Lowest-income counties in the US
Explore places with the lowest median household income, with uncertainty shown.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:20:49+00:00
Ascending median household income: ACS B19013_001E. Low median income is not the same measure as the share of residents in poverty. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | Metcalfe County | Kentucky | $51,473 ±$8,019 | 10,425 |
| 452 | Clay County | Arkansas | $51,481 ±$3,647 | 14,280 |
| 453 | Pontotoc County | Mississippi | $51,484 ±$2,949 | 31,550 |
| 454 | Campbell County | Tennessee | $51,557 ±$3,039 | 39,761 |
| 455 | Le Flore County | Oklahoma | $51,565 ±$2,050 | 49,053 |
| 456 | Hitchcock County | Nebraska | $51,567 ±$2,481 | 2,569 |
| 457 | Hughes County | Oklahoma | $51,581 ±$3,275 | 13,389 |
| 458 | Dodge County | Georgia | $51,587 ±$4,418 | 19,805 |
| 459 | Shelby County | Missouri | $51,594 ±$5,271 | 5,986 |
| 460 | Lewis County | Idaho | $51,615 ±$3,542 | 3,682 |
| 461 | Barton County | Missouri | $51,635 ±$5,457 | 11,690 |
| 462 | Attala County | Mississippi | $51,639 ±$5,901 | 17,526 |
| 463 | Prairie County | Arkansas | $51,646 ±$6,250 | 8,064 |
| 464 | Marion County | Georgia | $51,667 ±$7,404 | 7,509 |
| 465 | Watauga County | North Carolina | $51,693 ±$3,285 | 55,123 |
| 466 | Wilkes County | North Carolina | $51,721 ±$2,459 | 65,935 |
| 467 | Benton County | Tennessee | $51,746 ±$7,216 | 16,006 |
| 468 | Lincoln County | Arkansas | $51,778 ±$5,932 | 12,950 |
| 469 | Clark County | Missouri | $51,781 ±$3,325 | 6,675 |
| 470 | Carroll County | Tennessee | $51,787 ±$2,267 | 28,641 |
| 471 | Logan County | Colorado | $51,829 ±$7,707 | 20,892 |
| 472 | Robertson County | Kentucky | $51,830 ±$9,160 | 2,283 |
| 473 | Monroe County | Mississippi | $51,866 ±$4,364 | 33,747 |
| 474 | Weakley County | Tennessee | $51,880 ±$2,769 | 33,016 |
| 475 | New Madrid County | Missouri | $51,881 ±$4,292 | 15,731 |
| 476 | Jim Wells County | Texas | $51,896 ±$6,825 | 38,850 |
| 477 | Hale County | Texas | $51,897 ±$4,443 | 32,131 |
| 478 | Pulaski County | Kentucky | $51,898 ±$1,971 | 65,897 |
| 479 | Emporia city | Virginia | $51,899 ±$7,831 | 5,547 |
| 480 | Jackson County | Alabama | $51,908 ±$1,987 | 53,053 |
| 481 | Craig County | Oklahoma | $51,922 ±$1,852 | 14,302 |
| 482 | Muhlenberg County | Kentucky | $51,927 ±$3,212 | 30,591 |
| 483 | McCurtain County | Oklahoma | $51,929 ±$2,234 | 30,863 |
| 484 | Montgomery County | Georgia | $51,941 ±$6,937 | 8,640 |
| 485 | Grundy County | Missouri | $51,975 ±$3,908 | 9,787 |
| 486 | Halifax County | Virginia | $52,013 ±$3,015 | 33,639 |
| 487 | Trinity County | Texas | $52,018 ±$4,911 | 14,046 |
| 488 | Clark County | Arkansas | $52,034 ±$4,819 | 21,125 |
| 489 | Wilkes County | Georgia | $52,043 ±$3,195 | 9,549 |
| 490 | Las Animas County | Colorado | $52,074 ±$5,521 | 14,413 |
| 491 | Raleigh County | West Virginia | $52,150 ±$3,933 | 73,195 |
| 492 | Mason County | Kentucky | $52,178 ±$4,215 | 16,956 |
| 493 | White County | Tennessee | $52,188 ±$3,172 | 28,160 |
| 493 | Crosby County | Texas | $52,188 ±$7,439 | 5,041 |
| 495 | Forest County | Pennsylvania | $52,191 ±$3,237 | 6,715 |
| 496 | Jones County | Mississippi | $52,216 ±$4,367 | 66,472 |
| 497 | Unicoi County | Tennessee | $52,218 ±$6,675 | 17,756 |
| 498 | Vernon County | Missouri | $52,230 ±$3,655 | 19,687 |
| 499 | Hart County | Kentucky | $52,285 ±$3,907 | 19,603 |
| 500 | Wayne County | Tennessee | $52,294 ±$4,365 | 16,168 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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