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

As of 2020, Loudoun County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in Northern Virginia has a median household income of $147,111, the highest of any county in the nation.[1]

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.[2] Virginia has the most counties in the top 100 with 18 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.

Rank County or
Equivalent		 State Median
Household
Income
1Loudoun County Virginia$147,111
2Falls Church Virginia$146,922
3Santa Clara County California$130,890
4San Mateo County California$128,091
5Fairfax County Virginia$127,866
6Howard County Maryland$124,042
7Arlington County Virginia$122,604
8Marin County California$121,671
9Douglas County Colorado$121,393
10Nassau County New York$120,036
11Los Alamos County New Mexico$119,266
12San Francisco County California$119,136
13Hunterdon County New Jersey$117,858
14Morris County New Jersey$117,298
15Somerset County New Jersey$116,510
16Forsyth County Georgia$112,834
17Calvert County Maryland$112,696
18Nantucket County Massachusetts$112,306
19Stafford County Virginia$112,247
20Montgomery County Maryland$111,812
21Delaware County Ohio$111,411
22Williamson County Tennessee$111,196
23Fairfax Virginia$109,708
24Prince William County Virginia$107,707
25Putnam County New York$107,246
26Summit County Utah$106,973
27Middlesex County Massachusetts$106,202
28Rockwall County Texas$105,956
29Fauquier County Virginia$105,665
30Suffolk County New York$105,362
31Norfolk County Massachusetts$105,320
32Alameda County California$104,888
33Bergen County New Jersey$104,623
34Elbert County Colorado$104,231
35Chester County Pennsylvania$104,161
36Carver County Minnesota$104,011
37Contra Costa County California$103,997
38Oldham County Kentucky$103,761
39Charles County Maryland$103,678
40Monmouth County New Jersey$103,523
41Scott County Minnesota$103,261
42Anne Arundel County Maryland$103,225
43Alexandria Virginia$102,227
44Broomfield County Colorado$101,206
45Poquoson Virginia$100,696
46Frederick County Maryland$100,685
47Collin County Texas$100,541
48Morgan County Utah$100,408
49Fort Bend County Texas$100,189
50Carroll County Maryland$99,569
51Westchester County New York$99,489
52King County Washington$99,158
53Hamilton County Indiana$98,880
54Kendall County Texas$98,692
55New Kent County Virginia$97,688
56Washington County Minnesota$97,584
57Fairfield County Connecticut$97,539
58Goochland County Virginia$97,146
59Kendall County Illinois$96,854
60King George County Virginia$96,711
61Queen Anne's County Maryland$96,467
62Sussex County New Jersey$96,222
63St. Mary's County Maryland$95,864
64DuPage County Illinois$94,930
65Rockland County New York$94,840
66Orange County California$94,441
67Harford County Maryland$94,003
68Rockingham County New Hampshire$93,962
69Powhatan County Virginia$93,833
70Fayette County Georgia$93,777
71Placer County California$93,677
72Montgomery County Pennsylvania$93,518
73York County Virginia$93,356
74Bucks County Pennsylvania$93,181
75Plymouth County Massachusetts$92,906
76Lake County Illinois$92,654
77Napa County California$92,219
78Middlesex County New Jersey$91,731
79James City County Virginia$91,675
80Johnson County Kansas$91,650
81Hanover County Virginia$91,444
82Spotsylvania County Virginia$90,913
83Washington District of Columbia$90,842
84Williamson County Texas$90,834
85Will County Illinois$90,800
86Gilpin County Colorado$90,547
87Denton County Texas$90,354
88Burlington County New Jersey$90,329
89McHenry County Illinois$90,014
90Santa Cruz County California$89,986
91New York County New York$89,812
92Boone County Indiana$89,444
93Warren County Ohio$89,410
94Ventura County California$89,295
95Snohomish County Washington$89,273
96Gloucester County New Jersey$89,056
97Waukesha County Wisconsin$88,985
98Union County Ohio$88,565
99Dakota County Minnesota$88,468
100Dallas County Iowa$88,368

Per capita income

2020 Census
Rank County or
Equivalent		 State Per
Capita
Inc
1New York County New York$83,008
2Marin County California$78,995
3Arlington County Virginia$77,535
4San Francisco County California$77,267
5Falls Church Virginia$76,354
6San Mateo County California$69,919
7Alexandria Virginia$68,640
8Gilpin County Colorado$66,627
9Teton County Wyoming$66,296
10Santa Clara County California$65,052
11Los Alamos County New Mexico$64,521
12Washington District of Columbia$63,793
13Fairfax County Virginia$61,957
14Morris County New Jersey$61,915
15Westchester County New York$61,830
16Somerset County New Jersey$61,805
17Hunterdon County New Jersey$61,328
18Loudoun County Virginia$61,045
19Summit County Utah$60,768
20Norfolk County Massachusetts$60,406
21King County Washington$59,843
22Montgomery County Maryland$59,384
23Howard County Maryland$58,560
24Middlesex County Massachusetts$58,399
25Monmouth County New Jersey$57,836
26Douglas County Colorado$57,481
27Fairfax Virginia$57,091
28Williamson County Tennessee$56,545
29Nassau County New York$55,763
30Bergen County New Jersey$55,710
31Chester County Pennsylvania$55,702
32Broomfield County Colorado$55,176
33Alameda County California$53,815
34Contra Costa County California$53,656
35Loving County Texas$53,358
36Montgomery County Pennsylvania$53,343
37San Juan County Washington$52,881
38Fulton County Georgia$52,842
39Hamilton County Indiana$52,437
40Boulder County Colorado$52,401
41Delaware County Ohio$52,397
42Nantucket County Massachusetts$52,324
43Newport County Rhode Island$52,030
44Bristol County Rhode Island$51,917
45Johnson County Kansas$51,663
46Rockingham County New Hampshire$51,627
47Dukes County Massachusetts$51,354
48Collier County Florida$51,296
49Talbot County Maryland$51,234
50Anne Arundel County Maryland$51,113
51Ozaukee County Wisconsin$51,032
52Waukesha County Wisconsin$50,837
53Calvert County Maryland$50,496
54Carver County Minnesota$50,492
55Hennepin County Minnesota$50,478
56DuPage County Illinois$50,344
57Bucks County Pennsylvania$50,315
58Elbert County Colorado$50,147
59Barnstable County Massachusetts$49,973
60Albemarle County Virginia$49,942
61Putnam County New York$49,808
62Kalawao County Hawaii$49,700
63Boone County Indiana$49,666
64Napa County California$49,641
65Forsyth County Georgia$49,506
66Fauquier County Virginia$49,440
Lake County Illinois$49,440
68Suffolk County New York$49,404
69Travis County Texas$49,191
70Queen Anne's County Maryland$49,178
71Oakland County Michigan$49,012
72Eagle County Colorado$49,010
73Plymouth County Massachusetts$48,785
74Placer County California$48,580
75Collin County Texas$48,438
76Suffolk County Massachusetts$47,916
77Rockwall County Texas$47,802
78Santa Cruz County California$47,619
79North Slope Borough Alaska$47,585
80Sonoma County California$47,580
81Dallas County Iowa$47,488
82Dunn County North Dakota$47,472
83Scott County Minnesota$47,334
84James City County Virginia$47,223
85Burlington County New Jersey$47,065
86Oldham County Kentucky$46,833
87Frederick County Maryland$46,615
88Fayette County Georgia$46,522
89Essex County Massachusetts$46,263
90Orange County California$46,099
91Charleston County South Carolina$46,066
92Washington County Rhode Island$45,956
93Carroll County Maryland$45,800
94Denton County Texas$45,782
95Cumberland County Maine$45,704
96Cape May County New Jersey$45,689
97Orange County North Carolina$45,681
98Stafford County Virginia$45,618
99Juneau Borough Alaska$45,607
100Washtenaw County Michigan$45,500

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:

See also

Notes and references
  1. "District of Columbia region boasts four richest counties in U.S." American City Business Journals.
  2. "QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2022.


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