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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1251 | Anderson County | Texas | $62,068 ±$4,521 | 58,439 |
| 1252 | Spalding County | Georgia | $62,071 ±$3,644 | 68,892 |
| 1253 | Greene County | Indiana | $62,094 ±$5,324 | 31,021 |
| 1254 | Big Horn County | Wyoming | $62,101 ±$3,769 | 11,828 |
| 1255 | Menominee County | Wisconsin | $62,108 ±$8,327 | 4,252 |
| 1256 | Perry County | Illinois | $62,118 ±$5,559 | 20,639 |
| 1257 | Phillips County | Kansas | $62,123 ±$6,276 | 4,813 |
| 1258 | Coos County | Oregon | $62,143 ±$3,912 | 64,827 |
| 1259 | Clearfield County | Pennsylvania | $62,152 ±$1,988 | 78,635 |
| 1260 | Carroll County | Missouri | $62,154 ±$4,087 | 8,411 |
| 1261 | Buchanan County | Missouri | $62,158 ±$2,788 | 83,568 |
| 1262 | Crockett County | Tennessee | $62,165 ±$5,593 | 13,944 |
| 1263 | Baltimore city | Maryland | $62,177 ±$1,378 | 573,243 |
| 1264 | Pawnee County | Nebraska | $62,188 ±$7,222 | 2,530 |
| 1264 | Cimarron County | Oklahoma | $62,188 ±$29,818 | 2,218 |
| 1266 | Floyd County | Virginia | $62,191 ±$10,124 | 15,593 |
| 1267 | Greene County | Illinois | $62,192 ±$2,385 | 11,683 |
| 1268 | Crane County | Texas | $62,212 ±$14,766 | 4,610 |
| 1269 | Lincoln County | Oklahoma | $62,216 ±$2,309 | 34,219 |
| 1270 | Chippewa County | Michigan | $62,217 ±$2,143 | 36,295 |
| 1271 | Lucas County | Ohio | $62,224 ±$1,016 | 428,018 |
| 1272 | Henderson County | Illinois | $62,227 ±$6,201 | 6,193 |
| 1273 | Brown County | Kansas | $62,233 ±$7,582 | 9,343 |
| 1274 | Curry County | Oregon | $62,244 ±$8,210 | 23,381 |
| 1275 | Harrisonburg city | Virginia | $62,254 ±$4,131 | 51,392 |
| 1276 | Polk County | Texas | $62,259 ±$3,861 | 52,800 |
| 1277 | Genesee County | Michigan | $62,281 ±$1,425 | 403,305 |
| 1278 | Sandusky County | Ohio | $62,295 ±$3,763 | 58,778 |
| 1279 | Giles County | Tennessee | $62,307 ±$5,120 | 30,620 |
| 1280 | Keokuk County | Iowa | $62,329 ±$4,405 | 9,924 |
| 1281 | Creek County | Oklahoma | $62,338 ±$2,133 | 72,830 |
| 1282 | Macon County | Missouri | $62,357 ±$5,108 | 15,163 |
| 1283 | Grant County | West Virginia | $62,361 ±$11,997 | 10,983 |
| 1284 | Wayne County | Pennsylvania | $62,381 ±$3,372 | 51,262 |
| 1285 | Lee County | Iowa | $62,382 ±$3,274 | 32,893 |
| 1285 | Blair County | Pennsylvania | $62,382 ±$1,699 | 121,277 |
| 1287 | Oconee County | South Carolina | $62,388 ±$4,319 | 80,469 |
| 1288 | Russell County | Kansas | $62,392 ±$10,596 | 6,679 |
| 1289 | Oceana County | Michigan | $62,417 ±$3,332 | 26,915 |
| 1290 | Nash County | North Carolina | $62,426 ±$2,990 | 96,216 |
| 1291 | Ford County | Illinois | $62,439 ±$5,373 | 13,406 |
| 1291 | Carlisle County | Kentucky | $62,439 ±$7,385 | 4,762 |
| 1293 | Richland County | Illinois | $62,455 ±$5,569 | 15,598 |
| 1294 | Ashland County | Wisconsin | $62,462 ±$5,140 | 16,080 |
| 1295 | Owen County | Indiana | $62,464 ±$5,041 | 21,604 |
| 1296 | Hardin County | Ohio | $62,484 ±$3,305 | 30,475 |
| 1297 | Rooks County | Kansas | $62,500 ±$2,158 | 4,813 |
| 1297 | Adams County | North Dakota | $62,500 ±$8,960 | 2,145 |
| 1299 | Polk County | Tennessee | $62,522 ±$6,119 | 17,898 |
| 1300 | Johnson County | Illinois | $62,528 ±$6,968 | 13,376 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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