不少人或许会假设那些很富裕的美国人都偏好住在大城市中,例如那些聚集许多大企业总部的城市。不过CNN在分析过Census人口统计数据库与多方分析后,发现在全美53个大都会地区,仅3%的高所得(年收入超过$75,000)者居住在市中心;11.4%住在市中心周边。相对的,14.1%的高所得者住在远郊地区,近郊地区则着有多达71.5%的高所得人口。
此外,全美前20大居民年收入超过$75,000的郡县中,有16个是大城市的近郊地区,另外4个则是大都会地区,包含曼哈顿和旧金山。
●年收入超过$75,000的部分榜单:(括弧内数字为居民年收超过$75,000的百分比)#1. New York County (Manhattan) (49.2%)
#2. Fairfax County, Washington, D.C. (49.2%)
#3. San Francisco (49.1%)
#5. Norfolk (Boston近郊)
#6. Montgomery County, Maryland
#7. Washington, D.C. (44.9%)
#8. Monmouth, N.J.
#9. San Mateo (Silicon Valley)
#10. Westchester, N.Y.
#11. Fairfield, Conn.
#13. Nassau County, N.Y. (Long Island)
#12. Middlesex (Boston近郊)
#14. King County, Wash. (41.3%) (包含西雅与其近郊地区)
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#17. Chester County, Pennsylvania
#18. Fort Bend County,Texas, (Huston近郊)
#19. Colin County, Texas (Dallas近郊)
#24. DuPage County, Illinois (Chicago近郊)
#25. Oakland County, Michigan (Detroit近郊)
#27. Lake County, California (北加)
#29. Johnson County, Kansas
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#74. Los Angeles, California, (24%)
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#55. Cook County, Illinois (27.7%)
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#66. Kings County, N.Y., (Brooklyn) (25.4%)
●家庭年收入超过$200,000:(括弧内数字为居民年收超过$200,000的百分比)
#1. Santa Clara, Ca (21%)
#2. Fairfax County, Va.
#3. San Francisco, Ca (20.4%)
#4. Santa Clara, Ca (21%)
#5. New York County, N.Y.
#16. Washington, D.C.
#20. King County, Wash.,
来源: Forbes