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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2851 | Darlington County | South Carolina | $48,581 ±$3,529 | 62,558 |
| 2852 | De Soto Parish | Louisiana | $48,578 ±$4,867 | 27,026 |
| 2852 | Martin County | North Carolina | $48,578 ±$4,615 | 21,644 |
| 2854 | Crenshaw County | Alabama | $48,560 ±$5,509 | 13,122 |
| 2855 | Harding County | New Mexico | $48,553 ±$8,018 | 741 |
| 2856 | Red River County | Texas | $48,491 ±$3,389 | 11,611 |
| 2857 | Madison County | Florida | $48,485 ±$6,886 | 18,089 |
| 2858 | Hall County | Texas | $48,459 ±$7,802 | 2,820 |
| 2859 | Baxter County | Arkansas | $48,452 ±$3,456 | 42,407 |
| 2860 | Wyoming County | West Virginia | $48,440 ±$3,623 | 20,629 |
| 2861 | Piute County | Utah | $48,393 ±$4,875 | 1,694 |
| 2862 | Okfuskee County | Oklahoma | $48,363 ±$4,637 | 11,278 |
| 2863 | Escambia County | Alabama | $48,225 ±$3,891 | 36,629 |
| 2864 | Greenbrier County | West Virginia | $48,218 ±$3,001 | 32,386 |
| 2865 | Cedar County | Missouri | $48,181 ±$4,496 | 14,615 |
| 2866 | Mississippi County | Missouri | $48,160 ±$7,079 | 11,902 |
| 2867 | Woodruff County | Arkansas | $48,158 ±$6,537 | 6,026 |
| 2868 | Seminole County | Oklahoma | $48,062 ±$2,882 | 23,494 |
| 2869 | Adair County | Oklahoma | $48,041 ±$3,711 | 19,575 |
| 2870 | Cocke County | Tennessee | $48,016 ±$3,856 | 36,813 |
| 2871 | Gilmer County | West Virginia | $47,981 ±$4,227 | 7,288 |
| 2872 | Jackson County | Tennessee | $47,951 ±$8,012 | 12,029 |
| 2873 | Pushmataha County | Oklahoma | $47,940 ±$4,674 | 10,790 |
| 2874 | Putnam County | Florida | $47,934 ±$2,163 | 75,164 |
| 2875 | Morgan County | Kentucky | $47,913 ±$3,351 | 14,053 |
| 2876 | Wright County | Missouri | $47,909 ±$4,190 | 18,965 |
| 2877 | Fairfield County | South Carolina | $47,885 ±$4,289 | 20,550 |
| 2878 | Dunklin County | Missouri | $47,849 ±$4,146 | 27,493 |
| 2879 | Worth County | Missouri | $47,847 ±$10,123 | 1,934 |
| 2880 | Choctaw County | Alabama | $47,813 ±$8,438 | 12,380 |
| 2881 | Brooks County | Texas | $47,764 ±$16,489 | 6,943 |
| 2882 | Grayson County | Virginia | $47,730 ±$6,163 | 15,287 |
| 2883 | McKinley County | New Mexico | $47,668 ±$2,757 | 70,431 |
| 2884 | Jackson County | Colorado | $47,667 ±$22,569 | 1,372 |
| 2885 | Grundy County | Tennessee | $47,593 ±$6,668 | 13,819 |
| 2886 | Ware County | Georgia | $47,448 ±$4,063 | 35,976 |
| 2887 | Tazewell County | Virginia | $47,313 ±$3,483 | 39,624 |
| 2888 | Anson County | North Carolina | $47,302 ±$5,753 | 22,289 |
| 2889 | Dickenson County | Virginia | $47,254 ±$4,756 | 13,733 |
| 2890 | Wayne County | Missouri | $47,226 ±$4,530 | 10,862 |
| 2891 | Lanier County | Georgia | $47,186 ±$4,932 | 10,221 |
| 2892 | Alleghany County | North Carolina | $47,172 ±$4,894 | 11,174 |
| 2893 | Lincoln County | Montana | $47,143 ±$5,050 | 21,175 |
| 2894 | Buffalo County | South Dakota | $47,045 ±$11,995 | 1,808 |
| 2895 | Alexander County | Illinois | $47,043 ±$5,354 | 4,875 |
| 2896 | Caldwell Parish | Louisiana | $47,028 ±$6,721 | 9,500 |
| 2897 | Franklin Parish | Louisiana | $47,020 ±$4,584 | 19,408 |
| 2898 | Calhoun County | Georgia | $46,940 ±$11,345 | 5,498 |
| 2899 | Glacier County | Montana | $46,875 ±$11,273 | 13,637 |
| 2900 | Meigs County | Ohio | $46,873 ±$3,283 | 21,896 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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