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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2851 | Sumner County | Tennessee | $90,301 ±$2,629 | 204,424 |
| 2852 | El Paso County | Colorado | $90,363 ±$1,401 | 742,999 |
| 2853 | Johnson County | Indiana | $90,454 ±$2,271 | 166,315 |
| 2854 | Ottawa County | Michigan | $90,502 ±$1,860 | 301,203 |
| 2855 | Chugach Census Area | Alaska | $90,509 ±$6,779 | 6,862 |
| 2856 | Island County | Washington | $90,551 ±$4,001 | 86,836 |
| 2857 | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | Connecticut | $90,589 ±$4,016 | 96,312 |
| 2858 | Mills County | Iowa | $90,753 ±$5,692 | 14,568 |
| 2859 | Douglas County | Nevada | $90,754 ±$5,718 | 49,623 |
| 2860 | Madison County | Iowa | $90,855 ±$10,483 | 16,926 |
| 2861 | Fairfield County | Ohio | $90,966 ±$2,392 | 163,453 |
| 2862 | Ouray County | Colorado | $91,020 ±$11,186 | 5,087 |
| 2863 | Camden County | North Carolina | $91,078 ±$14,321 | 10,927 |
| 2864 | Cape May County | New Jersey | $91,128 ±$3,274 | 94,941 |
| 2865 | Garfield County | Colorado | $91,131 ±$5,607 | 62,479 |
| 2866 | New Castle County | Delaware | $91,166 ±$1,765 | 577,961 |
| 2867 | Woodford County | Illinois | $91,483 ±$4,526 | 38,312 |
| 2868 | Ada County | Idaho | $91,502 ±$1,355 | 518,935 |
| 2869 | Ascension Parish | Louisiana | $91,549 ±$5,417 | 130,314 |
| 2870 | Burke County | North Dakota | $91,591 ±$10,106 | 2,156 |
| 2871 | Yolo County | California | $91,752 ±$3,365 | 220,564 |
| 2872 | Baltimore County | Maryland | $91,768 ±$1,446 | 850,796 |
| 2873 | Hudson County | New Jersey | $91,795 ±$1,657 | 718,323 |
| 2874 | Cass County | Nebraska | $91,836 ±$2,950 | 27,161 |
| 2875 | Divide County | North Dakota | $91,852 ±$14,907 | 2,167 |
| 2876 | Santa Rosa County | Florida | $91,922 ±$2,448 | 198,472 |
| 2877 | Cecil County | Maryland | $92,007 ±$3,833 | 104,960 |
| 2878 | Pierce County | Wisconsin | $92,109 ±$5,320 | 42,584 |
| 2879 | Sacramento County | California | $92,175 ±$1,010 | 1,594,006 |
| 2880 | San Joaquin County | California | $92,179 ±$1,619 | 797,334 |
| 2881 | Grundy County | Illinois | $92,235 ±$7,255 | 53,219 |
| 2882 | Pottawatomie County | Kansas | $92,325 ±$5,521 | 26,204 |
| 2883 | Guadalupe County | Texas | $92,375 ±$3,124 | 183,642 |
| 2884 | Blanco County | Texas | $92,425 ±$6,033 | 12,446 |
| 2885 | Blaine County | Idaho | $92,566 ±$6,339 | 24,951 |
| 2886 | Suffolk city | Virginia | $92,666 ±$3,881 | 98,796 |
| 2887 | Deschutes County | Oregon | $92,758 ±$3,033 | 206,334 |
| 2888 | Belknap County | New Hampshire | $92,783 ±$4,217 | 64,659 |
| 2889 | Midland County | Texas | $92,874 ±$5,211 | 174,801 |
| 2890 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Alaska | $92,885 ±$5,657 | 13,768 |
| 2891 | Virginia Beach city | Virginia | $92,968 ±$1,774 | 456,349 |
| 2892 | Dawson County | Georgia | $92,991 ±$6,574 | 30,242 |
| 2893 | Riverside County | California | $93,074 ±$1,015 | 2,478,600 |
| 2894 | Hancock County | Indiana | $93,186 ±$2,739 | 84,037 |
| 2895 | Calhoun County | Illinois | $93,203 ±$10,314 | 4,330 |
| 2896 | Skamania County | Washington | $93,265 ±$3,234 | 12,402 |
| 2897 | Capitol Planning Region | Connecticut | $93,394 ±$1,372 | 977,290 |
| 2898 | McKenzie County | North Dakota | $93,404 ±$14,393 | 14,321 |
| 2899 | Storey County | Nevada | $93,409 ±$21,200 | 4,140 |
| 2900 | Wise County | Texas | $93,421 ±$4,689 | 75,005 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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