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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Cass County | Texas | $53,813 ±$4,921 | 28,568 |
| 602 | Cherokee County | Alabama | $53,863 ±$4,463 | 25,443 |
| 603 | Chowan County | North Carolina | $53,864 ±$6,862 | 13,836 |
| 604 | Decatur County | Kansas | $53,870 ±$3,964 | 2,726 |
| 605 | Nevada County | Arkansas | $53,886 ±$4,782 | 8,159 |
| 606 | Sioux County | Nebraska | $53,929 ±$5,195 | 1,171 |
| 607 | Alpena County | Michigan | $53,950 ±$2,679 | 28,880 |
| 608 | Ziebach County | South Dakota | $53,958 ±$11,479 | 2,377 |
| 609 | Washington County | Idaho | $54,000 ±$7,096 | 11,142 |
| 609 | Iberville Parish | Louisiana | $54,000 ±$6,438 | 29,815 |
| 611 | Okmulgee County | Oklahoma | $54,029 ±$1,421 | 36,899 |
| 612 | Otero County | Colorado | $54,037 ±$5,856 | 18,321 |
| 613 | McCulloch County | Texas | $54,043 ±$13,471 | 7,514 |
| 614 | Norton County | Kansas | $54,050 ±$5,415 | 5,359 |
| 615 | Mellette County | South Dakota | $54,076 ±$8,231 | 1,943 |
| 616 | Early County | Georgia | $54,083 ±$8,746 | 10,603 |
| 617 | Pittsylvania County | Virginia | $54,085 ±$2,331 | 59,856 |
| 618 | Wilbarger County | Texas | $54,102 ±$9,748 | 12,616 |
| 619 | Dewey County | South Dakota | $54,104 ±$5,497 | 5,205 |
| 620 | Wilcox County | Georgia | $54,138 ±$5,550 | 8,798 |
| 621 | Carter County | Montana | $54,167 ±$12,202 | 1,308 |
| 622 | Willacy County | Texas | $54,180 ±$8,228 | 20,139 |
| 623 | Conway County | Arkansas | $54,187 ±$4,578 | 21,054 |
| 624 | Carroll County | Arkansas | $54,230 ±$5,063 | 28,626 |
| 625 | Hardin County | Illinois | $54,271 ±$12,264 | 3,605 |
| 626 | Greene County | Mississippi | $54,276 ±$7,339 | 13,615 |
| 627 | Brooke County | West Virginia | $54,316 ±$5,403 | 21,805 |
| 628 | Rowan County | Kentucky | $54,321 ±$7,317 | 24,578 |
| 629 | Nowata County | Oklahoma | $54,333 ±$5,116 | 9,435 |
| 630 | Hidalgo County | Texas | $54,338 ±$1,156 | 891,977 |
| 630 | Upshur County | West Virginia | $54,338 ±$2,364 | 23,712 |
| 632 | Dawson County | Texas | $54,360 ±$12,783 | 12,134 |
| 633 | Harrison County | Missouri | $54,367 ±$4,510 | 8,190 |
| 634 | Ontonagon County | Michigan | $54,398 ±$5,453 | 5,850 |
| 635 | Baldwin County | Georgia | $54,403 ±$3,703 | 43,642 |
| 636 | Harrison County | Ohio | $54,414 ±$3,944 | 14,306 |
| 637 | DeSoto County | Florida | $54,417 ±$3,888 | 35,386 |
| 638 | Madison County | Missouri | $54,434 ±$4,204 | 12,729 |
| 639 | Carroll County | Virginia | $54,484 ±$3,777 | 29,157 |
| 640 | Monroe County | Missouri | $54,516 ±$6,305 | 8,734 |
| 641 | Malheur County | Oregon | $54,519 ±$5,992 | 31,954 |
| 642 | Lane County | Kansas | $54,526 ±$11,989 | 1,461 |
| 643 | Comanche County | Kansas | $54,545 ±$6,643 | 1,729 |
| 644 | Etowah County | Alabama | $54,563 ±$2,653 | 103,105 |
| 645 | Navajo County | Arizona | $54,606 ±$2,264 | 108,415 |
| 646 | Obion County | Tennessee | $54,613 ±$3,708 | 30,453 |
| 647 | Nicholas County | West Virginia | $54,639 ±$5,254 | 24,277 |
| 648 | Ogemaw County | Michigan | $54,666 ±$2,368 | 20,885 |
| 649 | Greensville County | Virginia | $54,668 ±$9,395 | 11,275 |
| 650 | Brown County | Nebraska | $54,676 ±$6,999 | 2,869 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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