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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Marengo County | Alabama | $43,825 ±$5,429 | 18,851 |
| 152 | Webster County | West Virginia | $43,839 ±$6,400 | 8,144 |
| 153 | McMullen County | Texas | $43,875 ±$13,683 | 700 |
| 154 | Calhoun County | West Virginia | $43,980 ±$2,257 | 6,048 |
| 155 | Choctaw County | Oklahoma | $44,081 ±$3,611 | 14,297 |
| 156 | Terry County | Texas | $44,100 ±$2,716 | 11,629 |
| 157 | Ozark County | Missouri | $44,163 ±$3,934 | 8,873 |
| 158 | Jackson County | Arkansas | $44,218 ±$4,402 | 16,712 |
| 159 | Ashley County | Arkansas | $44,266 ±$3,356 | 18,429 |
| 160 | Warren County | Georgia | $44,289 ±$9,165 | 5,170 |
| 161 | Pike County | Kentucky | $44,312 ±$3,223 | 56,727 |
| 162 | Bamberg County | South Carolina | $44,370 ±$4,432 | 13,042 |
| 163 | Jenkins County | Georgia | $44,389 ±$7,923 | 8,711 |
| 164 | Danville city | Virginia | $44,423 ±$3,639 | 42,214 |
| 165 | Searcy County | Arkansas | $44,426 ±$5,883 | 7,859 |
| 166 | St. Landry Parish | Louisiana | $44,462 ±$2,416 | 81,670 |
| 167 | Whitley County | Kentucky | $44,615 ±$4,358 | 36,920 |
| 168 | Sharp County | Arkansas | $44,637 ±$5,213 | 17,773 |
| 169 | Bacon County | Georgia | $44,694 ±$4,178 | 11,109 |
| 170 | Hampton County | South Carolina | $44,711 ±$4,044 | 18,254 |
| 170 | Scott County | Tennessee | $44,711 ±$4,937 | 22,113 |
| 172 | Russell County | Kentucky | $44,738 ±$7,625 | 18,221 |
| 173 | Butler County | Alabama | $44,755 ±$2,896 | 18,630 |
| 174 | Lee County | South Carolina | $44,760 ±$5,515 | 16,166 |
| 175 | Clinton County | Kentucky | $44,844 ±$4,439 | 9,202 |
| 176 | Lawrence County | Arkansas | $44,882 ±$3,859 | 16,238 |
| 177 | Richmond County | North Carolina | $44,883 ±$5,326 | 42,344 |
| 178 | Terrell County | Texas | $44,886 ±$18,616 | 835 |
| 179 | Johnson County | Kentucky | $44,904 ±$4,843 | 22,334 |
| 180 | Jackson Parish | Louisiana | $44,925 ±$3,582 | 14,884 |
| 181 | Grant County | New Mexico | $44,958 ±$4,212 | 27,775 |
| 182 | Kiowa County | Oklahoma | $44,962 ±$4,889 | 8,383 |
| 183 | Reynolds County | Missouri | $45,028 ±$7,093 | 6,010 |
| 184 | Covington County | Mississippi | $45,051 ±$7,205 | 18,148 |
| 185 | Menifee County | Kentucky | $45,096 ±$9,071 | 6,230 |
| 186 | Crisp County | Georgia | $45,105 ±$3,085 | 19,790 |
| 187 | Marion County | Mississippi | $45,110 ±$4,367 | 24,193 |
| 188 | Lenoir County | North Carolina | $45,143 ±$2,547 | 54,919 |
| 189 | Cochran County | Texas | $45,313 ±$11,121 | 2,550 |
| 190 | Baylor County | Texas | $45,370 ±$9,031 | 3,485 |
| 191 | Decatur County | Tennessee | $45,375 ±$5,287 | 11,579 |
| 192 | Washington Parish | Louisiana | $45,380 ±$3,664 | 45,120 |
| 193 | Briscoe County | Texas | $45,417 ±$13,842 | 1,301 |
| 194 | Wilkinson County | Georgia | $45,465 ±$7,276 | 8,747 |
| 195 | Casey County | Kentucky | $45,510 ±$4,492 | 15,914 |
| 196 | Hertford County | North Carolina | $45,537 ±$2,991 | 19,908 |
| 197 | Acadia Parish | Louisiana | $45,562 ±$2,361 | 56,955 |
| 198 | Halifax County | North Carolina | $45,590 ±$2,970 | 47,675 |
| 199 | Howard County | Arkansas | $45,603 ±$5,800 | 12,583 |
| 200 | Orangeburg County | South Carolina | $45,675 ±$2,691 | 83,253 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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