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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Wood County | Wisconsin | $67,989 ±$2,326 | 74,004 |
| 1802 | Young County | Texas | $68,010 ±$9,174 | 18,029 |
| 1803 | Lea County | New Mexico | $68,015 ±$5,605 | 73,733 |
| 1804 | Golden Valley County | North Dakota | $68,021 ±$13,794 | 1,653 |
| 1805 | Barnes County | North Dakota | $68,038 ±$5,568 | 10,773 |
| 1806 | Greene County | Pennsylvania | $68,041 ±$4,317 | 34,835 |
| 1807 | Grand Forks County | North Dakota | $68,075 ±$4,321 | 72,923 |
| 1808 | Jack County | Texas | $68,079 ±$9,113 | 8,882 |
| 1809 | Seneca County | New York | $68,089 ±$2,709 | 32,920 |
| 1810 | Mendocino County | California | $68,092 ±$3,254 | 90,244 |
| 1810 | Adair County | Iowa | $68,092 ±$4,755 | 7,460 |
| 1812 | Jackson County | Wisconsin | $68,110 ±$2,733 | 20,981 |
| 1813 | Van Buren County | Michigan | $68,114 ±$2,018 | 75,795 |
| 1814 | Cass County | Illinois | $68,125 ±$4,852 | 12,784 |
| 1815 | Randolph County | Illinois | $68,131 ±$3,611 | 30,058 |
| 1816 | Onslow County | North Carolina | $68,148 ±$2,456 | 207,906 |
| 1817 | Lincoln County | Wisconsin | $68,164 ±$3,741 | 28,426 |
| 1818 | Chase County | Nebraska | $68,173 ±$7,887 | 3,671 |
| 1819 | Lewis County | New York | $68,182 ±$3,903 | 26,607 |
| 1820 | Otsego County | Michigan | $68,183 ±$4,808 | 25,584 |
| 1821 | Henderson County | North Carolina | $68,187 ±$3,678 | 118,484 |
| 1822 | Cerro Gordo County | Iowa | $68,189 ±$2,473 | 42,632 |
| 1823 | Green Lake County | Wisconsin | $68,196 ±$3,762 | 19,263 |
| 1824 | Daviess County | Kentucky | $68,214 ±$2,332 | 103,648 |
| 1825 | Kershaw County | South Carolina | $68,231 ±$3,174 | 68,314 |
| 1826 | Hickman County | Tennessee | $68,247 ±$4,329 | 25,436 |
| 1827 | Schuylkill County | Pennsylvania | $68,313 ±$1,387 | 143,558 |
| 1828 | Coffee County | Alabama | $68,353 ±$3,218 | 54,920 |
| 1829 | Merrick County | Nebraska | $68,354 ±$7,261 | 7,724 |
| 1830 | O'Brien County | Iowa | $68,356 ±$4,388 | 14,126 |
| 1831 | Adams County | Nebraska | $68,365 ±$3,172 | 31,052 |
| 1832 | Tom Green County | Texas | $68,370 ±$2,936 | 119,577 |
| 1833 | Monona County | Iowa | $68,377 ±$6,651 | 8,557 |
| 1834 | Pembina County | North Dakota | $68,393 ±$6,769 | 6,727 |
| 1835 | Mariposa County | California | $68,412 ±$6,365 | 17,082 |
| 1836 | Dickinson County | Kansas | $68,417 ±$4,436 | 18,445 |
| 1837 | Marshall County | Kansas | $68,419 ±$6,081 | 9,993 |
| 1838 | Vilas County | Wisconsin | $68,431 ±$2,845 | 23,647 |
| 1839 | Caroline County | Maryland | $68,457 ±$3,798 | 33,669 |
| 1840 | Cape Girardeau County | Missouri | $68,464 ±$3,198 | 82,735 |
| 1841 | Parke County | Indiana | $68,485 ±$4,007 | 16,406 |
| 1842 | Susquehanna County | Pennsylvania | $68,487 ±$2,246 | 38,219 |
| 1843 | LaSalle Parish | Louisiana | $68,497 ±$9,683 | 14,789 |
| 1844 | Daviess County | Indiana | $68,503 ±$5,246 | 33,658 |
| 1845 | Holt County | Nebraska | $68,513 ±$3,770 | 10,102 |
| 1846 | Herkimer County | New York | $68,515 ±$3,647 | 59,757 |
| 1847 | Floyd County | Iowa | $68,557 ±$5,257 | 15,328 |
| 1848 | Elkhart County | Indiana | $68,561 ±$2,286 | 207,132 |
| 1849 | Jackson County | Missouri | $68,577 ±$1,129 | 719,976 |
| 1850 | Kalkaska County | Michigan | $68,578 ±$3,573 | 18,239 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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