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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2550 | Somervell County | Texas | $79,825 ±$23,833 | 9,691 |
| 2552 | Baker County | Florida | $79,836 ±$10,214 | 28,430 |
| 2553 | Oldham County | Texas | $79,900 ±$7,717 | 2,249 |
| 2554 | Bartholomew County | Indiana | $79,901 ±$3,751 | 83,536 |
| 2555 | McLean County | Illinois | $79,905 ±$2,544 | 171,556 |
| 2556 | Saline County | Nebraska | $79,910 ±$4,360 | 14,650 |
| 2557 | Calhoun County | Texas | $79,959 ±$8,800 | 19,868 |
| 2558 | Salem County | New Jersey | $79,960 ±$3,982 | 65,275 |
| 2559 | Lincoln County | North Carolina | $80,016 ±$4,599 | 92,716 |
| 2560 | Rogers County | Oklahoma | $80,067 ±$1,780 | 98,610 |
| 2561 | Lehigh County | Pennsylvania | $80,079 ±$1,728 | 378,792 |
| 2562 | McLeod County | Minnesota | $80,084 ±$3,795 | 36,798 |
| 2563 | Henry County | Ohio | $80,099 ±$5,385 | 27,567 |
| 2564 | Clay County | Texas | $80,114 ±$7,097 | 10,495 |
| 2565 | Livingston Parish | Louisiana | $80,122 ±$3,916 | 148,115 |
| 2566 | Kent County | Maryland | $80,147 ±$6,687 | 19,346 |
| 2567 | Laramie County | Wyoming | $80,173 ±$3,160 | 101,060 |
| 2568 | Carbon County | Montana | $80,261 ±$9,036 | 11,116 |
| 2569 | Kings County | New York | $80,263 ±$946 | 2,631,580 |
| 2570 | Pinal County | Arizona | $80,266 ±$1,518 | 469,006 |
| 2571 | Jersey County | Illinois | $80,361 ±$7,869 | 21,274 |
| 2572 | Douglas County | Washington | $80,363 ±$6,149 | 44,366 |
| 2573 | Douglas County | Nebraska | $80,391 ±$1,443 | 590,736 |
| 2574 | Pender County | North Carolina | $80,396 ±$3,889 | 65,550 |
| 2575 | Waller County | Texas | $80,397 ±$5,053 | 61,552 |
| 2576 | Effingham County | Illinois | $80,404 ±$3,469 | 34,522 |
| 2577 | Harding County | South Dakota | $80,441 ±$9,875 | 1,148 |
| 2578 | Walworth County | Wisconsin | $80,520 ±$1,990 | 105,657 |
| 2579 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | $80,538 ±$5,216 | 60,413 |
| 2580 | Kenton County | Kentucky | $80,548 ±$2,918 | 171,288 |
| 2581 | Bullitt County | Kentucky | $80,558 ±$2,390 | 84,027 |
| 2582 | Greeley County | Kansas | $80,565 ±$8,227 | 1,304 |
| 2583 | Carlton County | Minnesota | $80,573 ±$4,049 | 36,518 |
| 2584 | Cedar County | Iowa | $80,602 ±$2,675 | 18,349 |
| 2585 | Lafayette County | Missouri | $80,612 ±$6,979 | 33,115 |
| 2586 | Washington County | Utah | $80,632 ±$3,644 | 196,431 |
| 2587 | DeKalb County | Georgia | $80,644 ±$1,859 | 765,351 |
| 2588 | Barrow County | Georgia | $80,653 ±$4,208 | 89,886 |
| 2589 | LaMoure County | North Dakota | $80,664 ±$8,147 | 4,118 |
| 2590 | Stanton County | Nebraska | $80,687 ±$8,351 | 5,796 |
| 2591 | Rockingham County | Virginia | $80,693 ±$2,623 | 85,600 |
| 2592 | Houston County | Georgia | $80,698 ±$3,122 | 169,649 |
| 2593 | Mountrail County | North Dakota | $80,717 ±$8,110 | 9,507 |
| 2594 | McHenry County | North Dakota | $80,733 ±$9,698 | 5,207 |
| 2595 | Denali Borough | Alaska | $80,781 ±$19,953 | 1,969 |
| 2596 | Essex County | New Jersey | $80,789 ±$1,638 | 863,002 |
| 2597 | Lyon County | Nevada | $80,812 ±$5,156 | 61,680 |
| 2598 | Berkeley County | West Virginia | $80,815 ±$2,551 | 129,514 |
| 2599 | Sullivan County | New Hampshire | $80,858 ±$3,824 | 43,715 |
| 2600 | St. Charles Parish | Louisiana | $80,897 ±$7,419 | 51,396 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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