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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2051 | Wilkin County | Minnesota | $71,410 ±$4,499 | 6,371 |
| 2052 | Lincoln County | Idaho | $71,453 ±$5,217 | 5,358 |
| 2053 | St. Lucie County | Florida | $71,457 ±$2,290 | 360,500 |
| 2054 | Chippewa County | Minnesota | $71,458 ±$4,226 | 12,377 |
| 2055 | Kanabec County | Minnesota | $71,460 ±$4,011 | 16,390 |
| 2056 | Montgomery County | Indiana | $71,479 ±$5,393 | 38,312 |
| 2057 | Lake County | Indiana | $71,493 ±$1,419 | 500,379 |
| 2058 | Dallam County | Texas | $71,500 ±$9,289 | 7,298 |
| 2059 | Lincoln County | Washington | $71,512 ±$4,947 | 11,489 |
| 2060 | Chariton County | Missouri | $71,520 ±$3,182 | 7,390 |
| 2061 | Ector County | Texas | $71,536 ±$3,707 | 164,654 |
| 2062 | Lane County | Oregon | $71,544 ±$1,376 | 384,207 |
| 2063 | Grant County | Arkansas | $71,549 ±$6,744 | 18,242 |
| 2064 | Logan County | Ohio | $71,551 ±$3,564 | 46,089 |
| 2065 | Platte County | Nebraska | $71,552 ±$4,214 | 34,716 |
| 2066 | Marshall County | Illinois | $71,585 ±$3,594 | 11,647 |
| 2067 | Fremont County | Iowa | $71,621 ±$5,642 | 6,514 |
| 2068 | Summit County | Ohio | $71,622 ±$1,137 | 537,864 |
| 2069 | Clarke County | Iowa | $71,641 ±$7,170 | 9,662 |
| 2070 | Essex County | New York | $71,661 ±$4,292 | 36,973 |
| 2071 | Loup County | Nebraska | $71,667 ±$34,421 | 578 |
| 2072 | Crawford County | Illinois | $71,674 ±$4,697 | 18,511 |
| 2073 | De Witt County | Illinois | $71,678 ±$6,810 | 15,373 |
| 2074 | Valley County | Montana | $71,695 ±$7,973 | 7,519 |
| 2075 | Watonwan County | Minnesota | $71,699 ±$4,196 | 11,205 |
| 2076 | Stanton County | Kansas | $71,700 ±$3,230 | 2,038 |
| 2077 | Buena Vista County | Iowa | $71,719 ±$7,936 | 20,753 |
| 2078 | Noble County | Indiana | $71,723 ±$2,416 | 47,495 |
| 2079 | Jerome County | Idaho | $71,724 ±$3,145 | 25,173 |
| 2080 | Miami-Dade County | Florida | $71,753 ±$708 | 2,738,356 |
| 2081 | Moultrie County | Illinois | $71,784 ±$7,457 | 14,424 |
| 2082 | Marshall County | Indiana | $71,808 ±$3,823 | 46,284 |
| 2083 | Columbia County | Washington | $71,810 ±$5,338 | 4,014 |
| 2084 | Clatsop County | Oregon | $71,822 ±$4,774 | 41,363 |
| 2085 | Meade County | Kansas | $71,852 ±$6,233 | 3,903 |
| 2086 | Adams County | Iowa | $71,875 ±$7,511 | 3,622 |
| 2087 | Roane County | Tennessee | $71,885 ±$3,521 | 55,208 |
| 2088 | Vernon County | Wisconsin | $71,893 ±$2,810 | 31,049 |
| 2089 | Henry County | Illinois | $71,911 ±$2,277 | 48,643 |
| 2090 | Meagher County | Montana | $71,932 ±$21,850 | 2,007 |
| 2091 | Hunt County | Texas | $71,938 ±$2,536 | 108,972 |
| 2092 | Walsh County | North Dakota | $71,944 ±$6,020 | 10,396 |
| 2093 | Humboldt County | Iowa | $71,946 ±$5,487 | 9,591 |
| 2094 | Franklin County | Idaho | $71,950 ±$10,437 | 15,056 |
| 2095 | Wells County | Indiana | $71,957 ±$3,917 | 28,420 |
| 2096 | Kingfisher County | Oklahoma | $71,975 ±$5,920 | 15,430 |
| 2097 | Erie County | Ohio | $71,993 ±$3,166 | 74,581 |
| 2098 | Hubbard County | Minnesota | $71,995 ±$2,136 | 21,831 |
| 2099 | Potter County | South Dakota | $72,045 ±$16,190 | 2,388 |
| 2100 | Antrim County | Michigan | $72,054 ±$2,793 | 24,127 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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