Capital District Times

Richmond County ranked seventh among counties in New York by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Richmond County residents was an inflation-adjusted $36,459 per year. Richmond County had 166,150 households in 2017, with a population of 475,948.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was New York County. New York County's median income was $46,152 per year after adjusting for inflation – $9,693 more than Richmond County. It had 758,345 households in 2017 and a population of 1,653,877.

Bronx County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in New York, with a median income of only $20,576 per year. That was $15,883 less than the median income in Richmond County at the time. Bronx County had 495,356 households in 2017 and a population of 1,455,846.

The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	County	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	New York County	46,152
2	Nassau County	41,221
3	Putnam County	40,621
4	Westchester County	39,890
5	Saratoga County	38,460
6	Suffolk County	37,420
7	Richmond County	36,459
8	Rockland County	35,724
9	Orange County	33,101
10	Rensselaer County	32,696
11	Albany County	32,452
12	Dutchess County	32,308
13	Columbia County	31,806
14	Onondaga County	30,565
15	Ontario County	30,514
16	Ulster County	30,036
17	Wyoming County	30,011
18	Warren County	30,002
19	Tioga County	29,948
20	Queens County	29,706
21	Erie County	29,543
22	Schenectady County	29,290
23	Monroe County	29,289
24	Madison County	28,826
25	Cayuga County	28,586
26	Niagara County	28,261
27	Kings County	28,238
28	Wayne County	28,138
29	Chemung County	27,930
30	Essex County	27,770
31	Genesee County	27,650
32	Lewis County	27,449
33	Schoharie County	26,966
34	Oneida County	26,925
35	Clinton County	26,915
36	Franklin County	26,865
37	Sullivan County	26,804
38	Livingston County	26,731
39	Seneca County	26,725
40	Greene County	26,708
41	Fulton County	26,491
42	Orleans County	26,344
43	Washington County	26,296
44	Steuben County	26,063
45	Jefferson County	25,929
46	Tompkins County	25,659
47	Herkimer County	25,616
48	Cortland County	25,508
49	Montgomery County	25,400
50	Chenango County	25,398
51	Oswego County	25,129
52	Broome County	25,008
53	Cattaraugus County	24,740
54	Schuyler County	24,308
55	Yates County	24,221
56	Delaware County	23,924
57	St. Lawrence County	23,906
58	Otsego County	23,477
59	Chautauqua County	23,202
60	Hamilton County	22,259
61	Allegany County	21,607
62	Bronx County	20,576

* All values are inflation-adjusted