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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | St. Clair County | Missouri | $53,043 ±$6,049 | 9,587 |
| 551 | Menard County | Texas | $53,043 ±$18,990 | 1,955 |
| 553 | Franklin County | Georgia | $53,046 ±$4,536 | 24,234 |
| 554 | Brunswick County | Virginia | $53,084 ±$4,616 | 15,841 |
| 555 | Saline County | Illinois | $53,117 ±$2,764 | 23,213 |
| 556 | Johnson County | Tennessee | $53,129 ±$4,322 | 18,196 |
| 557 | DeKalb County | Tennessee | $53,153 ±$7,562 | 20,959 |
| 558 | Arkansas County | Arkansas | $53,164 ±$4,027 | 16,515 |
| 559 | Fayette County | West Virginia | $53,194 ±$2,709 | 39,519 |
| 560 | Lemhi County | Idaho | $53,202 ±$4,428 | 8,249 |
| 561 | Mercer County | West Virginia | $53,210 ±$3,616 | 58,563 |
| 562 | Cherokee County | Oklahoma | $53,218 ±$2,412 | 47,942 |
| 563 | Greene County | North Carolina | $53,244 ±$3,063 | 20,486 |
| 564 | Potter County | Texas | $53,249 ±$2,372 | 115,975 |
| 565 | Tift County | Georgia | $53,255 ±$4,496 | 41,438 |
| 566 | Evans County | Georgia | $53,259 ±$5,328 | 10,757 |
| 567 | Woods County | Oklahoma | $53,275 ±$4,337 | 8,596 |
| 568 | Laclede County | Missouri | $53,282 ±$2,805 | 36,390 |
| 569 | Lincoln County | New Mexico | $53,303 ±$2,293 | 20,224 |
| 570 | Decatur County | Georgia | $53,317 ±$4,692 | 29,195 |
| 571 | Beckham County | Oklahoma | $53,328 ±$6,367 | 22,148 |
| 572 | Franklin County | Alabama | $53,338 ±$6,056 | 31,966 |
| 573 | Little River County | Arkansas | $53,344 ±$5,146 | 11,821 |
| 574 | Tucker County | West Virginia | $53,358 ±$4,145 | 6,654 |
| 575 | Morgan County | Missouri | $53,412 ±$5,051 | 21,717 |
| 576 | Phillips County | Montana | $53,417 ±$2,401 | 4,221 |
| 577 | Wayne County | Georgia | $53,427 ±$6,493 | 30,949 |
| 578 | Marshall County | Mississippi | $53,458 ±$7,014 | 33,979 |
| 579 | Dallas County | Missouri | $53,464 ±$7,438 | 17,551 |
| 580 | McNairy County | Tennessee | $53,473 ±$3,675 | 25,970 |
| 581 | Harper County | Kansas | $53,488 ±$2,991 | 5,400 |
| 582 | Prowers County | Colorado | $53,508 ±$6,697 | 11,910 |
| 583 | Grant County | Indiana | $53,522 ±$3,012 | 66,295 |
| 584 | Sevier County | Arkansas | $53,527 ±$7,199 | 15,712 |
| 585 | Richland Parish | Louisiana | $53,544 ±$3,815 | 19,822 |
| 586 | Eastland County | Texas | $53,549 ±$6,005 | 18,011 |
| 587 | Adair County | Kentucky | $53,553 ±$5,555 | 19,089 |
| 588 | Colfax County | New Mexico | $53,554 ±$3,097 | 12,322 |
| 589 | Nacogdoches County | Texas | $53,555 ±$3,013 | 65,162 |
| 590 | Muskogee County | Oklahoma | $53,619 ±$2,227 | 66,444 |
| 591 | Clarke County | Georgia | $53,625 ±$2,435 | 129,609 |
| 592 | Cherokee County | North Carolina | $53,628 ±$3,764 | 29,562 |
| 593 | Forrest County | Mississippi | $53,640 ±$2,780 | 78,272 |
| 594 | Cook County | Georgia | $53,651 ±$6,406 | 17,532 |
| 595 | Mora County | New Mexico | $53,663 ±$3,996 | 4,149 |
| 596 | Hyde County | North Carolina | $53,713 ±$12,155 | 4,592 |
| 597 | Dade County | Missouri | $53,750 ±$4,344 | 7,641 |
| 597 | Bennett County | South Dakota | $53,750 ±$17,540 | 3,345 |
| 599 | Uvalde County | Texas | $53,801 ±$6,171 | 24,881 |
| 600 | Lowndes County | Mississippi | $53,812 ±$2,871 | 57,838 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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