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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2451 | Campbell County | Kentucky | $77,567 ±$2,690 | 93,426 |
| 2452 | Windsor County | Vermont | $77,594 ±$3,244 | 57,990 |
| 2453 | Dubuque County | Iowa | $77,630 ±$2,303 | 99,030 |
| 2454 | Broward County | Florida | $77,633 ±$979 | 1,977,129 |
| 2455 | Sibley County | Minnesota | $77,634 ±$3,949 | 15,005 |
| 2456 | Linn County | Iowa | $77,649 ±$2,246 | 230,004 |
| 2457 | Benton County | Oregon | $77,702 ±$4,029 | 96,303 |
| 2458 | Midland County | Michigan | $77,705 ±$2,331 | 83,757 |
| 2459 | Guthrie County | Iowa | $77,711 ±$5,028 | 10,688 |
| 2460 | Washington County | Maryland | $77,747 ±$1,758 | 155,709 |
| 2461 | York County | Nebraska | $77,757 ±$6,543 | 14,286 |
| 2462 | San Juan County | Colorado | $77,824 ±$31,042 | 724 |
| 2463 | Washington County | Texas | $77,825 ±$5,635 | 36,647 |
| 2464 | Macomb County | Michigan | $77,837 ±$1,037 | 879,853 |
| 2465 | Davidson County | Tennessee | $77,853 ±$1,253 | 715,388 |
| 2466 | Bingham County | Idaho | $77,878 ±$5,354 | 49,664 |
| 2467 | Marathon County | Wisconsin | $77,884 ±$2,218 | 138,403 |
| 2468 | Greene County | New York | $77,945 ±$5,126 | 47,409 |
| 2469 | Sargent County | North Dakota | $77,946 ±$7,685 | 3,804 |
| 2470 | Tazewell County | Illinois | $77,982 ±$1,962 | 130,290 |
| 2471 | Worth County | Iowa | $78,008 ±$6,274 | 7,350 |
| 2472 | Surry County | Virginia | $78,041 ±$15,313 | 6,549 |
| 2473 | Atlantic County | New Jersey | $78,050 ±$1,834 | 276,270 |
| 2474 | Franklin County | Indiana | $78,074 ±$10,218 | 23,020 |
| 2474 | Medina County | Texas | $78,074 ±$4,066 | 53,547 |
| 2476 | Whitley County | Indiana | $78,083 ±$4,394 | 34,618 |
| 2477 | Racine County | Wisconsin | $78,096 ±$2,301 | 197,532 |
| 2478 | Morgan County | Georgia | $78,111 ±$4,637 | 21,078 |
| 2479 | Emmet County | Michigan | $78,112 ±$4,802 | 34,125 |
| 2480 | Posey County | Indiana | $78,129 ±$4,823 | 25,116 |
| 2481 | Marshall County | South Dakota | $78,156 ±$10,504 | 4,344 |
| 2482 | Dorchester County | South Carolina | $78,198 ±$3,042 | 167,201 |
| 2483 | Washington County | Illinois | $78,224 ±$6,305 | 13,627 |
| 2484 | Buchanan County | Iowa | $78,236 ±$3,797 | 20,694 |
| 2485 | Lewis and Clark County | Montana | $78,237 ±$3,203 | 73,464 |
| 2486 | Ward County | North Dakota | $78,238 ±$3,810 | 68,973 |
| 2487 | Elmore County | Alabama | $78,243 ±$3,156 | 89,526 |
| 2488 | Scott County | Iowa | $78,277 ±$1,709 | 174,608 |
| 2489 | Putnam County | Indiana | $78,378 ±$6,390 | 37,280 |
| 2490 | Lebanon County | Pennsylvania | $78,425 ±$2,044 | 144,186 |
| 2491 | Eddy County | New Mexico | $78,426 ±$5,993 | 61,105 |
| 2492 | Moody County | South Dakota | $78,427 ±$5,497 | 6,397 |
| 2493 | Warren County | New York | $78,442 ±$3,623 | 65,517 |
| 2494 | Duchesne County | Utah | $78,445 ±$3,803 | 20,185 |
| 2495 | Manatee County | Florida | $78,457 ±$1,393 | 429,792 |
| 2496 | Brevard County | Florida | $78,476 ±$1,054 | 632,780 |
| 2497 | Brown County | Indiana | $78,528 ±$8,503 | 15,606 |
| 2498 | Dillingham Census Area | Alaska | $78,533 ±$6,466 | 4,724 |
| 2499 | Allegheny County | Pennsylvania | $78,548 ±$994 | 1,238,177 |
| 2500 | Spokane County | Washington | $78,582 ±$1,591 | 549,056 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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