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on December 8, 2017 in World News

Boomtown: Five Richest Communities in America All in D.C. Suburbs

by Ian Mason The U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday that the five highest-earning sub-state municipalities in the United States are all Washington, DC, suburbs. The newly released American Community Survey’s data indicate a still-increasing concentration of wealth in and around the nation’s seat of government. The five counties and independent cities with the highest median income are all Virginia and Maryland surroundings of Washington. The five-year data, collected 2012-2016, list Loudon County, VA; Falls Church City, VA; Fairfax County, VA; Howard County, MD; and Arlington County, VA, as the highest earning “county equivalents” in the country. Falls Church City is a...

by Ian Mason The U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday that the five highest-earning sub-state municipalities in the United States are all Washington, DC, suburbs. The newly released American Community Survey’s data indicate a still-increasing concentration of wealth in and around...

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