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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2201 | Cedar County | Nebraska | $73,578 ±$6,868 | 8,315 |
| 2202 | Pottawattamie County | Iowa | $73,602 ±$1,625 | 93,424 |
| 2203 | Millard County | Utah | $73,639 ±$4,219 | 13,315 |
| 2204 | Mesa County | Colorado | $73,658 ±$2,093 | 158,601 |
| 2204 | Woodbury County | Iowa | $73,658 ±$2,611 | 106,247 |
| 2206 | Lynn County | Texas | $73,679 ±$7,427 | 5,752 |
| 2207 | Carroll County | Georgia | $73,714 ±$2,711 | 124,569 |
| 2208 | Butler County | Iowa | $73,715 ±$2,576 | 14,268 |
| 2209 | Brule County | South Dakota | $73,720 ±$7,160 | 5,283 |
| 2210 | Uintah County | Utah | $73,746 ±$3,902 | 37,056 |
| 2211 | Kalawao County | Hawaii | $73,750 ±$39,918 | 67 |
| 2211 | Sheridan County | Kansas | $73,750 ±$8,183 | 2,426 |
| 2211 | Jerauld County | South Dakota | $73,750 ±$17,436 | 1,772 |
| 2214 | Livingston County | Illinois | $73,790 ±$4,066 | 35,565 |
| 2215 | Kittitas County | Washington | $73,804 ±$4,984 | 47,172 |
| 2216 | Sac County | Iowa | $73,838 ±$5,248 | 9,689 |
| 2217 | Moffat County | Colorado | $73,849 ±$8,536 | 13,207 |
| 2218 | St. Clair County | Illinois | $73,854 ±$1,990 | 253,694 |
| 2219 | Knox County | Ohio | $73,878 ±$3,321 | 63,142 |
| 2220 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | Alaska | $73,882 ±$9,413 | 7,068 |
| 2221 | Grant County | Minnesota | $73,917 ±$4,554 | 6,127 |
| 2222 | Flathead County | Montana | $73,925 ±$2,517 | 110,695 |
| 2223 | Cooke County | Texas | $73,932 ±$4,874 | 43,046 |
| 2224 | Nuckolls County | Nebraska | $73,976 ±$4,975 | 4,087 |
| 2225 | Hutchinson County | South Dakota | $73,977 ±$8,995 | 7,404 |
| 2226 | Shelby County | Ohio | $73,978 ±$3,615 | 47,929 |
| 2227 | Inyo County | California | $73,991 ±$4,815 | 18,739 |
| 2228 | Jo Daviess County | Illinois | $73,993 ±$4,296 | 21,851 |
| 2229 | Bethel Census Area | Alaska | $73,996 ±$3,210 | 18,394 |
| 2230 | Jackson County | Oregon | $73,999 ±$1,600 | 222,645 |
| 2231 | Yellow Medicine County | Minnesota | $74,000 ±$5,199 | 9,451 |
| 2231 | Kingsbury County | South Dakota | $74,000 ±$6,554 | 5,244 |
| 2233 | Livingston County | New York | $74,001 ±$2,171 | 61,498 |
| 2234 | Ottawa County | Kansas | $74,018 ±$12,077 | 5,819 |
| 2235 | Tompkins County | New York | $74,024 ±$4,332 | 104,537 |
| 2236 | Doniphan County | Kansas | $74,028 ±$5,768 | 7,503 |
| 2237 | Murray County | Minnesota | $74,033 ±$3,954 | 8,097 |
| 2238 | Pickaway County | Ohio | $74,040 ±$3,061 | 60,131 |
| 2239 | Jefferson County | Washington | $74,048 ±$4,031 | 33,577 |
| 2240 | Knox County | Maine | $74,096 ±$3,739 | 41,003 |
| 2241 | Westmoreland County | Pennsylvania | $74,109 ±$1,340 | 352,500 |
| 2242 | Tipton County | Tennessee | $74,127 ±$2,721 | 61,553 |
| 2243 | Gaines County | Texas | $74,132 ±$12,194 | 22,232 |
| 2244 | Callaway County | Missouri | $74,176 ±$2,935 | 44,741 |
| 2245 | Mason County | Texas | $74,180 ±$6,905 | 3,955 |
| 2246 | Mercer County | Illinois | $74,182 ±$7,031 | 15,495 |
| 2247 | Jackson County | Iowa | $74,186 ±$6,396 | 19,390 |
| 2248 | Smith County | Texas | $74,192 ±$2,224 | 241,740 |
| 2249 | Fresno County | California | $74,201 ±$1,322 | 1,016,725 |
| 2250 | Walla Walla County | Washington | $74,202 ±$4,241 | 62,161 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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