Highest-income counties in the US
Compare median household income, a measure of income rather than accumulated wealth.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:20:49+00:00
Median household income: ACS B19013_001E, in the release year’s inflation-adjusted dollars. This is not net worth or individual earnings. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Nemaha County | Nebraska | $60,924 ±$4,585 | 7,046 |
| 2002 | Smith County | Mississippi | $60,916 ±$4,871 | 14,132 |
| 2003 | Hickman County | Kentucky | $60,867 ±$11,066 | 4,439 |
| 2004 | Aitkin County | Minnesota | $60,833 ±$1,982 | 16,056 |
| 2005 | Buckingham County | Virginia | $60,828 ±$4,412 | 16,976 |
| 2006 | Clinton County | Pennsylvania | $60,816 ±$3,611 | 37,798 |
| 2007 | Sawyer County | Wisconsin | $60,801 ±$3,776 | 18,476 |
| 2008 | Deaf Smith County | Texas | $60,799 ±$5,480 | 18,460 |
| 2009 | Randolph County | Indiana | $60,791 ±$5,111 | 24,387 |
| 2010 | Muskingum County | Ohio | $60,780 ±$3,160 | 86,411 |
| 2011 | Comanche County | Oklahoma | $60,761 ±$1,319 | 121,825 |
| 2012 | Lamb County | Texas | $60,760 ±$4,148 | 12,828 |
| 2013 | Carroll County | Illinois | $60,758 ±$2,707 | 15,576 |
| 2013 | Grant County | Oklahoma | $60,758 ±$5,240 | 4,131 |
| 2015 | Greenup County | Kentucky | $60,751 ±$1,988 | 35,501 |
| 2016 | Thomas County | Georgia | $60,736 ±$4,491 | 45,777 |
| 2017 | Bates County | Missouri | $60,733 ±$4,639 | 16,186 |
| 2018 | Carter County | Oklahoma | $60,723 ±$1,563 | 48,555 |
| 2019 | Nye County | Nevada | $60,714 ±$7,415 | 54,344 |
| 2020 | Stanly County | North Carolina | $60,704 ±$3,835 | 64,651 |
| 2021 | Jasper County | Missouri | $60,694 ±$2,793 | 124,357 |
| 2022 | Allen County | Kansas | $60,689 ±$4,364 | 12,483 |
| 2023 | Wilson County | Kansas | $60,677 ±$6,601 | 8,505 |
| 2024 | Haskell County | Texas | $60,653 ±$10,160 | 5,421 |
| 2025 | Reno County | Kansas | $60,645 ±$2,574 | 61,553 |
| 2025 | Keith County | Nebraska | $60,645 ±$5,115 | 8,219 |
| 2027 | Tippecanoe County | Indiana | $60,636 ±$1,807 | 189,071 |
| 2028 | Colbert County | Alabama | $60,628 ±$3,733 | 58,022 |
| 2029 | Iron County | Wisconsin | $60,625 ±$3,162 | 6,210 |
| 2030 | Saginaw County | Michigan | $60,622 ±$1,588 | 188,665 |
| 2031 | Lake County | California | $60,621 ±$2,557 | 68,152 |
| 2032 | Humphreys County | Tennessee | $60,616 ±$6,764 | 19,214 |
| 2033 | Fulton County | Illinois | $60,599 ±$2,308 | 33,020 |
| 2034 | Northumberland County | Pennsylvania | $60,583 ±$1,488 | 90,560 |
| 2035 | Limestone County | Texas | $60,573 ±$2,038 | 22,283 |
| 2036 | Mitchell County | Texas | $60,550 ±$10,400 | 9,018 |
| 2037 | Price County | Wisconsin | $60,546 ±$1,673 | 14,092 |
| 2038 | Yuma County | Colorado | $60,545 ±$5,342 | 9,979 |
| 2039 | Wayne County | Michigan | $60,539 ±$602 | 1,772,259 |
| 2040 | Edwards County | Illinois | $60,519 ±$3,712 | 6,075 |
| 2041 | Pierce County | Georgia | $60,517 ±$3,537 | 20,202 |
| 2042 | Portsmouth city | Virginia | $60,491 ±$1,948 | 97,190 |
| 2043 | Hardee County | Florida | $60,489 ±$6,151 | 25,675 |
| 2044 | Warren County | Pennsylvania | $60,480 ±$1,951 | 37,920 |
| 2045 | Crawford County | Pennsylvania | $60,476 ±$2,113 | 82,716 |
| 2046 | Liberty County | Georgia | $60,456 ±$2,211 | 67,397 |
| 2046 | Taylor County | Kentucky | $60,456 ±$6,217 | 26,397 |
| 2048 | Pettis County | Missouri | $60,430 ±$3,404 | 43,397 |
| 2049 | Clay County | Illinois | $60,417 ±$11,361 | 13,052 |
| 2050 | Swift County | Minnesota | $60,412 ±$3,430 | 9,748 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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