List of highest-income counties in the United States
There are 3,144 counties and county-equivalents 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. Independent cities are considered county-equivalent by the Census Bureau.
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Summary
Before the American Civil War, the wealthiest counties were primarily located in Louisiana and Mississippi, because of the high number of enslaved people, who were not included in the population.[1]
Loudoun County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., is the highest-income county by median household income. Another Washington, D.C. suburb, Arlington County, Virginia, ranked as the highest-income county by median family income as of 2013.[2]
Median household income
2020 Census
The chart below depicts the 100 highest income counties in the United States by median household income according to the 2020 United States census.[3] Virginia has the most counties in the top 100 with 18. It is followed by California with 11; Maryland with 10; New Jersey with nine; New York and Texas with six each; Illinois with five; Colorado, Massachusetts, and Minnesota with four each; Ohio and Pennsylvania with three each; Georgia, Indiana, Utah, and Washington with two each; and Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Wisconsin with one each.
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Per capita income
2020 Census
Highest-income counties and places by state
For more detailed lists of rankings of counties and places in the individual states, see the following pages:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
See also
Notes and references
- Frasier, Steve (2005). Ruling America. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674017474.
- "District of Columbia region boasts four richest counties in U.S." American City Business Journals.
- "QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
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