HIGHEST-INCOME COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES

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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 2000 Census.

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100 highest-income counties by per capita income

50 highest-income counties by personal per capita income

100 highest-income counties by median household income

Highest-income counties and places by state

See also

US related topics

Note

100 highest-income counties by per capita income

Caution: This is raw data that is not adjusted for cost of living or compared by population size category. It also does not take into account the IRS average adjusted gross income.
'Number of counties by state in the top 100': Colorado 10, Virginia 10, New Jersey 9, California 7, Florida 6, New York 6, Georgia 4, Maryland 4, Minnesota 4, Connecticut 3, Massachusetts 3, Michigan 3, Pennsylvania 3, Texas 3, Illinois 2, North Carolina 2, Ohio 2, Rhode Island 2, Washington 2, Wisconsin 2, Alaska 1, Alabama 1, District of Columbia 1, Indiana 1, Kansas 1, Missouri 1, Nevada 1, New Hampshire 1, New Mexico 1, Tennessee 1, Utah 1, Wyoming 1. Nineteen states do not have any counties in the top 100.
''United States of America per capita average: $21,587''

Rank	County	Per Capita Income
'1'	Marin County, California	$44,962
'2'	New York County, New York (Manhattan)	$42,922
'3'	Falls Church, Virginia	$41,052
'4'	Pitkin County, Colorado	$40,811
'5'	Fairfield County, Connecticut	$38,350
'6'	Teton County, Wyoming	$38,260
'7'	Somerset County, New Jersey	$37,970
'8'	Arlington County, Virginia	$37,706
'9'	City of Alexandria, Virginia	$37,645
'10'	Morris County, New Jersey	$36,964
'11'	Fairfax County, Virginia	$36,888
'12'	Westchester County, New York	$36,726
'13'	Hunterdon County, New Jersey	$36,370
'14'	San Mateo County, California	$36,045
'15'	Montgomery County, Maryland	$35,684
'16'	San Miguel County, Colorado	$35,329
'17'	Douglas County, Colorado	$34,848
'18'	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$34,646
'19'	San Francisco County, California	$34,556
'20'	Summit County, Utah	$33,767
'21'	Bergen County, New Jersey	$33,638
'22'	Loudoun County, Virginia	$33,530
'23'	Collin County, Texas	$33,345
'24'	Hamilton County, Indiana	$33,109
'25'	Santa Clara County, California	$32,795
'26'	Oakland County, Michigan	$32,534
'27'	Williamson County, Tennessee	$32,496
'28'	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	$32,484
'29'	Howard County, Maryland	$32,402
'30'	Nassau County, New York	$32,151
'31'	Lake County, Illinois	$32,102
'32'	Eagle County, Colorado	$32,011
'33'	Ozaukee County, Wisconsin	$31,947
'34'	Chester County, Pennsylvania	$31,627
'35'	Delaware County, Ohio	$31,600
'36'	Blaine County, Idaho	$31,346
'37'	DuPage County, Illinois	$31,315
'38'	Nantucket County, Massachusetts	$31,314
'39'	Fairfax, Virginia	$31,247
'40'	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	$31,199
'41'	Collier County, Florida	$31,195
'42'	Monmouth County, New Jersey	$31,149
'43'	Johnson County, Kansas	$30,919
'44'	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	$30,898
'45'	Contra Costa County, California	$30,615
'46'	San Juan County, Washington	$30,603
'47'	Putnam County, New York	$30,127
'48'	Fulton County, Georgia	$30,003
'49'	Ventura County, California	$29,634
'50'	Martin County, Florida	$29,584
'51'	King County, Washington	$29,521
'52'	Fayette County, Georgia	$29,464
'53'	James City County, Virginia	$29,256
'54'	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	$29,164
'55'	Forsyth County, Georgia	$29,114
'56'	Goochland County, Virginia	$29,105
'57'	Boulder County, Colorado	$28,976
'58'	Albemarle County, Virginia	$28,852
'59'	Palm Beach County, Florida	$28,801
'60'	Routt County, Colorado	$28,792
'61'	Hennepin County, Minnesota	$28,789
'62'	Fauquier County, Virginia	$28,757
'63'	Summit County, Colorado	$28,676
'64'	St. Johns County, Florida	$28,674
'65'	Washington, District of Columbia	$28,659
'66'	Rockwall County, Texas	$28,573
'67'	Carver County, Minnesota	$28,486
'68'	Litchfield County, Connecticut	$28,408
'69'	Sarasota County, Florida	$28,326
'70'	Middlesex County, Connecticut	$28,251
'71'	Talbot County, Maryland	$28,164
'72'	Clear Creek County, Colorado	$28,160
'73'	Washington County, Minnesota	$28,148
'74'	Arapahoe County, Colorado	$28,147
'75'	Rockland County, New York	$28,082
'76'	Livingston County, Michigan	$28,069
'77'	Jefferson County, Colorado	$28,066
'78'	Placer County, California	$27,963
'79'	Geauga County, Ohio	$27,944
'80'	Mercer County, New Jersey	$27,914
'81'	Cobb County, Georgia	$27,863
'82'	St. Louis County, Missouri	$27,595
'83'	Anne Arundel County, Maryland	$27,578
'84'	Bucks County, Pennsylvania	$27,430
'85'	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	$27,352
'86'	Douglas County, Nevada	$27,288
'87'	Indian River County, Florida	$27,227
'88'	Shelby County, Alabama	$27,176
'89'	Washtenaw County, Michigan	$27,173
'90'	Dakota County, Minnesota	$27,008
'91'	Wake County, North Carolina	$27,004
'92'	Sussex County, New Jersey	$26,992
'93'	Union County, New Jersey	$26,992
'94'	Denton County, Texas	$26,895
'95'	Newport County, Rhode Island	$26,779
'96'	Juneau, Alaska	$26,719
'97'	Alameda County, California	$26,680
'98'	Rockingham County, New Hampshire	$26,656
'99'	Suffolk County, New York	$26,577
'100'	Middlesex County, New Jersey	$26,535

50 highest-income counties by personal per capita income

Rank	County	Personal Per Capita Income
'1'	New York County, New York	$85,826
'2'	Loving County, Texas	$71,723
'3'	Marin County, California	$67,682
'4'	Pitkin County, Colorado	$66,623
'5'	Teton County, Wyoming	$62,852
'6'	Fairfield County, Connecticut	$58,977
'7'	San Mateo County, California	$58,888
'8'	Nassau County, New York	$57,262
'9'	Morris County, New Jersey	$56,175
'10'	San Francisco County, California	$55,735
'11'	Westchester County, New York	$55,072
'12'	Santa Clara County, California	$54,188
'13'	Bergen County, New Jersey	$51,234
'14'	Fairfax County, Fairfax, and Falls Church, Virginia	$50,027
'15'	Montgomery County, Maryland	$49,642
'16'	Arlington County, Virginia	$49,536
'17'	Alexandria, Virginia	$48,100
'18'	Somerset County, New Jersey	$47,449
'19'	Oakland County, Michigan	$47,079
'20'	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	$46,824
'21'	Chester County, Pennsylvania	$46,461
'22'	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	$46,339
'23'	DuPage County, Illinois	$46,238
'24'	Lake County, Illinois	$46,217
'25'	Hunterdon County, New Jersey	$46,128
'26'	Ozaukee County, Wisconsin	$46,091
'27'	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	$45,990
'28'	Fulton County, Georgia	$45,894
'29'	Collin County, Texas	$45,410
'30'	Nantucket County, Massachusetts	$44,899
'31'	Summit County, Utah	$44,546
'32'	Contra Costa County, California	$44,484
'33'	King County, Washington	$44,437
'34'	Johnson County, Kansas	$44,176
'35'	Howard County, Maryland	$43,648
'36'	Sherman County, Texas	$43,494
'37'	Douglas County, Colorado	$43,478
'38'	Hamilton County, Indiana	$43,260
'39'	Palm Beach County, Florida	$43,107
'40'	Hennepin County, Minnesota	$43,074
'41'	Blaine County, Idaho	$42,952
'42'	Arapahoe County, Colorado	$42,832
'43'	Monmouth County, New Jersey	$42,646
'44'	Martin County, Florida	$42,071
'45'	Delaware County, Ohio	$41,940
'46'	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$41,669
'47'	Rockland County, New York	$41,150
'48'	Loudoun County, Virginia	$41,129
'49'	Waukesha County, Wisconsin	$41,041
'50'	Williamson County, Tennessee	$40,668

100 highest-income counties by median household income

'Source: US Census Bureau: 2000 Census
'Number of counties by state in the top 100': Virginia 15, Maryland 9, California 8, New Jersey 8, Colorado 6, Georgia 6, Illinois 6, Minnesota 5, New York 5, Texas 5, Alaska 3, Connecticut 3, Ohio 3, Pennsylvania 3, Wisconsin 3, Massachusetts 2, Michigan 2, Indiana 1, Kansas 1, Kentucky 1, Missouri 1, New Hampshire 1, New Mexico 1, Tennessee 1, Utah 1. Twenty-five states do not have any counties in the top 100.
''United States of America: $41,994''
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|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Rank
! County
! Median
Household
Income
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '1' || Douglas County, Colorado || $82,929
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '2' || Fairfax County, Virginia || $81,050
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '3' || Loudoun County, Virginia || $80,648
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '4' || Hunterdon County, New Jersey || $79,888
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '5' || Los Alamos County, New Mexico || $78,993
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '6' || Morris County, New Jersey || $77,340
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '7' || Somerset County, New Jersey || $76,933
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '8' || Falls Church, Virginia || $74,924
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '9' || Santa Clara County, California || $74,335
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '10' || Howard County, Maryland || $74,167
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '11' || Putnam County, New York || $72,279
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '12' || Nassau County, New York || $72,030
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '13' || Montgomery County, Maryland || $71,551
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '14' || Marin County, California || $71,306
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '15' || Fayette County, Georgia || $71,227
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '16' || Hamilton County, Indiana || $71,026
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '17' || Collin County, Texas || $70,835
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '18' || San Mateo County, California || $70,819
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '19' || Williamson County, Tennessee || $69,104
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '20' || Forsyth County, Georgia || $68,890
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '21' || Rockland County, New York || $67,971
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '22' || DuPage County, Illinois || $67,887
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '23' || Fairfax, Virginia || $67,642
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '24' || Livingston County, Michigan || $67,400
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '25' || Delaware County, Ohio || $67,258
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '26' || Lake County, Illinois || $66,973
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '27' || Ventura County, California || $66,859
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '28' || Stafford County, Virginia || $66,809
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '29' || Scott County, Minnesota || $66,612
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '30' || Washington County, Minnesota || $66,305
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '31' || Prince William County, Virginia || $65,960
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '32' || Calvert County, Maryland || $65,945
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '33' || Carver County, Minnesota || $65,540
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '34' || Chester County, Pennsylvania || $65,295
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '35' || Suffolk County, New York || $65,288
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '36' || Sussex County, New Jersey || $65,266
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '37' || Fairfield County, Connecticut || $65,249
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '38' || Bergen County, New Jersey || $65,241
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '39' || Rockwall County, Texas || $65,164
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '40' || Summit County, Utah || $64,962
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '41' || McHenry County, Illinois || $64,826
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '42' || Kendall County, Illinois || $64,625
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '43' || Monmouth County, New Jersey || $64,231
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '44' || Broomfield County, Colorado || $63,903
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '45' || Fort Bend County, Texas || $63,831
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '46' || Contra Costa County, California || $63,675
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '47' || Westchester County, New York || $63,582
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '48' || Norfolk County, Massachusetts || $63,432
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '49' || Oldham County, Kentucky || $63,229
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '50' || North Slope Borough, Alaska || $63,173
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '51' || Arlington County, Virginia || $63,001
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '52' || Waukesha County, Wisconsin || $62,839
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '53' || Ozaukee County, Wisconsin || $62,745
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '54' || Eagle County, Colorado || $62,682
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '55' || Elbert County, Colorado || $62,480
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '56' || Will County, Illinois || $62,238
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '57' || Charles County, Maryland || $62,199
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '58' || Juneau, Alaska || $62,034
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '59' || Fauquier County, Virginia || $61,999
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '60' || Oakland County, Michigan || $61,907
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '61' || Dakota County, Minnesota || $61,863
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '62' || Anne Arundel County, Maryland || $61,768
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '63' || Johnson County, Kansas || $61,455
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '64' || Middlesex County, New Jersey || $61,446
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '65' || Aleutians West, Alaska || $61,406
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '66' || Poquoson, Virginia || $60,920
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '67' || Cherokee County, Georgia || $60,896
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '68' || Montgomery County, Pennsylvania || $60,829
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '69' || Middlesex County, Massachusetts || $60,821
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '70' || Manassas Park, Virginia || $60,794
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '71' || Williamson County, Texas || $60,642
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '72' || Gwinnett County, Georgia || $60,537
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '73' || Manassas, Virginia || $60,409
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '74' || Frederick County, Maryland || $60,276
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '75' || Geauga County, Ohio || $60,200
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '76' || Carroll County, Maryland || $60,021
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '77' || Bucks County, Pennsylvania || $59,727
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '78' || Pitkin County, Colorado || $59,375
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '79' || Kane County, Illinois || $59,351
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '80' || Hanover County, Virginia || $59,223
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '81' || Middlesex County, Connecticut || $59,175
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '82' || Tolland County, Connecticut || $59,044
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '83' || Orange County, California || $58,820
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '84' || Burlington County, New Jersey || $58,608
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '85' || Chesterfield County, Virginia || $58,537
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '86' || Cobb County, Georgia || $58,289
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '87' || Denton County, Texas || $58,216
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '88' || Rockingham County, New Hampshire || $58,150
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '89' || York County, Virginia || $57,956
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '90' || Warren County, Ohio || $57,952
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '91' || Anoka County, Minnesota || $57,754
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '92' || Placer County, California || $57,535
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '93' || Spotsylvania County, Virginia || $57,525
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '94' || San Benito County, California || $57,469
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '95' || Jefferson County, Colorado || $57,339
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '96' || Henry County, Georgia || $57,309
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '97' || St. Charles County, Missouri || $57,258
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '98' || Harford County, Maryland || $57,234
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '99' || Queen Anne's County, Maryland || $57,037
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"
| '100' || Washington County, Wisconsin || $57,033
|- style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa; vertical-align: top"

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:
{| border="0" width="50%"
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★ Alabama

★ Alaska

★ Arizona

★ Arkansas

★ California

★ Colorado

★ Connecticut

★ Delaware

★ Florida

★ Georgia

★ Hawaii

★ Idaho

★ Illinois

★ Indiana

★ Iowa

★ Kansas

★ Kentucky
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★ Louisiana

★ Maine

★ Maryland

★ Massachusetts

★ Michigan

★ Minnesota

★ Mississippi

★ Missouri

★ Montana

★ Nebraska

★ Nevada

★ New Hampshire

★ New Jersey

★ New Mexico

★ New York

★ North Carolina

★ North Dakota
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★ Oklahoma

★ Ohio

★ Oregon

★ Pennsylvania

★ Rhode Island

★ South Carolina

★ South Dakota

★ Tennessee

★ Texas

★ Utah

★ Vermont

★ Virginia

★ Washington

★ West Virginia

★ Wisconsin

★ Wyoming
|}

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

US related topics

Note

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