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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1451 | Davidson County | North Carolina | $64,172 ±$1,806 | 172,954 |
| 1452 | Wasco County | Oregon | $64,175 ±$3,054 | 26,552 |
| 1453 | Stevens County | Kansas | $64,178 ±$6,799 | 5,162 |
| 1454 | Blount County | Alabama | $64,190 ±$3,472 | 59,518 |
| 1455 | Stafford County | Kansas | $64,226 ±$8,416 | 3,978 |
| 1456 | Gasconade County | Missouri | $64,232 ±$4,524 | 14,746 |
| 1457 | Hillsdale County | Michigan | $64,242 ±$2,663 | 45,654 |
| 1458 | Mitchell County | Kansas | $64,246 ±$9,366 | 5,779 |
| 1459 | Beaver County | Oklahoma | $64,276 ±$7,736 | 5,028 |
| 1460 | Reeves County | Texas | $64,297 ±$10,908 | 12,664 |
| 1461 | Webster County | Nebraska | $64,347 ±$4,723 | 3,360 |
| 1462 | Clark County | Kentucky | $64,348 ±$4,912 | 37,192 |
| 1463 | McCracken County | Kentucky | $64,373 ±$2,581 | 67,564 |
| 1464 | Owyhee County | Idaho | $64,406 ±$9,360 | 12,503 |
| 1465 | Rio Grande County | Colorado | $64,411 ±$8,434 | 11,321 |
| 1466 | Grays Harbor County | Washington | $64,414 ±$2,530 | 77,053 |
| 1467 | McIntosh County | North Dakota | $64,419 ±$3,536 | 2,497 |
| 1468 | Bon Homme County | South Dakota | $64,435 ±$7,134 | 7,044 |
| 1468 | Milwaukee County | Wisconsin | $64,435 ±$1,218 | 926,331 |
| 1470 | Pulaski County | Missouri | $64,466 ±$5,463 | 53,894 |
| 1471 | Cuyahoga County | Ohio | $64,468 ±$702 | 1,245,873 |
| 1472 | Clearwater County | Minnesota | $64,475 ±$2,563 | 8,616 |
| 1473 | San Juan County | Utah | $64,481 ±$6,352 | 14,483 |
| 1474 | Darke County | Ohio | $64,486 ±$3,989 | 51,594 |
| 1475 | Montague County | Texas | $64,545 ±$5,667 | 21,046 |
| 1476 | Washington County | Virginia | $64,552 ±$3,311 | 53,926 |
| 1477 | Dade County | Georgia | $64,568 ±$5,718 | 16,165 |
| 1478 | Jefferson County | Indiana | $64,577 ±$5,301 | 32,998 |
| 1479 | Richmond city | Virginia | $64,587 ±$1,911 | 229,359 |
| 1480 | Hill County | Texas | $64,591 ±$2,693 | 37,328 |
| 1481 | Gem County | Idaho | $64,605 ±$6,592 | 20,614 |
| 1482 | Elk County | Kansas | $64,609 ±$9,001 | 2,453 |
| 1483 | Alfalfa County | Oklahoma | $64,615 ±$8,347 | 5,696 |
| 1484 | Knox County | Nebraska | $64,636 ±$3,786 | 8,363 |
| 1485 | Washington County | Indiana | $64,641 ±$6,009 | 28,212 |
| 1486 | Columbia County | Pennsylvania | $64,644 ±$2,531 | 65,362 |
| 1487 | Lincoln County | Tennessee | $64,667 ±$3,852 | 35,946 |
| 1488 | Pendleton County | Kentucky | $64,669 ±$10,051 | 14,723 |
| 1489 | Phillips County | Colorado | $64,674 ±$19,227 | 4,496 |
| 1490 | Marion County | Kansas | $64,695 ±$4,593 | 11,754 |
| 1491 | Mason County | Michigan | $64,748 ±$3,281 | 29,207 |
| 1492 | Wapello County | Iowa | $64,766 ±$4,224 | 35,362 |
| 1493 | Caldwell County | Missouri | $64,806 ±$4,272 | 8,927 |
| 1494 | Blaine County | Montana | $64,813 ±$5,933 | 6,949 |
| 1495 | Mercer County | Kentucky | $64,824 ±$5,652 | 23,028 |
| 1496 | Carroll County | Ohio | $64,835 ±$5,358 | 26,659 |
| 1497 | Terrebonne Parish | Louisiana | $64,836 ±$3,879 | 106,186 |
| 1498 | Johnson County | Wyoming | $64,871 ±$5,633 | 8,686 |
| 1499 | Garfield County | Washington | $64,884 ±$13,920 | 2,353 |
| 1500 | Panola County | Texas | $64,894 ±$8,447 | 22,726 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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