List of highest-income counties in the United States
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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.
Summary
[edit]As of 2020, Loudoun County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in Virginia has a median household income of $147,111, the highest of any county in the nation.[1]
Median household income
[edit]2020 Census estimates
[edit]The chart below depicts the 100 highest income counties in the United States by median household income according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey data for 2016-2020, in constant 2020 dollars.[2][3] Virginia has the most counties in the top 100 with 18 followed by California with 11; Maryland with 10; New Jersey with nine; Texas with seven, New York and Illinois with six each; Colorado and Massachusetts with four each; Georgia, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania with three each; Indiana, Ohio, Utah, and Washington with two each; and Alaska, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Tennessee with one each.
Per capita income
[edit]2021 census estimates
[edit]The following table of the 100 highest income counties in the United States by per capita income is from the American Community Survey data for 2017-2021, in constant 2021 dollars.[4][5]
Highest-income counties and places by state
[edit]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
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ↑ "District of Columbia region boasts four richest counties in U.S." American City Business Journals.
- ↑ "American Community Survey 2020: Median income in the past 12 months (in 2020 inflation-adjusted dollars)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ↑ "Census ACS API: American Community Survey 2020". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ↑ "American Community Survey 2021: Mean income in the past 12 months (in 2021 inflation-adjusted dollars: Per capita income by race and Hispanic or Latino origin". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ↑ "Census ACS API: American Community Survey 2021". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
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