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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301 | Oneida County | Idaho | $74,954 ±$10,927 | 4,768 |
| 2302 | Harris County | Texas | $74,983 ±$639 | 4,838,303 |
| 2303 | Delaware County | Iowa | $74,989 ±$6,892 | 17,558 |
| 2304 | Dickson County | Tennessee | $75,003 ±$3,342 | 55,983 |
| 2305 | Grant County | South Dakota | $75,028 ±$9,695 | 7,563 |
| 2306 | Oglethorpe County | Georgia | $75,034 ±$7,521 | 15,509 |
| 2306 | Sweetwater County | Wyoming | $75,034 ±$3,808 | 41,542 |
| 2308 | Oconto County | Wisconsin | $75,049 ±$2,860 | 39,589 |
| 2309 | Davie County | North Carolina | $75,057 ±$2,836 | 44,122 |
| 2310 | Middlesex County | Virginia | $75,060 ±$9,373 | 10,847 |
| 2311 | Douglas County | Wisconsin | $75,099 ±$3,609 | 44,229 |
| 2312 | Petersburg Borough | Alaska | $75,125 ±$14,547 | 3,409 |
| 2313 | New Hanover County | North Carolina | $75,166 ±$2,054 | 235,229 |
| 2314 | Franklin County | Ohio | $75,176 ±$980 | 1,333,048 |
| 2315 | Jackson County | Kansas | $75,215 ±$5,075 | 13,341 |
| 2316 | Madison County | Montana | $75,250 ±$4,431 | 9,223 |
| 2317 | Pepin County | Wisconsin | $75,256 ±$2,957 | 7,431 |
| 2318 | Bear Lake County | Idaho | $75,260 ±$9,578 | 6,650 |
| 2319 | Cameron Parish | Louisiana | $75,278 ±$11,275 | 5,015 |
| 2320 | Morrow County | Ohio | $75,283 ±$4,487 | 35,404 |
| 2321 | Lyon County | Minnesota | $75,303 ±$2,081 | 25,503 |
| 2322 | Kosciusko County | Indiana | $75,317 ±$2,941 | 80,442 |
| 2323 | Sangamon County | Illinois | $75,357 ±$1,749 | 194,947 |
| 2324 | Charles City County | Virginia | $75,417 ±$9,739 | 6,627 |
| 2325 | Grady County | Oklahoma | $75,419 ±$4,496 | 56,606 |
| 2326 | Dickinson County | Iowa | $75,432 ±$5,466 | 17,990 |
| 2326 | Richland County | North Dakota | $75,432 ±$4,512 | 16,584 |
| 2328 | Meeker County | Minnesota | $75,446 ±$2,499 | 23,468 |
| 2329 | Morrow County | Oregon | $75,448 ±$7,431 | 12,300 |
| 2330 | Newton County | Indiana | $75,481 ±$7,095 | 13,922 |
| 2331 | Madison County | New York | $75,499 ±$3,230 | 67,328 |
| 2332 | Jones County | Georgia | $75,500 ±$4,081 | 28,673 |
| 2333 | Kiowa County | Kansas | $75,539 ±$7,278 | 2,422 |
| 2334 | Lake County | Minnesota | $75,541 ±$4,705 | 10,879 |
| 2335 | Cass County | North Dakota | $75,555 ±$2,103 | 193,400 |
| 2336 | Champaign County | Ohio | $75,556 ±$3,880 | 38,804 |
| 2337 | Putnam County | Illinois | $75,590 ±$4,927 | 5,601 |
| 2338 | Missoula County | Montana | $75,598 ±$2,922 | 120,672 |
| 2339 | Williamsburg city | Virginia | $75,604 ±$10,916 | 15,798 |
| 2340 | Ionia County | Michigan | $75,611 ±$2,186 | 66,574 |
| 2341 | Montgomery County | Tennessee | $75,613 ±$2,227 | 234,153 |
| 2342 | Andrew County | Missouri | $75,625 ±$4,530 | 18,065 |
| 2343 | Washington County | Iowa | $75,647 ±$2,941 | 22,561 |
| 2344 | Butte County | South Dakota | $75,652 ±$11,248 | 10,676 |
| 2345 | Logan County | Kansas | $75,662 ±$6,498 | 2,707 |
| 2346 | Colusa County | California | $75,672 ±$6,385 | 21,984 |
| 2347 | Rock County | Wisconsin | $75,673 ±$2,128 | 164,350 |
| 2348 | Chickasaw County | Iowa | $75,675 ±$4,902 | 11,807 |
| 2349 | Stevens County | Minnesota | $75,733 ±$6,143 | 9,739 |
| 2350 | Ransom County | North Dakota | $75,736 ±$5,220 | 5,643 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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