This list is ranked by absolute number of households in the high income bracket.
High >50,000 /year
Med 15,000 - 49,999
Low <15,000
| Low | Med | High | Black | ||||
| New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island | 333658 |
30.9% |
511371 |
47.3% |
235770 |
21.8% |
1080799 |
| Washington | 71647 |
19.3% |
193588 |
52.2% |
105613 |
28.5% |
370848 |
| Los Angeles--Anaheim--Riverside | 126470 |
29.9% |
202460 |
47.8% |
94551 |
22.3% |
423481 |
| Chicago--Gary--Lake County | 187835 |
37.3% |
234832 |
46.7% |
80250 |
16.0% |
502917 |
| Philadelphia--Wilmington--Trenton | 126648 |
34.6% |
180384 |
49.3% |
58962 |
16.1% |
365994 |
| Detroit--Ann Arbor | 143194 |
42.3% |
141603 |
41.8% |
53658 |
15.9% |
338455 |
| San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose | 55988 |
29.5% |
91898 |
48.4% |
42156 |
22.2% |
190042 |
| Atlanta | 78182 |
30.9% |
136637 |
54.0% |
38152 |
15.1% |
252971 |
| Baltimore | 66748 |
32.4% |
104297 |
50.6% |
35224 |
17.1% |
206269 |
| Houston--Galveston--Brazoria | 88666 |
39.3% |
109701 |
48.6% |
27502 |
12.2% |
225869 |
| Dallas--Fort Worth | 70451 |
37.0% |
96980 |
50.9% |
22948 |
12.1% |
190379 |
| Miami--Fort Lauderdale | 65494 |
36.7% |
90179 |
50.5% |
22764 |
12.8% |
178437 |
| Cleveland--Akron--Lorain | 71185 |
44.3% |
70938 |
44.1% |
18734 |
11.6% |
160857 |
| St. Louis | 60960 |
42.5% |
65423 |
45.6% |
16965 |
11.8% |
143348 |
| Boston--Lawrence--Salem | 23367 |
29.6% |
39172 |
49.6% |
16372 |
20.7% |
78911 |
| Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News | 48193 |
36.8% |
68540 |
52.3% |
14215 |
10.9% |
130948 |
| Richmond--Petersburg | 29806 |
33.9% |
45680 |
51.9% |
12516 |
14.2% |
88002 |
| Memphis | 59957 |
46.3% |
58913 |
45.5% |
10525 |
8.1% |
129395 |
| New Orleans | 73775 |
52.5% |
56681 |
40.3% |
10149 |
7.2% |
140605 |
| Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill | 27800 |
35.7% |
41542 |
53.4% |
8447 |
10.9% |
77789 |
| San Diego | 14402 |
29.0% |
27184 |
54.7% |
8081 |
16.3% |
49667 |
| Kansas City | 28984 |
41.1% |
33457 |
47.5% |
8043 |
11.4% |
70484 |
| Indianapolis | 23902 |
39.0% |
29735 |
48.5% |
7627 |
12.4% |
61264 |
| Cincinnati--Hamilton | 36086 |
47.8% |
31848 |
42.2% |
7620 |
10.1% |
75554 |
| Raleigh--Durham | 22288 |
34.2% |
35302 |
54.2% |
7576 |
11.6% |
65166 |
| Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point | 24322 |
37.0% |
34376 |
52.3% |
6980 |
10.6% |
65678 |
| Columbus-OH | 22290 |
38.5% |
28676 |
49.6% |
6872 |
11.9% |
57838 |
| Seattle--Tacoma | 13671 |
32.0% |
22201 |
52.0% |
6860 |
16.1% |
42732 |
| Hartford--New Britain--Middletown | 9301 |
29.1% |
15814 |
49.5% |
6849 |
21.4% |
31964 |
| Sacramento | 11131 |
32.7% |
16345 |
48.0% |
6572 |
19.3% |
34048 |
| Milwaukee--Racine | 32197 |
48.0% |
28390 |
42.3% |
6546 |
9.8% |
67133 |
| Birmingham | 40484 |
47.7% |
37980 |
44.7% |
6453 |
7.6% |
84917 |
| Dayton--Springfield | 18952 |
41.3% |
20947 |
45.7% |
5954 |
13.0% |
45853 |
| Nashville | 22424 |
41.8% |
25330 |
47.2% |
5886 |
11.0% |
53640 |
| Denver--Boulder | 13342 |
35.3% |
18843 |
49.8% |
5661 |
15.0% |
37846 |
| Jacksonville-FL | 27004 |
43.7% |
29132 |
47.1% |
5655 |
9.2% |
61791 |
| Pittsburgh--Beaver Valley | 34281 |
51.2% |
27011 |
40.4% |
5619 |
8.4% |
66911 |
| Flint | 13166 |
45.4% |
10717 |
36.9% |
5147 |
17.7% |
29030 |
| Tampa--St.Petersburg--Clearwater | 28093 |
44.8% |
29532 |
47.1% |
5034 |
8.0% |
62659 |
| Rochester | 12262 |
40.4% |
13505 |
44.5% |
4557 |
15.0% |
30324 |
| Columbia-SC | 14846 |
35.2% |
22940 |
54.4% |
4419 |
10.5% |
42205 |
| New Haven--Meriden | 6722 |
31.9% |
9992 |
47.4% |
4345 |
20.6% |
21059 |
| Louisville | 22014 |
48.4% |
19253 |
42.4% |
4183 |
9.2% |
45450 |
| Orlando | 15114 |
36.7% |
21885 |
53.1% |
4179 |
10.1% |
41178 |
| Baton Rouge | 24819 |
50.5% |
20310 |
41.3% |
4054 |
8.2% |
49183 |
| Buffalo--Niagara Falls | 24526 |
52.6% |
18234 |
39.1% |
3852 |
8.3% |
46612 |
| Minneapolis--St. Paul | 12488 |
41.8% |
13543 |
45.4% |
3813 |
12.8% |
29844 |
| Charleston-SC | 21285 |
44.8% |
22446 |
47.2% |
3791 |
8.0% |
47522 |
| Augusta | 17192 |
42.8% |
19288 |
48.0% |
3702 |
9.2% |
40182 |
| Jackson-MS | 24720 |
48.5% |
22666 |
44.4% |
3629 |
7.1% |
51015 |
| Phoenix | 9097 |
36.0% |
12607 |
49.9% |
3543 |
14.0% |
25247 |
| Total | 2451429 |
36.0% |
3260308 |
47.9% |
1098575 |
16.1% |
6810312 |