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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 951 | Webster County | Mississippi | $58,789 ±$9,345 | 9,972 |
| 952 | Sullivan County | Tennessee | $58,807 ±$2,321 | 160,624 |
| 953 | Bulloch County | Georgia | $58,810 ±$2,738 | 82,683 |
| 954 | Arenac County | Michigan | $58,811 ±$1,914 | 15,077 |
| 955 | Klamath County | Oregon | $58,830 ±$3,154 | 70,247 |
| 956 | Camp County | Texas | $58,843 ±$6,940 | 12,798 |
| 957 | Jackson County | West Virginia | $58,845 ±$8,665 | 27,705 |
| 958 | Barton County | Kansas | $58,851 ±$3,181 | 25,097 |
| 958 | Henderson County | Kentucky | $58,851 ±$3,092 | 44,280 |
| 960 | Sanilac County | Michigan | $58,863 ±$1,842 | 40,462 |
| 961 | Huron County | Michigan | $58,870 ±$2,129 | 31,113 |
| 962 | Wayne County | West Virginia | $58,878 ±$6,222 | 38,164 |
| 963 | Mobile County | Alabama | $58,880 ±$1,273 | 412,590 |
| 964 | Houghton County | Michigan | $58,899 ±$3,371 | 37,693 |
| 965 | Putnam County | Tennessee | $58,912 ±$2,790 | 82,558 |
| 966 | Musselshell County | Montana | $58,920 ±$9,325 | 5,152 |
| 967 | Dundy County | Nebraska | $58,922 ±$6,795 | 1,736 |
| 968 | Goshen County | Wyoming | $58,929 ±$7,273 | 12,605 |
| 969 | Valencia County | New Mexico | $58,933 ±$4,230 | 78,458 |
| 970 | Taos County | New Mexico | $58,950 ±$7,027 | 34,543 |
| 971 | Grady County | Georgia | $58,980 ±$7,098 | 26,108 |
| 972 | Livingston County | Kentucky | $58,984 ±$9,074 | 8,903 |
| 973 | Tripp County | South Dakota | $58,987 ±$5,357 | 5,611 |
| 974 | Accomack County | Virginia | $58,993 ±$5,112 | 33,335 |
| 975 | Judith Basin County | Montana | $59,000 ±$8,593 | 2,071 |
| 976 | Potter County | Pennsylvania | $59,020 ±$4,562 | 16,188 |
| 977 | Decatur County | Iowa | $59,044 ±$4,382 | 7,759 |
| 977 | Jefferson County | Nebraska | $59,044 ±$3,959 | 7,161 |
| 979 | Jefferson County | Ohio | $59,055 ±$1,641 | 64,518 |
| 980 | Macon County | North Carolina | $59,061 ±$6,098 | 37,941 |
| 981 | Cottle County | Texas | $59,063 ±$28,606 | 1,368 |
| 982 | Linn County | Kansas | $59,069 ±$3,266 | 9,767 |
| 983 | Siskiyou County | California | $59,095 ±$3,737 | 43,466 |
| 984 | Towns County | Georgia | $59,135 ±$7,454 | 12,913 |
| 984 | Smith County | Kansas | $59,135 ±$5,249 | 3,552 |
| 986 | Marshall County | West Virginia | $59,169 ±$5,383 | 29,865 |
| 987 | Macon County | Tennessee | $59,177 ±$4,091 | 26,240 |
| 988 | Columbia County | Florida | $59,205 ±$3,290 | 71,789 |
| 989 | Throckmorton County | Texas | $59,216 ±$5,647 | 1,639 |
| 990 | Gallatin County | Illinois | $59,219 ±$6,209 | 4,819 |
| 991 | Bourbon County | Kansas | $59,238 ±$7,304 | 14,394 |
| 992 | Granite County | Montana | $59,265 ±$11,108 | 3,462 |
| 993 | Jeff Davis County | Texas | $59,286 ±$31,477 | 1,865 |
| 994 | Essex County | Vermont | $59,294 ±$3,865 | 5,982 |
| 995 | Nodaway County | Missouri | $59,315 ±$3,123 | 20,774 |
| 996 | Geary County | Kansas | $59,317 ±$2,523 | 35,815 |
| 997 | Fayette County | Indiana | $59,321 ±$3,870 | 23,334 |
| 997 | Presque Isle County | Michigan | $59,321 ±$3,539 | 13,209 |
| 999 | Carroll County | Mississippi | $59,327 ±$11,255 | 9,686 |
| 1000 | Chester County | Tennessee | $59,341 ±$11,635 | 17,611 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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