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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Deuel County | Nebraska | $70,096 ±$10,365 | 1,847 |
| 1952 | Orleans County | Vermont | $70,103 ±$3,179 | 27,606 |
| 1953 | Frontier County | Nebraska | $70,132 ±$5,910 | 2,569 |
| 1954 | Schoharie County | New York | $70,133 ±$3,990 | 30,049 |
| 1955 | Spink County | South Dakota | $70,139 ±$9,006 | 6,219 |
| 1956 | Sheridan County | Montana | $70,147 ±$15,093 | 3,669 |
| 1956 | Grant County | Nebraska | $70,147 ±$20,883 | 626 |
| 1958 | Oneida County | New York | $70,154 ±$2,335 | 229,124 |
| 1959 | Ochiltree County | Texas | $70,183 ±$9,262 | 9,786 |
| 1960 | Kern County | California | $70,210 ±$1,287 | 915,075 |
| 1961 | Hamilton County | Kansas | $70,250 ±$13,794 | 2,471 |
| 1961 | Wheeler County | Nebraska | $70,250 ±$12,189 | 847 |
| 1963 | Kit Carson County | Colorado | $70,259 ±$10,367 | 7,023 |
| 1964 | Jackson County | Indiana | $70,262 ±$4,499 | 46,660 |
| 1965 | Lee County | Illinois | $70,292 ±$2,918 | 33,869 |
| 1966 | Pima County | Arizona | $70,315 ±$1,089 | 1,060,490 |
| 1967 | Dakota County | Nebraska | $70,329 ±$4,068 | 21,354 |
| 1968 | Coffey County | Kansas | $70,346 ±$8,841 | 8,308 |
| 1969 | Irion County | Texas | $70,357 ±$19,271 | 1,409 |
| 1970 | Clallam County | Washington | $70,370 ±$2,176 | 77,813 |
| 1971 | Broadwater County | Montana | $70,374 ±$6,632 | 7,668 |
| 1972 | Minidoka County | Idaho | $70,377 ±$7,656 | 22,208 |
| 1973 | Ohio County | Indiana | $70,392 ±$5,606 | 5,999 |
| 1974 | Big Stone County | Minnesota | $70,400 ±$5,652 | 5,127 |
| 1975 | Clinton County | Ohio | $70,407 ±$5,534 | 42,012 |
| 1976 | Cortland County | New York | $70,418 ±$2,912 | 46,246 |
| 1977 | Teton County | Montana | $70,430 ±$7,387 | 6,353 |
| 1978 | Cass County | Michigan | $70,443 ±$3,549 | 51,520 |
| 1979 | King and Queen County | Virginia | $70,469 ±$14,473 | 6,695 |
| 1980 | Eureka County | Nevada | $70,473 ±$13,010 | 1,585 |
| 1981 | Buffalo County | Wisconsin | $70,479 ±$3,724 | 13,393 |
| 1982 | Pasco County | Florida | $70,492 ±$1,570 | 611,444 |
| 1983 | Carbon County | Wyoming | $70,511 ±$8,400 | 14,463 |
| 1984 | Lenawee County | Michigan | $70,518 ±$1,768 | 98,415 |
| 1985 | Ripley County | Indiana | $70,573 ±$4,366 | 29,095 |
| 1986 | Hancock County | Iowa | $70,601 ±$3,185 | 10,671 |
| 1987 | Custer County | Montana | $70,605 ±$6,843 | 11,961 |
| 1988 | Aiken County | South Carolina | $70,609 ±$2,453 | 174,160 |
| 1989 | Anderson County | Kansas | $70,614 ±$7,469 | 7,834 |
| 1990 | Renville County | Minnesota | $70,625 ±$2,917 | 14,558 |
| 1990 | Cooper County | Missouri | $70,625 ±$4,864 | 16,824 |
| 1990 | Harlan County | Nebraska | $70,625 ±$9,968 | 2,847 |
| 1993 | Clinton County | Missouri | $70,627 ±$2,764 | 21,414 |
| 1994 | Washington County | Arkansas | $70,639 ±$2,107 | 256,765 |
| 1995 | Yakima County | Washington | $70,656 ±$2,480 | 257,152 |
| 1996 | White County | Georgia | $70,666 ±$5,613 | 28,810 |
| 1997 | Allamakee County | Iowa | $70,694 ±$3,984 | 14,092 |
| 1998 | DeKalb County | Illinois | $70,724 ±$2,546 | 100,703 |
| 1999 | Clark County | South Dakota | $70,726 ±$6,465 | 3,917 |
| 2000 | Allen County | Indiana | $70,737 ±$1,048 | 392,378 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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