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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 | Tioga County | Pennsylvania | $64,899 ±$2,262 | 40,945 |
| 1502 | Fremont County | Wyoming | $64,904 ±$2,606 | 39,533 |
| 1503 | Dolores County | Colorado | $64,907 ±$13,244 | 2,432 |
| 1504 | Hoke County | North Carolina | $64,912 ±$2,386 | 53,835 |
| 1505 | Pendleton County | West Virginia | $64,931 ±$4,450 | 6,043 |
| 1506 | Somerset County | Maryland | $64,943 ±$8,347 | 24,822 |
| 1506 | Montgomery County | New York | $64,943 ±$3,486 | 49,528 |
| 1508 | Sterling County | Texas | $64,954 ±$18,855 | 1,468 |
| 1509 | Calhoun County | Iowa | $64,964 ±$5,720 | 9,803 |
| 1510 | Thomas County | Nebraska | $65,000 ±$10,463 | 564 |
| 1511 | Armstrong County | Pennsylvania | $65,008 ±$1,881 | 64,622 |
| 1512 | Clinton County | Indiana | $65,019 ±$3,538 | 32,944 |
| 1513 | Muskegon County | Michigan | $65,024 ±$1,543 | 175,961 |
| 1514 | Walworth County | South Dakota | $65,026 ±$10,908 | 5,271 |
| 1515 | Tuscarawas County | Ohio | $65,044 ±$2,463 | 92,385 |
| 1516 | Lyon County | Kentucky | $65,066 ±$5,983 | 8,900 |
| 1517 | Hardin County | Iowa | $65,069 ±$4,846 | 16,639 |
| 1518 | Peoria County | Illinois | $65,108 ±$1,355 | 179,645 |
| 1519 | Erath County | Texas | $65,115 ±$4,506 | 43,794 |
| 1520 | Massac County | Illinois | $65,116 ±$7,385 | 13,865 |
| 1521 | Jones County | South Dakota | $65,119 ±$11,041 | 1,004 |
| 1522 | Roberts County | South Dakota | $65,130 ±$2,576 | 10,221 |
| 1523 | Lincoln County | Nebraska | $65,148 ±$4,966 | 33,802 |
| 1524 | Franklin County | New York | $65,151 ±$3,697 | 46,696 |
| 1525 | Dickinson County | Michigan | $65,156 ±$3,928 | 25,954 |
| 1526 | Nance County | Nebraska | $65,179 ±$5,058 | 3,324 |
| 1526 | Henderson County | Texas | $65,179 ±$3,668 | 84,862 |
| 1528 | Montezuma County | Colorado | $65,244 ±$4,313 | 26,412 |
| 1529 | Jefferson Parish | Louisiana | $65,252 ±$1,992 | 430,920 |
| 1530 | Adams County | Indiana | $65,289 ±$4,066 | 36,227 |
| 1531 | Franklin County | Kentucky | $65,298 ±$5,158 | 51,842 |
| 1532 | Switzerland County | Indiana | $65,343 ±$5,269 | 9,909 |
| 1533 | Monongalia County | West Virginia | $65,346 ±$2,524 | 107,163 |
| 1534 | Alexander County | North Carolina | $65,354 ±$4,962 | 36,412 |
| 1535 | Elmore County | Idaho | $65,359 ±$4,259 | 29,321 |
| 1536 | San Jacinto County | Texas | $65,364 ±$6,756 | 28,441 |
| 1537 | Aleutians East Borough | Alaska | $65,365 ±$9,920 | 3,491 |
| 1538 | Lee County | North Carolina | $65,387 ±$3,096 | 65,816 |
| 1539 | Ralls County | Missouri | $65,388 ±$6,991 | 10,428 |
| 1540 | Rains County | Texas | $65,413 ±$5,361 | 12,775 |
| 1541 | Jackson County | Texas | $65,414 ±$3,937 | 15,152 |
| 1542 | Saline County | Kansas | $65,422 ±$3,557 | 53,668 |
| 1543 | Latah County | Idaho | $65,424 ±$3,248 | 41,049 |
| 1544 | Berrien County | Michigan | $65,425 ±$1,108 | 153,288 |
| 1545 | Clay County | Iowa | $65,428 ±$5,096 | 16,461 |
| 1546 | Marquette County | Michigan | $65,429 ±$2,954 | 67,112 |
| 1547 | Hancock County | Kentucky | $65,464 ±$6,368 | 9,034 |
| 1548 | Rockbridge County | Virginia | $65,469 ±$4,457 | 22,531 |
| 1549 | Rio Blanco County | Colorado | $65,473 ±$8,193 | 6,544 |
| 1550 | Washington County | Kansas | $65,482 ±$3,563 | 5,533 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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