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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2801 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | $88,267 ±$4,639 | 95,460 |
| 2802 | York County | Maine | $88,333 ±$2,794 | 216,731 |
| 2803 | Effingham County | Georgia | $88,438 ±$4,983 | 69,143 |
| 2804 | Fayette County | Tennessee | $88,456 ±$5,012 | 43,267 |
| 2805 | Clay County | Missouri | $88,468 ±$2,010 | 258,122 |
| 2806 | Charleston County | South Carolina | $88,494 ±$1,950 | 420,264 |
| 2807 | Strafford County | New Hampshire | $88,570 ±$4,424 | 132,575 |
| 2808 | Grand County | Colorado | $88,612 ±$8,655 | 15,895 |
| 2809 | Camden County | New Jersey | $88,755 ±$1,883 | 527,257 |
| 2810 | Multnomah County | Oregon | $88,766 ±$1,813 | 801,477 |
| 2811 | Henrico County | Virginia | $88,783 ±$2,074 | 335,744 |
| 2812 | Calumet County | Wisconsin | $88,810 ±$4,759 | 52,942 |
| 2813 | Hood River County | Oregon | $88,947 ±$6,561 | 23,905 |
| 2814 | Dare County | North Carolina | $88,994 ±$5,211 | 37,875 |
| 2815 | Miami County | Kansas | $89,000 ±$5,837 | 34,938 |
| 2816 | Cabarrus County | North Carolina | $89,005 ±$3,534 | 236,133 |
| 2817 | Lander County | Nevada | $89,014 ±$19,278 | 5,770 |
| 2818 | York County | South Carolina | $89,095 ±$2,015 | 293,673 |
| 2819 | Hays County | Texas | $89,097 ±$2,532 | 268,638 |
| 2820 | Kearny County | Kansas | $89,135 ±$17,102 | 3,864 |
| 2821 | Lee County | Georgia | $89,168 ±$5,114 | 33,626 |
| 2822 | Washtenaw County | Michigan | $89,180 ±$2,487 | 369,822 |
| 2823 | Northampton County | Pennsylvania | $89,184 ±$2,135 | 318,580 |
| 2824 | Leavenworth County | Kansas | $89,218 ±$5,420 | 83,123 |
| 2825 | Skagit County | Washington | $89,263 ±$2,583 | 131,328 |
| 2826 | Lincoln County | Missouri | $89,278 ±$1,971 | 63,057 |
| 2827 | Maricopa County | Arizona | $89,300 ±$562 | 4,559,748 |
| 2828 | Lincoln County | Wyoming | $89,330 ±$4,277 | 20,486 |
| 2829 | Kaufman County | Texas | $89,485 ±$5,546 | 172,604 |
| 2830 | Weston County | Wyoming | $89,509 ±$13,119 | 6,826 |
| 2831 | Jackson County | Georgia | $89,544 ±$3,436 | 84,757 |
| 2832 | Delaware County | Pennsylvania | $89,546 ±$1,375 | 579,222 |
| 2833 | Union County | South Dakota | $89,636 ±$5,949 | 17,081 |
| 2834 | Addison County | Vermont | $89,639 ±$4,396 | 37,664 |
| 2835 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | Connecticut | $89,667 ±$2,457 | 329,259 |
| 2836 | Nassau County | Florida | $89,804 ±$4,034 | 97,859 |
| 2837 | Greene County | Virginia | $89,808 ±$7,105 | 21,155 |
| 2838 | Butler County | Pennsylvania | $89,843 ±$2,409 | 197,254 |
| 2839 | Warrick County | Indiana | $89,844 ±$4,440 | 65,261 |
| 2840 | Cheatham County | Tennessee | $89,852 ±$6,619 | 41,829 |
| 2841 | Ocean County | New Jersey | $89,863 ±$1,555 | 654,362 |
| 2842 | Campbell County | Wyoming | $89,869 ±$5,261 | 47,240 |
| 2843 | Benton County | Washington | $89,874 ±$2,080 | 212,905 |
| 2844 | Nevada County | California | $89,882 ±$3,998 | 102,481 |
| 2845 | Dane County | Wisconsin | $89,975 ±$1,284 | 572,674 |
| 2846 | Weber County | Utah | $90,005 ±$2,070 | 269,648 |
| 2847 | Collier County | Florida | $90,045 ±$2,224 | 398,291 |
| 2848 | Yamhill County | Oregon | $90,063 ±$3,914 | 108,734 |
| 2849 | Orange County | North Carolina | $90,089 ±$2,394 | 149,678 |
| 2850 | Los Angeles County | California | $90,112 ±$392 | 9,808,667 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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