Counties in Massachusetts by personal income

Middlesex County had the highest personal income of 14 counties in 2019, at $140.51 billion. Nantucket County had the lowest, at $1.28 billion. The median was $28.16 billion and the figure for Massachusetts was $507.96 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Highest140,505.4Middlesex County
Lowest1,279.7Nantucket County
Median28,160.114 counties
Massachusetts507,958.2History

Map of counties, 2019

Barnstable County: 16,554.5 USD millionBerkshire County: 7,255.3 USD millionBristol County: 31,634.9 USD millionDukes County: 1,598.8 USD millionEssex County: 54,844.9 USD millionFranklin County: 3,956.1 USD millionHampden County: 24,685.2 USD millionHampshire County: 8,814.6 USD millionMiddlesex County: 140,505.4 USD millionNantucket County: 1,279.7 USD millionNorfolk County: 66,535.9 USD millionPlymouth County: 36,566.8 USD millionSuffolk County: 65,190.3 USD millionWorcester County: 48,462.3 USD million
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  • 59K and over
USD million, 2019. 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, 2019

Middlesex County: 140,505.4 USD millionMiddlesex County140,505.4Norfolk County: 66,535.9 USD millionNorfolk County66,535.9Suffolk County: 65,190.3 USD millionSuffolk County65,190.3Essex County: 54,844.9 USD millionEssex County54,844.9Worcester County: 48,462.3 USD millionWorcester County48,462.3Plymouth County: 36,566.8 USD millionPlymouth County36,566.8Bristol County: 31,634.9 USD millionBristol County31,634.9Hampden County: 24,685.2 USD millionHampden County24,685.2Barnstable County: 16,554.5 USD millionBarnstable County16,554.5Hampshire County: 8,814.6 USD millionHampshire County8,814.6Berkshire County: 7,255.3 USD millionBerkshire County7,255.3Franklin County: 3,956.1 USD millionFranklin County3,956.1Dukes County: 1,598.8 USD millionDukes County1,598.8Nantucket County: 1,279.7 USD millionNantucket County1,279.7Middlesex County: 140,505.4 USD millionMiddlesex County140,505.4Norfolk County: 66,535.9 USD millionNorfolk County66,535.9Suffolk County: 65,190.3 USD millionSuffolk County65,190.3Essex County: 54,844.9 USD millionEssex County54,844.9Worcester County: 48,462.3 USD millionWorcester County48,462.3Plymouth County: 36,566.8 USD millionPlymouth County36,566.8Bristol County: 31,634.9 USD millionBristol County31,634.9Hampden County: 24,685.2 USD millionHampden County24,685.2Barnstable County: 16,554.5 USD millionBarnstable County16,554.5Hampshire County: 8,814.6 USD millionHampshire County8,814.6Berkshire County: 7,255.3 USD millionBerkshire County7,255.3Franklin County: 3,956.1 USD millionFranklin County3,956.1Dukes County: 1,598.8 USD millionDukes County1,598.8Nantucket County: 1,279.7 USD millionNantucket County1,279.7
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

RankCounties2019
USD million
Change on 2018
1Middlesex County140,505.4+6%
2Norfolk County66,535.9+4.8%
3Suffolk County65,190.3+1.5%
4Essex County54,844.9+4.4%
5Worcester County48,462.3+5%
6Plymouth County36,566.8+6.7%
7Bristol County31,634.9+5.9%
8Hampden County24,685.2+3.6%
9Barnstable County16,554.5+8.9%
10Hampshire County8,814.6+5.5%
11Berkshire County7,255.3+3.2%
12Franklin County3,956.1+3.7%
13Dukes County1,598.8+7.4%
14Nantucket County1,279.7+7.7%

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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 Massachusetts by personal income, 2019) [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 Massachusetts by personal income, 2019. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/massachusetts-counties?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 Massachusetts by personal income, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/massachusetts-counties?period=2019.

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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 Massachusetts by personal income, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/massachusetts-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest personal income?

Middlesex County, with $140.51 billion in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest personal income?

Nantucket County, with $1.28 billion in 2019.

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.

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