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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3101 | Lowndes County | Alabama | $37,052 ±$4,465 | 9,833 |
| 3102 | Martin County | Kentucky | $37,042 ±$10,562 | 11,027 |
| 3103 | Costilla County | Colorado | $36,861 ±$6,112 | 3,607 |
| 3104 | Turner County | Georgia | $36,799 ±$6,080 | 8,939 |
| 3105 | Zavala County | Texas | $36,749 ±$5,834 | 9,412 |
| 3106 | Tensas Parish | Louisiana | $36,615 ±$4,366 | 3,935 |
| 3107 | Socorro County | New Mexico | $36,570 ±$11,077 | 16,200 |
| 3108 | Luna County | New Mexico | $36,419 ±$4,439 | 25,611 |
| 3109 | Marion County | South Carolina | $36,301 ±$5,615 | 28,664 |
| 3110 | Swisher County | Texas | $36,165 ±$14,512 | 6,937 |
| 3111 | Leslie County | Kentucky | $35,934 ±$5,237 | 10,079 |
| 3112 | Dallas County | Alabama | $35,627 ±$3,641 | 36,858 |
| 3113 | Madison Parish | Louisiana | $35,456 ±$4,475 | 9,513 |
| 3114 | Jackson County | South Dakota | $35,417 ±$21,129 | 2,802 |
| 3115 | Wilkinson County | Mississippi | $35,311 ±$5,120 | 8,162 |
| 3116 | Leflore County | Mississippi | $35,277 ±$3,844 | 27,141 |
| 3117 | Bienville Parish | Louisiana | $35,011 ±$3,199 | 12,638 |
| 3118 | Hancock County | Tennessee | $34,960 ±$3,992 | 6,852 |
| 3119 | Breathitt County | Kentucky | $34,808 ±$3,824 | 13,276 |
| 3120 | Lee County | Arkansas | $34,375 ±$6,510 | 8,359 |
| 3121 | Marlboro County | South Carolina | $34,301 ±$2,981 | 25,975 |
| 3122 | Noxubee County | Mississippi | $33,833 ±$11,536 | 10,025 |
| 3123 | McCreary County | Kentucky | $33,750 ±$7,376 | 16,867 |
| 3124 | Humphreys County | Mississippi | $33,731 ±$5,616 | 7,395 |
| 3125 | East Carroll Parish | Louisiana | $33,341 ±$8,407 | 7,072 |
| 3126 | Sumter County | Alabama | $33,310 ±$6,329 | 11,878 |
| 3127 | Stewart County | Georgia | $33,250 ±$7,733 | 4,869 |
| 3128 | Magoffin County | Kentucky | $33,080 ±$6,707 | 11,348 |
| 3129 | Claiborne Parish | Louisiana | $32,831 ±$2,551 | 13,833 |
| 3130 | Holmes County | Mississippi | $32,538 ±$4,202 | 16,191 |
| 3131 | Knox County | Kentucky | $32,527 ±$6,385 | 29,865 |
| 3132 | Quitman County | Mississippi | $32,412 ±$5,527 | 5,774 |
| 3133 | Allendale County | South Carolina | $32,328 ±$7,995 | 7,661 |
| 3134 | Claiborne County | Mississippi | $31,897 ±$7,278 | 8,582 |
| 3135 | McDowell County | West Virginia | $31,559 ±$2,515 | 17,943 |
| 3136 | Issaquena County | Mississippi | $31,429 ±$18,551 | 928 |
| 3137 | Bell County | Kentucky | $31,354 ±$3,340 | 23,509 |
| 3138 | Bullock County | Alabama | $31,310 ±$9,971 | 10,058 |
| 3139 | Wolfe County | Kentucky | $30,417 ±$10,309 | 6,443 |
| 3140 | Greene County | Alabama | $29,200 ±$5,134 | 7,424 |
| 3141 | Lake County | Tennessee | $28,814 ±$6,937 | 6,579 |
| 3142 | Randolph County | Georgia | $28,380 ±$13,486 | 6,196 |
| 3143 | Owsley County | Kentucky | $22,188 ±$9,297 | 3,971 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
3143 ranked entries.