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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2401 | Kandiyohi County | Minnesota | $76,592 ±$2,794 | 44,079 |
| 2402 | Wayne County | Utah | $76,607 ±$7,650 | 2,584 |
| 2403 | Madera County | California | $76,627 ±$3,129 | 160,940 |
| 2404 | Osage County | Missouri | $76,681 ±$5,883 | 13,402 |
| 2405 | Amelia County | Virginia | $76,717 ±$10,778 | 13,462 |
| 2406 | Lyon County | Iowa | $76,746 ±$7,073 | 12,162 |
| 2407 | Howard County | Nebraska | $76,767 ±$7,196 | 6,534 |
| 2408 | Mercer County | Ohio | $76,782 ±$4,484 | 42,484 |
| 2409 | Lake County | South Dakota | $76,808 ±$7,301 | 10,972 |
| 2410 | Miami County | Ohio | $76,817 ±$2,939 | 110,296 |
| 2411 | Lincoln County | Maine | $76,875 ±$4,640 | 36,099 |
| 2412 | Minnehaha County | South Dakota | $76,880 ±$2,510 | 203,289 |
| 2413 | Wabaunsee County | Kansas | $76,908 ±$7,700 | 7,009 |
| 2414 | Greenville County | South Carolina | $76,932 ±$1,640 | 548,166 |
| 2415 | Onondaga County | New York | $76,945 ±$1,228 | 471,129 |
| 2416 | Montour County | Pennsylvania | $76,976 ±$5,786 | 18,103 |
| 2417 | Sweet Grass County | Montana | $77,000 ±$10,890 | 3,720 |
| 2418 | Franklin County | Pennsylvania | $77,003 ±$2,046 | 157,379 |
| 2419 | Brunswick County | North Carolina | $77,024 ±$2,734 | 152,568 |
| 2420 | Banks County | Georgia | $77,063 ±$8,642 | 19,264 |
| 2421 | Stearns County | Minnesota | $77,066 ±$1,832 | 160,865 |
| 2422 | Cleveland County | Oklahoma | $77,068 ±$2,731 | 300,047 |
| 2423 | Kane County | Utah | $77,092 ±$11,572 | 8,170 |
| 2424 | Newton County | Georgia | $77,179 ±$4,033 | 118,152 |
| 2425 | Red Lake County | Minnesota | $77,188 ±$6,316 | 3,915 |
| 2426 | Davis County | Iowa | $77,194 ±$9,649 | 9,157 |
| 2427 | Franklin County | Kansas | $77,207 ±$6,413 | 26,106 |
| 2428 | Polk County | Wisconsin | $77,219 ±$2,446 | 45,555 |
| 2429 | Oliver County | North Dakota | $77,240 ±$8,173 | 1,839 |
| 2430 | Rockdale County | Georgia | $77,247 ±$3,731 | 95,281 |
| 2431 | Lapeer County | Michigan | $77,306 ±$2,688 | 88,837 |
| 2432 | Jasper County | Indiana | $77,314 ±$4,570 | 33,234 |
| 2433 | Douglas County | Illinois | $77,320 ±$2,305 | 19,751 |
| 2434 | Pennington County | Minnesota | $77,325 ±$5,217 | 13,791 |
| 2435 | Monroe County | Michigan | $77,335 ±$2,293 | 155,505 |
| 2436 | Nemaha County | Kansas | $77,348 ±$5,680 | 10,160 |
| 2437 | Marion County | Oregon | $77,351 ±$1,920 | 349,244 |
| 2438 | Louisa County | Iowa | $77,354 ±$7,861 | 10,678 |
| 2439 | Flagler County | Florida | $77,363 ±$3,357 | 126,528 |
| 2440 | Blount County | Tennessee | $77,365 ±$2,375 | 139,333 |
| 2441 | Tuolumne County | California | $77,404 ±$5,095 | 54,498 |
| 2442 | Lexington County | South Carolina | $77,408 ±$1,670 | 304,887 |
| 2443 | Lumpkin County | Georgia | $77,448 ±$5,631 | 34,505 |
| 2444 | West Feliciana Parish | Louisiana | $77,452 ±$10,524 | 15,327 |
| 2445 | St. Clair County | Alabama | $77,463 ±$4,349 | 94,166 |
| 2446 | Barry County | Michigan | $77,500 ±$3,772 | 63,409 |
| 2446 | Gosper County | Nebraska | $77,500 ±$8,692 | 2,040 |
| 2446 | Steele County | North Dakota | $77,500 ±$18,242 | 1,804 |
| 2449 | Fillmore County | Minnesota | $77,512 ±$2,727 | 21,414 |
| 2450 | Lake of the Woods County | Minnesota | $77,546 ±$12,504 | 3,821 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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