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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1301 | Fountain County | Indiana | $62,542 ±$5,103 | 16,617 |
| 1302 | Dewey County | Oklahoma | $62,569 ±$7,228 | 4,360 |
| 1303 | Marshall County | Alabama | $62,571 ±$2,999 | 99,748 |
| 1304 | Sevier County | Tennessee | $62,581 ±$3,562 | 99,652 |
| 1305 | Christian County | Illinois | $62,611 ±$2,760 | 33,538 |
| 1306 | Broome County | New York | $62,616 ±$1,920 | 197,378 |
| 1307 | Runnels County | Texas | $62,632 ±$4,391 | 9,874 |
| 1308 | Sheridan County | North Dakota | $62,639 ±$8,186 | 1,303 |
| 1309 | Lauderdale County | Alabama | $62,649 ±$2,965 | 95,830 |
| 1309 | Clarion County | Pennsylvania | $62,649 ±$2,439 | 37,179 |
| 1311 | Wahkiakum County | Washington | $62,653 ±$10,138 | 4,658 |
| 1312 | Cullman County | Alabama | $62,656 ±$3,563 | 90,566 |
| 1313 | Fremont County | Colorado | $62,664 ±$4,433 | 49,634 |
| 1314 | Macon County | Illinois | $62,666 ±$2,127 | 101,849 |
| 1315 | Mercer County | Missouri | $62,679 ±$14,517 | 3,482 |
| 1316 | Union County | Tennessee | $62,727 ±$3,883 | 20,431 |
| 1317 | Logan County | North Dakota | $62,750 ±$13,131 | 1,819 |
| 1318 | Gibson County | Tennessee | $62,755 ±$2,247 | 50,869 |
| 1319 | Lafayette County | Florida | $62,757 ±$7,041 | 8,161 |
| 1320 | Scott County | Missouri | $62,782 ±$4,395 | 37,933 |
| 1321 | Lake County | Oregon | $62,787 ±$11,511 | 8,267 |
| 1322 | Pulaski County | Indiana | $62,792 ±$3,419 | 12,441 |
| 1323 | Jackson County | Oklahoma | $62,799 ±$5,005 | 24,678 |
| 1324 | Garfield County | Nebraska | $62,804 ±$5,871 | 1,718 |
| 1325 | Washington County | Tennessee | $62,809 ±$3,232 | 136,261 |
| 1326 | Burnett County | Wisconsin | $62,819 ±$2,348 | 16,916 |
| 1327 | Mason County | Illinois | $62,845 ±$5,651 | 12,745 |
| 1328 | Osage County | Oklahoma | $62,847 ±$2,757 | 45,997 |
| 1329 | St. Lawrence County | New York | $62,850 ±$2,870 | 107,226 |
| 1330 | Appomattox County | Virginia | $62,853 ±$4,908 | 16,610 |
| 1331 | Lincoln County | Colorado | $62,861 ±$10,620 | 5,550 |
| 1332 | Allegany County | New York | $62,869 ±$2,132 | 47,159 |
| 1333 | Pulaski County | Arkansas | $62,873 ±$1,935 | 399,818 |
| 1334 | Cheboygan County | Michigan | $62,875 ±$3,272 | 25,865 |
| 1335 | Yuma County | Arizona | $62,876 ±$2,259 | 211,741 |
| 1336 | Stark County | Illinois | $62,878 ±$5,960 | 5,308 |
| 1337 | Marion County | Missouri | $62,903 ±$2,753 | 28,457 |
| 1338 | McKean County | Pennsylvania | $62,905 ±$3,125 | 39,904 |
| 1339 | Gregory County | South Dakota | $62,917 ±$8,637 | 4,016 |
| 1340 | Des Moines County | Iowa | $62,928 ±$3,409 | 38,487 |
| 1341 | Yadkin County | North Carolina | $62,932 ±$2,830 | 37,574 |
| 1342 | Chenango County | New York | $62,948 ±$2,655 | 46,321 |
| 1343 | Hocking County | Ohio | $62,960 ±$4,180 | 27,799 |
| 1344 | Stokes County | North Carolina | $62,969 ±$2,276 | 45,139 |
| 1345 | Perry County | Missouri | $62,981 ±$3,485 | 18,976 |
| 1346 | Traverse County | Minnesota | $62,989 ±$7,635 | 3,243 |
| 1347 | Osborne County | Kansas | $63,011 ±$7,354 | 3,452 |
| 1348 | Cass County | Iowa | $63,013 ±$3,821 | 13,096 |
| 1349 | Pontotoc County | Oklahoma | $63,017 ±$3,403 | 38,235 |
| 1350 | Madison County | Indiana | $63,037 ±$2,053 | 131,900 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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