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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 | Hardee County | Florida | $60,489 ±$6,151 | 25,675 |
| 1102 | Portsmouth city | Virginia | $60,491 ±$1,948 | 97,190 |
| 1103 | Pierce County | Georgia | $60,517 ±$3,537 | 20,202 |
| 1104 | Edwards County | Illinois | $60,519 ±$3,712 | 6,075 |
| 1105 | Wayne County | Michigan | $60,539 ±$602 | 1,772,259 |
| 1106 | Yuma County | Colorado | $60,545 ±$5,342 | 9,979 |
| 1107 | Price County | Wisconsin | $60,546 ±$1,673 | 14,092 |
| 1108 | Mitchell County | Texas | $60,550 ±$10,400 | 9,018 |
| 1109 | Limestone County | Texas | $60,573 ±$2,038 | 22,283 |
| 1110 | Northumberland County | Pennsylvania | $60,583 ±$1,488 | 90,560 |
| 1111 | Fulton County | Illinois | $60,599 ±$2,308 | 33,020 |
| 1112 | Humphreys County | Tennessee | $60,616 ±$6,764 | 19,214 |
| 1113 | Lake County | California | $60,621 ±$2,557 | 68,152 |
| 1114 | Saginaw County | Michigan | $60,622 ±$1,588 | 188,665 |
| 1115 | Iron County | Wisconsin | $60,625 ±$3,162 | 6,210 |
| 1116 | Colbert County | Alabama | $60,628 ±$3,733 | 58,022 |
| 1117 | Tippecanoe County | Indiana | $60,636 ±$1,807 | 189,071 |
| 1118 | Reno County | Kansas | $60,645 ±$2,574 | 61,553 |
| 1118 | Keith County | Nebraska | $60,645 ±$5,115 | 8,219 |
| 1120 | Haskell County | Texas | $60,653 ±$10,160 | 5,421 |
| 1121 | Wilson County | Kansas | $60,677 ±$6,601 | 8,505 |
| 1122 | Allen County | Kansas | $60,689 ±$4,364 | 12,483 |
| 1123 | Jasper County | Missouri | $60,694 ±$2,793 | 124,357 |
| 1124 | Stanly County | North Carolina | $60,704 ±$3,835 | 64,651 |
| 1125 | Nye County | Nevada | $60,714 ±$7,415 | 54,344 |
| 1126 | Carter County | Oklahoma | $60,723 ±$1,563 | 48,555 |
| 1127 | Bates County | Missouri | $60,733 ±$4,639 | 16,186 |
| 1128 | Thomas County | Georgia | $60,736 ±$4,491 | 45,777 |
| 1129 | Greenup County | Kentucky | $60,751 ±$1,988 | 35,501 |
| 1130 | Carroll County | Illinois | $60,758 ±$2,707 | 15,576 |
| 1130 | Grant County | Oklahoma | $60,758 ±$5,240 | 4,131 |
| 1132 | Lamb County | Texas | $60,760 ±$4,148 | 12,828 |
| 1133 | Comanche County | Oklahoma | $60,761 ±$1,319 | 121,825 |
| 1134 | Muskingum County | Ohio | $60,780 ±$3,160 | 86,411 |
| 1135 | Randolph County | Indiana | $60,791 ±$5,111 | 24,387 |
| 1136 | Deaf Smith County | Texas | $60,799 ±$5,480 | 18,460 |
| 1137 | Sawyer County | Wisconsin | $60,801 ±$3,776 | 18,476 |
| 1138 | Clinton County | Pennsylvania | $60,816 ±$3,611 | 37,798 |
| 1139 | Buckingham County | Virginia | $60,828 ±$4,412 | 16,976 |
| 1140 | Aitkin County | Minnesota | $60,833 ±$1,982 | 16,056 |
| 1141 | Hickman County | Kentucky | $60,867 ±$11,066 | 4,439 |
| 1142 | Smith County | Mississippi | $60,916 ±$4,871 | 14,132 |
| 1143 | Nemaha County | Nebraska | $60,924 ±$4,585 | 7,046 |
| 1144 | Pleasants County | West Virginia | $60,932 ±$6,010 | 7,521 |
| 1145 | Baker County | Oregon | $60,936 ±$5,432 | 16,840 |
| 1146 | Kanawha County | West Virginia | $60,943 ±$1,546 | 176,537 |
| 1147 | Fayette County | Illinois | $60,944 ±$3,842 | 21,315 |
| 1148 | Mecosta County | Michigan | $60,951 ±$2,088 | 41,242 |
| 1149 | Angelina County | Texas | $60,960 ±$3,197 | 87,275 |
| 1150 | Dooly County | Georgia | $60,987 ±$7,768 | 10,984 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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