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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Scotland County | North Carolina | $45,730 ±$3,850 | 33,590 |
| 202 | Wayne County | Kentucky | $45,739 ±$4,327 | 19,602 |
| 203 | Elliott County | Kentucky | $45,776 ±$9,791 | 7,307 |
| 204 | Roane County | West Virginia | $45,778 ±$3,029 | 13,786 |
| 205 | Clinch County | Georgia | $45,847 ±$11,463 | 6,759 |
| 206 | Glades County | Florida | $45,870 ±$9,869 | 12,563 |
| 207 | Panola County | Mississippi | $45,945 ±$6,120 | 32,808 |
| 208 | Douglas County | Missouri | $45,985 ±$4,512 | 11,965 |
| 209 | Johnson County | Arkansas | $45,995 ±$3,798 | 26,003 |
| 210 | Baker County | Georgia | $46,012 ±$14,727 | 2,790 |
| 211 | Benton County | Mississippi | $46,016 ±$8,749 | 7,589 |
| 212 | Washington County | Georgia | $46,023 ±$6,789 | 19,849 |
| 213 | Barbour County | Alabama | $46,042 ±$5,089 | 24,643 |
| 214 | Estill County | Kentucky | $46,051 ±$4,663 | 14,035 |
| 215 | Hardeman County | Tennessee | $46,069 ±$3,221 | 25,433 |
| 216 | Clarke County | Mississippi | $46,108 ±$4,727 | 15,314 |
| 217 | Terrell County | Georgia | $46,171 ±$7,974 | 8,850 |
| 218 | Lincoln County | West Virginia | $46,205 ±$6,238 | 19,902 |
| 219 | Williamsburg County | South Carolina | $46,213 ±$4,361 | 30,282 |
| 220 | Baca County | Colorado | $46,215 ±$8,944 | 3,428 |
| 221 | Pickens County | Alabama | $46,274 ±$2,486 | 18,721 |
| 222 | McIntosh County | Oklahoma | $46,281 ±$3,807 | 19,400 |
| 223 | Natchitoches Parish | Louisiana | $46,292 ±$2,441 | 36,693 |
| 224 | Garza County | Texas | $46,314 ±$16,002 | 5,118 |
| 225 | Scott County | Virginia | $46,349 ±$3,805 | 21,479 |
| 226 | Corson County | South Dakota | $46,406 ±$11,944 | 3,806 |
| 227 | Kemper County | Mississippi | $46,431 ±$5,352 | 8,729 |
| 228 | Allen Parish | Louisiana | $46,469 ±$4,198 | 22,477 |
| 229 | Dillon County | South Carolina | $46,605 ±$2,235 | 27,862 |
| 230 | Barnwell County | South Carolina | $46,626 ±$4,377 | 20,521 |
| 231 | King County | Texas | $46,645 ±$20,375 | 211 |
| 232 | Appling County | Georgia | $46,651 ±$6,244 | 18,493 |
| 233 | Crittenden County | Kentucky | $46,656 ±$4,388 | 8,979 |
| 234 | Union County | New Mexico | $46,694 ±$17,202 | 4,013 |
| 235 | Oktibbeha County | Mississippi | $46,695 ±$4,149 | 51,771 |
| 236 | Poinsett County | Arkansas | $46,707 ±$3,936 | 22,543 |
| 237 | Martinsville city | Virginia | $46,727 ±$5,215 | 13,658 |
| 238 | Lawrence County | Kentucky | $46,772 ±$5,311 | 16,077 |
| 239 | Hempstead County | Arkansas | $46,787 ±$3,777 | 19,508 |
| 240 | Webster County | Georgia | $46,792 ±$11,399 | 2,381 |
| 241 | Green County | Kentucky | $46,798 ±$9,020 | 11,369 |
| 242 | Brooks County | Georgia | $46,807 ±$5,373 | 16,293 |
| 243 | Lewis County | Kentucky | $46,838 ±$5,284 | 12,965 |
| 244 | Meigs County | Ohio | $46,873 ±$3,283 | 21,896 |
| 245 | Glacier County | Montana | $46,875 ±$11,273 | 13,637 |
| 246 | Calhoun County | Georgia | $46,940 ±$11,345 | 5,498 |
| 247 | Franklin Parish | Louisiana | $47,020 ±$4,584 | 19,408 |
| 248 | Caldwell Parish | Louisiana | $47,028 ±$6,721 | 9,500 |
| 249 | Alexander County | Illinois | $47,043 ±$5,354 | 4,875 |
| 250 | Buffalo County | South Dakota | $47,045 ±$11,995 | 1,808 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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