4 of 6 Richest U.S. Counties Are D.C. Suburbs

(CNSNews.com) – Four the six richest counties in the United States in 2021—when measured by median household income–were located in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., according to newly released data from the Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.

Loudoun County, Va., with a median household income of $153,716, ranked as the nation’s richest county in 2021.

Falls Church City, Va., which the Census Bureau counts as a county because it is an independent city, ranked second with a median household income of $142,430.

Santa Clara County, Calif., which is at the heart of Silicon Valley, ranked third with a median household income of $141,161.

Los Alamos County, New Mexico, which is home to the federal government’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, ranked fourth with a median household income of $134, 050.

Fairfax County, Va., ranked fifth with a median household income of $133,845.

Howard County, Md., ranked sixth with a median household income of $ 131,412.

The top ten richest counties in the nation also included San Mateo County, Calif., which ranked seventh with a median household income of $131,151; Douglas County, Colo., which ranked eighth with a median household income of$129,839; Nassau County, N.Y., which ranked ninth with a median household income of $125,118; and Arlington County, Va., which ranked tenth with a median household income of $124, 474.

With Arlington County coming in as the tenth richest county, the D.C. suburbs had 5 of the 10 richest counties in the country.

By contrast, Buffalo County, S.D, was the poorest county in the country in 2021—with a median household income of $25,653.

The poorest ten counties were rounded out by Holmes County, Miss. ($28,236); McDowell County, W.V. ($28,720); Issaquena County, Miss. ($29,050); Lee County, Ky. ($29,143); Lake County, Tenn. ($29,387); Owsley County, Ky. ($29,365); Martin County, Ky. ($29,387); Sumter County, Ala. ($29,490); and Lee County, Ark. ($29,714).

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