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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2101 | Shelby County | Illinois | $72,095 ±$4,523 | 20,720 |
| 2102 | Putnam County | Georgia | $72,096 ±$11,938 | 22,855 |
| 2103 | Orange County | Texas | $72,104 ±$2,537 | 85,307 |
| 2104 | Bowman County | North Dakota | $72,109 ±$13,626 | 2,906 |
| 2105 | Montrose County | Colorado | $72,120 ±$2,832 | 43,807 |
| 2106 | Haralson County | Georgia | $72,127 ±$7,552 | 31,285 |
| 2107 | Natrona County | Wyoming | $72,156 ±$2,040 | 79,977 |
| 2108 | Archer County | Texas | $72,159 ±$8,735 | 8,867 |
| 2109 | Morgan County | West Virginia | $72,179 ±$8,170 | 17,426 |
| 2110 | Grayson County | Texas | $72,182 ±$1,791 | 143,337 |
| 2111 | Shelby County | Indiana | $72,190 ±$4,637 | 45,265 |
| 2112 | Windham County | Vermont | $72,217 ±$4,229 | 45,923 |
| 2113 | Robertson County | Texas | $72,236 ±$7,168 | 17,167 |
| 2114 | Andrews County | Texas | $72,242 ±$9,282 | 18,610 |
| 2115 | Otter Tail County | Minnesota | $72,255 ±$2,093 | 60,475 |
| 2116 | Norman County | Minnesota | $72,260 ±$3,894 | 6,367 |
| 2117 | Asotin County | Washington | $72,283 ±$5,956 | 22,467 |
| 2118 | Fannin County | Texas | $72,295 ±$5,678 | 37,326 |
| 2119 | Lincoln County | Nevada | $72,307 ±$17,284 | 4,405 |
| 2120 | Carteret County | North Carolina | $72,322 ±$2,766 | 69,148 |
| 2121 | Bexar County | Texas | $72,341 ±$701 | 2,067,341 |
| 2122 | Carson City | Nevada | $72,355 ±$3,090 | 58,384 |
| 2123 | Pierce County | Nebraska | $72,357 ±$10,049 | 7,325 |
| 2124 | Franklin County | Texas | $72,360 ±$6,650 | 10,632 |
| 2125 | Sullivan County | New York | $72,382 ±$5,140 | 79,721 |
| 2126 | Hamilton County | Iowa | $72,432 ±$8,050 | 14,886 |
| 2127 | Callahan County | Texas | $72,436 ±$8,036 | 14,241 |
| 2128 | Dixon County | Nebraska | $72,454 ±$5,969 | 5,545 |
| 2129 | Wyoming County | Pennsylvania | $72,460 ±$2,965 | 25,967 |
| 2130 | Hamilton County | Ohio | $72,470 ±$1,214 | 830,774 |
| 2131 | Autauga County | Alabama | $72,481 ±$5,640 | 59,947 |
| 2132 | Kalamazoo County | Michigan | $72,532 ±$1,537 | 262,375 |
| 2133 | Marshall County | Minnesota | $72,543 ±$2,422 | 8,909 |
| 2134 | Lipscomb County | Texas | $72,560 ±$7,053 | 2,918 |
| 2135 | Sully County | South Dakota | $72,578 ±$6,950 | 1,526 |
| 2136 | Crow Wing County | Minnesota | $72,589 ±$2,891 | 67,686 |
| 2136 | Nelson County | Virginia | $72,589 ±$13,010 | 14,732 |
| 2138 | Nez Perce County | Idaho | $72,599 ±$5,036 | 42,697 |
| 2139 | Shasta County | California | $72,636 ±$1,972 | 181,436 |
| 2140 | Osceola County | Florida | $72,637 ±$1,876 | 427,415 |
| 2141 | Cook County | Minnesota | $72,638 ±$4,412 | 5,635 |
| 2142 | Pinellas County | Florida | $72,646 ±$1,000 | 963,481 |
| 2143 | Custer County | Colorado | $72,674 ±$7,045 | 5,247 |
| 2144 | Fremont County | Idaho | $72,683 ±$5,715 | 13,943 |
| 2145 | Montgomery County | Virginia | $72,715 ±$3,227 | 99,101 |
| 2146 | Codington County | South Dakota | $72,727 ±$4,778 | 28,767 |
| 2147 | Mille Lacs County | Minnesota | $72,729 ±$3,403 | 27,125 |
| 2148 | Shelby County | Iowa | $72,738 ±$9,091 | 11,778 |
| 2149 | Tioga County | New York | $72,739 ±$3,285 | 47,864 |
| 2150 | Hancock County | Maine | $72,744 ±$3,276 | 56,460 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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