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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Tyrrell County | North Carolina | $41,685 ±$12,236 | 3,423 |
| 102 | Harlan County | Kentucky | $41,693 ±$4,836 | 25,772 |
| 103 | Esmeralda County | Nevada | $41,715 ±$32,479 | 1,028 |
| 104 | Montgomery County | Mississippi | $41,748 ±$3,908 | 9,602 |
| 105 | Ben Hill County | Georgia | $41,758 ±$3,419 | 17,089 |
| 106 | Knott County | Kentucky | $41,761 ±$5,899 | 13,830 |
| 107 | Taylor County | Georgia | $41,788 ±$5,104 | 7,786 |
| 108 | Letcher County | Kentucky | $41,793 ±$3,868 | 20,808 |
| 109 | Washington County | North Carolina | $41,813 ±$7,001 | 10,812 |
| 110 | Lee County | Virginia | $41,827 ±$3,806 | 21,900 |
| 111 | Garden County | Nebraska | $41,882 ±$4,364 | 1,761 |
| 112 | Evangeline Parish | Louisiana | $41,915 ±$4,677 | 32,060 |
| 113 | St. Helena Parish | Louisiana | $41,934 ±$7,052 | 10,858 |
| 114 | Covington city | Virginia | $41,944 ±$11,178 | 5,680 |
| 115 | Quay County | New Mexico | $41,946 ±$14,822 | 8,564 |
| 116 | Robeson County | North Carolina | $41,978 ±$1,323 | 116,902 |
| 117 | Ripley County | Missouri | $42,037 ±$5,005 | 10,708 |
| 118 | Todd County | South Dakota | $42,075 ±$6,515 | 9,244 |
| 119 | Sioux County | North Dakota | $42,083 ±$7,116 | 3,740 |
| 120 | Pocahontas County | West Virginia | $42,119 ±$3,188 | 7,784 |
| 121 | Washington County | Mississippi | $42,165 ±$3,051 | 42,765 |
| 122 | Perry County | Kentucky | $42,181 ±$7,458 | 27,499 |
| 123 | Jim Hogg County | Texas | $42,211 ±$3,821 | 4,727 |
| 124 | Fulton County | Arkansas | $42,241 ±$4,338 | 12,302 |
| 125 | Monroe County | Alabama | $42,292 ±$5,982 | 19,388 |
| 126 | Clay County | West Virginia | $42,318 ±$10,911 | 7,835 |
| 127 | Atkinson County | Georgia | $42,347 ±$8,985 | 8,337 |
| 128 | Bladen County | North Carolina | $42,422 ±$6,049 | 29,566 |
| 129 | Pulaski County | Illinois | $42,463 ±$5,028 | 5,015 |
| 130 | Dallas County | Arkansas | $42,500 ±$8,406 | 6,242 |
| 131 | St. Francis County | Arkansas | $42,574 ±$6,151 | 22,400 |
| 132 | Newton County | Texas | $42,618 ±$5,785 | 12,093 |
| 133 | Sumter County | Georgia | $42,653 ±$3,404 | 29,061 |
| 134 | Guadalupe County | New Mexico | $42,750 ±$8,581 | 4,381 |
| 135 | Drew County | Arkansas | $42,824 ±$7,432 | 17,046 |
| 136 | Union Parish | Louisiana | $42,885 ±$5,860 | 20,821 |
| 137 | Buchanan County | Virginia | $42,886 ±$3,670 | 19,415 |
| 138 | Oregon County | Missouri | $43,069 ±$6,603 | 8,673 |
| 139 | Calhoun County | Mississippi | $43,125 ±$4,000 | 12,922 |
| 139 | Clay County | Mississippi | $43,125 ±$7,209 | 18,383 |
| 141 | Monroe County | Arkansas | $43,214 ±$7,341 | 6,589 |
| 142 | Scott County | Arkansas | $43,270 ±$7,861 | 9,816 |
| 143 | Harmon County | Oklahoma | $43,333 ±$5,353 | 2,406 |
| 143 | Coke County | Texas | $43,333 ±$11,825 | 3,353 |
| 145 | Lawrence County | Mississippi | $43,531 ±$5,492 | 11,786 |
| 146 | Chickasaw County | Mississippi | $43,586 ±$3,435 | 16,915 |
| 147 | Adams County | Mississippi | $43,644 ±$2,107 | 28,803 |
| 148 | Macon County | Alabama | $43,707 ±$4,041 | 18,691 |
| 149 | Presidio County | Texas | $43,802 ±$8,138 | 5,930 |
| 150 | Pike County | Mississippi | $43,814 ±$1,941 | 39,602 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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