In terms of per capita income, Connecticut is the richest state in the United States of America. As at 2019, Connecticut had a per capita income of $44,496. All data is from the 2010 United States Census and the 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Despite its high per capita income, Connecticut is mainly a middle-class state. Most of Connecticut’s wealth is concentrated in
Fairfield County Fairfield County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Fairfield County, Connecticut
* Fairfield County, Ohio
Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,921. ...
, which contains many affluent suburbs in Connecticut. Fairfield County is very close to New York City. Other areas of wealth in the state include suburbs surrounding New Haven and Hartford, as well as pockets of Litchfield County.
Counties
Incorporated county subdivisions
![Connecticut Towns by Median Household Income](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Connecticut_Towns_by_Median_Household_Income.png)
(missing towns of Guilford and Eastford)
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Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
Economy of Connecticut
Income
Income is the consumption and saving opportunity gained by an entity within a specified timeframe, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. Income is difficult to define conceptually and the definition may be different across fields. Fo ...