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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Maverick County | Texas | $49,568 ±$4,673 | 58,082 |
| 352 | Candler County | Georgia | $49,581 ±$5,151 | 11,043 |
| 353 | Perry County | Mississippi | $49,634 ±$7,736 | 11,449 |
| 354 | Crawford County | Indiana | $49,640 ±$5,995 | 10,499 |
| 355 | Chambers County | Alabama | $49,656 ±$3,919 | 34,192 |
| 356 | Marion County | Texas | $49,672 ±$3,965 | 9,737 |
| 357 | Graham County | North Carolina | $49,684 ±$4,545 | 8,072 |
| 358 | Logan County | West Virginia | $49,723 ±$4,464 | 31,418 |
| 359 | Prentiss County | Mississippi | $49,724 ±$4,350 | 25,184 |
| 360 | Montmorency County | Michigan | $49,756 ±$3,273 | 9,516 |
| 361 | Mason County | West Virginia | $49,761 ±$5,083 | 25,043 |
| 362 | Shelby County | Texas | $49,776 ±$6,129 | 24,155 |
| 363 | Haskell County | Oklahoma | $49,806 ±$3,923 | 11,683 |
| 364 | Payne County | Oklahoma | $49,809 ±$3,694 | 82,972 |
| 365 | Catron County | New Mexico | $49,864 ±$16,681 | 3,743 |
| 366 | Wirt County | West Virginia | $49,867 ±$5,186 | 5,053 |
| 367 | Lauderdale County | Tennessee | $49,879 ±$3,995 | 24,784 |
| 368 | Smyth County | Virginia | $49,883 ±$3,503 | 29,420 |
| 369 | Rosebud County | Montana | $49,914 ±$14,727 | 8,165 |
| 370 | Ottawa County | Oklahoma | $49,947 ±$1,557 | 30,341 |
| 371 | Hardin County | Tennessee | $49,956 ±$3,579 | 27,249 |
| 372 | Lamar County | Alabama | $50,000 ±$7,590 | 13,693 |
| 372 | Carter County | Missouri | $50,000 ±$8,926 | 5,297 |
| 374 | Russell County | Virginia | $50,012 ±$7,432 | 25,538 |
| 375 | Texas County | Missouri | $50,036 ±$4,346 | 25,161 |
| 376 | Iosco County | Michigan | $50,066 ±$2,086 | 25,347 |
| 377 | Saguache County | Colorado | $50,082 ±$9,396 | 6,580 |
| 378 | Northampton County | North Carolina | $50,086 ±$3,007 | 16,931 |
| 379 | Marion County | Alabama | $50,088 ±$4,308 | 29,184 |
| 380 | Dixie County | Florida | $50,110 ±$5,316 | 17,058 |
| 381 | Carter County | Tennessee | $50,135 ±$3,158 | 56,712 |
| 382 | Hamilton County | Florida | $50,144 ±$7,418 | 13,616 |
| 383 | Bent County | Colorado | $50,179 ±$7,108 | 5,549 |
| 384 | Adams County | Ohio | $50,264 ±$4,725 | 27,540 |
| 385 | McIntosh County | Georgia | $50,273 ±$7,330 | 11,312 |
| 386 | Catahoula Parish | Louisiana | $50,275 ±$5,505 | 8,583 |
| 387 | Chattooga County | Georgia | $50,285 ±$2,880 | 25,036 |
| 388 | Cherokee County | South Carolina | $50,288 ±$2,291 | 56,647 |
| 389 | Woodson County | Kansas | $50,326 ±$7,733 | 3,109 |
| 390 | Sabine Parish | Louisiana | $50,329 ±$6,849 | 21,977 |
| 391 | Braxton County | West Virginia | $50,331 ±$5,990 | 12,208 |
| 392 | Van Buren County | Arkansas | $50,354 ±$5,963 | 15,998 |
| 393 | Bristol city | Virginia | $50,404 ±$3,694 | 16,849 |
| 394 | Pulaski County | Georgia | $50,406 ±$4,880 | 9,939 |
| 395 | San Augustine County | Texas | $50,408 ±$7,814 | 7,874 |
| 396 | Coal County | Oklahoma | $50,423 ±$3,005 | 5,320 |
| 397 | Vance County | North Carolina | $50,465 ±$4,966 | 42,322 |
| 398 | Haywood County | Tennessee | $50,472 ±$5,777 | 17,475 |
| 399 | Calhoun County | Florida | $50,517 ±$5,263 | 13,492 |
| 400 | Grainger County | Tennessee | $50,538 ±$2,961 | 24,266 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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