Counties in California by personal income

Los Angeles County had the highest personal income of 58 counties in 2020, at $678.66 billion. Alpine County had the lowest, at $89.33 million. The median was $11.1 billion and the figure for California was $2.77 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest678,659.8Los Angeles County

Lowest89.3Alpine County

Median11,102.958 counties

California2,770,813.3History

Map of counties, 2020

Under 1,000
1,000 to 4,000
4,000 to 11K
11K to 27K
27K to 95K
95K and over

USD million, 2020. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2020

USD million. Source: BEA, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2020 USD million	Change on 2019
1	Los Angeles County	678,659.8	+7.9%
2	Orange County	239,226.1	+7.9%
3	Santa Clara County	235,337.5	+7.6%
4	San Diego County	222,762	+8.9%
5	Alameda County	148,199.1	+10%
6	San Francisco County	119,725.3	+6.6%
7	Riverside County	115,415	+11.4%
8	San Mateo County	107,790.4	+8.7%
9	Contra Costa County	102,439.1	+9.5%
10	San Bernardino County	99,003.3	+11%
11	Sacramento County	91,355.8	+10.3%
12	Ventura County	57,156.8	+7.4%
13	Fresno County	48,784.4	+13.9%
14	Kern County	40,423.7	+13.5%
15	San Joaquin County	40,306.2	+15.2%
16	Marin County	38,007	+5.7%
17	Sonoma County	35,466.2	+9.7%
18	Santa Barbara County	30,969.6	+10.7%
19	Placer County	29,725.1	+9.5%
20	Stanislaus County	26,953.2	+12.4%
21	Monterey County	26,807.9	+9.4%
22	Solano County	26,552.9	+13.6%
23	Tulare County	21,601.8	+15.3%
24	Santa Cruz County	20,914.7	+10.3%
25	San Luis Obispo County	17,812.7	+6.8%
26	El Dorado County	14,155.9	+7.2%
27	Yolo County	13,019.1	+8.7%
28	Merced County	12,456.7	+16.1%
29	Napa County	11,412.5	+11.9%
30	Butte County	10,793.3	+8.7%
31	Shasta County	9,329.5	+12.1%
32	Imperial County	8,348.5	+23.3%
33	Madera County	6,896.8	+13.5%
34	Humboldt County	6,835.1	+9.1%
35	Nevada County	6,655	+7.9%
36	Kings County	6,340.6	+14.2%
37	Sutter County	4,917.3	+12.4%
38	Mendocino County	4,782.2	+10.8%
39	San Benito County	3,913.6	+14.5%
40	Yuba County	3,734.5	+13%
41	Lake County	2,998.4	+10%
42	Tehama County	2,922.5	+10.3%
43	Tuolumne County	2,748	+8.6%
44	Calaveras County	2,454.9	+8.4%
45	Siskiyou County	2,182.4	+13.6%
46	Amador County	1,920.1	+9.1%
47	Glenn County	1,435.2	+14.9%
48	Colusa County	1,232.3	+26.8%
49	Lassen County	1,228.2	+13.3%
50	Del Norte County	1,145.1	+13.2%
51	Inyo County	1,135.8	+4.3%
52	Plumas County	1,076.9	+10.4%
53	Mariposa County	980.1	+6.6%
54	Mono County	800.6	+10.1%
55	Trinity County	535.9	+7.2%
56	Modoc County	470.4	+15.3%
57	Sierra County	146.5	+8.4%
58	Alpine County	89.3	-4.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Total income received by the residents of a place from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC1 line 1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 line 1 for counties.

Counted where people live, not where they work. The national figure is the total of the states, which differs slightly from personal income in the national accounts. Divided by BEA population it gives per_capita_personal_income.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (Counties in California by personal income, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip

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CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in California by personal income, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/california-counties?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Counties in California by personal income, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/california-counties?period=2020.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents, Counties in California by personal income, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/california-counties?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest personal income?

Los Angeles County, with $678.66 billion in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest personal income?

Alpine County, with $89.33 million in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.