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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Lincoln County | Montana | $47,143 ±$5,050 | 21,175 |
| 252 | Alleghany County | North Carolina | $47,172 ±$4,894 | 11,174 |
| 253 | Lanier County | Georgia | $47,186 ±$4,932 | 10,221 |
| 254 | Wayne County | Missouri | $47,226 ±$4,530 | 10,862 |
| 255 | Dickenson County | Virginia | $47,254 ±$4,756 | 13,733 |
| 256 | Anson County | North Carolina | $47,302 ±$5,753 | 22,289 |
| 257 | Tazewell County | Virginia | $47,313 ±$3,483 | 39,624 |
| 258 | Ware County | Georgia | $47,448 ±$4,063 | 35,976 |
| 259 | Grundy County | Tennessee | $47,593 ±$6,668 | 13,819 |
| 260 | Jackson County | Colorado | $47,667 ±$22,569 | 1,372 |
| 261 | McKinley County | New Mexico | $47,668 ±$2,757 | 70,431 |
| 262 | Grayson County | Virginia | $47,730 ±$6,163 | 15,287 |
| 263 | Brooks County | Texas | $47,764 ±$16,489 | 6,943 |
| 264 | Choctaw County | Alabama | $47,813 ±$8,438 | 12,380 |
| 265 | Worth County | Missouri | $47,847 ±$10,123 | 1,934 |
| 266 | Dunklin County | Missouri | $47,849 ±$4,146 | 27,493 |
| 267 | Fairfield County | South Carolina | $47,885 ±$4,289 | 20,550 |
| 268 | Wright County | Missouri | $47,909 ±$4,190 | 18,965 |
| 269 | Morgan County | Kentucky | $47,913 ±$3,351 | 14,053 |
| 270 | Putnam County | Florida | $47,934 ±$2,163 | 75,164 |
| 271 | Pushmataha County | Oklahoma | $47,940 ±$4,674 | 10,790 |
| 272 | Jackson County | Tennessee | $47,951 ±$8,012 | 12,029 |
| 273 | Gilmer County | West Virginia | $47,981 ±$4,227 | 7,288 |
| 274 | Cocke County | Tennessee | $48,016 ±$3,856 | 36,813 |
| 275 | Adair County | Oklahoma | $48,041 ±$3,711 | 19,575 |
| 276 | Seminole County | Oklahoma | $48,062 ±$2,882 | 23,494 |
| 277 | Woodruff County | Arkansas | $48,158 ±$6,537 | 6,026 |
| 278 | Mississippi County | Missouri | $48,160 ±$7,079 | 11,902 |
| 279 | Cedar County | Missouri | $48,181 ±$4,496 | 14,615 |
| 280 | Greenbrier County | West Virginia | $48,218 ±$3,001 | 32,386 |
| 281 | Escambia County | Alabama | $48,225 ±$3,891 | 36,629 |
| 282 | Okfuskee County | Oklahoma | $48,363 ±$4,637 | 11,278 |
| 283 | Piute County | Utah | $48,393 ±$4,875 | 1,694 |
| 284 | Wyoming County | West Virginia | $48,440 ±$3,623 | 20,629 |
| 285 | Baxter County | Arkansas | $48,452 ±$3,456 | 42,407 |
| 286 | Hall County | Texas | $48,459 ±$7,802 | 2,820 |
| 287 | Madison County | Florida | $48,485 ±$6,886 | 18,089 |
| 288 | Red River County | Texas | $48,491 ±$3,389 | 11,611 |
| 289 | Harding County | New Mexico | $48,553 ±$8,018 | 741 |
| 290 | Crenshaw County | Alabama | $48,560 ±$5,509 | 13,122 |
| 291 | De Soto Parish | Louisiana | $48,578 ±$4,867 | 27,026 |
| 291 | Martin County | North Carolina | $48,578 ±$4,615 | 21,644 |
| 293 | Darlington County | South Carolina | $48,581 ±$3,529 | 62,558 |
| 294 | Hudspeth County | Texas | $48,600 ±$11,506 | 3,403 |
| 295 | Marion County | Arkansas | $48,619 ±$3,028 | 17,228 |
| 296 | Jasper County | Mississippi | $48,660 ±$6,117 | 16,059 |
| 297 | Jefferson County | Oklahoma | $48,668 ±$4,558 | 5,380 |
| 298 | Bronx County | New York | $48,676 ±$895 | 1,404,779 |
| 299 | Pike County | Alabama | $48,677 ±$5,631 | 32,987 |
| 300 | Bertie County | North Carolina | $48,750 ±$8,791 | 17,170 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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