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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851 | Martin County | Indiana | $68,594 ±$8,824 | 9,830 |
| 1852 | Itasca County | Minnesota | $68,603 ±$4,097 | 45,275 |
| 1853 | Ness County | Kansas | $68,616 ±$8,501 | 2,653 |
| 1853 | Rutland County | Vermont | $68,616 ±$2,664 | 60,425 |
| 1855 | Guilford County | North Carolina | $68,642 ±$1,579 | 547,940 |
| 1856 | Dickey County | North Dakota | $68,654 ±$12,388 | 4,935 |
| 1857 | Rusk County | Texas | $68,658 ±$4,537 | 52,842 |
| 1858 | Liberty County | Texas | $68,703 ±$4,468 | 103,380 |
| 1859 | Georgetown County | South Carolina | $68,713 ±$2,958 | 64,811 |
| 1860 | Amherst County | Virginia | $68,724 ±$3,768 | 31,485 |
| 1861 | Caribou County | Idaho | $68,782 ±$8,641 | 7,162 |
| 1862 | Long County | Georgia | $68,808 ±$7,090 | 18,374 |
| 1863 | Hamilton County | New York | $68,835 ±$5,478 | 5,089 |
| 1864 | Scott County | Kansas | $68,839 ±$10,706 | 5,027 |
| 1865 | Morgan County | Alabama | $68,845 ±$3,210 | 124,471 |
| 1866 | Franklin County | Virginia | $68,849 ±$3,573 | 55,130 |
| 1867 | Bell County | Texas | $68,865 ±$1,892 | 386,897 |
| 1868 | Cass County | Minnesota | $68,874 ±$2,502 | 30,992 |
| 1869 | Otsego County | New York | $68,885 ±$3,568 | 60,108 |
| 1870 | Box Butte County | Nebraska | $68,892 ±$5,138 | 10,714 |
| 1871 | Scotland County | Missouri | $68,913 ±$9,762 | 4,686 |
| 1872 | Bosque County | Texas | $68,914 ±$4,001 | 18,687 |
| 1873 | Phelps County | Nebraska | $68,919 ±$9,751 | 9,009 |
| 1874 | Campbell County | South Dakota | $68,929 ±$20,360 | 1,593 |
| 1875 | Webster County | Iowa | $68,975 ±$4,434 | 36,886 |
| 1875 | Beltrami County | Minnesota | $68,975 ±$3,678 | 46,512 |
| 1877 | Tulsa County | Oklahoma | $69,009 ±$970 | 680,794 |
| 1878 | Craig County | Virginia | $69,057 ±$17,015 | 4,856 |
| 1879 | Kennebec County | Maine | $69,077 ±$2,603 | 126,808 |
| 1880 | Tillamook County | Oregon | $69,105 ±$3,363 | 27,496 |
| 1881 | Wyoming County | New York | $69,110 ±$3,387 | 39,753 |
| 1882 | Manitowoc County | Wisconsin | $69,148 ±$2,433 | 81,406 |
| 1883 | Thurston County | Nebraska | $69,177 ±$2,235 | 6,627 |
| 1884 | Grant County | Kentucky | $69,178 ±$4,744 | 25,418 |
| 1885 | Oswego County | New York | $69,183 ±$2,355 | 117,953 |
| 1886 | Preble County | Ohio | $69,223 ±$3,243 | 40,765 |
| 1887 | Osceola County | Iowa | $69,239 ±$6,938 | 6,100 |
| 1888 | Butts County | Georgia | $69,241 ±$7,885 | 26,496 |
| 1889 | Hayes County | Nebraska | $69,250 ±$15,153 | 843 |
| 1890 | Hall County | Nebraska | $69,251 ±$4,230 | 62,536 |
| 1891 | Murray County | Georgia | $69,253 ±$3,742 | 40,562 |
| 1892 | Bureau County | Illinois | $69,257 ±$2,146 | 32,866 |
| 1893 | Jennings County | Indiana | $69,322 ±$3,369 | 27,562 |
| 1894 | Stevens County | Washington | $69,327 ±$3,598 | 48,067 |
| 1895 | Taylor County | Wisconsin | $69,350 ±$3,814 | 20,024 |
| 1896 | Sedgwick County | Kansas | $69,365 ±$1,409 | 528,226 |
| 1897 | Oneida County | Wisconsin | $69,371 ±$3,157 | 38,167 |
| 1898 | McCone County | Montana | $69,375 ±$16,254 | 1,670 |
| 1898 | Mineral County | West Virginia | $69,375 ±$4,447 | 26,854 |
| 1900 | Brown County | Minnesota | $69,378 ±$3,150 | 25,800 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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