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by Anonymous on July 11th, 2006

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Per capita, what area of the US boasts the wealthiest people?

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  • by RyleeGirl on July 12th, 2006

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    As far as the cities and counties with the richest number of people here are the 2004 ranks:

    Rank City Median household income, 2004
    1 San Jose, CA $71,765
    2 Anchorage, AK $61,565
    3 San Francisco, CA $60,031
    4 Virginia Beach, VA $55,781
    5 San Diego, CA $51,382
    6 Anaheim, CA $49,622
    7 Raleigh, NC $47,878
    8 Seattle, WA $46,650
    9 Washington, DC $46,574
    10 Honolulu, HI $46,500
    11 Oakland, CA $46,190
    12 Charlotte, NC $46,082
    13 Boston, MA $45,892
    14 Arlington, TX $45,712
    15 Austin, TX $45,508
    16 Colorado Springs, CO $45,388
    17 Riverside, CA $44,866
    18 Las Vegas, NV $44,737
    19 Aurora, CO $44,480
    20 Minneapolis, MN $44,11


    As for the counties (more specific):

    Rank City Median household income, 2004
    1 Fairfax County, VA $83,975
    2 Somerset County, NJ $84,892
    3 Morris County, NJ $83,583
    4 Montgomery County, MD $82,971
    5 Howard County, MD $82,065
    6 Nassau County, NY $78,762
    7 Prince William County, VA $77,678
    8 Monmouth County, NJ $77,223
    9 Rockland County, NY $75,306
    10 Santa Clara County, CA $74,509
    11 Fairfield County, CT $73,110
    12 Chester County, PA $72,288
    13 Suffolk County, NY $71,956
    14 McHenry County, IL $71,153
    15 Bergen County, NJ $70,957
    16 Norfolk County, MA $70,903
    17 Lake County, IL $70,347
    18 Middlesex County, NJ $70,344
    19 DuPage County, IL $70,174
    20 Westchester County, NY $70,095

    However, these are only for populations OVER 250,000 PEOPLE.

    Here is the source: http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/30/pf/city_county_rankings/index.htm

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