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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2351 | Jackson County | Minnesota | $75,743 ±$3,304 | 9,933 |
| 2352 | Portage County | Ohio | $75,766 ±$3,140 | 161,956 |
| 2353 | Turner County | South Dakota | $75,771 ±$3,090 | 8,882 |
| 2354 | Austin County | Texas | $75,789 ±$8,661 | 31,170 |
| 2355 | Madison County | Illinois | $75,793 ±$1,799 | 264,238 |
| 2356 | Hardin County | Texas | $75,808 ±$5,192 | 57,642 |
| 2357 | Bandera County | Texas | $75,813 ±$6,485 | 22,021 |
| 2358 | Hartley County | Texas | $75,841 ±$15,329 | 5,215 |
| 2359 | Fayette County | Texas | $75,854 ±$3,307 | 25,042 |
| 2360 | Mathews County | Virginia | $75,880 ±$11,970 | 8,540 |
| 2361 | Buffalo County | Nebraska | $75,911 ±$3,710 | 50,579 |
| 2362 | Dodge County | Wisconsin | $75,929 ±$2,575 | 88,742 |
| 2363 | Hinsdale County | Colorado | $75,972 ±$34,687 | 1,005 |
| 2364 | Dubois County | Indiana | $75,979 ±$4,593 | 43,614 |
| 2365 | Berkshire County | Massachusetts | $76,013 ±$3,051 | 129,430 |
| 2366 | Portage County | Wisconsin | $76,070 ±$1,950 | 70,832 |
| 2367 | Valley County | Idaho | $76,078 ±$7,816 | 12,389 |
| 2368 | Kittson County | Minnesota | $76,100 ±$9,695 | 4,084 |
| 2369 | Ottawa County | Ohio | $76,101 ±$3,220 | 39,994 |
| 2370 | Lee County | Florida | $76,107 ±$1,463 | 817,666 |
| 2371 | Maury County | Tennessee | $76,130 ±$3,947 | 107,791 |
| 2372 | Holmes County | Ohio | $76,140 ±$3,960 | 44,418 |
| 2372 | Miner County | South Dakota | $76,140 ±$5,254 | 2,300 |
| 2374 | Tipton County | Indiana | $76,156 ±$6,048 | 15,346 |
| 2375 | Gillespie County | Texas | $76,162 ±$7,606 | 27,524 |
| 2376 | Hamilton County | Tennessee | $76,183 ±$1,947 | 376,192 |
| 2377 | Wicomico County | Maryland | $76,210 ±$3,602 | 104,914 |
| 2378 | Pope County | Minnesota | $76,220 ±$1,806 | 11,418 |
| 2379 | Dauphin County | Pennsylvania | $76,242 ±$1,935 | 289,593 |
| 2380 | Fallon County | Montana | $76,250 ±$13,756 | 2,760 |
| 2380 | Arthur County | Nebraska | $76,250 ±$23,887 | 484 |
| 2382 | Jefferson County | Oregon | $76,260 ±$6,324 | 25,203 |
| 2383 | Waseca County | Minnesota | $76,261 ±$4,791 | 18,885 |
| 2384 | Fillmore County | Nebraska | $76,295 ±$4,730 | 5,541 |
| 2385 | Trempealeau County | Wisconsin | $76,313 ±$3,713 | 30,839 |
| 2386 | Linn County | Oregon | $76,329 ±$2,762 | 130,706 |
| 2387 | Lee County | Texas | $76,371 ±$8,546 | 17,971 |
| 2388 | Yuba County | California | $76,373 ±$4,587 | 84,507 |
| 2389 | Monroe County | New York | $76,382 ±$1,188 | 753,753 |
| 2390 | Union County | Pennsylvania | $76,404 ±$4,078 | 42,456 |
| 2391 | Union County | Indiana | $76,424 ±$6,926 | 6,985 |
| 2392 | Lafayette County | Wisconsin | $76,462 ±$2,610 | 16,942 |
| 2393 | Clark County | Nevada | $76,472 ±$643 | 2,329,548 |
| 2394 | Canyon County | Idaho | $76,488 ±$1,853 | 250,790 |
| 2395 | Colonial Heights city | Virginia | $76,505 ±$5,526 | 18,352 |
| 2396 | Sumter County | Florida | $76,508 ±$3,168 | 143,408 |
| 2397 | Charlevoix County | Michigan | $76,531 ±$3,028 | 26,108 |
| 2397 | Cowlitz County | Washington | $76,531 ±$3,128 | 112,360 |
| 2399 | Dallas County | Texas | $76,547 ±$806 | 2,621,179 |
| 2400 | Yellowstone County | Montana | $76,570 ±$2,657 | 168,957 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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