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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1751 | Twin Falls County | Idaho | $67,409 ±$3,701 | 93,734 |
| 1752 | Henry County | Iowa | $67,436 ±$5,231 | 20,004 |
| 1752 | Cumberland County | New Jersey | $67,436 ±$1,985 | 153,305 |
| 1752 | Pend Oreille County | Washington | $67,436 ±$7,718 | 14,050 |
| 1755 | Howard County | Iowa | $67,446 ±$7,862 | 9,445 |
| 1756 | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | $67,451 ±$2,676 | 247,997 |
| 1757 | Perry County | Ohio | $67,460 ±$5,445 | 35,535 |
| 1758 | Wibaux County | Montana | $67,462 ±$20,229 | 1,193 |
| 1759 | Gaston County | North Carolina | $67,478 ±$1,710 | 234,881 |
| 1760 | Rabun County | Georgia | $67,493 ±$4,617 | 17,312 |
| 1761 | Escambia County | Florida | $67,500 ±$1,848 | 325,923 |
| 1761 | Whiteside County | Illinois | $67,500 ±$2,936 | 54,947 |
| 1763 | Llano County | Texas | $67,530 ±$7,397 | 22,424 |
| 1764 | Carbon County | Pennsylvania | $67,554 ±$3,356 | 65,382 |
| 1765 | Calcasieu Parish | Louisiana | $67,564 ±$2,636 | 207,088 |
| 1766 | Gibson County | Indiana | $67,573 ±$4,029 | 33,000 |
| 1767 | Custer County | Idaho | $67,574 ±$16,035 | 4,470 |
| 1768 | Mills County | Texas | $67,620 ±$10,934 | 4,511 |
| 1769 | Winnebago County | Iowa | $67,642 ±$8,706 | 10,583 |
| 1770 | Hardin County | Kentucky | $67,647 ±$2,772 | 111,942 |
| 1771 | Todd County | Minnesota | $67,662 ±$3,509 | 25,575 |
| 1772 | Schuyler County | New York | $67,663 ±$4,782 | 17,562 |
| 1773 | Payette County | Idaho | $67,673 ±$4,549 | 26,771 |
| 1774 | Palo Pinto County | Texas | $67,674 ±$3,848 | 29,295 |
| 1775 | Beadle County | South Dakota | $67,681 ±$5,231 | 19,309 |
| 1776 | Garrett County | Maryland | $67,688 ±$3,685 | 28,615 |
| 1777 | Cascade County | Montana | $67,690 ±$2,796 | 84,606 |
| 1778 | Kossuth County | Iowa | $67,697 ±$5,975 | 14,516 |
| 1779 | Hancock County | Mississippi | $67,708 ±$4,805 | 46,167 |
| 1780 | Platte County | Wyoming | $67,718 ±$6,763 | 8,612 |
| 1781 | Umatilla County | Oregon | $67,728 ±$3,279 | 79,940 |
| 1782 | Paulding County | Ohio | $67,731 ±$5,368 | 18,791 |
| 1783 | Taylor County | Iowa | $67,740 ±$6,173 | 5,868 |
| 1784 | Rawlins County | Kansas | $67,742 ±$12,440 | 2,516 |
| 1785 | Polk County | North Carolina | $67,758 ±$6,109 | 19,891 |
| 1786 | Lee County | Mississippi | $67,863 ±$3,091 | 83,034 |
| 1787 | Catawba County | North Carolina | $67,864 ±$2,779 | 163,573 |
| 1788 | Redwood County | Minnesota | $67,866 ±$3,182 | 15,350 |
| 1789 | Roberts County | Texas | $67,868 ±$8,541 | 832 |
| 1790 | Androscoggin County | Maine | $67,873 ±$1,991 | 113,423 |
| 1791 | Huron County | Ohio | $67,878 ±$3,144 | 58,319 |
| 1792 | Cayuga County | New York | $67,904 ±$2,566 | 75,102 |
| 1793 | Custer County | Nebraska | $67,906 ±$4,824 | 10,518 |
| 1794 | Brown County | Illinois | $67,917 ±$7,581 | 6,322 |
| 1794 | Treasure County | Montana | $67,917 ±$17,213 | 732 |
| 1794 | Perquimans County | North Carolina | $67,917 ±$7,998 | 13,244 |
| 1794 | Van Wert County | Ohio | $67,917 ±$3,470 | 28,826 |
| 1794 | Fall River County | South Dakota | $67,917 ±$7,389 | 7,258 |
| 1799 | Butte County | California | $67,928 ±$2,444 | 207,929 |
| 1800 | Stark County | Ohio | $67,934 ±$1,289 | 373,713 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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