A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Michigan for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in New York for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Georgia for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Illinois for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Indiana for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Tennessee for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Florida for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in West Virginia for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Arkansas for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

In 2022, San Francisco had the highest median household income of cities ranking within the top 25 in terms of population, with a median household income in of 136,692 U.S. dollars. In that year, San Jose in California was ranked second, and Seattle, Washington third.

Following a fall after the great recession, median household income in the United States has been increasing in recent years. As of 2022, median household income by state was highest in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Utah, and Massachusetts. It was lowest in Mississippi, West Virginia, and Arkansas. Families with an annual income of 25,000 and 49,999 U.S. dollars made up the largest income bracket in America, with about 25.26 million households.

Data on median household income can be compared to statistics on personal income in the U.S. released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income rose to around 21.8 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022, the highest value recorded. Personal income is a measure of the total income received by persons from all sources, while median household income is “the amount with divides the income distribution into two equal groups,” according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Half of the population in question lives above median income and half lives below. Though total personal income has increased in recent years, this wealth is not distributed throughout the population. In practical terms, income of most households has decreased. One additional statistic illustrates this disparity: for the lowest quintile of workers, mean household income has remained more or less steady for the past decade at about 13 to 16 thousand constant U.S. dollars annually. Meanwhile, income for the top five percent of workers has actually risen from about 285,000 U.S. dollars in 1990 to about 499,900 U.S. dollars in 2020.

A dataset listing the 20 richest counties in Alabama for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

Guyana was the South American country 20360the highest gross national income per capita, with 20,360 U.S. dollars per person in 2023. Uruguay ranked second, registering a GNI of 19,530 U.S. dollars per person, based on current prices. Gross national income (GNI) is the aggregated sum of the value added by residents in an economy, plus net taxes (minus subsidies) and net receipts of primary income from abroad. Which are the largest Latin American economies? Based on annual gross domestic product, which is the total amount of goods and services produced in a country per year, Brazil leads the regional ranking, followed by Mexico, Argentina, and Chile. Many Caribbean countries and territories hold the highest GDP per capita in this region, measurement that reflects how GDP would be divided if it was perfectly equally distributed among the population. GNI per capita is, however, a more exact calculation of wealth than GDP per capita, as it takes into consideration taxes paid and income receipts from abroad. How much inequality is there in Latin America? In many Latin American countries, more than half the total wealth created in their economies is held by the richest 20 percent of the population. When a small share of the population concentrates most of the wealth, millions of people don't have enough to make ends meet. For instance, in Brazil, about 5.32 percent of the population lives on less than 3.2 U.S. dollars per day.

In 2021, the per capita income in San Francisco city was at 80,383 U.S. dollars. San Francisco was followed in this regard by Seattle and Washington, D.C. The most populated cities in the U.S. are ranked by per capita income in this statistic. While New York, New York had the highest population, San Francisco had the highest per capita income in 2021. The median household income in San Francisco in 2020 was 119,136 dollars, the highest among the most populated cities in the United States.

A dataset ranking the top metropolitan areas in the United States by nominal GDP for 2024, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

A dataset listing the 9 richest counties in Connecticut for 2024, including information on rank, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest cities in Illinois for 2024, including information on rank, city, county, population, average income, and median income.

A dataset listing Missouri counties by population for 2024.

A dataset listing the richest zip codes in Virginia per the most current US Census data, including information on rank and average income.

A dataset listing the 20 richest cities in Missouri for 2024, including information on rank, city, county, population, average income, and median income.

In 2025, Luxembourg was the country with the highest gross domestic product per capita in the world. Of the 20 listed countries, 13 are in Europe and five are in Asia, alongside the U.S. and Australia. There are no African or Latin American countries among the top 20. Correlation with high living standards While GDP is a useful indicator for measuring the size or strength of an economy, GDP per capita is much more reflective of living standards. For example, when compared to life expectancy or indices such as the Human Development Index or the World Happiness Report, there is a strong overlap - 14 of the 20 countries on this list are also ranked among the 20 happiest countries in 2024, and all 20 have "very high" HDIs. Misleading metrics? GDP per capita figures, however, can be misleading, and to paint a fuller picture of a country's living standards then one must look at multiple metrics. GDP per capita figures can be skewed by inequalities in wealth distribution, and in countries such as those in the Middle East, a relatively large share of the population lives in poverty while a smaller number live affluent lifestyles.