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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Winona County | Minnesota | $70,744 ±$4,222 | 49,779 |
| 2002 | Atascosa County | Texas | $70,770 ±$4,131 | 51,008 |
| 2003 | Tama County | Iowa | $70,781 ±$3,087 | 16,868 |
| 2003 | Ford County | Kansas | $70,781 ±$6,473 | 34,074 |
| 2005 | Southampton County | Virginia | $70,795 ±$5,821 | 17,964 |
| 2006 | Macoupin County | Illinois | $70,805 ±$4,838 | 44,350 |
| 2007 | Cassia County | Idaho | $70,830 ±$5,163 | 25,483 |
| 2008 | Cheyenne County | Colorado | $70,865 ±$12,520 | 1,741 |
| 2009 | Hopkins County | Texas | $70,888 ±$5,106 | 37,784 |
| 2010 | Victoria County | Texas | $70,896 ±$2,738 | 91,413 |
| 2011 | Brown County | South Dakota | $70,898 ±$3,639 | 37,877 |
| 2012 | Lamar County | Mississippi | $70,909 ±$4,616 | 65,713 |
| 2013 | Mahaska County | Iowa | $70,940 ±$4,815 | 22,021 |
| 2014 | Kings County | California | $70,995 ±$2,735 | 153,298 |
| 2015 | Monroe County | Iowa | $70,996 ±$9,872 | 7,513 |
| 2016 | Freeborn County | Minnesota | $71,023 ±$1,725 | 30,623 |
| 2017 | Klickitat County | Washington | $71,042 ±$4,287 | 23,411 |
| 2018 | Marshall County | Tennessee | $71,049 ±$3,558 | 36,049 |
| 2019 | LaPorte County | Indiana | $71,055 ±$2,241 | 111,917 |
| 2020 | Beaver County | Pennsylvania | $71,089 ±$1,561 | 166,324 |
| 2021 | Chatham County | Georgia | $71,097 ±$1,907 | 300,879 |
| 2022 | Cuming County | Nebraska | $71,104 ±$4,725 | 8,975 |
| 2023 | Granville County | North Carolina | $71,111 ±$4,675 | 60,877 |
| 2024 | Pine County | Minnesota | $71,146 ±$2,709 | 29,640 |
| 2025 | Bayfield County | Wisconsin | $71,151 ±$2,275 | 16,575 |
| 2026 | Webster County | Missouri | $71,155 ±$2,974 | 40,500 |
| 2027 | Greenlee County | Arizona | $71,164 ±$12,585 | 9,409 |
| 2028 | Iowa County | Iowa | $71,223 ±$4,147 | 16,507 |
| 2029 | Clinton County | New York | $71,224 ±$2,611 | 78,493 |
| 2030 | Slope County | North Dakota | $71,250 ±$16,084 | 766 |
| 2031 | Major County | Oklahoma | $71,266 ±$4,400 | 7,628 |
| 2032 | Cherokee County | Iowa | $71,269 ±$4,228 | 11,600 |
| 2033 | St. Clair County | Michigan | $71,270 ±$1,351 | 160,221 |
| 2033 | Brown County | Ohio | $71,270 ±$2,689 | 43,845 |
| 2035 | Duval County | Florida | $71,277 ±$1,146 | 1,023,153 |
| 2036 | Kankakee County | Illinois | $71,281 ±$2,921 | 106,635 |
| 2037 | Ravalli County | Montana | $71,283 ±$3,919 | 46,727 |
| 2038 | Harnett County | North Carolina | $71,287 ±$2,853 | 139,150 |
| 2039 | Peach County | Georgia | $71,293 ±$7,835 | 28,560 |
| 2040 | Rock County | Minnesota | $71,295 ±$6,478 | 9,621 |
| 2041 | Tulare County | California | $71,300 ±$1,532 | 478,693 |
| 2042 | Coryell County | Texas | $71,301 ±$2,442 | 84,748 |
| 2043 | Hampden County | Massachusetts | $71,306 ±$1,758 | 462,815 |
| 2044 | Jasper County | Iowa | $71,311 ±$2,918 | 37,954 |
| 2045 | Thomas County | Kansas | $71,325 ±$9,792 | 7,885 |
| 2046 | Pike County | Indiana | $71,334 ±$4,205 | 12,154 |
| 2046 | Dawson County | Montana | $71,334 ±$5,860 | 8,827 |
| 2048 | Mitchell County | Iowa | $71,365 ±$5,679 | 10,575 |
| 2049 | Becker County | Minnesota | $71,388 ±$2,046 | 35,343 |
| 2049 | Sheridan County | Wyoming | $71,388 ±$7,227 | 32,055 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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