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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1151 | Ramsey County | North Dakota | $61,006 ±$4,507 | 11,556 |
| 1152 | Marion County | Florida | $61,010 ±$1,361 | 400,078 |
| 1153 | Ellis County | Oklahoma | $61,016 ±$6,260 | 3,683 |
| 1154 | Randolph County | North Carolina | $61,022 ±$2,939 | 146,348 |
| 1155 | Washington County | Alabama | $61,042 ±$9,610 | 15,143 |
| 1155 | Chattahoochee County | Georgia | $61,042 ±$5,340 | 8,887 |
| 1157 | Furnas County | Nebraska | $61,048 ±$2,706 | 4,568 |
| 1157 | Williams County | Ohio | $61,048 ±$2,193 | 36,719 |
| 1159 | Pickens County | South Carolina | $61,064 ±$1,855 | 134,629 |
| 1160 | Forest County | Wisconsin | $61,071 ±$3,187 | 9,369 |
| 1161 | Wexford County | Michigan | $61,085 ±$2,988 | 34,077 |
| 1162 | Florence County | Wisconsin | $61,086 ±$6,720 | 4,646 |
| 1163 | Riley County | Kansas | $61,098 ±$1,445 | 71,946 |
| 1164 | Todd County | Kentucky | $61,103 ±$4,335 | 12,469 |
| 1165 | Atchison County | Kansas | $61,112 ±$7,953 | 16,208 |
| 1166 | Boyd County | Kentucky | $61,118 ±$3,296 | 47,911 |
| 1167 | Owen County | Kentucky | $61,134 ±$3,487 | 11,330 |
| 1168 | Miami County | Indiana | $61,139 ±$3,618 | 35,712 |
| 1169 | Power County | Idaho | $61,146 ±$10,084 | 8,133 |
| 1170 | Perry County | Indiana | $61,151 ±$7,346 | 19,270 |
| 1171 | Motley County | Texas | $61,154 ±$11,948 | 1,183 |
| 1172 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | Alaska | $61,156 ±$4,165 | 5,715 |
| 1173 | Boyle County | Kentucky | $61,159 ±$3,774 | 30,941 |
| 1174 | Humboldt County | California | $61,160 ±$1,660 | 134,541 |
| 1175 | Van Buren County | Iowa | $61,161 ±$6,234 | 7,241 |
| 1176 | Gulf County | Florida | $61,179 ±$5,548 | 15,131 |
| 1177 | Holt County | Missouri | $61,187 ±$1,572 | 4,240 |
| 1178 | Schuyler County | Missouri | $61,205 ±$8,487 | 4,038 |
| 1179 | Jefferson County | Florida | $61,212 ±$4,158 | 15,091 |
| 1180 | Lawrence County | Missouri | $61,215 ±$4,968 | 38,593 |
| 1181 | Bland County | Virginia | $61,216 ±$5,455 | 6,199 |
| 1182 | Knox County | Indiana | $61,237 ±$4,302 | 36,007 |
| 1183 | Marion County | Illinois | $61,240 ±$3,240 | 37,000 |
| 1184 | Sherman County | Texas | $61,250 ±$21,618 | 2,295 |
| 1184 | Hot Springs County | Wyoming | $61,250 ±$11,398 | 4,620 |
| 1186 | Cherokee County | Texas | $61,261 ±$4,398 | 51,886 |
| 1187 | Beaverhead County | Montana | $61,268 ±$2,995 | 9,713 |
| 1188 | Charlton County | Georgia | $61,276 ±$14,832 | 12,818 |
| 1189 | Collingsworth County | Texas | $61,280 ±$6,323 | 2,588 |
| 1190 | Alger County | Michigan | $61,286 ±$1,930 | 8,762 |
| 1191 | Cumberland County | North Carolina | $61,291 ±$990 | 338,545 |
| 1192 | Kleberg County | Texas | $61,292 ±$4,466 | 30,579 |
| 1193 | Ross County | Ohio | $61,303 ±$2,761 | 76,492 |
| 1194 | Douglas County | Oregon | $61,310 ±$1,747 | 112,072 |
| 1195 | Piscataquis County | Maine | $61,345 ±$4,372 | 17,263 |
| 1196 | Bourbon County | Kentucky | $61,354 ±$7,041 | 20,240 |
| 1197 | Fulton County | Indiana | $61,360 ±$5,343 | 20,312 |
| 1198 | Meigs County | Tennessee | $61,375 ±$5,163 | 13,343 |
| 1199 | Pottawatomie County | Oklahoma | $61,398 ±$2,006 | 73,463 |
| 1200 | Allen County | Kentucky | $61,403 ±$5,916 | 21,293 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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