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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Newton County | Mississippi | $50,540 ±$5,200 | 21,093 |
| 402 | Cameron County | Pennsylvania | $50,573 ±$6,455 | 4,427 |
| 403 | Ritchie County | West Virginia | $50,582 ±$4,402 | 8,286 |
| 404 | Scioto County | Ohio | $50,609 ±$2,908 | 72,627 |
| 405 | Henry County | Tennessee | $50,613 ±$2,203 | 32,412 |
| 406 | Barren County | Kentucky | $50,628 ±$2,937 | 44,938 |
| 407 | Warren County | North Carolina | $50,638 ±$4,322 | 18,795 |
| 408 | Graham County | Kansas | $50,650 ±$4,237 | 2,389 |
| 409 | Coffee County | Georgia | $50,683 ±$4,084 | 43,347 |
| 410 | Petersburg city | Virginia | $50,698 ±$2,886 | 33,537 |
| 411 | Caddo Parish | Louisiana | $50,705 ±$1,788 | 230,004 |
| 412 | Leake County | Mississippi | $50,728 ±$4,140 | 21,319 |
| 413 | Tattnall County | Georgia | $50,747 ±$6,658 | 24,208 |
| 413 | Nolan County | Texas | $50,747 ±$3,546 | 14,454 |
| 415 | Grayson County | Kentucky | $50,757 ±$2,233 | 26,707 |
| 416 | Cibola County | New Mexico | $50,759 ±$9,447 | 26,845 |
| 417 | Henry County | Virginia | $50,760 ±$2,873 | 49,980 |
| 418 | Graves County | Kentucky | $50,772 ±$3,209 | 36,630 |
| 419 | Lake County | Michigan | $50,805 ±$2,404 | 12,563 |
| 420 | Lauderdale County | Mississippi | $50,817 ±$2,933 | 71,504 |
| 421 | Eddy County | North Dakota | $50,850 ±$8,517 | 2,307 |
| 422 | Cross County | Arkansas | $50,863 ±$5,959 | 16,543 |
| 423 | Randolph County | Arkansas | $50,911 ±$6,752 | 18,838 |
| 424 | Choctaw County | Mississippi | $50,919 ±$5,054 | 8,118 |
| 425 | Telfair County | Georgia | $50,929 ±$10,351 | 11,831 |
| 426 | Conejos County | Colorado | $50,978 ±$7,913 | 7,530 |
| 427 | Howell County | Missouri | $50,993 ±$2,030 | 40,383 |
| 428 | Saluda County | South Carolina | $51,009 ±$5,886 | 19,131 |
| 429 | Johnson County | Georgia | $51,028 ±$8,776 | 9,190 |
| 430 | Sequoyah County | Oklahoma | $51,093 ±$2,806 | 39,860 |
| 431 | Jefferson County | Arkansas | $51,096 ±$3,068 | 64,802 |
| 432 | Colleton County | South Carolina | $51,114 ±$2,869 | 38,783 |
| 433 | Lincoln County | Mississippi | $51,119 ±$4,425 | 34,877 |
| 434 | Fentress County | Tennessee | $51,149 ±$3,253 | 19,309 |
| 435 | Russell County | Alabama | $51,197 ±$3,129 | 58,811 |
| 436 | DeKalb County | Alabama | $51,204 ±$2,508 | 72,269 |
| 437 | Bibb County | Georgia | $51,234 ±$2,220 | 156,578 |
| 438 | Carter County | Kentucky | $51,235 ±$4,124 | 26,341 |
| 439 | Prairie County | Montana | $51,250 ±$6,492 | 1,250 |
| 439 | Loving County | Texas | $51,250 ±$617 | 33 |
| 441 | Alcorn County | Mississippi | $51,260 ±$4,689 | 34,289 |
| 442 | Edgecombe County | North Carolina | $51,265 ±$3,893 | 48,736 |
| 443 | Monroe County | Kentucky | $51,280 ±$3,814 | 11,269 |
| 444 | Blackford County | Indiana | $51,326 ±$5,560 | 11,950 |
| 445 | Irwin County | Georgia | $51,384 ±$8,025 | 9,285 |
| 446 | Barbour County | West Virginia | $51,394 ±$3,654 | 15,424 |
| 447 | Rutherford County | North Carolina | $51,410 ±$2,731 | 64,930 |
| 448 | Assumption Parish | Louisiana | $51,423 ±$5,497 | 20,484 |
| 449 | Miller County | Georgia | $51,425 ±$8,759 | 5,850 |
| 450 | Kusilvak Census Area | Alaska | $51,471 ±$6,179 | 8,176 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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