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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | Johnson County | Nebraska | $57,632 ±$9,368 | 5,261 |
| 852 | Cherokee County | Kansas | $57,668 ±$6,110 | 19,151 |
| 853 | Bee County | Texas | $57,673 ±$5,833 | 31,083 |
| 854 | Coos County | New Hampshire | $57,677 ±$2,622 | 31,271 |
| 855 | Imperial County | California | $57,681 ±$2,564 | 180,202 |
| 856 | Mohave County | Arizona | $57,684 ±$1,429 | 220,517 |
| 857 | La Salle County | Texas | $57,716 ±$17,385 | 6,839 |
| 858 | Ashtabula County | Ohio | $57,728 ±$2,343 | 97,167 |
| 859 | Toole County | Montana | $57,731 ±$7,284 | 5,061 |
| 860 | Wythe County | Virginia | $57,745 ±$4,590 | 28,188 |
| 861 | Faulk County | South Dakota | $57,750 ±$15,232 | 2,126 |
| 862 | Montgomery County | North Carolina | $57,766 ±$3,070 | 26,007 |
| 863 | Laurel County | Kentucky | $57,771 ±$7,839 | 62,983 |
| 864 | Union County | Iowa | $57,772 ±$5,799 | 11,993 |
| 865 | Delta County | Colorado | $57,774 ±$4,050 | 31,598 |
| 866 | Talladega County | Alabama | $57,776 ±$2,457 | 81,021 |
| 867 | Knox County | Missouri | $57,788 ±$9,515 | 3,756 |
| 868 | Sebastian County | Arkansas | $57,790 ±$2,172 | 128,900 |
| 869 | Taylor County | West Virginia | $57,795 ±$5,427 | 16,487 |
| 870 | Ohio County | Kentucky | $57,798 ±$3,573 | 23,735 |
| 871 | Delta County | Michigan | $57,809 ±$3,201 | 36,813 |
| 872 | Wood County | West Virginia | $57,810 ±$2,706 | 83,407 |
| 873 | Reagan County | Texas | $57,813 ±$16,497 | 3,232 |
| 874 | Buena Vista city | Virginia | $57,833 ±$8,629 | 6,593 |
| 875 | Greene County | Arkansas | $57,839 ±$3,888 | 46,432 |
| 876 | Torrance County | New Mexico | $57,842 ±$6,305 | 15,490 |
| 877 | Liberty County | Montana | $57,857 ±$11,761 | 1,952 |
| 878 | Grant County | North Dakota | $57,875 ±$12,632 | 2,269 |
| 879 | Cowley County | Kansas | $57,878 ±$3,114 | 34,411 |
| 880 | Henry County | Missouri | $57,926 ±$4,524 | 22,328 |
| 881 | Saline County | Missouri | $57,931 ±$4,575 | 23,231 |
| 882 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | $57,947 ±$3,396 | 79,497 |
| 883 | Page County | Iowa | $57,953 ±$4,402 | 15,131 |
| 884 | Camas County | Idaho | $57,955 ±$8,487 | 1,124 |
| 885 | Stoddard County | Missouri | $57,957 ±$3,823 | 28,470 |
| 886 | Okeechobee County | Florida | $57,984 ±$4,108 | 40,816 |
| 887 | Charlotte County | Virginia | $58,000 ±$11,996 | 11,422 |
| 888 | Stephens County | Texas | $58,008 ±$10,198 | 9,351 |
| 889 | Crawford County | Ohio | $58,044 ±$2,663 | 41,711 |
| 890 | Muscogee County | Georgia | $58,073 ±$1,832 | 203,711 |
| 891 | Rock County | Nebraska | $58,125 ±$12,942 | 1,319 |
| 892 | Delaware County | Indiana | $58,127 ±$1,683 | 112,280 |
| 893 | Pearl River County | Mississippi | $58,135 ±$5,163 | 57,458 |
| 894 | Dyer County | Tennessee | $58,154 ±$3,239 | 36,508 |
| 895 | Somerset County | Maine | $58,179 ±$3,012 | 50,959 |
| 896 | Columbiana County | Ohio | $58,180 ±$1,778 | 100,704 |
| 897 | Pitt County | North Carolina | $58,188 ±$2,075 | 177,193 |
| 898 | Washington County | Florida | $58,210 ±$6,699 | 25,529 |
| 899 | Chouteau County | Montana | $58,218 ±$4,666 | 5,906 |
| 900 | Hamilton County | Texas | $58,219 ±$7,670 | 8,406 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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