AkashicWhere the most households earn $200k or more
Of the 100 counties most defined by ≥ $200k, 36 voted Republican and 64 Democratic in 2024 — a median of D+14.6, and as a group they shifted −4.6 points toward Republicans from 2020 to 2024.
Does ≥ $200k move the vote?
Every U.S. county, plotted by how much of the community lives there against its 2024 presidential margin — the demographic dial on one axis, the political one on the other.
Across every county, the more ≥ $200k a county is, the more Democratic it votes — a moderate relationship (r = +0.47).
| ≥ $200k range | Counties | Median margin |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6% – 3.0% | 318 | R+52.6 |
| 3.0% – 4.4% | 508 | R+50.0 |
| 4.4% – 5.9% | 574 | R+45.0 |
| 5.9% – 7.3% | 424 | R+40.3 |
| 7.3% – 8.7% | 278 | R+34.7 |
| 8.7% – 10.1% | 182 | R+27.2 |
| 10.1% – 11.5% | 136 | R+17.0 |
| 11.5% – 12.9% | 91 | R+19.7 |
| 12.9% – 14.4% | 51 | R+19.8 |
| 14.4% – 15.8% | 53 | R+7.7 |
| 15.8% – 17.2% | 33 | D+8.9 |
| 17.2% – 18.6% | 39 | D+1.8 |
| 18.6% – 20.0% | 23 | D+9.8 |
| 20.0% – 21.5% | 25 | D+19.4 |
| 21.5% – 22.9% | 13 | D+8.9 |
| 22.9% – 24.3% | 77 | D+13.9 |
Where ≥ $200k concentrates
Every county shaded by ≥ $200k — deep where the community clusters, pale at the other end. Counties below 5,000 population are suppressed.
The leaderboard
Ranked most to least by ≥ $200k. Filter by region or state, switch the column lens, cap the list, and sort on any figure.
| # | 2008–24 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loudoun County, VA | 44.7% | D D+16.2 | −8.8 | 229,692 | |
| 2 | Santa Clara County, CA | 41.6% | D D+40.0 | −7.5 | 750,433 | |
| 3 | San Mateo County, CA | 39.9% | D D+50.3 | −7.4 | 330,510 | |
| 4 | Marin County, CA | 38.9% | D D+63.9 | −2.6 | 144,113 | |
| 5 | Falls Church city, VA | 38.1% | D D+61.6 | −2.6 | 9,062 | |
| 6 | Nantucket County, MA | 37.1% | D D+36.7 | −8.6 | 7,118 | |
| 7 | San Francisco County, CA | 36.5% | D D+64.8 | −7.7 | 402,964 | |
| 8 | Fairfax County, VA | 36.3% | D D+34.7 | −7.2 | 589,427 | |
| 9 | Howard County, MD | 34.7% | D D+41.3 | −2.9 | 182,291 | |
| 10 | Nassau County, NY | 34.3% | R R+4.2 | −13.7 | 712,299 | |
| 11 | Somerset County, NJ | 33.8% | D D+13.9 | −7.3 | 177,412 | |
| 12 | Douglas County, CO | 33.2% | R R+7.0 | +0.2 | 243,892 | |
| 13 | Summit County, UT | 32.9% | D D+14.8 | −4.2 | 25,876 | |
| 14 | Arlington County, VA | 32.6% | D D+58.1 | −5.5 | 129,561 | |
| 15 | Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 32.4% | D D+18.0 | −7.3 | 295,927 | |
| 16 | Hunterdon County, NJ | 32.4% | R R+6.7 | −2.2 | 80,925 | |
| 17 | Morris County, NJ | 32.3% | R R+2.7 | −7.0 | 284,666 | |
| 18 | Alameda County, CA | 32.2% | D D+53.6 | −8.6 | 669,800 | |
| 19 | Fairfax city, VA | 32.1% | D D+33.1 | −5.2 | 13,567 | |
| 20 | Norfolk County, MA | 31.6% | D D+28.5 | −7.5 | 386,447 | |
| 21 | Forsyth County, GA | 31.4% | R R+33.1 | +0.1 | 138,249 | |
| 22 | Montgomery County, MD | 31.1% | D D+52.8 | −6.9 | 519,221 | |
| 23 | Middlesex County, MA | 31.1% | D D+39.2 | −5.7 | 814,832 | |
| 24 | Williamson County, TN | 30.9% | R R+32.4 | −6.3 | 144,668 | |
| 25 | Teton County, WY | 30.5% | D D+34.7 | −2.8 | 13,286 | |
| 26 | Westchester County, NY | 30.3% | D D+26.1 | −10.1 | 457,838 | |
| 27 | Los Alamos County, NM | 30.0% | D D+30.2 | +3.5 | 12,187 | |
| 28 | King County, WA | 29.8% | D D+51.3 | −1.4 | 1,130,502 | |
| 29 | Contra Costa County, CA | 29.4% | D D+37.9 | −7.4 | 528,904 | |
| 30 | Bergen County, NJ | 29.0% | D D+3.4 | −13.1 | 459,077 | |
| 31 | New York County, NY | 29.0% | D D+64.2 | −10.3 | 654,372 | |
| 32 | Monmouth County, NJ | 28.9% | R R+11.4 | −8.6 | 360,143 | |
| 33 | Stafford County, VA | 28.7% | D D+0.8 | −2.5 | 83,539 | |
| 34 | Delaware County, OH | 28.6% | R R+6.6 | +0.2 | 133,392 | |
| 35 | Chester County, PA | 28.2% | D D+14.5 | −2.7 | 324,964 | |
| 36 | Suffolk County, NY | 27.7% | R R+9.9 | −9.9 | 762,849 | |
| 37 | Prince William County, VA | 27.7% | D D+17.9 | −9.1 | 228,712 | |
| 38 | District of Columbia, DC | 26.7% | D D+83.8 | −2.9 | 325,869 | |
| 39 | Calvert County, MD | 26.4% | R R+10.9 | −5.3 | 54,191 | |
| 40 | Fauquier County, VA | 26.2% | R R+21.5 | −4.3 | 44,768 | |
| 41 | Carver County, MN | 26.0% | R R+5.4 | −0.5 | 69,160 | |
| 42 | Elbert County, CO | 25.9% | R R+51.1 | −0.9 | 20,422 | |
| 43 | Broomfield County, CO | 25.8% | D D+28.5 | +1.1 | 46,848 | |
| 44 | Oconee County, GA | 25.6% | R R+35.9 | −2.4 | 27,287 | |
| 45 | Putnam County, NY | 25.5% | R R+13.6 | −5.8 | 55,765 | |
| 46 | Collin County, TX | 25.5% | R R+11.1 | −6.8 | 515,585 | |
| 47 | Goochland County, VA | 25.5% | R R+18.5 | +0.9 | 19,742 | |
| 48 | Orange County, CA | 25.4% | D D+2.7 | −6.4 | 1,390,965 | |
| 49 | Alexandria city, VA | 25.3% | D D+57.1 | −5.5 | 80,904 | |
| 50 | Santa Cruz County, CA | 25.0% | D D+54.4 | −5.5 | 134,135 | |
| 51 | Hamilton County, IN | 25.0% | R R+6.1 | +0.7 | 196,727 | |
| 52 | Anne Arundel County, MD | 25.0% | D D+13.8 | −0.7 | 311,572 | |
| 53 | Rockland County, NY | 25.0% | R R+11.8 | −13.5 | 150,072 | |
| 54 | Frederick County, MD | 24.6% | D D+8.7 | −0.9 | 156,114 | |
| 55 | Placer County, CA | 24.4% | R R+8.5 | −1.9 | 234,809 | |
| 56 | Summit County, CO | 24.4% | D D+37.2 | −2.4 | 17,545 | |
| 57 | Oldham County, KY | 24.3% | R R+22.6 | −1.1 | 38,210 | |
| 58 | Dukes County, MA | 24.3% | D D+52.4 | −4.2 | 12,209 | |
| 59 | Scott County, MN | 24.3% | R R+8.5 | −1.8 | 90,140 | |
| 60 | Montgomery County, PA | 24.3% | D D+22.8 | −3.5 | 520,906 | |
| 61 | Napa County, CA | 24.2% | D D+34.9 | −5.5 | 65,549 | |
| 62 | Kendall County, TX | 24.2% | R R+55.6 | −2.6 | 29,315 | |
| 63 | Lake County, IL | 24.1% | D D+20.7 | −3.3 | 310,913 | |
| 64 | Bristol County, RI | 24.0% | D D+26.4 | −2.9 | 28,117 | |
| 65 | Wasatch County, UT | 23.8% | R R+27.4 | −1.5 | 18,354 | |
| 66 | Boulder County, CO | 23.7% | D D+55.7 | −0.8 | 196,304 | |
| 67 | Rockwall County, TX | 23.6% | R R+40.9 | −3.3 | 62,269 | |
| 68 | Pitkin County, CO | 23.5% | D D+44.2 | −7.7 | 11,169 | |
| 69 | St. Mary's County, MD | 23.5% | R R+17.0 | −3.2 | 58,954 | |
| 70 | El Dorado County, CA | 23.4% | R R+12.0 | −3.2 | 111,890 | |
| 71 | Plymouth County, MA | 23.3% | D D+8.8 | −8.4 | 300,129 | |
| 72 | North Slope Borough, AK | 23.2% | R R+14.7 | −11.0 | 1,758 | |
| 73 | Bucks County, PA | 23.2% | R R+0.1 | −4.5 | 401,028 | |
| 74 | Boone County, IN | 23.1% | R R+16.0 | +2.5 | 40,109 | |
| 75 | Carroll County, MD | 23.1% | R R+24.7 | −1.1 | 102,651 | |
| 76 | Charles County, MD | 23.1% | D D+40.5 | −0.4 | 92,097 | |
| 77 | Rockingham County, NH | 23.0% | R R+2.4 | −4.5 | 202,929 | |
| 78 | St. Johns County, FL | 22.7% | R R+31.3 | −4.7 | 197,457 | |
| 79 | Union County, NJ | 22.7% | D D+24.2 | −11.6 | 240,632 | |
| 80 | Aleutians West Census Area, AK | 22.3% | D D+0.5 | −8.8 | 979 | |
| 81 | DuPage County, IL | 22.3% | D D+13.1 | −4.8 | 456,882 | |
| 82 | Middlesex County, NJ | 22.3% | D D+8.0 | −14.2 | 365,187 | |
| 83 | Queen Anne's County, MD | 22.2% | R R+27.6 | −1.1 | 32,347 | |
| 84 | Denton County, TX | 22.2% | R R+13.1 | −5.1 | 449,188 | |
| 85 | Ventura County, CA | 22.0% | D D+15.1 | −6.0 | 387,595 | |
| 86 | Fort Bend County, TX | 22.0% | D D+1.6 | −9.0 | 362,524 | |
| 87 | San Benito County, CA | 21.8% | D D+12.6 | −11.8 | 27,649 | |
| 88 | Washington County, MN | 21.8% | D D+8.9 | −0.4 | 169,536 | |
| 89 | Snohomish County, WA | 21.8% | D D+18.8 | −1.8 | 418,221 | |
| 90 | Routt County, CO | 21.6% | D D+27.7 | +0.1 | 16,335 | |
| 91 | Mercer County, NJ | 21.3% | D D+33.9 | −6.5 | 163,270 | |
| 92 | San Diego County, CA | 21.2% | D D+16.8 | −6.0 | 1,477,786 | |
| 93 | Fulton County, GA | 21.1% | D D+44.9 | −1.6 | 535,238 | |
| 94 | Essex County, MA | 21.0% | D D+20.2 | −8.6 | 401,851 | |
| 95 | Suffolk County, MA | 21.0% | D D+52.1 | −10.8 | 299,193 | |
| 96 | Fayette County, GA | 20.9% | R R+3.2 | +3.6 | 74,633 | |
| 97 | Wake County, NC | 20.9% | D D+25.4 | −1.0 | 653,580 | |
| 98 | Eagle County, CO | 20.8% | D D+24.4 | −5.4 | 27,805 | |
| 99 | Jefferson County, CO | 20.8% | D D+19.5 | +0.9 | 361,716 | |
| 100 | Hudson County, NJ | 20.8% | D D+28.1 | −18.5 | 231,181 |
Source. Demographics — U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year (ancestry B04006, language C16001, income B19013/B19001, education S1501, poverty S1701); adherence — 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB); density — Census TIGER land area · counties and cities ≥ 5,000 population, ranked by ≥ $200k; the medians are taken across the 100 top counties; the correlation is over all 2,825 eligible counties. Presidential results are two-party margins (MIT Election Lab); city results are precinct-derived for 2008–2024. A place can be demographically homogeneous and politically split — which is exactly what these tables are built to show. Real returns — nothing estimated.