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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Desha County | Arkansas | $37,662 ±$4,562 | 10,786 |
| 52 | Mingo County | West Virginia | $38,119 ±$4,884 | 22,542 |
| 53 | Fulton County | Kentucky | $38,217 ±$2,182 | 6,409 |
| 54 | Jefferson County | Mississippi | $38,305 ±$5,850 | 7,068 |
| 55 | Jefferson Davis County | Mississippi | $38,548 ±$5,802 | 11,117 |
| 56 | Galax city | Virginia | $38,675 ±$8,836 | 6,726 |
| 57 | Dimmit County | Texas | $38,808 ±$8,956 | 8,380 |
| 58 | Kenedy County | Texas | $38,882 ±$4,589 | 145 |
| 59 | Chicot County | Arkansas | $39,045 ±$3,931 | 9,765 |
| 60 | Lincoln Parish | Louisiana | $39,172 ±$4,326 | 48,174 |
| 61 | Zapata County | Texas | $39,239 ±$4,265 | 13,841 |
| 62 | Hale County | Alabama | $39,250 ±$6,985 | 14,829 |
| 63 | Yazoo County | Mississippi | $39,295 ±$6,014 | 24,835 |
| 64 | Avoyelles Parish | Louisiana | $39,325 ±$4,623 | 38,905 |
| 65 | Tunica County | Mississippi | $39,364 ±$4,691 | 9,475 |
| 66 | Hickory County | Missouri | $39,390 ±$3,056 | 8,585 |
| 67 | Morehouse Parish | Louisiana | $39,454 ±$2,925 | 24,551 |
| 68 | Bolivar County | Mississippi | $39,585 ±$4,860 | 29,534 |
| 69 | Real County | Texas | $39,605 ±$34,535 | 2,802 |
| 70 | Concordia Parish | Louisiana | $39,943 ±$5,516 | 18,174 |
| 71 | Sunflower County | Mississippi | $39,956 ±$4,403 | 24,333 |
| 72 | Clay County | Tennessee | $39,972 ±$9,119 | 7,670 |
| 73 | Cumberland County | Kentucky | $40,000 ±$12,731 | 5,948 |
| 73 | Jackson County | Kentucky | $40,000 ±$12,176 | 13,086 |
| 73 | Sharkey County | Mississippi | $40,000 ±$10,299 | 3,872 |
| 76 | Hancock County | Georgia | $40,082 ±$9,107 | 8,650 |
| 77 | Pemiscot County | Missouri | $40,089 ±$4,225 | 14,958 |
| 78 | Phillips County | Arkansas | $40,134 ±$4,740 | 15,450 |
| 79 | Quitman County | Georgia | $40,179 ±$8,631 | 2,264 |
| 80 | Jeff Davis County | Georgia | $40,283 ±$6,427 | 14,924 |
| 81 | Powell County | Kentucky | $40,309 ±$6,520 | 13,038 |
| 82 | Edwards County | Texas | $40,313 ±$21,695 | 1,290 |
| 83 | Wheeler County | Georgia | $40,539 ±$12,079 | 7,335 |
| 84 | Wilcox County | Alabama | $40,640 ±$7,684 | 10,172 |
| 85 | Summers County | West Virginia | $40,699 ±$6,548 | 11,729 |
| 86 | Clay County | Kentucky | $40,900 ±$7,504 | 19,921 |
| 87 | Stone County | Arkansas | $40,943 ±$7,863 | 12,568 |
| 88 | Macon County | Georgia | $41,031 ±$6,044 | 11,864 |
| 89 | Webster Parish | Louisiana | $41,182 ±$1,410 | 35,820 |
| 90 | Lafayette County | Arkansas | $41,278 ±$8,386 | 6,136 |
| 91 | Floyd County | Kentucky | $41,279 ±$4,939 | 35,224 |
| 92 | Conecuh County | Alabama | $41,327 ±$3,467 | 11,275 |
| 93 | Latimer County | Oklahoma | $41,405 ±$1,666 | 9,518 |
| 94 | Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota | $41,417 ±$14,548 | 13,491 |
| 95 | Apache County | Arizona | $41,438 ±$2,581 | 65,341 |
| 96 | Bradley County | Arkansas | $41,476 ±$7,612 | 10,208 |
| 97 | Norton city | Virginia | $41,495 ±$9,617 | 3,577 |
| 98 | Talbot County | Georgia | $41,597 ±$5,642 | 5,742 |
| 99 | Sierra County | New Mexico | $41,600 ±$5,700 | 11,500 |
| 100 | Union County | South Carolina | $41,621 ±$3,477 | 26,885 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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