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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Doña Ana County | New Mexico | $56,848 ±$2,642 | 224,266 |
| 802 | Clay County | South Dakota | $56,850 ±$5,165 | 15,219 |
| 803 | Ashe County | North Carolina | $56,866 ±$4,577 | 26,950 |
| 804 | Schley County | Georgia | $56,875 ±$8,501 | 4,513 |
| 804 | Stonewall County | Texas | $56,875 ±$23,710 | 1,227 |
| 806 | Vermilion County | Illinois | $56,877 ±$1,806 | 72,386 |
| 807 | Monroe County | Tennessee | $56,895 ±$2,810 | 47,695 |
| 808 | Lincoln County | Georgia | $56,907 ±$4,505 | 7,854 |
| 809 | Hawkins County | Tennessee | $56,936 ±$2,787 | 57,964 |
| 810 | Mahoning County | Ohio | $56,942 ±$1,365 | 226,491 |
| 811 | Iberia Parish | Louisiana | $56,961 ±$4,681 | 68,599 |
| 812 | Sullivan County | Missouri | $56,964 ±$4,179 | 5,857 |
| 813 | Clay County | North Carolina | $56,971 ±$8,915 | 11,610 |
| 814 | Neshoba County | Mississippi | $57,013 ±$4,697 | 28,932 |
| 815 | Belmont County | Ohio | $57,017 ±$3,202 | 65,473 |
| 816 | Knox County | Illinois | $57,030 ±$3,310 | 49,046 |
| 817 | Page County | Virginia | $57,037 ±$5,201 | 23,727 |
| 818 | Mecklenburg County | Virginia | $57,045 ±$4,683 | 30,516 |
| 819 | Rockingham County | North Carolina | $57,053 ±$2,844 | 92,131 |
| 820 | Roosevelt County | Montana | $57,063 ±$3,866 | 10,526 |
| 821 | Fannin County | Georgia | $57,073 ±$5,492 | 25,742 |
| 822 | Wabash County | Illinois | $57,086 ±$4,087 | 11,119 |
| 823 | Boone County | West Virginia | $57,093 ±$5,805 | 21,026 |
| 824 | Ohio County | West Virginia | $57,094 ±$3,719 | 41,582 |
| 825 | Jackson County | Ohio | $57,106 ±$5,476 | 32,650 |
| 826 | Live Oak County | Texas | $57,150 ±$13,763 | 11,620 |
| 827 | Rio Arriba County | New Mexico | $57,155 ±$4,325 | 40,070 |
| 828 | McDowell County | North Carolina | $57,168 ±$4,181 | 44,817 |
| 829 | Garland County | Arkansas | $57,181 ±$2,452 | 100,035 |
| 830 | Bryan County | Oklahoma | $57,225 ±$3,657 | 48,253 |
| 831 | Marshall County | Oklahoma | $57,245 ±$5,137 | 15,792 |
| 832 | Falls County | Texas | $57,247 ±$3,673 | 17,291 |
| 833 | Winston County | Alabama | $57,256 ±$6,440 | 23,682 |
| 834 | Vernon Parish | Louisiana | $57,270 ±$2,603 | 47,117 |
| 835 | Curry County | New Mexico | $57,309 ±$5,684 | 47,638 |
| 836 | Meriwether County | Georgia | $57,340 ±$4,445 | 20,929 |
| 837 | Jefferson Davis Parish | Louisiana | $57,341 ±$8,418 | 31,924 |
| 838 | Pope County | Arkansas | $57,344 ±$3,473 | 64,131 |
| 839 | Radford city | Virginia | $57,348 ±$6,243 | 16,726 |
| 840 | Coosa County | Alabama | $57,355 ±$5,303 | 10,300 |
| 841 | Doddridge County | West Virginia | $57,401 ±$8,074 | 7,711 |
| 842 | Brown County | Texas | $57,470 ±$4,278 | 38,347 |
| 843 | Sanders County | Montana | $57,476 ±$6,047 | 13,285 |
| 844 | St. Francois County | Missouri | $57,477 ±$4,527 | 66,999 |
| 845 | Lincoln County | Kansas | $57,500 ±$6,111 | 2,923 |
| 846 | Deer Lodge County | Montana | $57,527 ±$6,425 | 9,597 |
| 847 | Mitchell County | North Carolina | $57,602 ±$5,146 | 14,992 |
| 848 | Mitchell County | Georgia | $57,613 ±$9,759 | 21,058 |
| 849 | Laurens County | South Carolina | $57,623 ±$2,977 | 68,666 |
| 850 | Crawford County | Missouri | $57,629 ±$4,620 | 22,797 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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