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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1051 | Lyon County | Kansas | $59,912 ±$4,163 | 32,186 |
| 1052 | Henry County | Alabama | $59,931 ±$6,647 | 17,647 |
| 1053 | Lewis County | Missouri | $59,934 ±$3,745 | 9,924 |
| 1054 | Edgar County | Illinois | $59,941 ±$6,477 | 16,535 |
| 1055 | Rusk County | Wisconsin | $59,944 ±$2,781 | 14,179 |
| 1056 | Hodgeman County | Kansas | $59,955 ±$6,884 | 1,652 |
| 1057 | Freestone County | Texas | $59,960 ±$5,424 | 20,049 |
| 1058 | Rush County | Kansas | $59,970 ±$4,386 | 2,947 |
| 1059 | Mercer County | Pennsylvania | $59,976 ±$1,687 | 109,257 |
| 1060 | Bedford County | Pennsylvania | $59,992 ±$3,266 | 47,513 |
| 1061 | Waynesboro city | Virginia | $59,994 ±$3,755 | 22,841 |
| 1062 | Clearwater County | Idaho | $60,000 ±$5,019 | 9,012 |
| 1063 | Jefferson County | Texas | $60,026 ±$1,694 | 253,878 |
| 1064 | Scurry County | Texas | $60,039 ±$7,010 | 16,488 |
| 1065 | Greenwood County | Kansas | $60,042 ±$4,368 | 5,919 |
| 1065 | Madison County | Tennessee | $60,042 ±$3,188 | 99,295 |
| 1067 | Pope County | Illinois | $60,050 ±$8,584 | 3,739 |
| 1068 | Texas County | Oklahoma | $60,069 ±$4,227 | 20,774 |
| 1069 | Josephine County | Oregon | $60,098 ±$3,546 | 88,179 |
| 1070 | Richardson County | Nebraska | $60,108 ±$8,218 | 7,751 |
| 1071 | Sheridan County | Nebraska | $60,121 ±$4,576 | 5,014 |
| 1072 | Jasper County | Georgia | $60,134 ±$4,640 | 15,929 |
| 1072 | Monroe County | Ohio | $60,134 ±$5,387 | 13,227 |
| 1074 | Madison County | Idaho | $60,160 ±$6,493 | 54,618 |
| 1075 | Sherman County | Oregon | $60,161 ±$11,044 | 1,938 |
| 1076 | Washington County | Oklahoma | $60,162 ±$2,298 | 53,326 |
| 1077 | Fayette County | Iowa | $60,165 ±$4,060 | 19,288 |
| 1078 | Wheeler County | Texas | $60,167 ±$10,942 | 4,862 |
| 1079 | Oxford County | Maine | $60,173 ±$3,674 | 59,255 |
| 1080 | Refugio County | Texas | $60,181 ±$5,864 | 6,707 |
| 1081 | Franklin County | Nebraska | $60,195 ±$5,086 | 2,846 |
| 1082 | Vermillion County | Indiana | $60,200 ±$4,113 | 15,421 |
| 1083 | Petroleum County | Montana | $60,208 ±$16,682 | 447 |
| 1083 | Indiana County | Pennsylvania | $60,208 ±$2,473 | 83,042 |
| 1085 | Karnes County | Texas | $60,214 ±$9,628 | 14,968 |
| 1086 | Wood County | Texas | $60,300 ±$4,634 | 46,961 |
| 1087 | Mayes County | Oklahoma | $60,305 ±$3,965 | 39,604 |
| 1088 | Union County | Kentucky | $60,327 ±$9,086 | 13,260 |
| 1089 | Cheyenne County | Nebraska | $60,348 ±$3,656 | 9,533 |
| 1090 | Cumberland County | Tennessee | $60,375 ±$3,059 | 63,553 |
| 1091 | Harrison County | West Virginia | $60,377 ±$1,834 | 64,984 |
| 1092 | Logan County | Kentucky | $60,382 ±$3,696 | 27,986 |
| 1093 | Crawford County | Michigan | $60,392 ±$4,587 | 13,369 |
| 1094 | Swift County | Minnesota | $60,412 ±$3,430 | 9,748 |
| 1095 | Clay County | Illinois | $60,417 ±$11,361 | 13,052 |
| 1096 | Pettis County | Missouri | $60,430 ±$3,404 | 43,397 |
| 1097 | Liberty County | Georgia | $60,456 ±$2,211 | 67,397 |
| 1097 | Taylor County | Kentucky | $60,456 ±$6,217 | 26,397 |
| 1099 | Crawford County | Pennsylvania | $60,476 ±$2,113 | 82,716 |
| 1100 | Warren County | Pennsylvania | $60,480 ±$1,951 | 37,920 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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