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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2151 | Trousdale County | Tennessee | $72,747 ±$8,709 | 11,957 |
| 2152 | Armstrong County | Texas | $72,750 ±$13,280 | 1,822 |
| 2152 | Pecos County | Texas | $72,750 ±$12,336 | 14,896 |
| 2154 | Boone County | Missouri | $72,758 ±$1,612 | 188,043 |
| 2155 | Perkins County | Nebraska | $72,778 ±$6,496 | 2,821 |
| 2156 | Palo Alto County | Iowa | $72,781 ±$7,482 | 8,863 |
| 2157 | Waldo County | Maine | $72,782 ±$3,352 | 40,192 |
| 2158 | Yankton County | South Dakota | $72,821 ±$7,170 | 23,414 |
| 2159 | Lonoke County | Arkansas | $72,828 ±$2,770 | 75,272 |
| 2160 | Waupaca County | Wisconsin | $72,830 ±$2,821 | 51,569 |
| 2161 | Erie County | New York | $72,839 ±$1,077 | 950,622 |
| 2162 | Fulton County | Ohio | $72,864 ±$2,855 | 42,240 |
| 2163 | White Pine County | Nevada | $72,865 ±$11,752 | 8,735 |
| 2164 | Aurora County | South Dakota | $72,885 ±$5,520 | 2,642 |
| 2165 | Kent County | Texas | $72,889 ±$17,672 | 734 |
| 2166 | Clark County | Illinois | $72,927 ±$4,958 | 15,266 |
| 2167 | Carroll County | Iowa | $72,930 ±$2,443 | 20,594 |
| 2168 | Cottonwood County | Minnesota | $72,941 ±$5,820 | 11,458 |
| 2169 | Coconino County | Arizona | $72,966 ±$2,339 | 144,508 |
| 2170 | Finney County | Kansas | $73,009 ±$4,668 | 38,084 |
| 2171 | La Crosse County | Wisconsin | $73,013 ±$2,790 | 120,488 |
| 2172 | Hettinger County | North Dakota | $73,026 ±$8,453 | 2,432 |
| 2173 | Edgefield County | South Carolina | $73,029 ±$6,942 | 27,476 |
| 2174 | Park County | Wyoming | $73,035 ±$5,225 | 30,449 |
| 2175 | LaSalle County | Illinois | $73,045 ±$2,890 | 108,714 |
| 2176 | Shackelford County | Texas | $73,047 ±$13,485 | 3,175 |
| 2177 | Defiance County | Ohio | $73,064 ±$4,002 | 38,343 |
| 2178 | Mower County | Minnesota | $73,074 ±$2,698 | 40,343 |
| 2179 | Richland County | Montana | $73,084 ±$8,806 | 11,235 |
| 2180 | East Feliciana Parish | Louisiana | $73,085 ±$8,674 | 19,271 |
| 2181 | Sheboygan County | Wisconsin | $73,094 ±$2,384 | 117,991 |
| 2182 | Polk County | Minnesota | $73,107 ±$4,402 | 30,705 |
| 2183 | Hancock County | Ohio | $73,141 ±$3,050 | 74,866 |
| 2184 | Lake County | Florida | $73,161 ±$1,462 | 412,924 |
| 2185 | Franklin County | Missouri | $73,165 ±$2,639 | 105,950 |
| 2186 | Grant County | Washington | $73,267 ±$3,441 | 101,799 |
| 2187 | Morgan County | Colorado | $73,278 ±$2,653 | 29,520 |
| 2188 | Genesee County | New York | $73,314 ±$2,536 | 57,787 |
| 2189 | Marshall County | Iowa | $73,315 ±$3,402 | 40,114 |
| 2190 | Bennington County | Vermont | $73,325 ±$4,802 | 37,269 |
| 2191 | Cumberland County | Illinois | $73,327 ±$6,920 | 10,334 |
| 2192 | Ringgold County | Iowa | $73,346 ±$6,185 | 4,645 |
| 2193 | Lorain County | Ohio | $73,347 ±$1,501 | 317,129 |
| 2194 | Lawrence County | South Dakota | $73,384 ±$4,448 | 27,233 |
| 2195 | Hyde County | South Dakota | $73,472 ±$20,082 | 1,191 |
| 2196 | Indian River County | Florida | $73,491 ±$1,900 | 166,936 |
| 2197 | Washington County | New York | $73,495 ±$2,497 | 60,522 |
| 2198 | Jones County | Iowa | $73,531 ±$3,847 | 20,896 |
| 2199 | Bay County | Florida | $73,533 ±$2,046 | 186,393 |
| 2200 | Wayne County | Ohio | $73,574 ±$2,496 | 116,588 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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