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      America's richest and poorest places
      20 richest and poorest: the most affluent counties are in the East, but western cities score well.
      August 31, 2005: 2:25 PM EDT

      http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/30/pf/city ... _rankings/

      NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - There's a reason it's called the promised land.

      California can count four of the top ten richest cities in America, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. In addition, seven of the top ten are located west of the Mississippi, while 9 of the 10 poorest cities in the country are located either on the Mississippi or east of it.

      So does that mean the West is getting richer while the East slides into decay? Not quite.

      The East boasts nine of the 10 richest counties.

      It would be tempting to say that affluence in western cities tends to stay closer to downtown while the eastern elite flee to the suburbs, but demographers at the Census Bureau caution against such conclusions.

      The sample of this year's study, which only looked at cities and counties with a population of 250,000 or more, isn't wide enough to draw larger trends. For that, we'll have to wait for next year's study, which will survey all cities and counties with a population of 65,000 or more.

      In the meantime, here's a look at how the largest cities and counties stacked up, according to the Bureau's 2004 American Community Survey:

      Richest American cities with a
      population of 250,000 or greater
      Rank City Median household income, 2004
      1 San Jose, CA $71,765
      2 Anchorage, AK $61,565
      3 San Francisco, CA $60,031
      4 Virginia Beach, VA $55,781
      5 San Diego, CA $51,382
      6 Anaheim, CA $49,622
      7 Raleigh, NC $47,878
      8 Seattle, WA $46,650
      9 Washington, DC $46,574
      10 Honolulu, HI $46,500
      11 Oakland, CA $46,190
      12 Charlotte, NC $46,082
      13 Boston, MA $45,892
      14 Arlington, TX $45,712
      15 Austin, TX $45,508
      16 Colorado Springs, CO $45,388
      17 Riverside, CA $44,866
      18 Las Vegas, NV $44,737
      19 Aurora, CO $44,480
      20 Minneapolis, MN $44,116


      Poorest American cities with a
      population of 250,000 or greater
      Rank City Median household income, 2004
      1 Miami, FL $24,031
      2 Newark, NJ $26,309
      3 Cleveland, OH $27,871
      4 Detroit, MI $27,871
      5 Buffalo, NY $28,544
      6 St. Louis, MO $30,389
      7 Philadelphia, PA $30,631
      8 Milwaukee, WI $31,231
      9 New Orleans, LA $31,369
      10 El Paso, TX $31,764
      11 Tucson, AZ $31,901
      12 Pittsburgh, PA $31,910
      13 Cincinnati, OH $31,960
      14 Memphis, TN $32,399
      15 Baltimore, MD $34,055
      16 Toledo, OH $35,239
      17 Tulsa, OK $36,255
      18 Oklahoma City, OK $36,347
      19 San Antonio, TX $36,598
      20 Stockton, CA $37,322


      Richest counties with a population of 250,000 or more
      Rank City Median household income, 2004
      1 Fairfax County, VA $83,975
      2 Somerset County, NJ $84,892
      3 Morris County, NJ $83,583
      4 Montgomery County, MD $82,971
      5 Howard County, MD $82,065
      6 Nassau County, NY $78,762
      7 Prince William County, VA $77,678
      8 Monmouth County, NJ $77,223
      9 Rockland County, NY $75,306
      10 Santa Clara County, CA $74,509
      11 Fairfield County, CT $73,110
      12 Chester County, PA $72,288
      13 Suffolk County, NY $71,956
      14 McHenry County, IL $71,153
      15 Bergen County, NJ $70,957
      16 Norfolk County, MA $70,903
      17 Lake County, IL $70,347
      18 Middlesex County, NJ $70,344
      19 DuPage County, IL $70,174
      20 Westchester County, NY $70,095


      Poorest counties with a population of 250,000 or more
      Rank City Median household income, 2004
      1 Hidalgo County, TX $24,778.00
      2 Cameron County, TX $26,290.00
      3 Bronx County, NY $28,705.00
      4 El Paso County, TX $28,925.00
      5 St. Louis city, MO $30,389.00
      6 Philadelphia County, PA $30,631.00
      7 Caddo Parish, LA $31,317.00
      8 Orleans Parish, LA $31,369.00
      9 Baltimore city, MD $34,055.00
      10 Mahoning County, OH $34,132.00
      11 Polk County, FL $34,206.00
      12 Luzerne County, PA $34,341.00
      13 Oklahoma County, OK $35,182.00
      14 Mobile County, AL $35,512.00
      15 Lake County, FL $35,856.00
      16 E. Baton Rouge Parish, LA $35,954.00
      17 Pasco County, FL $35,997.00
      18 Kings County, NY $36,030.00
      19 Nueces County, TX $36,050.00
      20 Marion County, OR $36,591.00


      Ενδιαφερον ερευνα του περιοδικου Φορμπς:

      http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/27/cx_sc_ ... tner=yahoo

      No. 1: San Jose, Calif.
      Median Household Income: $71,765
      Median Home Price: $625,000


      No. 2: Anchorage, Alaska
      Median Household Income: $61,595
      Average Home Price: $294,374


      No. 3: San Francisco, Calif.
      Median Income: $60,031
      Median Home Price: $726,900


      No. 4: Virginia Beach, Va.
      Median Income: $55,781
      Median Home Price: $192,000


      No. 5: San Diego, Calif.
      Median Income: $51,382
      Median Home Price: $605,600


      No. 6: Anaheim, Calif.
      Median Income: $49,622
      Median Home Price: $696,100


      No. 7: Raleigh, N.C.
      Median Income: $47,878
      Median Home Price: $185,200


      No. 8: Seattle, Wash.
      Median Income: $46,650
      Median Home Price: $310,300


      No. 9: Washington, D.C.
      Median Income: $46,574
      Median Home Price: $429,900


      No. 10: Honolulu, Hawaii
      Median Income: $46,500
      Median Home Price: $577,800


      Richest Cities in the U.S.
      Forbes.com
      Sara Clemence

      http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/richestcity_1.html

      The richest cities in the U.S. are glittering metropolises where super-wealthy people gather and even relatively modest homes costs millions of dollars.

      Or so one might think.

      Los Angeles, home to a long list of rich neighborhoods (think Beverly Hills, Bel-Air and Holmby Hills), would seem an obvious candidate for any rich list. So would New York, where a penthouse is currently on the market for $70 million, and where property prices are so high it seems at times as though only moguls and celebrities can afford to live there.

      But by at least one measure of wealth, neither city makes the list. To figure out the richest places, have a look at the American cities with the highest median household incomes (the level at which half of the households make more and half less), as measured for 2004 by the U.S. Census Bureau. And prepare to be taken aback.

      Yes, San Francisco (with a median household income of over $60,000) makes the list, as does Washington, D.C., where half the households make more than about $46,500. But New York, Boston and Miami are nowhere to be seen in the top ten. California cities make up 40% of the rankings, and the rest is made up by some surprising locales, including Anchorage, Raleigh, N.C., and Virginia Beach, Va. While pleasant places, they aren't generally thought of as homes for the rich and famous.

      What gives? A combination of local economic strength, geographical quirks and the limitations of the analysis, which measures the middle of the income distribution, rather than the extremes.

      'Places like Los Angeles and New York have very skewed distributions of income,' says Gilbert Yochum, professor of economics at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. 'There are lots of rich people, but lots of poor people. Most of the cities in this metropolitan area--Norfolk, Newport News, Virginia Beach--have a much less skewed distribution of income. There's not as much poverty, but there aren't as many rich. We have a very high center.'

      Newer cities also have higher median incomes than more established places, like Boston or Chicago, because they are growing and have people moving in rather than out. Look just outside the city of Philadelphia (which also did not make the top ten), for example, and you will see an abundance of wealthy suburbs.

      According to Yochum, Virginia Beach is also helped by its strong military economic base. Military areas tend to have less-extreme income distributions (a reason San Diego makes the list as well), and retirees in the area have comfortable military pensions, he says.

      In Anchorage, meanwhile, a lack of retirees helps keep median incomes higher, explains Scott Goldsmith, professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

      'We don't have a very large senior population,' he says, because historically people went elsewhere to retire (though that is changing somewhat). 'Almost all of our households are in their prime working years. And among the working-age population, labor force participation is quite high.'

      Anchorage has a lot of two-income households, and wage levels are relatively high, Goldsmith says.

      'We have a lot of professional-type jobs in health care and education and the oil industry and engineering,' he argues. 'That helps to jack up the average.'

      High tech helps a couple of cities--notably Raleigh, N.C. and San Jose, Calif.--make the list. San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, tops the list with a median household income of $71,765. That's not a huge surprise, given that the broader area is home to technology powerhouses, including Intel, Cisco Systems and Google.

      'We're talking about a highly educated population, with a lot of technical skills,' says Michael Solt, associate dean at the College of Business at San Jose State University. A lot of high-tech manufacturing used to take place in Santa Clara County, he points out. And even as companies, such as Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard , grew, matured and shifted production overseas, they retained California headquarters.

      'We're talking professionals and a lot of high-ranking officials in the corporate world, who are compensated pretty highly too,' says Solt, who can't resist adding that a balmy, Mediterranean style climate and a diverse culture help draw professionals, such as lawyers and doctors, some of them from Asia.

      'A lot of working-class people have come here too. But when you're talking about driving the income, it's those professionals,' he says.

      Though it may be across the country from San Jose, highly educated workers also drive income levels in Raleigh, says Ken Atkins, executive director of Wake County Economic Development, part of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.

      'A very short answer is very smart workers,' Atkins says. The area has the largest research park in the world, Research Triangle Park, and has become a center for knowledge industries.

      Less than a year ago, he points out, Credit Suisse First Boston, part of Credit Suisse Group , decided to place its global-operations center in Research Triangle Park, creating 400 new jobs with an average wage of about $72,000 per year. The city regularly makes list of the best places to do business and has relatively affordable housing and a strong educational system.

      'Smart people can live anywhere,' Atkins says, 'and they choose to live in the best places.'

      Residents of other cities may disagree. Then again, he has numbers on his side.

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        America's richest and poorest places
        20 richest and poorest: the most affluent counties are in the East, but western cities score well.
        August 31, 2005: 2:25 PM EDT

        http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/30/pf/city ... _rankings/

        NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - There's a reason it's called the promised land.

        California can count four of the top ten richest cities in America, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. In addition, seven of the top ten are located west of the Mississippi, while 9 of the 10 poorest cities in the country are located either on the Mississippi or east of it.

        So does that mean the West is getting richer while the East slides into decay? Not quite.

        The East boasts nine of the 10 richest counties.

        It would be tempting to say that affluence in western cities tends to stay closer to downtown while the eastern elite flee to the suburbs, but demographers at the Census Bureau caution against such conclusions.

        The sample of this year's study, which only looked at cities and counties with a population of 250,000 or more, isn't wide enough to draw larger trends. For that, we'll have to wait for next year's study, which will survey all cities and counties with a population of 65,000 or more.

        In the meantime, here's a look at how the largest cities and counties stacked up, according to the Bureau's 2004 American Community Survey:

        Richest American cities with a
        population of 250,000 or greater
        Rank City Median household income, 2004
        1 San Jose, CA $71,765
        2 Anchorage, AK $61,565
        3 San Francisco, CA $60,031
        4 Virginia Beach, VA $55,781
        5 San Diego, CA $51,382
        6 Anaheim, CA $49,622
        7 Raleigh, NC $47,878
        8 Seattle, WA $46,650
        9 Washington, DC $46,574
        10 Honolulu, HI $46,500
        11 Oakland, CA $46,190
        12 Charlotte, NC $46,082
        13 Boston, MA $45,892
        14 Arlington, TX $45,712
        15 Austin, TX $45,508
        16 Colorado Springs, CO $45,388
        17 Riverside, CA $44,866
        18 Las Vegas, NV $44,737
        19 Aurora, CO $44,480
        20 Minneapolis, MN $44,116


        Poorest American cities with a
        population of 250,000 or greater
        Rank City Median household income, 2004
        1 Miami, FL $24,031
        2 Newark, NJ $26,309
        3 Cleveland, OH $27,871
        4 Detroit, MI $27,871
        5 Buffalo, NY $28,544
        6 St. Louis, MO $30,389
        7 Philadelphia, PA $30,631
        8 Milwaukee, WI $31,231
        9 New Orleans, LA $31,369
        10 El Paso, TX $31,764
        11 Tucson, AZ $31,901
        12 Pittsburgh, PA $31,910
        13 Cincinnati, OH $31,960
        14 Memphis, TN $32,399
        15 Baltimore, MD $34,055
        16 Toledo, OH $35,239
        17 Tulsa, OK $36,255
        18 Oklahoma City, OK $36,347
        19 San Antonio, TX $36,598
        20 Stockton, CA $37,322


        Richest counties with a population of 250,000 or more
        Rank City Median household income, 2004
        1 Fairfax County, VA $83,975
        2 Somerset County, NJ $84,892
        3 Morris County, NJ $83,583
        4 Montgomery County, MD $82,971
        5 Howard County, MD $82,065
        6 Nassau County, NY $78,762
        7 Prince William County, VA $77,678
        8 Monmouth County, NJ $77,223
        9 Rockland County, NY $75,306
        10 Santa Clara County, CA $74,509
        11 Fairfield County, CT $73,110
        12 Chester County, PA $72,288
        13 Suffolk County, NY $71,956
        14 McHenry County, IL $71,153
        15 Bergen County, NJ $70,957
        16 Norfolk County, MA $70,903
        17 Lake County, IL $70,347
        18 Middlesex County, NJ $70,344
        19 DuPage County, IL $70,174
        20 Westchester County, NY $70,095


        Poorest counties with a population of 250,000 or more
        Rank City Median household income, 2004
        1 Hidalgo County, TX $24,778.00
        2 Cameron County, TX $26,290.00
        3 Bronx County, NY $28,705.00
        4 El Paso County, TX $28,925.00
        5 St. Louis city, MO $30,389.00
        6 Philadelphia County, PA $30,631.00
        7 Caddo Parish, LA $31,317.00
        8 Orleans Parish, LA $31,369.00
        9 Baltimore city, MD $34,055.00
        10 Mahoning County, OH $34,132.00
        11 Polk County, FL $34,206.00
        12 Luzerne County, PA $34,341.00
        13 Oklahoma County, OK $35,182.00
        14 Mobile County, AL $35,512.00
        15 Lake County, FL $35,856.00
        16 E. Baton Rouge Parish, LA $35,954.00
        17 Pasco County, FL $35,997.00
        18 Kings County, NY $36,030.00
        19 Nueces County, TX $36,050.00
        20 Marion County, OR $36,591.00


        Ενδιαφερον ερευνα του περιοδικου Φορμπς:

        http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/27/cx_sc_ ... tner=yahoo

        No. 1: San Jose, Calif.
        Median Household Income: $71,765
        Median Home Price: $625,000


        No. 2: Anchorage, Alaska
        Median Household Income: $61,595
        Average Home Price: $294,374


        No. 3: San Francisco, Calif.
        Median Income: $60,031
        Median Home Price: $726,900


        No. 4: Virginia Beach, Va.
        Median Income: $55,781
        Median Home Price: $192,000


        No. 5: San Diego, Calif.
        Median Income: $51,382
        Median Home Price: $605,600


        No. 6: Anaheim, Calif.
        Median Income: $49,622
        Median Home Price: $696,100


        No. 7: Raleigh, N.C.
        Median Income: $47,878
        Median Home Price: $185,200


        No. 8: Seattle, Wash.
        Median Income: $46,650
        Median Home Price: $310,300


        No. 9: Washington, D.C.
        Median Income: $46,574
        Median Home Price: $429,900


        No. 10: Honolulu, Hawaii
        Median Income: $46,500
        Median Home Price: $577,800


        Richest Cities in the U.S.
        Forbes.com
        Sara Clemence

        http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/richestcity_1.html

        The richest cities in the U.S. are glittering metropolises where super-wealthy people gather and even relatively modest homes costs millions of dollars.

        Or so one might think.

        Los Angeles, home to a long list of rich neighborhoods (think Beverly Hills, Bel-Air and Holmby Hills), would seem an obvious candidate for any rich list. So would New York, where a penthouse is currently on the market for $70 million, and where property prices are so high it seems at times as though only moguls and celebrities can afford to live there.

        But by at least one measure of wealth, neither city makes the list. To figure out the richest places, have a look at the American cities with the highest median household incomes (the level at which half of the households make more and half less), as measured for 2004 by the U.S. Census Bureau. And prepare to be taken aback.

        Yes, San Francisco (with a median household income of over $60,000) makes the list, as does Washington, D.C., where half the households make more than about $46,500. But New York, Boston and Miami are nowhere to be seen in the top ten. California cities make up 40% of the rankings, and the rest is made up by some surprising locales, including Anchorage, Raleigh, N.C., and Virginia Beach, Va. While pleasant places, they aren't generally thought of as homes for the rich and famous.

        What gives? A combination of local economic strength, geographical quirks and the limitations of the analysis, which measures the middle of the income distribution, rather than the extremes.

        'Places like Los Angeles and New York have very skewed distributions of income,' says Gilbert Yochum, professor of economics at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. 'There are lots of rich people, but lots of poor people. Most of the cities in this metropolitan area--Norfolk, Newport News, Virginia Beach--have a much less skewed distribution of income. There's not as much poverty, but there aren't as many rich. We have a very high center.'

        Newer cities also have higher median incomes than more established places, like Boston or Chicago, because they are growing and have people moving in rather than out. Look just outside the city of Philadelphia (which also did not make the top ten), for example, and you will see an abundance of wealthy suburbs.

        According to Yochum, Virginia Beach is also helped by its strong military economic base. Military areas tend to have less-extreme income distributions (a reason San Diego makes the list as well), and retirees in the area have comfortable military pensions, he says.

        In Anchorage, meanwhile, a lack of retirees helps keep median incomes higher, explains Scott Goldsmith, professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

        'We don't have a very large senior population,' he says, because historically people went elsewhere to retire (though that is changing somewhat). 'Almost all of our households are in their prime working years. And among the working-age population, labor force participation is quite high.'

        Anchorage has a lot of two-income households, and wage levels are relatively high, Goldsmith says.

        'We have a lot of professional-type jobs in health care and education and the oil industry and engineering,' he argues. 'That helps to jack up the average.'

        High tech helps a couple of cities--notably Raleigh, N.C. and San Jose, Calif.--make the list. San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, tops the list with a median household income of $71,765. That's not a huge surprise, given that the broader area is home to technology powerhouses, including Intel, Cisco Systems and Google.

        'We're talking about a highly educated population, with a lot of technical skills,' says Michael Solt, associate dean at the College of Business at San Jose State University. A lot of high-tech manufacturing used to take place in Santa Clara County, he points out. And even as companies, such as Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard , grew, matured and shifted production overseas, they retained California headquarters.

        'We're talking professionals and a lot of high-ranking officials in the corporate world, who are compensated pretty highly too,' says Solt, who can't resist adding that a balmy, Mediterranean style climate and a diverse culture help draw professionals, such as lawyers and doctors, some of them from Asia.

        'A lot of working-class people have come here too. But when you're talking about driving the income, it's those professionals,' he says.

        Though it may be across the country from San Jose, highly educated workers also drive income levels in Raleigh, says Ken Atkins, executive director of Wake County Economic Development, part of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.

        'A very short answer is very smart workers,' Atkins says. The area has the largest research park in the world, Research Triangle Park, and has become a center for knowledge industries.

        Less than a year ago, he points out, Credit Suisse First Boston, part of Credit Suisse Group , decided to place its global-operations center in Research Triangle Park, creating 400 new jobs with an average wage of about $72,000 per year. The city regularly makes list of the best places to do business and has relatively affordable housing and a strong educational system.

        'Smart people can live anywhere,' Atkins says, 'and they choose to live in the best places.'

        Residents of other cities may disagree. Then again, he has numbers on his side.

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          gavriil1 last edited by

          America's richest and poorest places
          20 richest and poorest: the most affluent counties are in the East, but western cities score well.
          August 31, 2005: 2:25 PM EDT

          http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/30/pf/city ... _rankings/

          NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - There's a reason it's called the promised land.

          California can count four of the top ten richest cities in America, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. In addition, seven of the top ten are located west of the Mississippi, while 9 of the 10 poorest cities in the country are located either on the Mississippi or east of it.

          So does that mean the West is getting richer while the East slides into decay? Not quite.

          The East boasts nine of the 10 richest counties.

          It would be tempting to say that affluence in western cities tends to stay closer to downtown while the eastern elite flee to the suburbs, but demographers at the Census Bureau caution against such conclusions.

          The sample of this year's study, which only looked at cities and counties with a population of 250,000 or more, isn't wide enough to draw larger trends. For that, we'll have to wait for next year's study, which will survey all cities and counties with a population of 65,000 or more.

          In the meantime, here's a look at how the largest cities and counties stacked up, according to the Bureau's 2004 American Community Survey:

          Richest American cities with a
          population of 250,000 or greater
          Rank City Median household income, 2004
          1 San Jose, CA $71,765
          2 Anchorage, AK $61,565
          3 San Francisco, CA $60,031
          4 Virginia Beach, VA $55,781
          5 San Diego, CA $51,382
          6 Anaheim, CA $49,622
          7 Raleigh, NC $47,878
          8 Seattle, WA $46,650
          9 Washington, DC $46,574
          10 Honolulu, HI $46,500
          11 Oakland, CA $46,190
          12 Charlotte, NC $46,082
          13 Boston, MA $45,892
          14 Arlington, TX $45,712
          15 Austin, TX $45,508
          16 Colorado Springs, CO $45,388
          17 Riverside, CA $44,866
          18 Las Vegas, NV $44,737
          19 Aurora, CO $44,480
          20 Minneapolis, MN $44,116


          Poorest American cities with a
          population of 250,000 or greater
          Rank City Median household income, 2004
          1 Miami, FL $24,031
          2 Newark, NJ $26,309
          3 Cleveland, OH $27,871
          4 Detroit, MI $27,871
          5 Buffalo, NY $28,544
          6 St. Louis, MO $30,389
          7 Philadelphia, PA $30,631
          8 Milwaukee, WI $31,231
          9 New Orleans, LA $31,369
          10 El Paso, TX $31,764
          11 Tucson, AZ $31,901
          12 Pittsburgh, PA $31,910
          13 Cincinnati, OH $31,960
          14 Memphis, TN $32,399
          15 Baltimore, MD $34,055
          16 Toledo, OH $35,239
          17 Tulsa, OK $36,255
          18 Oklahoma City, OK $36,347
          19 San Antonio, TX $36,598
          20 Stockton, CA $37,322


          Richest counties with a population of 250,000 or more
          Rank City Median household income, 2004
          1 Fairfax County, VA $83,975
          2 Somerset County, NJ $84,892
          3 Morris County, NJ $83,583
          4 Montgomery County, MD $82,971
          5 Howard County, MD $82,065
          6 Nassau County, NY $78,762
          7 Prince William County, VA $77,678
          8 Monmouth County, NJ $77,223
          9 Rockland County, NY $75,306
          10 Santa Clara County, CA $74,509
          11 Fairfield County, CT $73,110
          12 Chester County, PA $72,288
          13 Suffolk County, NY $71,956
          14 McHenry County, IL $71,153
          15 Bergen County, NJ $70,957
          16 Norfolk County, MA $70,903
          17 Lake County, IL $70,347
          18 Middlesex County, NJ $70,344
          19 DuPage County, IL $70,174
          20 Westchester County, NY $70,095


          Poorest counties with a population of 250,000 or more
          Rank City Median household income, 2004
          1 Hidalgo County, TX $24,778.00
          2 Cameron County, TX $26,290.00
          3 Bronx County, NY $28,705.00
          4 El Paso County, TX $28,925.00
          5 St. Louis city, MO $30,389.00
          6 Philadelphia County, PA $30,631.00
          7 Caddo Parish, LA $31,317.00
          8 Orleans Parish, LA $31,369.00
          9 Baltimore city, MD $34,055.00
          10 Mahoning County, OH $34,132.00
          11 Polk County, FL $34,206.00
          12 Luzerne County, PA $34,341.00
          13 Oklahoma County, OK $35,182.00
          14 Mobile County, AL $35,512.00
          15 Lake County, FL $35,856.00
          16 E. Baton Rouge Parish, LA $35,954.00
          17 Pasco County, FL $35,997.00
          18 Kings County, NY $36,030.00
          19 Nueces County, TX $36,050.00
          20 Marion County, OR $36,591.00


          Ενδιαφερον ερευνα του περιοδικου Φορμπς:

          http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/27/cx_sc_ ... tner=yahoo

          No. 1: San Jose, Calif.
          Median Household Income: $71,765
          Median Home Price: $625,000


          No. 2: Anchorage, Alaska
          Median Household Income: $61,595
          Average Home Price: $294,374


          No. 3: San Francisco, Calif.
          Median Income: $60,031
          Median Home Price: $726,900


          No. 4: Virginia Beach, Va.
          Median Income: $55,781
          Median Home Price: $192,000


          No. 5: San Diego, Calif.
          Median Income: $51,382
          Median Home Price: $605,600


          No. 6: Anaheim, Calif.
          Median Income: $49,622
          Median Home Price: $696,100


          No. 7: Raleigh, N.C.
          Median Income: $47,878
          Median Home Price: $185,200


          No. 8: Seattle, Wash.
          Median Income: $46,650
          Median Home Price: $310,300


          No. 9: Washington, D.C.
          Median Income: $46,574
          Median Home Price: $429,900


          No. 10: Honolulu, Hawaii
          Median Income: $46,500
          Median Home Price: $577,800


          Richest Cities in the U.S.
          Forbes.com
          Sara Clemence

          http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/richestcity_1.html

          The richest cities in the U.S. are glittering metropolises where super-wealthy people gather and even relatively modest homes costs millions of dollars.

          Or so one might think.

          Los Angeles, home to a long list of rich neighborhoods (think Beverly Hills, Bel-Air and Holmby Hills), would seem an obvious candidate for any rich list. So would New York, where a penthouse is currently on the market for $70 million, and where property prices are so high it seems at times as though only moguls and celebrities can afford to live there.

          But by at least one measure of wealth, neither city makes the list. To figure out the richest places, have a look at the American cities with the highest median household incomes (the level at which half of the households make more and half less), as measured for 2004 by the U.S. Census Bureau. And prepare to be taken aback.

          Yes, San Francisco (with a median household income of over $60,000) makes the list, as does Washington, D.C., where half the households make more than about $46,500. But New York, Boston and Miami are nowhere to be seen in the top ten. California cities make up 40% of the rankings, and the rest is made up by some surprising locales, including Anchorage, Raleigh, N.C., and Virginia Beach, Va. While pleasant places, they aren't generally thought of as homes for the rich and famous.

          What gives? A combination of local economic strength, geographical quirks and the limitations of the analysis, which measures the middle of the income distribution, rather than the extremes.

          'Places like Los Angeles and New York have very skewed distributions of income,' says Gilbert Yochum, professor of economics at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. 'There are lots of rich people, but lots of poor people. Most of the cities in this metropolitan area--Norfolk, Newport News, Virginia Beach--have a much less skewed distribution of income. There's not as much poverty, but there aren't as many rich. We have a very high center.'

          Newer cities also have higher median incomes than more established places, like Boston or Chicago, because they are growing and have people moving in rather than out. Look just outside the city of Philadelphia (which also did not make the top ten), for example, and you will see an abundance of wealthy suburbs.

          According to Yochum, Virginia Beach is also helped by its strong military economic base. Military areas tend to have less-extreme income distributions (a reason San Diego makes the list as well), and retirees in the area have comfortable military pensions, he says.

          In Anchorage, meanwhile, a lack of retirees helps keep median incomes higher, explains Scott Goldsmith, professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

          'We don't have a very large senior population,' he says, because historically people went elsewhere to retire (though that is changing somewhat). 'Almost all of our households are in their prime working years. And among the working-age population, labor force participation is quite high.'

          Anchorage has a lot of two-income households, and wage levels are relatively high, Goldsmith says.

          'We have a lot of professional-type jobs in health care and education and the oil industry and engineering,' he argues. 'That helps to jack up the average.'

          High tech helps a couple of cities--notably Raleigh, N.C. and San Jose, Calif.--make the list. San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, tops the list with a median household income of $71,765. That's not a huge surprise, given that the broader area is home to technology powerhouses, including Intel, Cisco Systems and Google.

          'We're talking about a highly educated population, with a lot of technical skills,' says Michael Solt, associate dean at the College of Business at San Jose State University. A lot of high-tech manufacturing used to take place in Santa Clara County, he points out. And even as companies, such as Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard , grew, matured and shifted production overseas, they retained California headquarters.

          'We're talking professionals and a lot of high-ranking officials in the corporate world, who are compensated pretty highly too,' says Solt, who can't resist adding that a balmy, Mediterranean style climate and a diverse culture help draw professionals, such as lawyers and doctors, some of them from Asia.

          'A lot of working-class people have come here too. But when you're talking about driving the income, it's those professionals,' he says.

          Though it may be across the country from San Jose, highly educated workers also drive income levels in Raleigh, says Ken Atkins, executive director of Wake County Economic Development, part of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.

          'A very short answer is very smart workers,' Atkins says. The area has the largest research park in the world, Research Triangle Park, and has become a center for knowledge industries.

          Less than a year ago, he points out, Credit Suisse First Boston, part of Credit Suisse Group , decided to place its global-operations center in Research Triangle Park, creating 400 new jobs with an average wage of about $72,000 per year. The city regularly makes list of the best places to do business and has relatively affordable housing and a strong educational system.

          'Smart people can live anywhere,' Atkins says, 'and they choose to live in the best places.'

          Residents of other cities may disagree. Then again, he has numbers on his side.

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            charmak66 last edited by

            Διέκρινες την έντονη επιθυμία πολλών μελών του forum να μεταναστεύσουν εις τας ΗΠΑ και είπες να μας βοηθήσεις στην επιλογή πόλης;

            Α,η έρευνα,ούσα γένους θηλυκού,είναι ενδιαφέρουσα και όχι ενδιαφέρον...

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              thanos last edited by

              Gerakas City. Athens
              Median Household Income:

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                nickolas last edited by

                Aπό τιμές σπιτιών πάντως σίγουρα δεν πάμε πίσω.

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                  michaliss last edited by

                  [quote='htanso21']Gerakas City. Athens
                  Median Household Income:

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                    petran last edited by

                    Η ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΡΕ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΟ ΟΙΚΟΠΕΔΟ ΣΤΗ ΓΗ!!
                    παρτε το χαμπαρι!! κοροϊδα!!

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                      manager_ last edited by

                      βλεποντας τα εισοδηματα των αμερικανων

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                        krusenstern last edited by

                        Ο χρήστης gavriil1 έγραψε:
                        Οι πλουσιοτερες πολεις στις ΗΠΑ

                        WGAF anyway?

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                          krieza last edited by

                          Ο χρήστης manager_ έγραψε:
                          βλεποντας τα εισοδηματα των αμερικανων

                          NAI πραγματικα πολυ υψηλος μεσος ορος....
                          Αν προσθεσουμε το εισοδημα του Βill Gates (100.000.000 $) και ενος αστεγου (0,00$) τοτε ο μεσος ορος βγαινει και για τους δυο 50.000.000$.
                          Αρα στο Αμερικα οι αστεγοι ειναι πλουσιοι

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                            krieza last edited by

                            Ο χρήστης gavriil1 έγραψε:
                            Ενδιαφερον ερευνα του περιοδικου Φορμπς:

                            http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/27/cx_sc_ ... tner=yahoo

                            No. 1: San Jose, Calif.
                            Median Household Income: $71,765
                            Median Home Price: $625,000


                            No. 2: Anchorage, Alaska
                            Median Household Income: $61,595
                            Average Home Price: $294,374


                            No. 3: San Francisco, Calif.
                            Median Income: $60,031
                            Median Home Price: $726,900


                            No. 4: Virginia Beach, Va.
                            Median Income: $55,781
                            Median Home Price: $192,000


                            No. 5: San Diego, Calif.
                            Median Income: $51,382
                            Median Home Price: $605,600


                            No. 6: Anaheim, Calif.
                            Median Income: $49,622
                            Median Home Price: $696,100


                            No. 7: Raleigh, N.C.
                            Median Income: $47,878
                            Median Home Price: $185,200


                            No. 8: Seattle, Wash.
                            Median Income: $46,650
                            Median Home Price: $310,300


                            No. 9: Washington, D.C.
                            Median Income: $46,574
                            Median Home Price: $429,900


                            No. 10: Honolulu, Hawaii
                            Median Income: $46,500
                            Median Home Price: $577,800


                            Richest Cities in the U.S.
                            Forbes.com
                            Sara Clemence

                            Αυτα που λες Λουκια μου.....
                            Οι Μercy Sisters ειναι πολυ πλουσιες

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                              A Former User last edited by

                              Ο χρήστης KRIEZA έγραψε:
                              Αυτα που λες Λουκια μου.....
                              Οι Μercy Sisters ειναι πολυ πλουσιες

                              Ήταν ανάγκη να απαντήσεις;
                              Άλλο ένα θέμα θα γίνει κωλοχ@νείο!!!

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                                tazio last edited by

                                Ο χρήστης Δημήτριος έγραψε:

                                Αυτα που λες Λουκια μου.....
                                Οι Μercy Sisters ειναι πολυ πλουσιες

                                Ήταν ανάγκη να απαντήσεις;
                                Άλλο ένα θέμα θα γίνει κωλοχ@νείο!!!

                                Για πές μου πιο είναι το ενδιαφέρον αυτού του θέματος;

                                Τουλάχιστον αν γίνει κ@λ@χ@νείο θα γελάσουμε και λίγο.

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                                  krusenstern last edited by

                                  Ο χρήστης Δημήτριος έγραψε:

                                  Αυτα που λες Λουκια μου.....
                                  Οι Μercy Sisters ειναι πολυ πλουσιες

                                  Ήταν ανάγκη να απαντήσεις;
                                  Άλλο ένα θέμα θα γίνει κωλοχ@νείο!!!

                                  Μα... επί τούτου ανοίχτηκε

                                  [sorry Gabriel, αλλά άλλο λόγο δεν βλέπω.]

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                                    tazio last edited by

                                    Άρα '... το τραβάει κι εσένα ο οργανισμός σου...' (με φωνή Σαπφούς Νοταρά) αφού ανοίγεις τέτοια θέματα.

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                                      funis last edited by

                                      Ο χρήστης tazio έγραψε:
                                      Άρα '... το τραβάει κι εσένα ο οργανισμός σου...' (με φωνή Σαπφούς Νοταρά) αφού ανοίγεις τέτοια θέματα.

                                      Γιατι ειχες αμφιβολιες μεχρι τωρα οτι οχι μονο τα τραβαει ο οργανισμος του αλλα τα προκαλει κιολας?? Το ερωτημα ειναι γιατι πετυχαινει το στοχο του και αυτο μονο οσοι παιζουν το παιχνιδακι του μπορουν να μας το απαντησουν.

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                                        petran last edited by

                                        ρε krieza για αυτο λες να μας καλεσε για ουζακι?
                                        lucy, ουζα? ήηηηη..... '....ούζα' ?

                                        βρέ το πουλααακι μουυυ...

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                                          tazio last edited by

                                          @ 'Funis'

                                          Ο.Κ.

                                          Μαύρη λιστα λοιπόν και δεν ξαναέχει απάντηση (έγιναν δύο τα μέλη της λίστας μου) .

                                          Υ.Γ. το Ο.Κ. μη το δείτε με την αμερικάνικη προφορά. Ελληνικότατο είναι. Το Όλα** Κ**αλά κάποιοι από την πέρα πλευρά του Ατλανικού που η γλώσσα τους δεν τους αφήνει να το προφέρουν καλά το διέσυραν κι αυτό.

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                                            skye last edited by

                                            ζμπτσμ

                                            και δυο αυγά τουρκίας από λαλιάρη κόκορα

                                            σιγά το super duper έξυπνο κειμενάκι με το βαθύ πηγαίο στοχασμό και προβληματισμό..
                                            το αυτονόητο λέει, παραθέτοντας και τις πόλεις που δε νομίζω να δίνουν και πολλοί δεκάρα..

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