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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 | Polk County | Florida | $65,978 ±$1,143 | 790,694 |
| 1602 | Daggett County | Utah | $66,000 ±$21,709 | 783 |
| 1603 | Frio County | Texas | $66,010 ±$6,533 | 18,582 |
| 1604 | Pratt County | Kansas | $66,022 ±$5,927 | 9,127 |
| 1605 | Seneca County | Ohio | $66,025 ±$3,286 | 54,770 |
| 1606 | Trimble County | Kentucky | $66,027 ±$12,246 | 8,550 |
| 1607 | Gove County | Kansas | $66,029 ±$7,922 | 2,799 |
| 1608 | Plumas County | California | $66,031 ±$6,182 | 19,423 |
| 1609 | Day County | South Dakota | $66,033 ±$11,116 | 5,437 |
| 1610 | Hernando County | Florida | $66,058 ±$1,730 | 207,018 |
| 1611 | Lawrence County | Alabama | $66,071 ±$5,623 | 33,276 |
| 1612 | Jackson County | Michigan | $66,073 ±$1,893 | 160,060 |
| 1613 | Roger Mills County | Oklahoma | $66,094 ±$8,019 | 3,359 |
| 1614 | Val Verde County | Texas | $66,100 ±$5,286 | 47,741 |
| 1615 | Nobles County | Minnesota | $66,101 ±$4,139 | 22,041 |
| 1616 | Harrison County | Texas | $66,103 ±$3,000 | 70,155 |
| 1617 | Antelope County | Nebraska | $66,105 ±$2,799 | 6,305 |
| 1618 | Norfolk city | Virginia | $66,109 ±$1,785 | 233,596 |
| 1619 | Wells County | North Dakota | $66,114 ±$8,439 | 3,890 |
| 1619 | Jefferson County | Tennessee | $66,114 ±$2,864 | 56,864 |
| 1621 | Adams County | Washington | $66,136 ±$4,393 | 20,800 |
| 1622 | Montgomery County | Ohio | $66,139 ±$1,144 | 536,096 |
| 1623 | Milam County | Texas | $66,141 ±$6,831 | 25,567 |
| 1624 | Haskell County | Kansas | $66,162 ±$5,528 | 3,641 |
| 1625 | Ballard County | Kentucky | $66,164 ±$9,335 | 7,654 |
| 1626 | Campbell County | Virginia | $66,165 ±$5,574 | 55,312 |
| 1627 | Union County | Georgia | $66,176 ±$5,108 | 26,304 |
| 1627 | Clay County | Kansas | $66,176 ±$5,320 | 8,048 |
| 1629 | Garfield County | Oklahoma | $66,182 ±$2,425 | 62,146 |
| 1630 | Anderson County | Tennessee | $66,183 ±$2,450 | 79,153 |
| 1631 | Transylvania County | North Carolina | $66,184 ±$5,016 | 33,691 |
| 1632 | Missaukee County | Michigan | $66,194 ±$5,534 | 15,207 |
| 1633 | Jackson County | Mississippi | $66,201 ±$3,351 | 145,249 |
| 1634 | Davison County | South Dakota | $66,208 ±$7,907 | 19,952 |
| 1634 | Upshur County | Texas | $66,208 ±$4,679 | 42,567 |
| 1636 | Thayer County | Nebraska | $66,213 ±$5,166 | 4,901 |
| 1637 | Wayne County | Nebraska | $66,215 ±$5,612 | 9,844 |
| 1638 | Adams County | Illinois | $66,220 ±$3,435 | 64,754 |
| 1639 | Lackawanna County | Pennsylvania | $66,223 ±$1,519 | 216,146 |
| 1640 | Tuscaloosa County | Alabama | $66,231 ±$2,331 | 237,552 |
| 1641 | Spartanburg County | South Carolina | $66,234 ±$1,763 | 347,852 |
| 1642 | Iron County | Utah | $66,247 ±$4,058 | 62,252 |
| 1643 | Iroquois County | Illinois | $66,255 ±$2,456 | 26,449 |
| 1644 | Cherry County | Nebraska | $66,270 ±$7,312 | 5,498 |
| 1645 | Leon County | Florida | $66,287 ±$1,595 | 297,542 |
| 1646 | Smith County | Tennessee | $66,293 ±$4,840 | 20,389 |
| 1647 | Huntington County | Indiana | $66,301 ±$3,809 | 36,798 |
| 1647 | Newton County | Missouri | $66,301 ±$3,221 | 60,118 |
| 1647 | Jefferson County | New York | $66,301 ±$2,730 | 115,040 |
| 1650 | Richmond County | Virginia | $66,304 ±$6,797 | 9,095 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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