Tennessee | $39,972 ±$9,119 | 7,670 |
| 3073 | Sunflower County | Mississippi | $39,956 ±$4,403 | 24,333 |
| 3074 | Concordia Parish | Louisiana | $39,943 ±$5,516 | 18,174 |
| 3075 | Real County | Texas | $39,605 ±$34,535 | 2,802 |
| 3076 | Bolivar County | Mississippi | $39,585 ±$4,860 | 29,534 |
| 3077 | Morehouse Parish | Louisiana | $39,454 ±$2,925 | 24,551 |
| 3078 | Hickory County | Missouri | $39,390 ±$3,056 | 8,585 |
| 3079 | Tunica County | Mississippi | $39,364 ±$4,691 | 9,475 |
| 3080 | Avoyelles Parish | Louisiana | $39,325 ±$4,623 | 38,905 |
| 3081 | Yazoo County | Mississippi | $39,295 ±$6,014 | 24,835 |
| 3082 | Hale County | Alabama | $39,250 ±$6,985 | 14,829 |
| 3083 | Zapata County | Texas | $39,239 ±$4,265 | 13,841 |
| 3084 | Lincoln Parish | Louisiana | $39,172 ±$4,326 | 48,174 |
| 3085 | Chicot County | Arkansas | $39,045 ±$3,931 | 9,765 |
| 3086 | Kenedy County | Texas | $38,882 ±$4,589 | 145 |
| 3087 | Dimmit County | Texas | $38,808 ±$8,956 | 8,380 |
| 3088 | Galax city | Virginia | $38,675 ±$8,836 | 6,726 |
| 3089 | Jefferson Davis County | Mississippi | $38,548 ±$5,802 | 11,117 |
| 3090 | Jefferson County | Mississippi | $38,305 ±$5,850 | 7,068 |
| 3091 | Fulton County | Kentucky | $38,217 ±$2,182 | 6,409 |
| 3092 | Mingo County | West Virginia | $38,119 ±$4,884 | 22,542 |
| 3093 | Desha County | Arkansas | $37,662 ±$4,562 | 10,786 |
| 3094 | Perry County | Alabama | $37,654 ±$3,718 | 8,031 |
| 3095 | Starr County | Texas | $37,639 ±$4,431 | 66,067 |
| 3096 | Wayne County | Mississippi | $37,619 ±$5,069 | 19,718 |
| 3097 | Lee County | Kentucky | $37,568 ±$4,248 | 7,339 |
| 3098 | Tallahatchie County | Mississippi | $37,466 ±$5,737 | 11,764 |
| 3099 | Coahoma County | Mississippi | $37,461 ±$3,152 | 20,540 |
| 3100 | Amite County | Mississippi | $37,222 ±$2,862 | 12,565 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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