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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601 | Trinity County | California | $53,002 ±$8,924 | 15,860 |
| 2602 | Vigo County | Indiana | $52,976 ±$2,432 | 106,109 |
| 2603 | Wise County | Virginia | $52,943 ±$2,440 | 35,448 |
| 2604 | Franklin County | Mississippi | $52,939 ±$3,890 | 7,622 |
| 2605 | Chaves County | New Mexico | $52,938 ±$2,795 | 64,217 |
| 2606 | Abbeville County | South Carolina | $52,935 ±$3,895 | 24,420 |
| 2607 | Berrien County | Georgia | $52,876 ±$5,234 | 18,352 |
| 2608 | Crawford County | Kansas | $52,844 ±$2,608 | 39,008 |
| 2609 | Greenwood County | South Carolina | $52,830 ±$3,142 | 69,489 |
| 2610 | Hill County | Montana | $52,798 ±$5,536 | 16,155 |
| 2611 | McDonough County | Illinois | $52,795 ±$2,946 | 26,920 |
| 2612 | Screven County | Georgia | $52,792 ±$7,515 | 14,130 |
| 2613 | Emanuel County | Georgia | $52,772 ±$4,751 | 23,026 |
| 2614 | Geneva County | Alabama | $52,771 ±$5,419 | 26,887 |
| 2615 | Randolph County | West Virginia | $52,757 ±$4,392 | 27,576 |
| 2616 | Pike County | Ohio | $52,736 ±$4,871 | 27,044 |
| 2617 | Gogebic County | Michigan | $52,732 ±$3,913 | 14,319 |
| 2618 | Calloway County | Kentucky | $52,706 ±$4,077 | 38,224 |
| 2619 | Edwards County | Kansas | $52,692 ±$5,812 | 2,779 |
| 2620 | Johnston County | Oklahoma | $52,688 ±$4,965 | 10,278 |
| 2621 | Roosevelt County | New Mexico | $52,685 ±$5,040 | 18,928 |
| 2622 | Jewell County | Kansas | $52,634 ±$8,655 | 2,916 |
| 2623 | Toombs County | Georgia | $52,621 ±$4,567 | 27,102 |
| 2624 | Cameron County | Texas | $52,601 ±$1,632 | 426,120 |
| 2625 | Keweenaw County | Michigan | $52,583 ±$5,516 | 2,133 |
| 2626 | St. Mary Parish | Louisiana | $52,576 ±$3,030 | 47,828 |
| 2627 | Benton County | Missouri | $52,567 ±$3,278 | 20,151 |
| 2628 | Mississippi County | Arkansas | $52,548 ±$4,766 | 39,126 |
| 2629 | Tippah County | Mississippi | $52,542 ±$6,358 | 21,523 |
| 2630 | Bibb County | Alabama | $52,541 ±$8,950 | 22,130 |
| 2631 | Huerfano County | Colorado | $52,526 ±$5,017 | 6,972 |
| 2632 | Taliaferro County | Georgia | $52,500 ±$12,871 | 1,558 |
| 2633 | Chester County | South Carolina | $52,458 ±$3,357 | 32,182 |
| 2634 | Covington County | Alabama | $52,456 ±$3,788 | 37,628 |
| 2635 | Lincoln County | Kentucky | $52,440 ±$3,877 | 24,504 |
| 2636 | Sampson County | North Carolina | $52,432 ±$4,188 | 59,470 |
| 2637 | Clarendon County | South Carolina | $52,401 ±$3,951 | 30,986 |
| 2638 | Sedgwick County | Colorado | $52,386 ±$5,952 | 2,304 |
| 2639 | McDonald County | Missouri | $52,375 ±$4,081 | 23,701 |
| 2640 | Swain County | North Carolina | $52,349 ±$5,811 | 14,013 |
| 2641 | Randolph County | Alabama | $52,338 ±$6,218 | 22,510 |
| 2641 | Pondera County | Montana | $52,338 ±$4,638 | 6,035 |
| 2643 | Walker County | Texas | $52,324 ±$4,014 | 80,209 |
| 2644 | Wayne County | Tennessee | $52,294 ±$4,365 | 16,168 |
| 2645 | Hart County | Kentucky | $52,285 ±$3,907 | 19,603 |
| 2646 | Vernon County | Missouri | $52,230 ±$3,655 | 19,687 |
| 2647 | Unicoi County | Tennessee | $52,218 ±$6,675 | 17,756 |
| 2648 | Jones County | Mississippi | $52,216 ±$4,367 | 66,472 |
| 2649 | Forest County | Pennsylvania | $52,191 ±$3,237 | 6,715 |
| 2650 | White County | Tennessee | $52,188 ±$3,172 | 28,160 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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