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Census Bureau: 5 Richest Counties Are D.C. Suburbs
CNS News ^ | December 7, 2017 | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 12/07/2017 10:31:28 AM PST by C19fan

The five richest counties in the United States when measured by median household income are all suburbs of Washington, D.C., according to the American Community Survey data released today by the Census Bureau.

According to the American Community Survey's new five-year estimates (2012-2016), the five richest counties in the country are: Loudoun County, Va., where the median household income was $125,672; Falls Church City, Va., where it was $115,244; Fairfax County, Va., where it was $114,329; Howard County, Md., where it was $113,800; and Arlington County, Va., where it was $108,706.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: dc; dcsuburbs; government; liberalagenda; obama; obamalegacy; therealonepercent; virginia; washington
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To: fishtank; RegulatorCountry

Yup and yup to your image postings from Hunger Games. The only thing left is the outrageous mode of dress in the Capitol when compared to the districts paying tribute.


21 posted on 12/07/2017 11:09:49 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: C19fan

I visited the DC area in the 80s, didn’t stand out as wealthy. My daughter moved to Bethesda MD about 2013 and then across the river in Northern Virginia. When we visit, the money there is now rediculous. There has never been a “downturn” in the imperial city’s economy in the past 30-40 years.


22 posted on 12/07/2017 11:11:55 AM PST by machman
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Not everyone even works for the government. Are there that many lobbyists and attorneys who do government related work, and get the big bucks for doing so?

In sum. YES. People often wear two hats as well. A perfect example - do a little research on Jonathan Gruber, the infamous guy who helped write many of the rules for Obamacare, who also acted as a consultant, and who called Americans "stupid." Now multiply that by every-single US business and industry, because Fed.gov writes intricate rules for ALL of them.

23 posted on 12/07/2017 11:14:03 AM PST by PGR88
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To: antidisestablishment
This skews the entire dataset. It makes no sense to include cities in a county calculation.

In Virginia, independent cities are de facto counties. They have the same powers and responsibilities as a county.

24 posted on 12/07/2017 11:15:24 AM PST by C19fan
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To: machman
There has never been a “downturn” in the imperial city’s economy in the past 30-40 years.

I lived in DC in the 80's just out of college. I had the chance to work for a small but aggressive construction/property development firm working in DC and surrounding counties. I turned it down. Stupidest decision I ever made.

25 posted on 12/07/2017 11:16:35 AM PST by PGR88
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To: C19fan

I am a fourth generation Loudoun resident, and I am heart broken over what has happened here since the carpetbagger invasion. Fire fighters, law enforcement, school teachers.....none can afford to live here where they work. There was a concerted effort in the ‘70s and ‘80s to change Loudoun County from a rural farming county into a suburban high tech one, like luring the I.T. build-up in the Rt.28 corridor. I believe there is only one working dairy farm left. And now that a Metro stop is being built near Dulles, that should finish things off. I’m beginning to understand how my ancestors the Creek felt.


26 posted on 12/07/2017 11:18:14 AM PST by W.Lee (Lackland AFB Alumni 1972)
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To: nopardons

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all land, no water.[20] Falls Church is the smallest independent city by area in Virginia. Since independent cities in Virginia are considered county-equivalents, it is also the smallest county-equivalent in the United States by area.


27 posted on 12/07/2017 11:24:58 AM PST by ADSUM
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To: C19fan

Pentagon City is truly creepy.


28 posted on 12/07/2017 11:30:31 AM PST by RinaseaofDs (Truth, in a time of universal deceit, is courage)
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To: BroJoeK

Ping.


29 posted on 12/07/2017 11:39:48 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: RinaseaofDs

Crystal City is closest to the Hunger Games photo imho...


30 posted on 12/07/2017 11:44:16 AM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: C19fan

Government grifting pays very very well.


31 posted on 12/07/2017 11:51:44 AM PST by fella ("As it wshas before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: C19fan

Falls Church is not a county. It’s a small city in Fairfax County.


32 posted on 12/07/2017 11:53:14 AM PST by fella ("As it wshas before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Pelham

Arlington is completely different. All the young people live there among the trendy restaurants and shops. Rents are easily $3400 for a 3 bedroom house.


33 posted on 12/07/2017 1:08:31 PM PST by cnsmom (csmom)
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To: W.Lee

We were transferred to Virginia in 1976. We were coming from Long Island which is certainly not an inexpensive area. When we got down there to house hunt we were stunned by the price of homes. We wound in a nice neighborhood ,in Falls Church, in one of the smallest homes. The majority of our neighbors were gov’t employees, a few doctors and one fellow who became Bill Marriott’s right hand man. I’ve never been so happy as the day we were told we were again being transferred. I absolutely hated living there.


34 posted on 12/07/2017 1:12:04 PM PST by surrey
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To: C19fan

I understand the legal distinction, it’s just mixing counties and cities skews the population and economic distributions. In effect, many more municipalities would exceed the US median income than would counties.


35 posted on 12/07/2017 1:33:43 PM PST by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: cgbg

Bingo. Correct. My bad.

Absolutely terrifying actually. Never have I seen anything so divorced from regular normative American culture.


36 posted on 12/07/2017 1:51:41 PM PST by RinaseaofDs (Truth, in a time of universal deceit, is courage)
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To: RinaseaofDs

btw a little inside info on Crystal City. There are some fancy restaurants there that pride themselves on having Congress-critters and their mistresses hide out there....if the bricks and mortar of Crystal City could only talk...


37 posted on 12/07/2017 1:56:36 PM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: cnsmom

We lived in the brick colonials in the Forest.


38 posted on 12/07/2017 3:06:25 PM PST by Pelham (Rope. Tree. Journalist.)
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