The latest rankings on the nation’s wealthiest counties is out from Forbes magazine. Lots of Virginia counties rank in the Top 25.
| Rank | County | Population | Median household income |
| 1 | Loudoun County, Va. | 277,433 | $110,643 |
| 2 | Fairfax County, Va. | 1,005,980 | $106,785 |
| 3 | Howard County, Md. | 272,412 | $101,710 |
| 4 | Hunterdon County, N.J. | 129,000 | $100,947 |
| 5 | Somerset County, N.J. | 321,589 | $100,207 |
| 6 | Fairfax City, Va. | 23,281 | $98,133 |
| 7 | Morris County, N.J. | 486,459 | $97,565 |
| 8 | Douglas County, Colo. | 270,286 | $97,480 |
| 9 | Arlington County, Va. | 204,889 | $96,390 |
| 10 | Montgomery County, Md. | 942,747 | $93,999 |
| 11 | Nassau County, N.Y. | 1,352,817 | $93,579 |
| 12 | Stafford County, Va. | 120,219 | $89,536 |
| 13 | Calvert County, Md. | 88,126 | $89,049 |
| 14 | Prince William County | 358,719 | $88,675 |
| 15 | Putnam County, N.Y. | 99,195 | $88,580 |
| 16 | Goochland County, Va. | 20,494 | $88,552 |
| 17 | Williamson County, Tenn. | 165,336 | $88,316 |
| 18 | Marin County, Calif. | 246,985 | $88,101 |
| 19 | Santa Clara County, Calif. | 1,734,756 | $87,287 |
| 20 | Forsyth County, Ga. | 158,009 | $86,938 |
| 21 | Charles County, Md. | 140,032 | $86,586 |
| 22 | Summit County, Utah | 35,448 | $85,258 |
| 23 | Alexandria City, Va. | 140,657 | $85,135 |
| 24 | Chester County, Pa. | 485,083 | $84,844 |
| 25 | Suffolk County, N.Y. | 1,510,716 | $84,767 |
Filed under: Virginia Politics
Okay, I’ve lived in each of the three richest counties in the country, yet I’m not rich. Not fair, not fair.
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Hmm, most of these counties are run by liberal commie socialist extremists. I guess they’re all going to Hell, right?
Stafford outranked Prince William even though it’s much less expensive to live in Stafford. Interesting.
Is this how Loudoun democrats justify raising property taxes to $1.41, the highest in the area and the highest in the south?
Not that long ago, Montgomery county Maryland was number one. Look at what outrageous taxes and their welcome wagon for illegals has done to them.
KFD4EDU – that’s because Stafford is AWESOME!
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