Per capita income is usually used to rank the Richest places in the United States. However, median household income or personal per capita income can also be used. Traditionally speaking, Marin County, California, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Westchester County, New York, and Fairfax County, Virginia are considered to be the wealthiest counties in the US, however none of the last three rank first by per capita or median household income. The wealthiest region is usually considered to be the Northeast; forty-one of the 100 richest counties by per capita income are located in the Northeast (including Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) and forty-six by median household income. California and Colorado are also regarded as being wealthier states; seven of California's counties are in the top 100 and ten of Colorado's. However, Orange County, California, often thought as being one of the wealthiest of the nation's counties, does not rank in the top 100 by per capita income (it ranks 119th). This is because its wealth is concentrated in a relatively small group of people while the county's population as a whole is large. There are 3,142 counties in the United States.

Richest states

States ranked by per capita income

Based on 2000 Census data

1. Connecticut – $28,766

   District of Columbia – $28,659

2. New Jersey – $27,006
3. Massachusetts – $25,952
4. Maryland – $25,614
5. Colorado – $24,049
6. Virginia – $23,975
7. New Hampshire – $23,844
8. New York – $23,389
9. Delaware – $23,305
10. Minnesota – $23,198
11. Illinois – $23,104
12. Washington – $22,973
13. California – $22,711
14. Alaska – $22,660
15. Michigan – $22,168
16. Nevada – $21,989
17. Rhode Island – $21,688

    United States of America – $21,587

18. Florida – $21,557
19. Hawaii – $21,525
20. Wisconsin – $21,271
21. Georgia – $21,154
22. Ohio – $21,003
23. Oregon – $20,940
24. Pennsylvania – $20,880
25. Vermont – $20,625
26. Kansas – $20,506
27. Indiana – $20,397
28. North Carolina – $20,307
29. Arizona – $20,275
30. Missouri – $19,936
31. Iowa – $19,674
32. Texas – $19,617
33. Nebraska – $19,613
34. Maine – $19,533
35. Tennessee – $19,393
36. Wyoming – $19,134
37. South Carolina – $18,795
38. Alabama – $18,189
39. Utah – $18,185
40. Kentucky – $18,093
41. Idaho – $17,841
42. North Dakota – $17,769
43. Oklahoma – $17,646
44. South Dakota – $17,562
45. New Mexico – $17,261
46. Montana – $17,151
47. Louisiana – $16,912
48. Arkansas – $16,904
49. West Virginia – $16,477
50. Mississippi – $15,853

    Puerto Rico – $8,185

States ranked by personal per capita income

Based on 2003 data

District of Columbia – $48,342

1. Connecticut – $43,173
2. New Jersey – $40,427
3. Massachusetts – $39,815
4. Maryland – $37,331
5. New York – $36,574
6. New Hampshire – $34,702
7. Minnesota – $34,443
8. Colorado – $34,283
9. California – $33,749
10. Illinois – $33,690
11. Virginia – $33,671
12. Alaska – $33,568
13. Washington – $33,332
14. Delaware – $32,810
15. Wyoming – $32,808
16. Pennsylvania – $31,998
17. Rhode Island – $31,916

    United States of America – $31,632

18. Nevada – $31,266
19. Hawaii – $30,913
20. Wisconsin – $30,898
21. Nebraska – $30,758
22. Vermont – $30,740
23. Florida – $30,446
24. Michigan – $30,439
25. Ohio – $29,944
26. Kansas – $29,935
27. Georgia – $29,442
28. Texas – $29,372
29. Oregon – $29,340
30. Missouri – $29,252
31. South Dakota – $29,234
32. North Dakota – $29,204
33. Iowa – $29,043
34. Maine – $28,831
35. Indiana – $28,783
36. Tennessee – $28,455
37. North Carolina – $28,235
38. Arizona – $26,838
39. Oklahoma – $26,656
40. Alabama – $26,338
41. Kentucky – $26,252
42. South Carolina – $26,132
43. Louisiana – $26,100
44. Montana – $25,920
45. Idaho – $25,911
46. New Mexico – $25,541
47. Utah – $24,977
48. West Virginia – $24,379
49. Arkansas – $24,289
50. Mississippi – $23,448

States ranked by median household income

Based on 2000 Census data

1. New Jersey – $55,146
2. Connecticut – $53,935
3. Maryland – $52,868
4. Alaska – $51,571
5. Massachusetts – $50,502
6. Hawaii – $49,820
7. New Hampshire – $49,467
8. California – $47,493
9. Delaware – $47,381
10. Colorado – $47,203
11. Minnesota – $47,111
12. Virginia – $46,677
13. Illinois – $46,590
14. Washington – $45,776
15. Utah – $45,726
16. Michigan – $44,667
17. Nevada – $44,581
18. Wisconsin – $43,791
19. New York – $43,393
20. Georgia – $42,433
21. Rhode Island – $42,090

    United States of America – $41,994

22. Indiana – $41,567
23. Ohio – $40,956
24. Oregon – $40,916
25. Vermont – $40,856
26. Kansas – $40,624
27. Arizona – $40,558

    District of Columbia – $40,127

28. Pennsylvania – $40,106
29. Texas – $39,927
30. Iowa – $39,469
31. Nebraska – $39,250
32. North Carolina – $39,184
33. Florida – $38,819
34. Missouri – $37,934
35. Wyoming – $37,892
36. Idaho – $37,572
37. Maine – $37,240
38. South Carolina – $37,082
39. Tennessee – $36,360
40. South Dakota – $35,282
41. North Dakota – $34,604
42. Alabama – $34,135
43. New Mexico – $34,133
44. Kentucky – $33,672
45. Oklahoma – $33,400
46. Montana – $33,024
47. Louisiana – $32,566
48. Arkansas – $32,182
49. Mississippi – $31,330
50. West Virginia – $29,696

    Puerto Rico – $14,412

Richest counties

100 richest counties by per capita 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; New Hampshire, 1; New Mexico, 1; Nevada, 1; Tennessee, 1; Utah, 1; Wyoming, 1. Nineteen states do not have any counties in the top 100.

United States of America: $21,587

100 richest counties by personal per capita income

100 richest counties by median household income

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

Richest places

100 richest places in the United States

100 richest places with a population of at least 1,000

100 richest places with at least 1,000 households

Richest counties and places by state

To see more detailed lists of rankings of counties and places in individual states, see the following pages:

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawai'i
• 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
• Oklahoma
• Ohio
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

See also

• Poorest places in the United States
• Richest places in the United Kingdom

Statistics derived from U.S. Census Bureau data; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business; and DataQuick Information Systems, a public records database company located in La Jolla, San Diego, CA.