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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Audubon County | Iowa | $58,229 ±$3,902 | 5,599 |
| 902 | Fayette County | Pennsylvania | $58,236 ±$2,045 | 125,997 |
| 903 | Brantley County | Georgia | $58,239 ±$9,961 | 18,315 |
| 904 | Osceola County | Michigan | $58,267 ±$1,942 | 23,227 |
| 905 | Florence County | South Carolina | $58,305 ±$2,979 | 137,117 |
| 906 | Lawrence County | Ohio | $58,325 ±$2,853 | 56,819 |
| 907 | Golden Valley County | Montana | $58,333 ±$10,418 | 899 |
| 908 | Barry County | Missouri | $58,346 ±$2,677 | 35,033 |
| 909 | Chautauqua County | New York | $58,351 ±$1,736 | 125,544 |
| 910 | Beaufort County | North Carolina | $58,357 ±$3,205 | 44,499 |
| 911 | Carbon County | Utah | $58,377 ±$3,587 | 20,517 |
| 912 | Phelps County | Missouri | $58,396 ±$3,528 | 45,194 |
| 913 | Cambria County | Pennsylvania | $58,418 ±$1,532 | 131,538 |
| 914 | Kay County | Oklahoma | $58,423 ±$3,014 | 43,625 |
| 915 | Cotton County | Oklahoma | $58,425 ±$4,275 | 5,485 |
| 915 | Titus County | Texas | $58,425 ±$4,968 | 31,363 |
| 917 | Elbert County | Georgia | $58,450 ±$5,901 | 19,849 |
| 918 | Floyd County | Texas | $58,462 ±$8,910 | 5,216 |
| 919 | Guernsey County | Ohio | $58,478 ±$3,866 | 38,223 |
| 920 | Morrill County | Nebraska | $58,500 ±$8,716 | 4,534 |
| 921 | Polk County | Georgia | $58,515 ±$3,430 | 43,785 |
| 922 | Madison County | North Carolina | $58,531 ±$4,714 | 21,867 |
| 923 | Cleveland County | North Carolina | $58,534 ±$2,730 | 100,991 |
| 924 | Lowndes County | Georgia | $58,541 ±$3,030 | 119,965 |
| 925 | Brazos County | Texas | $58,553 ±$2,259 | 242,311 |
| 926 | Logan County | Arkansas | $58,555 ±$3,191 | 21,277 |
| 927 | Garvin County | Oklahoma | $58,556 ±$3,047 | 25,860 |
| 928 | Burke County | North Carolina | $58,592 ±$3,527 | 87,795 |
| 929 | Kiowa County | Colorado | $58,618 ±$7,747 | 1,376 |
| 930 | Houston County | Alabama | $58,626 ±$1,551 | 108,140 |
| 931 | Matagorda County | Texas | $58,628 ±$4,363 | 36,329 |
| 932 | Morris County | Texas | $58,645 ±$3,609 | 12,076 |
| 933 | St. Bernard Parish | Louisiana | $58,651 ±$4,431 | 44,419 |
| 934 | Childress County | Texas | $58,654 ±$17,186 | 6,743 |
| 935 | Liberty County | Florida | $58,671 ±$8,215 | 7,687 |
| 936 | Gonzales County | Texas | $58,672 ±$4,856 | 19,851 |
| 937 | Franklin County | Maine | $58,675 ±$2,708 | 30,413 |
| 938 | Calhoun County | South Carolina | $58,682 ±$6,223 | 14,182 |
| 939 | McPherson County | Nebraska | $58,684 ±$15,642 | 475 |
| 940 | Morris County | Kansas | $58,686 ±$4,604 | 5,340 |
| 940 | Jefferson County | Pennsylvania | $58,686 ±$2,154 | 43,864 |
| 942 | Worth County | Georgia | $58,694 ±$4,605 | 20,451 |
| 943 | Yancey County | North Carolina | $58,709 ±$5,720 | 18,797 |
| 944 | Pawnee County | Oklahoma | $58,738 ±$4,056 | 15,795 |
| 945 | Atchison County | Missouri | $58,750 ±$8,393 | 5,187 |
| 945 | Big Horn County | Montana | $58,750 ±$2,019 | 12,891 |
| 945 | Sequatchie County | Tennessee | $58,750 ±$6,266 | 16,809 |
| 945 | Donley County | Texas | $58,750 ±$10,089 | 3,257 |
| 949 | Cloud County | Kansas | $58,770 ±$4,865 | 8,898 |
| 950 | Culberson County | Texas | $58,777 ±$24,616 | 2,195 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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