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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3000 | Coke County | Texas | $43,333 ±$11,825 | 3,353 |
| 3002 | Scott County | Arkansas | $43,270 ±$7,861 | 9,816 |
| 3003 | Monroe County | Arkansas | $43,214 ±$7,341 | 6,589 |
| 3004 | Calhoun County | Mississippi | $43,125 ±$4,000 | 12,922 |
| 3004 | Clay County | Mississippi | $43,125 ±$7,209 | 18,383 |
| 3006 | Oregon County | Missouri | $43,069 ±$6,603 | 8,673 |
| 3007 | Buchanan County | Virginia | $42,886 ±$3,670 | 19,415 |
| 3008 | Union Parish | Louisiana | $42,885 ±$5,860 | 20,821 |
| 3009 | Drew County | Arkansas | $42,824 ±$7,432 | 17,046 |
| 3010 | Guadalupe County | New Mexico | $42,750 ±$8,581 | 4,381 |
| 3011 | Sumter County | Georgia | $42,653 ±$3,404 | 29,061 |
| 3012 | Newton County | Texas | $42,618 ±$5,785 | 12,093 |
| 3013 | St. Francis County | Arkansas | $42,574 ±$6,151 | 22,400 |
| 3014 | Dallas County | Arkansas | $42,500 ±$8,406 | 6,242 |
| 3015 | Pulaski County | Illinois | $42,463 ±$5,028 | 5,015 |
| 3016 | Bladen County | North Carolina | $42,422 ±$6,049 | 29,566 |
| 3017 | Atkinson County | Georgia | $42,347 ±$8,985 | 8,337 |
| 3018 | Clay County | West Virginia | $42,318 ±$10,911 | 7,835 |
| 3019 | Monroe County | Alabama | $42,292 ±$5,982 | 19,388 |
| 3020 | Fulton County | Arkansas | $42,241 ±$4,338 | 12,302 |
| 3021 | Jim Hogg County | Texas | $42,211 ±$3,821 | 4,727 |
| 3022 | Perry County | Kentucky | $42,181 ±$7,458 | 27,499 |
| 3023 | Washington County | Mississippi | $42,165 ±$3,051 | 42,765 |
| 3024 | Pocahontas County | West Virginia | $42,119 ±$3,188 | 7,784 |
| 3025 | Sioux County | North Dakota | $42,083 ±$7,116 | 3,740 |
| 3026 | Todd County | South Dakota | $42,075 ±$6,515 | 9,244 |
| 3027 | Ripley County | Missouri | $42,037 ±$5,005 | 10,708 |
| 3028 | Robeson County | North Carolina | $41,978 ±$1,323 | 116,902 |
| 3029 | Quay County | New Mexico | $41,946 ±$14,822 | 8,564 |
| 3030 | Covington city | Virginia | $41,944 ±$11,178 | 5,680 |
| 3031 | St. Helena Parish | Louisiana | $41,934 ±$7,052 | 10,858 |
| 3032 | Evangeline Parish | Louisiana | $41,915 ±$4,677 | 32,060 |
| 3033 | Garden County | Nebraska | $41,882 ±$4,364 | 1,761 |
| 3034 | Lee County | Virginia | $41,827 ±$3,806 | 21,900 |
| 3035 | Washington County | North Carolina | $41,813 ±$7,001 | 10,812 |
| 3036 | Letcher County | Kentucky | $41,793 ±$3,868 | 20,808 |
| 3037 | Taylor County | Georgia | $41,788 ±$5,104 | 7,786 |
| 3038 | Knott County | Kentucky | $41,761 ±$5,899 | 13,830 |
| 3039 | Ben Hill County | Georgia | $41,758 ±$3,419 | 17,089 |
| 3040 | Montgomery County | Mississippi | $41,748 ±$3,908 | 9,602 |
| 3041 | Esmeralda County | Nevada | $41,715 ±$32,479 | 1,028 |
| 3042 | Harlan County | Kentucky | $41,693 ±$4,836 | 25,772 |
| 3043 | Tyrrell County | North Carolina | $41,685 ±$12,236 | 3,423 |
| 3044 | Union County | South Carolina | $41,621 ±$3,477 | 26,885 |
| 3045 | Sierra County | New Mexico | $41,600 ±$5,700 | 11,500 |
| 3046 | Talbot County | Georgia | $41,597 ±$5,642 | 5,742 |
| 3047 | Norton city | Virginia | $41,495 ±$9,617 | 3,577 |
| 3048 | Bradley County | Arkansas | $41,476 ±$7,612 | 10,208 |
| 3049 | Apache County | Arizona | $41,438 ±$2,581 | 65,341 |
| 3050 | Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota | $41,417 ±$14,548 | 13,491 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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