US Counties With the Highest Children with Below-median Parental Income

3,089 US counties ranked by children with below-median parental income, from highest to lowest. First are Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK (503.54), Sharkey County, MS (472.38) and Quitman County, MS (461.88). The middle one of the 3,089 has 124.35.

What this measures

The number of children whose parents earned less than the middle income. The connectedness figures are measured over this group. Source: Social Capital Atlas.

This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

More on children with below-median parental income

• US Counties With the Lowest Children with Below-median Parental Income
• Children with below-median parental income by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.