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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2501 | Comanche County | Kansas | $54,545 ±$6,643 | 1,729 |
| 2502 | Lane County | Kansas | $54,526 ±$11,989 | 1,461 |
| 2503 | Malheur County | Oregon | $54,519 ±$5,992 | 31,954 |
| 2504 | Monroe County | Missouri | $54,516 ±$6,305 | 8,734 |
| 2505 | Carroll County | Virginia | $54,484 ±$3,777 | 29,157 |
| 2506 | Madison County | Missouri | $54,434 ±$4,204 | 12,729 |
| 2507 | DeSoto County | Florida | $54,417 ±$3,888 | 35,386 |
| 2508 | Harrison County | Ohio | $54,414 ±$3,944 | 14,306 |
| 2509 | Baldwin County | Georgia | $54,403 ±$3,703 | 43,642 |
| 2510 | Ontonagon County | Michigan | $54,398 ±$5,453 | 5,850 |
| 2511 | Harrison County | Missouri | $54,367 ±$4,510 | 8,190 |
| 2512 | Dawson County | Texas | $54,360 ±$12,783 | 12,134 |
| 2513 | Hidalgo County | Texas | $54,338 ±$1,156 | 891,977 |
| 2513 | Upshur County | West Virginia | $54,338 ±$2,364 | 23,712 |
| 2515 | Nowata County | Oklahoma | $54,333 ±$5,116 | 9,435 |
| 2516 | Rowan County | Kentucky | $54,321 ±$7,317 | 24,578 |
| 2517 | Brooke County | West Virginia | $54,316 ±$5,403 | 21,805 |
| 2518 | Greene County | Mississippi | $54,276 ±$7,339 | 13,615 |
| 2519 | Hardin County | Illinois | $54,271 ±$12,264 | 3,605 |
| 2520 | Carroll County | Arkansas | $54,230 ±$5,063 | 28,626 |
| 2521 | Conway County | Arkansas | $54,187 ±$4,578 | 21,054 |
| 2522 | Willacy County | Texas | $54,180 ±$8,228 | 20,139 |
| 2523 | Carter County | Montana | $54,167 ±$12,202 | 1,308 |
| 2524 | Wilcox County | Georgia | $54,138 ±$5,550 | 8,798 |
| 2525 | Dewey County | South Dakota | $54,104 ±$5,497 | 5,205 |
| 2526 | Wilbarger County | Texas | $54,102 ±$9,748 | 12,616 |
| 2527 | Pittsylvania County | Virginia | $54,085 ±$2,331 | 59,856 |
| 2528 | Early County | Georgia | $54,083 ±$8,746 | 10,603 |
| 2529 | Mellette County | South Dakota | $54,076 ±$8,231 | 1,943 |
| 2530 | Norton County | Kansas | $54,050 ±$5,415 | 5,359 |
| 2531 | McCulloch County | Texas | $54,043 ±$13,471 | 7,514 |
| 2532 | Otero County | Colorado | $54,037 ±$5,856 | 18,321 |
| 2533 | Okmulgee County | Oklahoma | $54,029 ±$1,421 | 36,899 |
| 2534 | Washington County | Idaho | $54,000 ±$7,096 | 11,142 |
| 2534 | Iberville Parish | Louisiana | $54,000 ±$6,438 | 29,815 |
| 2536 | Ziebach County | South Dakota | $53,958 ±$11,479 | 2,377 |
| 2537 | Alpena County | Michigan | $53,950 ±$2,679 | 28,880 |
| 2538 | Sioux County | Nebraska | $53,929 ±$5,195 | 1,171 |
| 2539 | Nevada County | Arkansas | $53,886 ±$4,782 | 8,159 |
| 2540 | Decatur County | Kansas | $53,870 ±$3,964 | 2,726 |
| 2541 | Chowan County | North Carolina | $53,864 ±$6,862 | 13,836 |
| 2542 | Cherokee County | Alabama | $53,863 ±$4,463 | 25,443 |
| 2543 | Cass County | Texas | $53,813 ±$4,921 | 28,568 |
| 2544 | Lowndes County | Mississippi | $53,812 ±$2,871 | 57,838 |
| 2545 | Uvalde County | Texas | $53,801 ±$6,171 | 24,881 |
| 2546 | Dade County | Missouri | $53,750 ±$4,344 | 7,641 |
| 2546 | Bennett County | South Dakota | $53,750 ±$17,540 | 3,345 |
| 2548 | Hyde County | North Carolina | $53,713 ±$12,155 | 4,592 |
| 2549 | Mora County | New Mexico | $53,663 ±$3,996 | 4,149 |
| 2550 | Cook County | Georgia | $53,651 ±$6,406 | 17,532 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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