The Fifty Rural Counties With The Highest Personal Income In 2006

These are the fifty rural counties found to have the highest personal incomes in 2006:

Rank	County	State	Income 2005	Income 2006	$ Change	% Change
1	Teton	WY	$96,570	$103,852	$7,282	7.5%
2	Pitkin	CO	$78,807	$86,122	$7,315	9.3%
3	Loving	TX	$79,426	$83,569	$4,143	5.2%
4	Blaine	ID	$54,945	$59,939	$4,994	9.1%
5	Los Alamos	NM	$57,050	$56,928	-$122	-0.2%
6	Nantucket	MA	$53,421	$55,521	$2,100	3.9%
7	Monroe	FL	$50,024	$54,955	$4,931	9.9%
8	Douglas	NV	$51,487	$54,870	$3,383	6.6%
9	Talbot	MD	$50,045	$53,710	$3,665	7.3%
10	North Slope Borough	AK	$43,720	$51,957	$8,237	18.8%
11	San Juan	WA	$46,483	$51,457	$4,974	10.7%
12	Dukes	MA	$46,175	$49,527	$3,352	7.3%
13	Sublette	WY	$42,621	$49,077	$6,456	15.1%
14	Eagle	CO	$44,559	$47,511	$2,952	6.6%
15	Bristol Bay Borough	AK	$42,456	$47,419	$4,963	11.7%
16	San Miguel	CO	$43,584	$47,142	$3,558	8.2%
17	Routt	CO	$42,835	$45,575	$2,740	6.4%
18	Litchfield	CT	$42,125	$44,611	$2,486	5.9%
19	Sheridan	WY	$40,598	$44,468	$3,870	9.5%
20	Haines Borough	AK	$41,388	$44,210	$2,822	6.8%
21	Sweetwater	WY	$38,335	$43,463	$5,128	13.4%
22	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	AK	$41,679	$43,356	$1,677	4.0%
23	Juneau City and Borough	AK	$39,932	$42,640	$2,708	6.8%
24	Campbell	WY	$37,756	$42,538	$4,782	12.7%
25	Hemphill	TX	$38,460	$42,103	$3,643	9.5%
26	Grafton	NH	$39,163	$41,978	$2,815	7.2%
27	Kent	MD	$38,592	$41,970	$3,378	8.8%
28	Beaufort	SC	$40,005	$41,724	$1,719	4.3%
29	Lancaster	VA	$39,976	$41,695	$1,719	4.3%
30	Summit	CO	$37,595	$40,628	$3,033	8.1%
31	Leelanau	MI	$37,239	$40,284	$3,045	8.2%
32	Nevada	CA	$37,507	$40,203	$2,696	7.2%
33	Ouray	CO	$36,368	$39,684	$3,316	9.1%
34	Sargent	ND	$40,899	$39,572	-$1,327	-3.2%
35	Midland	MI	$37,352	$39,524	$2,172	5.8%
36	Yakutat City and Borough	AK	$34,946	$39,274	$4,328	12.4%
37	Washakie	WY	$36,299	$39,082	$2,783	7.7%
38	Esmeralda	NV	$35,920	$39,000	$3,080	8.6%
39	Hickman	KY	$43,964	$38,961	-$5,003	-11.4%
40	Rio Blanco	CO	$34,940	$38,801	$3,861	11.1%
41	Brown	SD	$37,191	$38,759	$1,568	4.2%
42	Weston	WY	$35,974	$38,749	$2,775	7.7%
43	Mono	CA	$39,002	$38,486	-$516	-1.3%
44	Valdez-Cordova Census Area	AK	$36,975	$38,446	$1,471	4.0%
45	Kerr	TX	$35,744	$38,088	$2,344	6.6%
46	Geary	KS	$33,627	$38,083	$4,456	13.3%
47	Jefferson	WA	$35,610	$38,004	$2,394	6.7%
48	Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	AK	$34,983	$37,880	$2,897	8.3%
49	Polk	NC	$35,065	$37,873	$2,808	8.0%
50	Dubois	IN	$35,771	$37,669	$1,898	5.3%

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