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.
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]
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.
More information Rank, County or Equivalent ...
| 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 | St. Mary's County |
Maryland | $95,864 |
| 64 | DuPage County |
Illinois | $94,930 |
| 65 | Rockland County |
New York | $94,840 |
| 66 | Orange County |
California | $94,441 |
| 67 | Harford County |
Maryland | $94,003 |
| 68 | Rockingham County |
 New Hampshire | $93,962 |
| 69 | Powhatan County |
Virginia | $93,833 |
| 70 | Fayette County |
Georgia | $93,777 |
| 71 | Placer County |
California | $93,677 |
| 72 | Montgomery County |
Pennsylvania | $93,518 |
| 73 | York County |
Virginia | $93,356 |
| 74 | Bucks County |
Pennsylvania | $93,181 |
| 75 | Plymouth County |
Massachusetts | $92,906 |
| 76 | Lake County |
Illinois | $92,654 |
| 77 | Napa County |
California | $92,219 |
| 78 | Middlesex County |
New Jersey | $91,731 |
| 79 | James City County |
Virginia | $91,675 |
| 80 | Johnson County |
 Kansas | $91,650 |
| 81 | Hanover County |
Virginia | $91,444 |
| 82 | Spotsylvania County |
Virginia | $90,913 |
| 83 | Washington |
 District of Columbia | $90,842 |
| 84 | Williamson County |
Texas | $90,834 |
| 85 | Will County |
Illinois | $90,800 |
| 86 | Gilpin County |
Colorado | $90,547 |
| 87 | Denton County |
Texas | $90,354 |
| 88 | Burlington County |
New Jersey | $90,329 |
| 89 | McHenry County |
Illinois | $90,014 |
| 90 | Santa Cruz County |
California | $89,986 |
| 91 | New York County |
New York | $89,812 |
| 92 | Boone County |
Indiana | $89,444 |
| 93 | Warren County |
Ohio | $89,410 |
| 94 | Ventura County |
California | $89,295 |
| 95 | Snohomish County |
Washington | $89,273 |
| 96 | Gloucester County |
New Jersey | $89,056 |
| 97 | Waukesha County |
 Wisconsin | $88,985 |
| 98 | Union County |
Ohio | $88,565 |
| 99 | Dakota County |
Minnesota | $88,468 |
| 100 | Dallas County |
 Iowa | $88,368 |
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2020 census
More information Rank, County or Equivalent ...
| 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 | Falls Church |
Virginia | $76,354 |
| 6 | San Mateo County |
California | $69,919 |
| 7 | Alexandria |
Virginia | $68,640 |
| 8 | Gilpin County |
Colorado | $66,627 |
| 9 | Teton County |
 Wyoming | $66,296 |
| 10 | Santa Clara County |
California | $65,052 |
| 11 | Los Alamos County |
New Mexico | $64,521 |
| 12 | Washington |
District of Columbia | $63,793 |
| 13 | Fairfax County |
Virginia | $61,957 |
| 14 | Morris County |
New Jersey | $61,915 |
| 15 | Westchester County |
New York | $61,830 |
| 16 | Somerset County |
New Jersey | $61,805 |
| 17 | Hunterdon County |
New Jersey | $61,328 |
| 18 | Loudoun County |
Virginia | $61,045 |
| 19 | Summit County |
Utah | $60,768 |
| 20 | Norfolk County |
Massachusetts | $60,406 |
| 21 | King County |
Washington | $59,843 |
| 22 | Montgomery County |
Maryland | $59,384 |
| 23 | Howard County |
Maryland | $58,560 |
| 24 | Middlesex County |
Massachusetts | $58,399 |
| 25 | Monmouth County |
New Jersey | $57,836 |
| 26 | Douglas County |
Colorado | $57,481 |
| 27 | Fairfax |
Virginia | $57,091 |
| 28 | Williamson County |
Tennessee | $56,545 |
| 29 | Nassau County |
New York | $55,763 |
| 30 | Bergen County |
New Jersey | $55,710 |
| 31 | Chester County |
Pennsylvania | $55,702 |
| 32 | Broomfield County |
Colorado | $55,176 |
| 33 | Alameda County |
California | $53,815 |
| 34 | Contra Costa County |
California | $53,656 |
| 35 | Loving County |
Texas | $53,358 |
| 36 | Montgomery County |
Pennsylvania | $53,343 |
| 37 | San Juan County |
Washington | $52,881 |
| 38 | Fulton County |
Georgia | $52,842 |
| 39 | Hamilton County |
Indiana | $52,437 |
| 40 | Boulder County |
Colorado | $52,401 |
| 41 | Delaware County |
Ohio | $52,397 |
| 42 | Nantucket County |
Massachusetts | $52,324 |
| 43 | Newport County |
 Rhode Island | $52,030 |
| 44 | Bristol County |
Rhode Island | $51,917 |
| 45 | Johnson County |
Kansas | $51,663 |
| 46 | Rockingham County |
New Hampshire | $51,627 |
| 47 | Dukes County |
Massachusetts | $51,354 |
| 48 | Collier County |
 Florida | $51,296 |
| 49 | Talbot County |
Maryland | $51,234 |
| 50 | Anne Arundel County |
Maryland | $51,113 |
| 51 | Ozaukee County |
Wisconsin | $51,032 |
| 52 | Waukesha County |
Wisconsin | $50,837 |
| 53 | Calvert County |
Maryland | $50,496 |
| 54 | Carver County |
Minnesota | $50,492 |
| 55 | Hennepin County |
Minnesota | $50,478 |
| 56 | DuPage County |
Illinois | $50,344 |
| 57 | Bucks County |
Pennsylvania | $50,315 |
| 58 | Elbert County |
Colorado | $50,147 |
| 59 | Barnstable County |
Massachusetts | $49,973 |
| 60 | Albemarle County |
Virginia | $49,942 |
| 61 | Putnam County |
New York | $49,808 |
| 62 | Kalawao County |
 Hawaii | $49,700 |
| 63 | Boone County |
Indiana | $49,666 |
| 64 | Napa County |
California | $49,641 |
| 65 | Forsyth County |
Georgia | $49,506 |
| 66 | Fauquier County |
Virginia | $49,440 |
| Lake County |
Illinois | $49,440 |
| 68 | Suffolk County |
New York | $49,404 |
| 69 | Travis County |
Texas | $49,191 |
| 70 | Queen Anne's County |
Maryland | $49,178 |
| 71 | Oakland County |
 Michigan | $49,012 |
| 72 | Eagle County |
Colorado | $49,010 |
| 73 | Plymouth County |
Massachusetts | $48,785 |
| 74 | Placer County |
California | $48,580 |
| 75 | Collin County |
Texas | $48,438 |
| 76 | Suffolk County |
Massachusetts | $47,916 |
| 77 | Rockwall County |
Texas | $47,802 |
| 78 | Santa Cruz County |
California | $47,619 |
| 79 | North Slope Borough |
 Alaska | $47,585 |
| 80 | Sonoma County |
California | $47,580 |
| 81 | Dallas County |
Iowa | $47,488 |
| 82 | Dunn County |
 North Dakota | $47,472 |
| 83 | Scott County |
Minnesota | $47,334 |
| 84 | James City County |
Virginia | $47,223 |
| 85 | Burlington County |
New Jersey | $47,065 |
| 86 | Oldham County |
Kentucky | $46,833 |
| 87 | Frederick County |
Maryland | $46,615 |
| 88 | Fayette County |
Georgia | $46,522 |
| 89 | Essex County |
Massachusetts | $46,263 |
| 90 | Orange County |
California | $46,099 |
| 91 | Charleston County |
 South Carolina | $46,066 |
| 92 | Washington County |
Rhode Island | $45,956 |
| 93 | Carroll County |
Maryland | $45,800 |
| 94 | Denton County |
Texas | $45,782 |
| 95 | Cumberland County |
 Maine | $45,704 |
| 96 | Cape May County |
New Jersey | $45,689 |
| 97 | Orange County |
 North Carolina | $45,681 |
| 98 | Stafford County |
Virginia | $45,618 |
| 99 | Juneau Borough |
Alaska | $45,607 |
| 100 | Washtenaw County |
Michigan | $45,500 |
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For more detailed lists of rankings of counties and places in the individual states, see the following pages:
"QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
