RANKING · 2024 ACS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,143

Lowest median household income, US counties

US counties with the lowest median household income in the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Owsley County, Kentucky leads at $22,188. 3,143 counties qualify in total. Kentucky carries 7 of the top 25 entries. The median across all 3,143 is $65,681. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Martin County, KY, up 525 places to #42.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMEVS 2000

USUnited States334,922,499$82,259–

01▲30Owsley County, KYKY3,932$22,188+40%

02▲28Randolph County, GAGA6,156$28,380+29%

03▲118Lake County, TNTN6,249$28,814+31%

04▲12Greene County, ALAL7,067$29,200+47%

05▼4Wolfe County, KYKY6,298$30,417+58%

06▲108Bullock County, ALAL9,780$31,310+52%

07▲18Bell County, KYKY22,829$31,354+65%

08▲16Issaquena County, MSMS1,263$31,429+58%

09▲4McDowell County, WVWV16,878$31,559+86%

10▲68Claiborne County, MSMS8,058$31,897+41%

11▲3Allendale County, SCSC7,355$32,328+55%

12▼6Quitman County, MSMS5,364$32,412+57%

13▲28Knox County, KYKY29,532$32,527+78%

14▼10Holmes County, MSMS15,465$32,538+89%

15▲2Claiborne Parish, LALA13,354$32,831+30%

16▲3Magoffin County, KYKY11,110$33,080+70%

17▲102Stewart County, GAGA4,631$33,250+34%

18▼3Sumter County, ALAL11,588$33,310+76%

19▼11East Carroll Parish, LALA6,760$33,341+61%

20▲7Humphreys County, MSMS7,001$33,731+64%

21▲12McCreary County, KYKY17,124$33,750+74%

22▲189Noxubee County, MSMS9,798$33,833+52%

23▲39Marlboro County, SCSC25,488$34,301+29%

24▼3Lee County, ARAR8,029$34,375+68%

25▲10Breathitt County, KYKY12,558$34,808+82%

26▼4Hancock County, TNTN7,075$34,960+77%

27▼7Bienville Parish, LALA12,269$35,011+48%

28▲11Leflore County, MSMS25,686$35,277+64%

29▲19Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582$35,311+87%

30▼23Jackson County, SDSD2,666$35,417+48%

31▲53Madison Parish, LALA8,844$35,456+73%

32▲69Dallas County, ALAL35,140$35,627+52%

33▲142Leslie County, KYKY9,627$35,934+94%

34▲151Swisher County, TXTX6,703$36,165+21%

35▲15Marion County, SCSC28,242$36,301+37%

36▲41Luna County, NMNM25,407$36,419+75%

37▲332Socorro County, NMNM15,838$36,570+56%

38▼2Tensas Parish, LALA3,700$36,615+85%

39▲321Zavala County, TXTX9,037$36,749+118%

40▲87Turner County, GAGA8,983$36,799+43%

41▲93Costilla County, COCO3,679$36,861+89%

42▲525Martin County, KYKY10,697$37,042+103%

43▲65Lowndes County, ALAL9,359$37,052+61%

44▲8Amite County, MSMS12,487$37,222+43%

45▲4Coahoma County, MSMS19,849$37,461+68%

46▼3Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877$37,466+69%

47▼38Lee County, KYKY7,297$37,568+103%

48▲59Wayne County, MSMS19,807$37,619+45%

49▲4Starr County, TXTX66,319$37,639+128%

50▼47Perry County, ALAL7,425$37,654+86%

51▲17Desha County, ARAR9,984$37,662+56%

52▲107Mingo County, WVWV21,455$38,119+79%

53▲11Fulton County, KYKY6,218$38,217+57%

54▼20Jefferson County, MSMS6,825$38,305+108%

55▲21Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941$38,548+77%

56▲94Galax, VAVA6,670$38,675+37%

57▼45Dimmit County, TXTX8,024$38,808+77%

58▲301Kenedy County, TXTX319$38,882+56%

59▲45Chicot County, ARAR9,107$39,045+77%

60▲132Lincoln Parish, LALA48,360$39,172+45%

61▲33Zapata County, TXTX13,753$39,239+59%

62▼11Hale County, ALAL15,194$39,250+52%

63▲23Yazoo County, MSMS22,947$39,295+58%

64▲97Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,941$39,325+65%

65▲61Tunica County, MSMS8,819$39,364+69%

66▲36Hickory County, MOMO9,044$39,390+55%

67▲44Morehouse Parish, LALA23,705$39,454+57%

68▲12Bolivar County, MSMS28,262$39,585+69%

69▲220Real County, TXTX2,745$39,605+58%

70▲114Concordia Parish, LALA17,836$39,943+76%

71▼11Sunflower County, MSMS22,893$39,956+60%

72Clay County, TNTN7,821$39,972+67%

73▲95Sharkey County, MSMS3,097$40,000+79%

74▲68Cumberland County, KYKY5,992$40,000+85%

75▼14Jackson County, KYKY13,325$40,000+98%

76▲16Hancock County, GAGA8,682$40,082+82%

77▲55Pemiscot County, MOMO14,465$40,089+83%

78▲31Phillips County, ARAR14,255$40,134+81%

79▲46Quitman County, GAGA2,254$40,179+55%

80▲134Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,219$40,283+48%

81▲340Powell County, KYKY12,812$40,309+58%

82▲308Edwards County, TXTX1,370$40,313+59%

83▼55Wheeler County, GAGA7,570$40,539+69%

84▲60Wilcox County, ALAL9,666$40,640+144%

85▲160Summers County, WVWV11,532$40,699+92%

86▼68Clay County, KYKY19,465$40,900+151%

87▲91Stone County, ARAR12,703$40,943+84%

88▼19Macon County, GAGA11,756$41,031+69%

89▼47Webster Parish, LALA34,948$41,182+45%

90▲20Lafayette County, ARAR5,888$41,278+66%

91▲56Floyd County, KYKY34,401$41,279+95%

92▲65Conecuh County, ALAL10,899$41,327+87%

93▲262Latimer County, OKOK9,645$41,405+73%

94▼38Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,338$41,417–

95▲23Apache County, AZAZ64,445$41,438+78%

96▲375Bradley County, ARAR9,828$41,476+67%

97▼53Norton, VAVA3,477$41,495+82%

98▲256Talbot County, GAGA5,709$41,597+56%

99▲16Sierra County, NMNM11,395$41,600+72%

100▲324Union County, SCSC26,799$41,621+32%

101▲167Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537$41,685+62%

102▼79Harlan County, KYKY24,725$41,693+123%

103▼36Esmeralda County, NVNV729$41,715+26%

104▲154Montgomery County, MSMS9,354$41,748+65%

105▼31Ben Hill County, GAGA17,099$41,758+54%

106▼23Knott County, KYKY13,321$41,761+105%

107▼81Taylor County, GAGA7,818$41,788+66%

108▼9Letcher County, KYKY19,952$41,793+98%

109▼55Washington County, NCNC10,638$41,813+45%

110▲31Lee County, VAVA21,642$41,827+82%

111▲383Garden County, NENE1,804$41,882+58%

112▼55Evangeline Parish, LALA31,980$41,915+104%

113▲626St. Helena Parish, LALA10,758$41,934+68%

114▲305Covington, VAVA5,680$41,944+38%

115▲2Quay County, NMNM8,454$41,946+68%

116▲40Robeson County, NCNC119,941$41,978+49%

117▲60Ripley County, MOMO10,717$42,037+85%

118▼113Todd County, SDSD8,863$42,075+110%

119▲362Sioux County, NDND3,667$42,083+87%

120▲120Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602$42,119+60%

121▼50Washington County, MSMS40,446$42,165+64%

122▲210Perry County, KYKY26,555$42,181+91%

123▲46Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555$42,211+63%

124▲29Fulton County, ARAR12,492$42,241+65%

125▼55Monroe County, ALAL18,965$42,292+45%

126▲23Clay County, WVWV7,538$42,318+91%

127▲40Atkinson County, GAGA8,454$42,347+60%

128▲96Bladen County, NCNC30,007$42,422+58%

129▲98Pulaski County, ILIL4,820$42,463+67%

130▲18Dallas County, ARAR6,011$42,500+60%

131▲45St. Francis County, ARAR21,800$42,574+63%

132▲263Newton County, TXTX11,954$42,618+50%

133▲90Sumter County, GAGA28,801$42,653+38%

134▼79Guadalupe County, NMNM4,343$42,750+72%

135▲436Drew County, ARAR17,054$42,824+50%

136▲605Union Parish, LALA20,561$42,885+48%

137▼15Buchanan County, VAVA18,492$42,886+93%

138▼50Oregon County, MOMO8,709$43,069+93%

139▲235Calhoun County, MSMS12,643$43,125+59%

140▼40Clay County, MSMS18,238$43,125+58%

141▲140Monroe County, ARAR6,244$43,214+91%

142▲402Scott County, ARAR9,965$43,270+64%

143▲1,459Harmon County, OKOK2,327$43,333+94%

144▲596Coke County, TXTX3,412$43,333+49%

145▲37Lawrence County, MSMS11,819$43,531+53%

146▲18Chickasaw County, MSMS16,730$43,586+65%

147▼101Adams County, MSMS30,061$43,644+73%

148▲10Macon County, ALAL18,132$43,707+106%

149▼147Presidio County, TXTX5,433$43,802+121%

150▼65Pike County, MSMS38,712$43,814+78%

151▼55Marengo County, ALAL18,311$43,825+62%

152▼49Webster County, WVWV7,760$43,839+108%

153▲2,515McMullen County, TXTX544$43,875+35%

154▲136Calhoun County, WVWV5,978$43,980+104%

155▲62Choctaw County, OKOK14,059$44,081+94%

156▲496Terry County, TXTX11,720$44,100+57%

157▼60Ozark County, MOMO9,172$44,163+71%

158▲91Jackson County, ARAR16,741$44,218+76%

159▲458Ashley County, ARAR17,831$44,266+39%

160▲107Warren County, GAGA5,269$44,289+62%

161▼30Pike County, KYKY54,721$44,312+85%

162▲399Bamberg County, SCSC12,796$44,370+85%

163▼152Jenkins County, GAGA8,843$44,389+85%

164▲57Danville, VAVA41,647$44,423+65%

165▼20Searcy County, ARAR7,848$44,426+108%

166▲240St. Landry Parish, LALA80,765$44,462+95%

167▲148Whitley County, KYKY37,297$44,615+102%

168▼5Sharp County, ARAR18,122$44,637+77%

169▲29Bacon County, GAGA11,070$44,694+66%

170▲48Scott County, TNTN22,671$44,711+86%

171▲93Hampton County, SCSC18,174$44,711+55%

172▲290Russell County, KYKY18,608$44,738+103%

173▲545Butler County, ALAL18,100$44,755+81%

174▼84Lee County, SCSC15,730$44,760+66%

175▼77Clinton County, KYKY9,139$44,844+129%

176▲212Lawrence County, ARAR16,273$44,882+65%

177▲127Richmond County, NCNC42,041$44,883+56%

178▲382Terrell County, TXTX702$44,886+85%

179▲98Johnson County, KYKY22,051$44,904+80%

180▲285Jackson Parish, LALA15,834$44,925+58%

181▲52Grant County, NMNM27,252$44,958+54%

182▼47Kiowa County, OKOK8,181$44,962+73%

183▲147Reynolds County, MOMO5,992$45,028+74%

184▼91Covington County, MSMS17,898$45,051+69%

185▲699Menifee County, KYKY6,430$45,096+104%

186▲84Crisp County, GAGA19,237$45,105+70%

187▼122Marion County, MSMS24,001$45,110+84%

188▲158Lenoir County, NCNC55,837$45,143+45%

189▲228Cochran County, TXTX2,546$45,313+65%

190▲222Baylor County, TXTX3,472$45,370+84%

191▲187Decatur County, TNTN11,820$45,375+58%

192▲118Washington Parish, LALA44,937$45,380+87%

193▲54Briscoe County, TXTX1,474$45,417+52%

194▲12Wilkinson County, GAGA8,650$45,465+39%

195▼100Casey County, KYKY16,205$45,510+111%

196▲343Hertford County, NCNC19,015$45,537+72%

197▲488Acadia Parish, LALA57,032$45,562+71%

198▼25Halifax County, NCNC46,534$45,590+72%

199▲61Howard County, ARAR12,306$45,603+59%

200▲4Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177$45,675+54%

201▼27Scotland County, NCNC33,322$45,730+47%

202▲40Wayne County, KYKY19,597$45,739+119%

203▲6Elliott County, KYKY7,265$45,776+118%

204▲90Roane County, WVWV13,317$45,778+87%

205▲88Clinch County, GAGA6,847$45,847+71%

206▲131Glades County, FLFL13,270$45,870+49%

207▲18Panola County, MSMS32,691$45,945+72%

208▲416Douglas County, MOMO12,342$45,985+77%

209▲110Johnson County, ARAR26,225$45,995+65%

210▼90Baker County, GAGA2,725$46,012+52%

211▲128Benton County, MSMS7,502$46,016+91%

212▼25Washington County, GAGA19,453$46,023+54%

213▼74Barbour County, ALAL24,607$46,042+83%

214▼125Estill County, KYKY13,962$46,051+97%

215▲118Hardeman County, TNTN25,274$46,069+58%

216▲72Clarke County, MSMS15,102$46,108+73%

217▼62Terrell County, GAGA8,656$46,171+71%

218▲275Lincoln County, WVWV19,177$46,205+104%

219▼53Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662$46,213+91%

220▼91Baca County, COCO3,347$46,215+64%

221▲154Pickens County, ALAL18,221$46,274+76%

222▲109McIntosh County, OKOK19,758$46,281+78%

223▼178Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,089$46,292+80%

224▲1,920Garza County, TXTX4,510$46,314+70%

225▲226Scott County, VAVA21,200$46,349+70%

226▼27Corson County, SDSD3,781$46,406+125%

227▼180Kemper County, MSMS8,600$46,431+93%

228▲809Allen Parish, LALA22,672$46,469+67%

229▼41Dillon County, SCSC27,458$46,605+75%

230▲7Barnwell County, SCSC20,653$46,626+63%

231▲85King County, TXTX192$46,645+31%

232▲20Appling County, GAGA19,100$46,651+54%

233▲617Crittenden County, KYKY8,807$46,656+61%

234▼74Union County, NMNM3,844$46,694+66%

235▲89Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896$46,695+88%

236▲160Poinsett County, ARAR22,483$46,707+76%

237▼58Martinsville, VAVA13,849$46,727+70%

238▼147Lawrence County, KYKY15,765$46,772+116%

239▲536Hempstead County, ARAR19,080$46,787+63%

240▼174Webster County, GAGA2,369$46,792+67%

241▼128Green County, KYKY11,644$46,798+84%

242▼7Brooks County, GAGA16,101$46,807+74%

243▼206Lewis County, KYKY12,901$46,838+111%

244▲359Meigs County, OHOH21,587$46,873+72%

245▼4Glacier County, MTMT13,463$46,875+68%

246▲241Calhoun County, GAGA5,413$46,940+91%

247▼76Franklin Parish, LALA19,002$47,020+105%

248▲146Caldwell Parish, LALA9,344$47,028+74%

249▼116Alexander County, ILIL4,570$47,043+81%

250▼110Buffalo County, SDSD1,802$47,045+271%

251▲91Lincoln County, MTMT22,328$47,143+76%

252▼30Alleghany County, NCNC11,479$47,172+61%

253▼178Lanier County, GAGA10,623$47,186+62%

254▲1Wayne County, MOMO10,782$47,226+97%

255▼215Dickenson County, VAVA13,236$47,254+102%

256▲84Anson County, NCNC21,758$47,302+58%

257▲251Tazewell County, VAVA38,635$47,313+73%

258▼42Ware County, GAGA36,906$47,448+67%

259▲322Grundy County, TNTN14,116$47,593+107%

260▲570Jackson County, COCO1,211$47,667+50%

261▼81McKinley County, NMNM68,119$47,668+91%

262▲190Grayson County, VAVA15,230$47,730+66%

263▼253Brooks County, TXTX6,579$47,764+156%

264▼69Choctaw County, ALAL11,904$47,813+93%

265▲691Worth County, MOMO1,914$47,847+74%

266▼10Dunklin County, MOMO26,855$47,849+92%

267▲368Fairfield County, SCSC20,340$47,885+58%

268▼67Wright County, MOMO19,671$47,909+94%

269▼38Morgan County, KYKY14,415$47,913+119%

270▲87Putnam County, FLFL77,734$47,934+70%

271▲5Pushmataha County, OKOK10,807$47,940+117%

272▼100Jackson County, TNTN12,466$47,951+81%

273▲293Gilmer County, WVWV7,085$47,981+110%

274▲10Cocke County, TNTN37,889$48,016+88%

275▼151Adair County, OKOK19,828$48,041+93%

276▲10Seminole County, OKOK23,441$48,062+88%

277▲95Woodruff County, ARAR5,710$48,158+118%

278▼155Mississippi County, MOMO12,003$48,160+109%

279▲42Cedar County, MOMO14,888$48,181+80%

280▲61Greenbrier County, WVWV31,578$48,218+79%

281▼119Escambia County, ALAL36,665$48,225+70%

282▲126Okfuskee County, OKOK11,451$48,363+99%

283▼254Piute County, UTUT1,509$48,393+63%

284▲375Wyoming County, WVWV19,801$48,440+102%

285▲322Baxter County, ARAR42,982$48,452+66%

286▲78Hall County, TXTX2,737$48,459+111%

287▼136Madison County, FLFL18,759$48,485+83%

288▼69Red River County, TXTX11,816$48,491+76%

289▼207Harding County, NMNM617$48,553+86%

290▲251Crenshaw County, ALAL13,175$48,560+86%

291▲54Martin County, NCNC21,601$48,578+69%

292▲396De Soto Parish, LALA27,381$48,578+72%

293▼73Darlington County, SCSC62,888$48,581+56%

294▼235Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433$48,600+131%

295▼15Marion County, ARAR17,593$48,619+82%

296▼48Jasper County, MSMS15,785$48,660+99%

297▲339Jefferson County, OKOK5,431$48,668+106%

298▲184Bronx County, NYNY1,406,332$48,676+76%

299▲14Pike County, ALAL33,688$48,677+91%

300▼157Bertie County, NCNC17,086$48,750+94%

301▲34Jackson County, ILIL52,501$48,763+95%

302▲47Scott County, MSMS28,073$48,786+83%

303▲123Gadsden County, FLFL44,298$48,801+56%

304▲44Grenada County, MSMS20,868$48,804+78%

305▲96Crowley County, COCO5,677$48,826+82%

306▲465Miller County, ARAR42,357$48,836+58%

307▲51Iron County, MOMO9,318$48,850+87%

308▼17Rockcastle County, KYKY16,148$48,862+108%

309▼65Winn Parish, LALA14,961$48,871+92%

310▲399Hidalgo County, NMNM3,929$48,882+97%

311▼206Walthall County, MSMS13,928$48,905+113%

312▲117Montgomery County, ARAR8,579$48,906+72%

313▲38Tillman County, OKOK6,780$48,939+97%

314▼124Overton County, TNTN23,787$48,959+82%

315▲14Newton County, ARAR7,026$48,986+98%

316▲266Pickett County, TNTN5,219$49,030+99%

317▲449Duval County, TXTX9,402$49,038+119%

318▲95Dougherty County, GAGA82,616$49,044+59%

319▼47Taylor County, FLFL21,210$49,073+63%

320▲351Copiah County, MSMS27,497$49,089+86%

321▲191Butler County, MOMO41,904$49,089+80%

322▲213West Carroll Parish, LALA9,156$49,134+99%

323▼242Clay County, GAGA2,815$49,147+129%

324▲75Jackson County, FLFL49,629$49,149+65%

325▲118Yalobusha County, MSMS12,375$49,151+87%

326▲580Coleman County, TXTX7,915$49,159+92%

327▼215Red River Parish, LALA7,165$49,167+112%

328▲1,825Upton County, TXTX3,131$49,167+70%

329▼23Polk County, ARAR19,486$49,191+95%

330▲156Chesterfield County, SCSC44,740$49,235+67%

331▼103Clarke County, ALAL22,014$49,249+80%

332▼61Ouachita County, ARAR21,731$49,268+68%

333▲239Pike County, ARAR9,964$49,269+78%

334▲532Hardy County, WVWV14,337$49,272+55%

335▲161Fleming County, KYKY15,787$49,307+76%

336▲91Dickens County, TXTX1,692$49,335+90%

337▼134Colquitt County, GAGA47,438$49,341+73%

338▼27Holmes County, FLFL20,119$49,343+77%

339▼85Claiborne County, TNTN33,229$49,379+92%

340▲88Clare County, MIMI31,543$49,384+71%

341▲428Hinds County, MSMS211,888$49,402+45%

342▲217Izard County, ARAR14,405$49,405+92%

343▼264San Miguel County, NMNM26,260$49,431+86%

344▼62Columbus County, NCNC50,487$49,442+84%

345▲720Hooker County, NENE686$49,464+77%

346▼208La Paz County, AZAZ16,711$49,478+91%

347▲98Fayette County, ALAL15,872$49,488+73%

348▼196Wheatland County, MTMT2,100$49,489+102%

349▼195Seminole County, GAGA9,162$49,495+83%

350▲254Oscoda County, MIMI8,723$49,515+75%

351▲90Maverick County, TXTX58,823$49,568+133%

352▼142Candler County, GAGA11,275$49,581+98%

353▲576Perry County, MSMS11,577$49,634+83%

354▲112Crawford County, ININ10,509$49,640+52%

355▲282Chambers County, ALAL34,253$49,656+67%

356▼48Marion County, TXTX9,896$49,672+96%

357▲150Graham County, NCNC8,190$49,684+86%

358▼175Logan County, WVWV30,375$49,723+102%

359▲3Prentiss County, MSMS25,284$49,724+75%

360▲143Montmorency County, MIMI9,842$49,756+66%

361▲1,080Mason County, WVWV24,707$49,761+83%

362▲68Shelby County, TXTX24,286$49,776+71%

363▲282Haskell County, OKOK11,787$49,806+103%

364▲135Payne County, OKOK83,889$49,809+73%

365▼172Catron County, NMNM3,827$49,864+109%

366▲395Wirt County, WVWV4,879$49,867+62%

367▲117Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617$49,879+68%

368▲55Smyth County, VAVA28,882$49,883+66%

369▲1,695Rosebud County, MTMT8,253$49,914+39%

370▲22Ottawa County, OKOK30,438$49,947+82%

371▲147Hardin County, TNTN27,983$49,956+80%

372▲176Lamar County, ALAL13,587$50,000+78%

373▲155Carter County, MOMO5,418$50,000+119%

374▼89Russell County, VAVA25,332$50,012+86%

375▼205Texas County, MOMO25,994$50,036+104%

376▲167Iosco County, MIMI25,266$50,066+60%

377▲377Saguache County, COCO6,732$50,082+96%

378▼80Northampton County, NCNC16,491$50,086+88%

379▲36Marion County, ALAL29,097$50,088+82%

380▲77Dixie County, FLFL18,038$50,110+92%

381▲23Carter County, TNTN57,361$50,135+83%

382▼109Hamilton County, FLFL14,180$50,144+96%

383▼121Bent County, COCO5,716$50,179+78%

384▼28Adams County, OHOH27,865$50,264+71%

385▲1,533McIntosh County, GAGA11,989$50,273+67%

386▲28Catahoula Parish, LALA8,223$50,275+123%

387▼158Chattooga County, GAGA25,300$50,285+64%

388▼142Cherokee County, SCSC58,275$50,288+49%

389▲160Woodson County, KSKS3,118$50,326+99%

390▼52Sabine Parish, LALA21,834$50,329+89%

391▲242Braxton County, WVWV11,885$50,331+106%

392▼10Van Buren County, ARAR16,238$50,354+86%

393▼59Bristol, VAVA16,418$50,404+84%

394▲117Pulaski County, GAGA10,172$50,406+58%

395▲59San Augustine County, TXTX7,722$50,408+87%

396▲120Coal County, OKOK5,436$50,423+113%

397▲75Vance County, NCNC42,638$50,465+61%

398▼98Haywood County, TNTN17,042$50,472+82%

399▼140Calhoun County, FLFL13,289$50,517+90%

400▲306Grainger County, TNTN25,739$50,538+81%

401▲104Newton County, MSMS20,960$50,540+76%

402▼29Cameron County, PAPA4,211$50,573+57%

403▲275Ritchie County, WVWV8,034$50,582+85%

404▲73Scioto County, OHOH71,365$50,609+81%

405▲15Henry County, TNTN32,896$50,613+68%

406▲52Barren County, KYKY45,641$50,628+62%

407▼173Warren County, NCNC18,898$50,638+79%

408▼1Graham County, KSKS2,371$50,650+62%

409▲125Coffee County, GAGA44,407$50,683+65%

410▲166Petersburg, VAVA33,734$50,698+76%

411▲79Caddo Parish, LALA224,226$50,705+61%

412▼212Leake County, MSMS21,662$50,728+87%

413▲208Nolan County, TXTX14,117$50,747+94%

414▲240Tattnall County, GAGA24,376$50,747+77%

415▼146Grayson County, KYKY27,406$50,757+84%

416▲294Cibola County, NMNM26,807$50,759+83%

417▼134Henry County, VAVA49,242$50,760+60%

418▲365Graves County, KYKY37,050$50,772+64%

419▼141Lake County, MIMI13,182$50,805+91%

420▲150Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317$50,817+65%

421▲1,156Eddy County, NDND2,329$50,850+78%

422▲260Cross County, ARAR16,186$50,863+73%

423▲139Randolph County, ARAR18,876$50,911+85%

424▼227Choctaw County, MSMS8,048$50,919+88%

425▼338Telfair County, GAGA11,195$50,929+95%

426▼320Conejos County, COCO7,529$50,978+106%

427▼104Howell County, MOMO40,798$50,993+99%

428▲171Saluda County, SCSC19,680$51,009+43%

429▲102Johnson County, GAGA9,310$51,028+114%

430▲40Sequoyah County, OKOK40,842$51,093+85%

431▼51Jefferson County, ARAR62,987$51,096+63%

432▼230Colleton County, SCSC39,382$51,114+72%

433▲7Lincoln County, MSMS35,012$51,119+87%

434▼69Fentress County, TNTN20,322$51,149+120%

435▲74Russell County, ALAL58,898$51,197+86%

436▲79DeKalb County, ALAL74,085$51,204+70%

437▲1Bibb County, GAGA157,556$51,234+48%

438▼113Carter County, KYKY26,149$51,235+94%

439▲85Prairie County, MTMT1,112$51,250+101%

440▲218Loving County, TXTX52$51,250+28%

441▼31Alcorn County, MSMS34,569$51,260+77%

442▼57Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121$51,265+65%

443▼297Monroe County, KYKY11,191$51,280+129%

444▲235Blackford County, ININ11,730$51,326+48%

445▲3Irwin County, GAGA9,020$51,384+70%

446▼151Barbour County, WVWV15,414$51,394+108%

447▲140Rutherford County, NCNC65,745$51,410+65%

448▲263Assumption Parish, LALA19,720$51,423+65%

449▲736Miller County, GAGA5,812$51,425+88%

450▼220Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,932$51,471–

451▼72Metcalfe County, KYKY10,583$51,473+119%

452▼199Clay County, ARAR14,052$51,481+103%

453▲649Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096$51,484+61%

454▲13Campbell County, TNTN40,290$51,557+104%

455▲28Le Flore County, OKOK50,196$51,565+89%

456▲362Hitchcock County, NENE2,467$51,567+82%

457▼200Hughes County, OKOK13,455$51,581+128%

458▲52Dodge County, GAGA19,663$51,587+87%

459▲173Shelby County, MOMO5,870$51,594+75%

460▲65Lewis County, IDID3,704$51,615+64%

461▲232Barton County, MOMO11,795$51,635+76%

462▼297Attala County, MSMS17,100$51,639+108%

463▲91Prairie County, ARAR7,923$51,646+72%

464▲1,075Marion County, GAGA7,676$51,667+77%

465▲395Watauga County, NCNC54,786$51,693+59%

466▲266Wilkes County, NCNC66,233$51,721+51%

467▼165Benton County, TNTN16,183$51,746+80%

468▲400Lincoln County, ARAR12,764$51,778+75%

469▲334Clark County, MOMO6,475$51,781+76%

470▲95Carroll County, TNTN29,200$51,787+70%

471▲690Logan County, COCO20,654$51,829+58%

472▲1,128Robertson County, KYKY2,325$51,830+69%

473▲262Monroe County, MSMS33,318$51,866+71%

474▼25Weakley County, TNTN33,261$51,880+73%

475▼114New Madrid County, MOMO15,086$51,881+93%

476▲329Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804$51,896+80%

477▲480Hale County, TXTX31,819$51,897+66%

478▼87Pulaski County, KYKY67,384$51,898+90%

479▼441Emporia, VAVA5,447$51,899+71%

480▲58Jackson County, ALAL54,281$51,908+62%

481▲93Craig County, OKOK14,518$51,922+68%

482▲332Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,634$51,927+82%

483▼176McCurtain County, OKOK30,744$51,929+115%

484▲269Montgomery County, GAGA8,635$51,941+72%

485▲414Grundy County, MOMO9,744$51,975+90%

486▲139Halifax County, VAVA33,447$52,013+74%

487▲166Trinity County, TXTX14,384$52,018+92%

488▼162Clark County, ARAR20,938$52,034+80%

489▼298Wilkes County, GAGA9,540$52,043+88%

490▲172Las Animas County, COCO14,391$52,074+84%

491▲99Raleigh County, WVWV71,775$52,150+85%

492▲345Mason County, KYKY16,936$52,178+73%

493▲183White County, TNTN29,612$52,188+78%

494▲38Crosby County, TXTX4,852$52,188+103%

495▼60Forest County, PAPA6,614$52,191+89%

496▲100Jones County, MSMS66,496$52,216+81%

497▲199Unicoi County, TNTN17,856$52,218+75%

498▲144Vernon County, MOMO19,946$52,230+74%

499▼156Hart County, KYKY20,117$52,285+106%

500▲6Wayne County, TNTN16,416$52,294+97%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

Frequently asked

Which county has the lowest median household income?

Owsley County, Kentucky ranks #1 with $22,188 (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 counties by median household income?

Owsley County, Kentucky, Randolph County, Georgia, Lake County, Tennessee, Greene County, Alabama, Wolfe County, Kentucky.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,143 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is median household income measured?

Median income of all households, as reported each year (nominal dollars, not inflation adjusted). Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).