US counties by personal income

Los Angeles County had the highest personal income of 3080 counties in 2016, at $554.16 billion. Loving County had the lowest, at $5.57 million. The median was $929.43 million and the figure for the United States was $15.88 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest554,158.1Los Angeles County

Lowest5.6Loving County

Median929.43080 counties

United States15,884,741History

Map of counties, 2016

USD million, 2016. Hatched areas have no value for this period. 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.

Top 40 counties, 2016

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	2016 USD million	Change on 2015
1	Los Angeles County	554,158.1	+3.4%
2	Cook County	293,983.3	+0.9%
3	New York County	259,538.8	+6.3%
4	Harris County	232,529	-4.8%
5	Orange County	194,223.7	+3.8%
6	Maricopa County	184,999.3	+4.9%
7	San Diego County	180,838.8	+3.9%
8	Santa Clara County	175,007.4	+8.4%
9	King County	168,262	+6.6%
10	Dallas County	137,233	+3.6%
11	Middlesex County	119,301.6	+2.8%
12	Miami-Dade County	118,217.5	+0.5%
13	Kings County	116,235.9	+4.4%
14	Nassau County	108,695.8	+3.1%
15	Alameda County	108,327.2	+7%
16	Palm Beach County	101,390.1	+3.4%
17	Queens County	100,580.9	+2.7%
18	San Francisco County	96,454.8	+7.6%
19	Tarrant County	94,282.5	0%
20	Suffolk County	93,868.5	+3.9%
21	Clark County	92,300.7	+3.7%
22	Westchester County	91,776.8	+3.2%
23	Riverside County	88,997.4	+5.2%
24	Broward County	88,402.3	+2.4%
25	Montgomery County	83,878.1	+4.9%
26	Hennepin County	83,670.2	+2.7%
27	Philadelphia County	83,561	+7.2%
28	Oakland County	82,487.5	+2.3%
29	Bexar County	81,261.3	+1%
30	Contra Costa County	80,449.1	+6.1%
31	San Mateo County	79,961.2	+5.2%
32	Fulton County	78,822.7	+6.4%
33	San Bernardino County	77,453.1	+4.3%
34	Bergen County	72,046.6	+2.3%
35	Sacramento County	71,627.4	+3.7%
36	Travis County	70,785.2	+3.2%
37	Wayne County	69,853.9	+2.5%
38	Allegheny County	66,742.1	+0.8%
39	St. Louis County	65,053.2	+5%
40	Cuyahoga County	62,530.5	+2%
41	DuPage County	61,937.8	+0.9%
42	Montgomery County	61,208.8	+4.2%
43	Franklin County	60,509	+2.1%
44	Hillsborough County	59,934.5	+3%
45	Collin County	58,814.9	+5.4%
46	Mecklenburg County	58,064.7	+4.9%
47	Norfolk County	57,629.1	+3.9%
48	Wake County	57,023.2	+4.7%
49	Suffolk County	56,192	+8.6%
50	Orange County	53,825.9	+4.1%
51	Honolulu County	53,039.7	+3.6%
52	Salt Lake County	52,557.6	+5%
53	District of Columbia	52,190.6	+4.9%
54	Lake County	51,268.6	+0.7%
55	Essex County	47,718.5	+3.2%
56	Essex County	47,613	+2.8%
57	Ventura County	47,265	+3%
58	Bronx County	46,570.3	+2.7%
59	Pinellas County	46,294.1	+2.8%
60	Middlesex County	45,889.5	+2.7%
61	Marion County	45,808.2	+2.9%
62	Baltimore County	45,582	+2.1%
63	Monmouth County	45,004.6	+3.1%
64	Morris County	44,425.4	+3.2%
65	Hamilton County	43,924.3	+2.7%
66	Denver County	43,032.2	-5.4%
67	Denton County	42,893.7	+6.4%
68	Worcester County	42,870	+3.3%
69	Erie County	42,605.3	+2%
70	Shelby County	42,256.4	+1.6%
71	Bucks County	42,147	+3.7%
72	Prince George's County	41,119.4	+2.9%
73	Fort Bend County	41,077.8	-8%
74	Milwaukee County	40,668.7	-0%
75	Multnomah County	40,655.2	+3.7%
76	Johnson County	40,391.2	+4.5%
77	Pima County	40,011.8	+3.6%
78	Pierce County	39,713	+5.4%
79	Davidson County	39,533.8	+6.3%
80	Snohomish County	39,205.3	+6.3%
81	Duval County	38,980.1	+3.2%
82	Cobb County	38,826	+4.7%
83	Chester County	38,666.4	-0.3%
84	Fresno County	38,323.1	+2.9%
85	Macomb County	37,576.2	+2.3%
86	Oklahoma County	37,397.2	-0.4%
87	Hudson County	37,331.1	+4%
88	Jefferson County	36,519.6	+2.2%
89	Monroe County	35,899.5	+1.3%
90	Arapahoe County	35,335.2	+3.8%
91	Gwinnett County	35,235.4	+3.8%
92	Anne Arundel County	35,226.8	+3.3%
93	Lee County	34,451.4	+7.4%
94	Tulsa County	33,968.2	-15%
95	Will County	33,926	+2.4%
96	DeKalb County	33,882.3	+4.4%
97	Union County	33,879.5	+3.2%
98	Delaware County	33,797.1	+3.4%
99	Jefferson County	32,621.1	+3.2%
100	Jefferson County	32,579.1	+1.6%
101	Kent County	32,111.3	+2.7%
102	Kern County	32,048.2	-0.4%
103	Douglas County	31,785.9	-1.1%
104	Washington County	31,500.9	+4.3%
105	Montgomery County	31,297.6	-2.8%
106	Plymouth County	31,066.9	+3.6%
107	El Paso County	30,742.3	+3%
108	Collier County	30,423.3	+5.1%
109	Jackson County	29,929.1	+2.6%
110	Marin County	29,825.2	+3.7%
111	Somerset County	29,791.9	+3.5%
112	Dane County	29,547.4	+4.3%
113	San Joaquin County	29,427.8	+5.1%
114	New Castle County	28,573.1	+2.6%
115	Ocean County	28,564.2	+4.2%
116	Loudoun County	28,491.3	+7.1%
117	El Paso County	27,892.8	+1.9%
118	Baltimore city	27,837.3	+2%
119	Sonoma County	27,836.3	+3.9%
120	Bernalillo County	27,714.7	+3.8%
121	Providence County	27,532.7	+0.6%
122	Bristol County	27,260.9	+2.8%
123	Ramsey County	27,149.7	+3%
124	Waukesha County	26,659.7	+3.8%
125	Burlington County	25,520.9	+2.9%
126	Summit County	25,377.8	+1.9%
127	Lancaster County	25,221.2	+2.8%
128	Kane County	25,109.4	+3%
129	Camden County	25,044.1	+3.6%
130	Williamson County	24,846	+6.9%
131	Santa Barbara County	24,476.7	+1.6%
132	Richmond County	24,354.1	+2.6%
133	Sedgwick County	24,119	-1.8%
134	Sarasota County	24,079.4	+4.2%
135	Virginia Beach city	24,061.2	+3.1%
136	Brevard County	23,953	+3.8%
137	Polk County	23,796.9	+3.5%
138	Mercer County	23,339.3	+2.2%
139	Dakota County	23,300.1	+3.5%
140	Washoe County	23,241.5	+5.8%
141	Placer County	23,059.6	+5.3%
142	Passaic County	22,987.2	+1.3%
143	Hillsborough County	22,965.8	+3.3%
144	Montgomery County	22,732.1	+1.7%
145	Howard County	22,604.9	+3.6%
146	Hampden County	22,303.4	+2.1%
147	Monterey County	22,267.9	+3.1%
148	Greenville County	22,201	+2.8%
149	Polk County	22,176.5	+2.3%
150	Onondaga County	22,160.5	+1.4%
151	Guilford County	22,131.3	+1%
152	Clark County	22,105.9	+6%
153	Charleston County	22,031	+5.6%
154	Hamilton County	21,978.7	+5.9%
155	Utah County	21,843.1	+8.5%
156	Stanislaus County	21,499.6	+3.2%
157	Clackamas County	21,480.1	+7.3%
158	Hidalgo County	21,410.6	+1.7%
159	Ada County	21,159	+4.4%
160	East Baton Rouge Parish	20,971.4	+3.1%
161	Knox County	20,929.7	+3.5%
162	Benton County	20,875.1	+7.1%
163	Boulder County	20,790.6	+2.6%
164	Volusia County	20,585.4	+5.3%
165	Spokane County	20,577.7	+4.5%
166	Jefferson Parish	20,460.7	-0.2%
167	York County	20,366.8	+3.6%
168	Rockingham County	20,310.2	+3.6%
169	Solano County	20,112.1	+5.7%
170	Seminole County	20,101.2	+3%
171	Williamson County	20,095.9	+4.7%
172	Lake County	20,049	+2.6%
173	Arlington County	19,937.4	+2.5%
174	Adams County	19,734.4	+5.4%
175	Washtenaw County	19,714.6	+4.5%
176	Pasco County	19,510.1	+6.4%
177	Henrico County	19,467.2	+3.6%
178	St. Charles County	19,432.2	+4.2%
179	Douglas County	19,140.9	-3.3%
180	Berks County	18,952.7	+2.2%
181	Pulaski County	18,947	+1.8%
182	Lucas County	18,575.5	+2.1%
183	Anchorage Municipality	18,446.1	-1.9%
184	Orleans Parish	18,391	+1.1%
185	Orange County	18,003.7	+2.3%
186	Rockland County	17,984.7	+1.3%
187	Lehigh County	17,746.5	+2.5%
188	Richland County	17,178.7	+2.2%
189	Tulare County	17,149	+5%
190	Madison County	17,124.4	+3.7%
191	Chesterfield County	16,966	+3.2%
192	Hamilton County	16,950.3	+2.6%
193	Albany County	16,746.7	+0.3%
194	Westmoreland County	16,724.4	+1%
195	Manatee County	16,663.3	+4.8%
196	Forsyth County	16,523.3	+2.1%
197	Anoka County	16,466.1	+2.7%
198	Butler County	16,403.2	+3%
199	Brazoria County	16,339.9	+2.5%
200	Larimer County	16,293.6	+5.3%
201	Cumberland County	16,246.3	+4.9%
202	Santa Cruz County	16,070.7	+3.2%
203	Galveston County	16,033	-1.1%
204	McHenry County	15,852.3	+2.4%
205	Allen County	15,815.5	+2.4%
206	Washington County	15,650.4	+3.1%
207	Stark County	15,456.1	-0.3%
208	Genesee County	15,445.5	+2.2%
209	Lane County	15,172.6	+4.7%
210	Dutchess County	15,047.8	+2.7%
211	Northampton County	15,025.3	+4.4%
212	Mobile County	14,959.2	+0.6%
213	St. Johns County	14,678.2	+6.2%
214	Gloucester County	14,675.9	+2.2%
215	Fayette County	14,629.1	+0.8%
216	Nueces County	14,489.5	-5.2%
217	Davis County	14,426.9	+6.6%
218	San Luis Obispo County	14,406.4	+3%
219	Saratoga County	14,220.9	+4%
220	St. Tammany Parish	14,197.1	-3.4%
221	Frederick County	14,053.3	+5.1%
222	Bell County	14,001.7	+0.8%
223	Lancaster County	13,970.4	+2.1%
224	Barnstable County	13,943	+3.9%
225	Durham County	13,936.1	+4.5%
226	Delaware County	13,577.6	+5.5%
227	Harford County	13,478.8	+3.7%
228	Forsyth County	13,420.8	+7.4%
229	Lake County	13,362.6	+7.1%
230	Lorain County	13,141.3	+3.4%
231	Luzerne County	13,124.5	+3%
232	Kitsap County	13,091.8	+5%
233	St. Louis city	13,091.1	+0.9%
234	Marion County	12,995.3	+5.6%
235	Weld County	12,938.2	+3.4%
236	Dauphin County	12,788	+1.8%
237	Thurston County	12,719.7	+5.6%
238	Ottawa County	12,707.3	+4.2%
239	Alexandria city	12,682.9	+2.6%
240	Warren County	12,643.8	+6.3%
241	Cumberland County	12,502.2	+1.1%
242	Chatham County	12,408.7	+0.9%
243	Brown County	12,350.1	+1.7%
244	Escambia County	12,335.3	+3.6%
245	Lexington County	12,328.3	+4.3%
246	Spartanburg County	12,291.1	+5.2%
247	Midland County	12,177.5	-16%
248	Pinal County	12,152.6	+6.4%
249	Lubbock County	12,082.5	+2.1%
250	Marion County	12,031.4	+5.4%

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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. 11 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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 (US counties by personal income, 2016) [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, US counties by personal income, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 5 Feb. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-counties?period=2016. 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. US counties by personal income, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-counties?period=2016.

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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, US counties by personal income, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/personal-income/us-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, personal income (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents: US counties by personal income, 2016}},
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}

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Which county has the highest personal income?

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