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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401 | Washington County | Ohio | $63,603 ±$3,544 | 58,978 |
| 1402 | Scotts Bluff County | Nebraska | $63,614 ±$4,176 | 35,843 |
| 1403 | Montgomery County | Illinois | $63,620 ±$4,881 | 27,942 |
| 1404 | Livingston County | Missouri | $63,627 ±$5,612 | 14,364 |
| 1405 | Wyandotte County | Kansas | $63,631 ±$1,779 | 167,654 |
| 1406 | Gordon County | Georgia | $63,650 ±$2,284 | 59,100 |
| 1407 | Montgomery County | Iowa | $63,666 ±$5,901 | 10,214 |
| 1408 | Bradford County | Pennsylvania | $63,675 ±$2,517 | 59,858 |
| 1409 | Champaign County | Illinois | $63,683 ±$1,675 | 208,741 |
| 1410 | Burt County | Nebraska | $63,685 ±$5,902 | 6,740 |
| 1411 | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania | $63,691 ±$1,684 | 327,675 |
| 1412 | Tyler County | West Virginia | $63,693 ±$9,603 | 8,064 |
| 1413 | Red Willow County | Nebraska | $63,697 ±$9,655 | 10,557 |
| 1414 | Fergus County | Montana | $63,706 ±$4,994 | 11,687 |
| 1415 | Chemung County | New York | $63,716 ±$2,911 | 82,147 |
| 1416 | Branch County | Michigan | $63,724 ±$1,967 | 45,300 |
| 1417 | Emmet County | Iowa | $63,730 ±$8,464 | 9,262 |
| 1417 | DeWitt County | Texas | $63,730 ±$7,622 | 20,016 |
| 1419 | Wrangell City and Borough | Alaska | $63,750 ±$10,597 | 2,088 |
| 1420 | Shelby County | Tennessee | $63,767 ±$1,251 | 919,173 |
| 1421 | Tehama County | California | $63,784 ±$3,435 | 65,167 |
| 1421 | Richland County | South Carolina | $63,784 ±$1,530 | 422,117 |
| 1423 | Marinette County | Wisconsin | $63,809 ±$2,744 | 42,046 |
| 1424 | Tuscola County | Michigan | $63,811 ±$1,903 | 52,980 |
| 1425 | Bollinger County | Missouri | $63,814 ±$13,535 | 10,559 |
| 1426 | Seward County | Kansas | $63,827 ±$8,322 | 21,486 |
| 1427 | Mackinac County | Michigan | $63,909 ±$3,854 | 10,957 |
| 1428 | Lycoming County | Pennsylvania | $63,917 ±$2,280 | 113,489 |
| 1429 | Rice County | Kansas | $63,925 ±$4,435 | 9,350 |
| 1430 | Greeley County | Nebraska | $63,929 ±$7,973 | 2,202 |
| 1431 | Sumner County | Kansas | $63,951 ±$4,642 | 22,353 |
| 1432 | Mifflin County | Pennsylvania | $63,953 ±$3,171 | 46,041 |
| 1433 | Starke County | Indiana | $63,960 ±$4,893 | 23,365 |
| 1434 | Winchester city | Virginia | $63,974 ±$2,269 | 27,913 |
| 1435 | Daviess County | Missouri | $63,984 ±$2,702 | 8,477 |
| 1436 | Keya Paha County | Nebraska | $64,000 ±$18,496 | 822 |
| 1437 | Pueblo County | Colorado | $64,010 ±$2,208 | 169,356 |
| 1438 | Grant Parish | Louisiana | $64,016 ±$7,523 | 22,095 |
| 1439 | Howard County | Indiana | $64,027 ±$2,106 | 83,752 |
| 1440 | Benson County | North Dakota | $64,033 ±$5,343 | 5,808 |
| 1441 | Allen County | Ohio | $64,038 ±$1,778 | 101,348 |
| 1441 | Charles Mix County | South Dakota | $64,038 ±$5,646 | 9,281 |
| 1443 | Stephenson County | Illinois | $64,043 ±$3,674 | 43,768 |
| 1444 | Harper County | Oklahoma | $64,053 ±$10,380 | 3,203 |
| 1445 | Crawford County | Wisconsin | $64,094 ±$4,749 | 16,042 |
| 1446 | Franklin County | Florida | $64,105 ±$5,989 | 12,553 |
| 1447 | Niobrara County | Wyoming | $64,113 ±$13,198 | 2,368 |
| 1448 | Crawford County | Arkansas | $64,132 ±$3,217 | 61,139 |
| 1449 | Union County | Florida | $64,146 ±$6,434 | 15,701 |
| 1450 | Lubbock County | Texas | $64,155 ±$1,951 | 318,884 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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