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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | Alaska | $61,406 ±$6,154 | 2,311 |
| 1202 | Stone County | Mississippi | $61,413 ±$6,291 | 18,894 |
| 1203 | Woodward County | Oklahoma | $61,417 ±$6,478 | 20,158 |
| 1204 | Bailey County | Texas | $61,420 ±$15,970 | 6,913 |
| 1205 | Avery County | North Carolina | $61,428 ±$7,429 | 17,680 |
| 1206 | Somerset County | Pennsylvania | $61,446 ±$1,812 | 72,799 |
| 1207 | Leon County | Texas | $61,449 ±$5,115 | 16,263 |
| 1208 | Hancock County | West Virginia | $61,466 ±$3,968 | 28,431 |
| 1209 | Wadena County | Minnesota | $61,467 ±$4,671 | 14,256 |
| 1210 | McMinn County | Tennessee | $61,470 ±$4,893 | 54,884 |
| 1211 | Greene County | Missouri | $61,479 ±$1,008 | 303,375 |
| 1212 | Coffee County | Tennessee | $61,505 ±$3,920 | 59,710 |
| 1213 | Venango County | Pennsylvania | $61,522 ±$2,262 | 49,801 |
| 1214 | Adair County | Missouri | $61,536 ±$4,691 | 25,301 |
| 1215 | Foard County | Texas | $61,563 ±$25,735 | 991 |
| 1215 | Hemphill County | Texas | $61,563 ±$22,132 | 3,234 |
| 1217 | Washington County | Kentucky | $61,616 ±$8,128 | 12,140 |
| 1218 | Jefferson County | Iowa | $61,620 ±$10,446 | 15,705 |
| 1218 | Stephens County | Oklahoma | $61,620 ±$3,572 | 43,551 |
| 1220 | Northampton County | Virginia | $61,632 ±$7,281 | 12,059 |
| 1221 | Linn County | Missouri | $61,635 ±$5,399 | 11,852 |
| 1222 | Blaine County | Oklahoma | $61,642 ±$3,194 | 8,570 |
| 1223 | Vanderburgh County | Indiana | $61,648 ±$1,420 | 180,117 |
| 1224 | Griggs County | North Dakota | $61,711 ±$5,791 | 2,245 |
| 1225 | Sherman County | Kansas | $61,750 ±$11,307 | 5,858 |
| 1226 | Silver Bow County | Montana | $61,754 ±$3,962 | 35,785 |
| 1227 | Moore County | Texas | $61,762 ±$4,676 | 21,373 |
| 1228 | Bay County | Michigan | $61,763 ±$2,526 | 103,008 |
| 1229 | Newberry County | South Carolina | $61,780 ±$2,811 | 38,435 |
| 1230 | Lucas County | Iowa | $61,793 ±$2,738 | 8,716 |
| 1231 | Adams County | Idaho | $61,808 ±$4,677 | 4,744 |
| 1232 | Marion County | Tennessee | $61,824 ±$4,484 | 29,250 |
| 1233 | Dorchester County | Maryland | $61,839 ±$4,414 | 32,754 |
| 1234 | Valley County | Nebraska | $61,852 ±$5,664 | 4,066 |
| 1235 | Stutsman County | North Dakota | $61,856 ±$4,203 | 21,549 |
| 1236 | Pocahontas County | Iowa | $61,875 ±$4,553 | 7,046 |
| 1236 | Garfield County | Utah | $61,875 ±$6,916 | 5,219 |
| 1238 | Lamar County | Texas | $61,880 ±$4,398 | 50,669 |
| 1238 | Preston County | West Virginia | $61,880 ±$4,690 | 34,160 |
| 1240 | Haywood County | North Carolina | $61,912 ±$2,423 | 62,662 |
| 1241 | Albany County | Wyoming | $61,917 ±$6,755 | 38,249 |
| 1242 | Barber County | Kansas | $61,926 ±$6,033 | 4,069 |
| 1243 | Lawrence County | Pennsylvania | $61,931 ±$2,883 | 85,024 |
| 1244 | Alachua County | Florida | $61,949 ±$1,676 | 285,492 |
| 1245 | Philadelphia County | Pennsylvania | $61,953 ±$919 | 1,579,706 |
| 1246 | Madison County | Georgia | $61,963 ±$6,591 | 31,528 |
| 1247 | Wayne County | Iowa | $61,964 ±$4,667 | 6,532 |
| 1248 | Gila County | Arizona | $61,986 ±$2,848 | 53,795 |
| 1249 | Bleckley County | Georgia | $62,008 ±$8,633 | 12,430 |
| 1250 | Pulaski County | Virginia | $62,028 ±$3,125 | 33,687 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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