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Santa Clara County ranked second among counties in California by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Santa Clara County residents was $47,584 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 640,215 households with a population of 1,927,470.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was San Mateo County with $49,128 per year after adjusting for inflation – $1,544 more than Santa Clara County. It had 263,543 households with a population of 767,423.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Tehama County with $23,061 per year after adjusting for inflation – $24,523 less than Santa Clara County. It had 24,189 households with a population of 63,912.

California counties by earnings per resident (2019)

Rank	County	Earnings per resident
1	San Mateo County	$49,128
2	Santa Clara County	$47,584
3	Alameda County	$43,583
4	Contra Costa County	$42,181
5	Placer County	$41,130
6	Napa County	$37,953
7	Sonoma County	$36,623
8	Solano County	$36,273
9	Orange County	$36,135
10	San Diego County	$34,307
11	Ventura County	$33,814
12	San Benito County	$33,547
13	Plumas County	$31,351
14	Santa Cruz County	$31,174
15	Amador County	$31,160
16	Lassen County	$30,814
17	Mono County	$30,701
18	Alpine County	$30,512
19	Yolo County	$30,331
20	Los Angeles County	$29,985
21	Santa Barbara County	$29,657
22	San Joaquin County	$29,535
23	Tuolumne County	$29,458
24	Calaveras County	$29,124
25	Riverside County	$28,557
26	Monterey County	$28,207
27	Yuba County	$27,877
28	Stanislaus County	$27,840
29	Mariposa County	$27,678
30	San Bernardino County	$27,235
31	Colusa County	$27,103
32	Shasta County	$27,000
33	Kings County	$26,841
34	Mendocino County	$26,784
35	Siskiyou County	$25,576
36	Lake County	$25,172
37	Kern County	$25,013
38	Merced County	$24,873
39	Glenn County	$24,329
40	Butte County	$24,067
41	Trinity County	$23,901
42	Madera County	$23,691
43	Tehama County	$23,061

* All values are inflation-adjusted