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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | Walker County | Texas | $52,324 ±$4,014 | 80,209 |
| 502 | Randolph County | Alabama | $52,338 ±$6,218 | 22,510 |
| 502 | Pondera County | Montana | $52,338 ±$4,638 | 6,035 |
| 504 | Swain County | North Carolina | $52,349 ±$5,811 | 14,013 |
| 505 | McDonald County | Missouri | $52,375 ±$4,081 | 23,701 |
| 506 | Sedgwick County | Colorado | $52,386 ±$5,952 | 2,304 |
| 507 | Clarendon County | South Carolina | $52,401 ±$3,951 | 30,986 |
| 508 | Sampson County | North Carolina | $52,432 ±$4,188 | 59,470 |
| 509 | Lincoln County | Kentucky | $52,440 ±$3,877 | 24,504 |
| 510 | Covington County | Alabama | $52,456 ±$3,788 | 37,628 |
| 511 | Chester County | South Carolina | $52,458 ±$3,357 | 32,182 |
| 512 | Taliaferro County | Georgia | $52,500 ±$12,871 | 1,558 |
| 513 | Huerfano County | Colorado | $52,526 ±$5,017 | 6,972 |
| 514 | Bibb County | Alabama | $52,541 ±$8,950 | 22,130 |
| 515 | Tippah County | Mississippi | $52,542 ±$6,358 | 21,523 |
| 516 | Mississippi County | Arkansas | $52,548 ±$4,766 | 39,126 |
| 517 | Benton County | Missouri | $52,567 ±$3,278 | 20,151 |
| 518 | St. Mary Parish | Louisiana | $52,576 ±$3,030 | 47,828 |
| 519 | Keweenaw County | Michigan | $52,583 ±$5,516 | 2,133 |
| 520 | Cameron County | Texas | $52,601 ±$1,632 | 426,120 |
| 521 | Toombs County | Georgia | $52,621 ±$4,567 | 27,102 |
| 522 | Jewell County | Kansas | $52,634 ±$8,655 | 2,916 |
| 523 | Roosevelt County | New Mexico | $52,685 ±$5,040 | 18,928 |
| 524 | Johnston County | Oklahoma | $52,688 ±$4,965 | 10,278 |
| 525 | Edwards County | Kansas | $52,692 ±$5,812 | 2,779 |
| 526 | Calloway County | Kentucky | $52,706 ±$4,077 | 38,224 |
| 527 | Gogebic County | Michigan | $52,732 ±$3,913 | 14,319 |
| 528 | Pike County | Ohio | $52,736 ±$4,871 | 27,044 |
| 529 | Randolph County | West Virginia | $52,757 ±$4,392 | 27,576 |
| 530 | Geneva County | Alabama | $52,771 ±$5,419 | 26,887 |
| 531 | Emanuel County | Georgia | $52,772 ±$4,751 | 23,026 |
| 532 | Screven County | Georgia | $52,792 ±$7,515 | 14,130 |
| 533 | McDonough County | Illinois | $52,795 ±$2,946 | 26,920 |
| 534 | Hill County | Montana | $52,798 ±$5,536 | 16,155 |
| 535 | Greenwood County | South Carolina | $52,830 ±$3,142 | 69,489 |
| 536 | Crawford County | Kansas | $52,844 ±$2,608 | 39,008 |
| 537 | Berrien County | Georgia | $52,876 ±$5,234 | 18,352 |
| 538 | Abbeville County | South Carolina | $52,935 ±$3,895 | 24,420 |
| 539 | Chaves County | New Mexico | $52,938 ±$2,795 | 64,217 |
| 540 | Franklin County | Mississippi | $52,939 ±$3,890 | 7,622 |
| 541 | Wise County | Virginia | $52,943 ±$2,440 | 35,448 |
| 542 | Vigo County | Indiana | $52,976 ±$2,432 | 106,109 |
| 543 | Trinity County | California | $53,002 ±$8,924 | 15,860 |
| 544 | Burke County | Georgia | $53,014 ±$3,683 | 24,470 |
| 544 | Jefferson County | Georgia | $53,014 ±$7,090 | 15,341 |
| 546 | Butte County | Idaho | $53,015 ±$9,674 | 2,684 |
| 547 | Winston County | Mississippi | $53,031 ±$6,755 | 17,536 |
| 548 | Randolph County | Missouri | $53,033 ±$6,062 | 24,365 |
| 549 | Patrick County | Virginia | $53,038 ±$6,528 | 17,512 |
| 550 | Tishomingo County | Mississippi | $53,040 ±$7,089 | 18,660 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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