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.

Summary

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

2020 census estimates

The chart below depicts the 100 highest income counties in the United States by median household income according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey data between 2016 and 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.

Rank	County or Equivalent	State	Median Household Income
1	Loudoun County	Virginia	$147,111
2	Falls Church	Virginia	$146,922
3	Santa Clara County	California	$130,890
4	San Mateo County	California	$128,091
5	Fairfax County	Virginia	$127,866
6	Howard County	Maryland	$124,042
7	Arlington County	Virginia	$122,604
8	Marin County	California	$121,671
9	Douglas County	Colorado	$121,393
10	Nassau County	New York	$120,036
11	Los Alamos County	New Mexico	$119,266
12	San Francisco County	California	$119,136
13	Hunterdon County	New Jersey	$117,858
14	Morris County	New Jersey	$117,298
15	Somerset County	New Jersey	$116,510
16	Forsyth County	Georgia	$112,834
17	Calvert County	Maryland	$112,696
18	Nantucket County	Massachusetts	$112,306
19	Stafford County	Virginia	$112,247
20	Montgomery County	Maryland	$111,812
21	Delaware County	Ohio	$111,411
22	Williamson County	Tennessee	$111,196
23	Fairfax	Virginia	$109,708
24	Prince William County	Virginia	$107,707
25	Putnam County	New York	$107,246
26	Summit County	Utah	$106,973
27	Middlesex County	Massachusetts	$106,202
28	Rockwall County	Texas	$105,956
29	Fauquier County	Virginia	$105,665
30	Suffolk County	New York	$105,362
31	Norfolk County	Massachusetts	$105,320
32	Alameda County	California	$104,888
33	Bergen County	New Jersey	$104,623
34	Elbert County	Colorado	$104,231
35	Chester County	Pennsylvania	$104,161
36	Carver County	Minnesota	$104,011
37	Contra Costa County	California	$103,997
38	Oldham County	Kentucky	$103,761
39	Charles County	Maryland	$103,678
40	Monmouth County	New Jersey	$103,523
41	Scott County	Minnesota	$103,261
42	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	$103,225
43	Alexandria	Virginia	$102,227
44	Broomfield County	Colorado	$101,206
45	Poquoson	Virginia	$100,696
46	Frederick County	Maryland	$100,685
47	Collin County	Texas	$100,541
48	Morgan County	Utah	$100,408
49	Fort Bend County	Texas	$100,189
50	Carroll County	Maryland	$99,569
51	Westchester County	New York	$99,489
52	King County	Washington	$99,158
53	Hamilton County	Indiana	$98,880
54	Kendall County	Texas	$98,692
55	New Kent County	Virginia	$97,688
56	Washington County	Minnesota	$97,584
57	Fairfield County	Connecticut	$97,539
58	Goochland County	Virginia	$97,146
59	Kendall County	Illinois	$96,854
60	King George County	Virginia	$96,711
61	Queen Anne's County	Maryland	$96,467
62	Sussex County	New Jersey	$96,222
63	Chambers County	Texas	$95,989
64	St. Mary's County	Maryland	$95,864
65	Oconee County	Georgia	$95,064
66	DuPage County	Illinois	$94,930
67	Rockland County	New York	$94,840
68	Orange County	California	$94,441
69	Harford County	Maryland	$94,003
70	Rockingham County	New Hampshire	$93,962
71	Powhatan County	Virginia	$93,833
72	Fayette County	Georgia	$93,777
73	Placer County	California	$93,677
74	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	$93,518
75	York County	Virginia	$93,356
76	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	$93,181
77	Plymouth County	Massachusetts	$92,906
78	Lake County	Illinois	$92,654
79	Napa County	California	$92,219
80	Middlesex County	New Jersey	$91,731
81	James City County	Virginia	$91,675
82	Johnson County	Kansas	$91,650
83	Hanover County	Virginia	$91,444
84	Spotsylvania County	Virginia	$90,913
85	Chugach Census Area	Alaska	$90,776
86	Washington	District of Columbia	$90,842
87	Williamson County	Texas	$90,834
88	Will County	Illinois	$90,800
89	Gilpin County	Colorado	$90,547
90	Denton County	Texas	$90,354
91	Burlington County	New Jersey	$90,329
92	McHenry County	Illinois	$90,014
93	Santa Cruz County	California	$89,986
94	New York County	New York	$89,812
95	Monroe County	Illinois	$89,648
96	Boone County	Indiana	$89,444
97	Warren County	Ohio	$89,410
98	Ventura County	California	$89,295
99	Snohomish County	Washington	$89,273
100	Gloucester County	New Jersey	$89,056

Per capita income

2021 census estimates

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]

Rank	County or Equivalent	State	Per Capita Inc
1	New York County	New York	$83,008
2	Marin County	California	$78,995
3	Arlington County	Virginia	$77,535
4	San Francisco County	California	$77,267
5	Pitkin County	Colorado	$76,883
6	Falls Church	Virginia	$76,354
7	San Mateo County	California	$69,919
8	Alexandria	Virginia	$68,640
9	Gilpin County	Colorado	$66,627
10	Teton County	Wyoming	$66,296
11	Santa Clara County	California	$65,052
12	Los Alamos County	New Mexico	$64,521
13	Washington	District of Columbia	$63,793
14	Harding County	New Mexico	$62,435
15	Fairfax County	Virginia	$61,957
16	Morris County	New Jersey	$61,915
17	Westchester County	New York	$61,830
18	Somerset County	New Jersey	$61,805
19	Fairfield County	Connecticut	$61,651
20	Hunterdon County	New Jersey	$61,328
21	Loudoun County	Virginia	$61,045
22	Summit County	Utah	$60,768
23	Norfolk County	Massachusetts	$60,406
24	King County	Washington	$59,843
25	Montgomery County	Maryland	$59,384
26	Howard County	Maryland	$58,560
27	Middlesex County	Massachusetts	$58,399
28	Monmouth County	New Jersey	$57,836
29	Douglas County	Colorado	$57,481
30	Fairfax	Virginia	$57,091
31	Goochland County	Virginia	$57,064
32	Williamson County	Tennessee	$56,545
33	Nassau County	New York	$55,763
34	Bergen County	New Jersey	$55,710
35	Chester County	Pennsylvania	$55,702
36	Broomfield County	Colorado	$55,176
37	Alameda County	California	$53,815
38	Sublette County	Wyoming	$53,693
39	Contra Costa County	California	$53,656
40	Loving County	Texas	$53,358
41	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	$53,343
42	Kendall County	Texas	$53,156
43	San Juan County	Washington	$52,881
44	Fulton County	Georgia	$52,842
45	Hamilton County	Indiana	$52,437
46	Boulder County	Colorado	$52,401
47	Delaware County	Ohio	$52,397
48	Clear Creek County	Colorado	$52,364
49	Nantucket County	Massachusetts	$52,324
50	Newport County	Rhode Island	$52,030
51	Bristol County	Rhode Island	$51,917
52	San Miguel County	Colorado	$51,725
53	Johnson County	Kansas	$51,663
54	Rockingham County	New Hampshire	$51,627
55	Dukes County	Massachusetts	$51,354
56	Collier County	Florida	$51,296
57	Talbot County	Maryland	$51,234
58	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	$51,113
59	Ozaukee County	Wisconsin	$51,032
60	Waukesha County	Wisconsin	$50,837
61	Denver County	Colorado	$50,642
62	Routt County	Colorado	$50,571
63	Calvert County	Maryland	$50,496
64	Carver County	Minnesota	$50,492
65	Hennepin County	Minnesota	$50,478
66	DuPage County	Illinois	$50,344
67	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	$50,315
68	Washington County	Minnesota	$50,207
69	Elbert County	Colorado	$50,147
70	Monroe County	Florida	$50,050
71	Barnstable County	Massachusetts	$49,973
72	Albemarle County	Virginia	$49,942
73	Putnam County	New York	$49,808
74	Kalawao County	Hawaii	$49,700
75	Boone County	Indiana	$49,666
76	Napa County	California	$49,641
77	Forsyth County	Georgia	$49,506
78	Fauquier County	Virginia	$49,440
78	Lake County	Illinois	$49,440
80	Oconee County	Georgia	$49,429
81	Suffolk County	New York	$49,404
82	Jefferson County	Colorado	$49,213
83	Travis County	Texas	$49,191
84	Queen Anne's County	Maryland	$49,178
85	Oakland County	Michigan	$49,012
86	Eagle County	Colorado	$49,010
87	El Dorado County	California	$48,953
88	Plymouth County	Massachusetts	$48,785
89	Sussex County	New Jersey	$48,744
90	Rappahannock County	Virginia	$48,672
91	Middlesex County	Connecticut	$48,670
92	Placer County	California	$48,580
93	Summit County	Colorado	$48,488
94	Collin County	Texas	$48,438
95	Sarasota County	Florida	$48,265
96	Chatham County	North Carolina	$48,143
97	Suffolk County	Massachusetts	$47,916
98	Saratoga County	New York	$47,902
99	Litchfield County	Connecticut	$47,811
100	Rockwall County	Texas	$47,802

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:

Notes and references

^ "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.

[richestcounties-1] "District of Columbia region boasts four richest counties in U.S." American City Business Journals.

[2] "American Community Survey 2020: Median income in the past 12 months (in 2020 inflation-adjusted dollars)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

[3] "Census ACS API: American Community Survey 2020". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

[4] "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.

[5] "Census ACS API: American Community Survey 2021". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 8, 2025.

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