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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2651 | Colfax County | Nebraska | $82,530 ±$6,588 | 10,641 |
| 2652 | Shelby County | Kentucky | $82,604 ±$4,414 | 49,096 |
| 2653 | Kent County | Michigan | $82,631 ±$1,165 | 663,150 |
| 2654 | Kewaunee County | Wisconsin | $82,725 ±$3,250 | 20,664 |
| 2655 | Jefferson County | Missouri | $82,851 ±$2,327 | 229,458 |
| 2656 | Green County | Wisconsin | $82,852 ±$2,865 | 37,017 |
| 2657 | St. Louis County | Missouri | $82,936 ±$1,390 | 995,569 |
| 2658 | Martin County | Florida | $82,943 ±$2,984 | 162,176 |
| 2659 | Uinta County | Wyoming | $82,980 ±$3,820 | 20,644 |
| 2660 | Douglas County | Georgia | $82,984 ±$3,540 | 147,888 |
| 2661 | Robertson County | Tennessee | $83,047 ±$4,193 | 75,539 |
| 2662 | Archuleta County | Colorado | $83,065 ±$7,046 | 13,900 |
| 2663 | Deuel County | South Dakota | $83,112 ±$3,713 | 4,328 |
| 2664 | Henry County | Georgia | $83,146 ±$2,422 | 249,960 |
| 2665 | Rice County | Minnesota | $83,181 ±$2,894 | 67,917 |
| 2666 | Monroe County | Georgia | $83,183 ±$7,764 | 29,664 |
| 2667 | Plymouth County | Iowa | $83,251 ±$4,100 | 25,747 |
| 2668 | Mason County | Washington | $83,270 ±$4,720 | 67,982 |
| 2669 | Allegan County | Michigan | $83,283 ±$2,480 | 121,456 |
| 2670 | Cheshire County | New Hampshire | $83,329 ±$3,984 | 77,297 |
| 2671 | Rappahannock County | Virginia | $83,380 ±$18,445 | 7,427 |
| 2672 | Johnston County | North Carolina | $83,384 ±$2,239 | 234,263 |
| 2673 | Sarasota County | Florida | $83,416 ±$1,422 | 459,547 |
| 2674 | Christian County | Missouri | $83,437 ±$2,702 | 92,915 |
| 2675 | Madison County | Mississippi | $83,441 ±$2,944 | 111,647 |
| 2676 | Washington County | Vermont | $83,449 ±$2,615 | 60,017 |
| 2677 | Cook County | Illinois | $83,498 ±$630 | 5,182,090 |
| 2678 | Boone County | Iowa | $83,531 ±$5,481 | 26,668 |
| 2679 | Monroe County | Pennsylvania | $83,565 ±$2,142 | 167,515 |
| 2680 | Polk County | Iowa | $83,576 ±$1,283 | 503,175 |
| 2681 | Palm Beach County | Florida | $83,581 ±$1,022 | 1,533,806 |
| 2682 | McLean County | North Dakota | $83,583 ±$6,887 | 9,823 |
| 2683 | Sublette County | Wyoming | $83,597 ±$18,534 | 8,838 |
| 2684 | Limestone County | Alabama | $83,629 ±$4,065 | 111,233 |
| 2685 | Dinwiddie County | Virginia | $83,704 ±$5,844 | 28,191 |
| 2686 | Roanoke County | Virginia | $83,709 ±$2,594 | 97,023 |
| 2687 | Jefferson County | Wisconsin | $83,750 ±$2,615 | 86,003 |
| 2688 | Woodford County | Kentucky | $83,788 ±$5,985 | 27,279 |
| 2689 | McCook County | South Dakota | $83,852 ±$2,719 | 5,751 |
| 2690 | Randall County | Texas | $83,864 ±$2,804 | 146,070 |
| 2691 | Logan County | Oklahoma | $83,899 ±$4,213 | 51,938 |
| 2692 | Hamilton County | Nebraska | $83,994 ±$5,792 | 9,464 |
| 2693 | Northwest Arctic Borough | Alaska | $84,018 ±$4,761 | 7,441 |
| 2694 | Adams County | Pennsylvania | $84,092 ±$2,436 | 106,115 |
| 2695 | Custer County | South Dakota | $84,112 ±$3,932 | 8,892 |
| 2696 | Chaffee County | Colorado | $84,132 ±$7,235 | 20,178 |
| 2697 | Goodhue County | Minnesota | $84,171 ±$3,026 | 47,943 |
| 2698 | Loudon County | Tennessee | $84,185 ±$3,910 | 58,580 |
| 2699 | Steele County | Minnesota | $84,196 ±$5,645 | 37,439 |
| 2700 | Tarrant County | Texas | $84,207 ±$832 | 2,167,390 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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