Highest-income counties in the United States

Highest-income counties in the United States

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update = May 2008
cleanup = April 2007 There are 3,142 counties in the United States. The source of the data is the U.S. Census Bureau and the data is current as of the indicated year.

10 highest-income counties by median household income (2007) [ [http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/acs-09.pdf Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2007 American Community Survey]

Number of counties by state in following lists: Virginia 6, Maryland 5, New Jersey 3, New York 2, California 2, Colorado 1, Georgia 1.

11 of the 20 counties are part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, 5 counties are part of the New York Metropolitan Area, and 2 are part of the San Francisco Bay Area. By Census region, 12 counties are located in the South, 5 in the Northeast, and 3 in the West.

Counties with populations greater than 250,000


= 50 highest-income counties by personal per capita income (2005) [ [http://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/drill.cfm?table=CA1-3&catable=CA1-3&lc=30&years=2005&rformat=display&areatype=LOCAL&sort=1 Per capita personal income, 2005] ] =

Number of counties by state in the top 50: Virginia 6, California 5, New Jersey 5, Colorado 3, Florida 3, Maryland 3, Massachusetts 3, New York 3, Illinois 2, Pennsylvania 2, Alaska 1, Connecticut 1, "District of Columbia" 1, Georgia 1, Idaho 1, Kansas 1, Michigan 1, Minnesota 1, Nevada 1, New Mexico 1, South Dakota 1, Tennessee 1, Texas 1, Utah 1, Washington 1, Wisconsin 1, Wyoming 1. Twenty-four states do not have any counties in the top 50.

Highest-income counties and places by state

To see more detailed lists of rankings of counties and places in individual states, see the following pages:

See also

*Highest-income places in the United States
*Highest-income states in the United States
*Lowest-income counties in the United States
*Household income in the United States
*Per capita income
*Personal per capita income
*Personal income in the United States
*List of the poorest places in the United States

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Notes and References

Note|1Independent cities are counted as county equivalents for the purposes of census comparisons.


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