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The United States is home to great diversity—of people and beliefs; of lifestyles, dialects, and histories; and of geography.
Using the FindTheHome Places Topic with data from the latest Five-Year American Community Survey (ACS) released in December 2014, we set out to identify the 33 richest cities in the U.S.
In this list, a city’s wealth is ranked by the percentage of its residents earning more than $150,000. The list only includes cities with more than 500,000 residents.
Think you know where your city falls on the list? Read on to find out.
#33 | Milwaukee
Image Credit: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Henryk Sadura/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 3.0%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 22.1%
- Total population: 596,459
#32 | Tucson
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 3.3%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 24.7%
- Total population: 523,278
#31 | Columbus
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 4.8% (tied)
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 33.1%
- Total population: 800,594
#30 | Memphis
Image Credit: Memphis, Tennessee. Natalia Bratslavsky/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 4.8% (tied)
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 23.7%
- Total population: 650,932
#29 | Indianapolis
Image Credit: Indianapolis, Indiana. Rudy Balasko/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 5.2% (tied)
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 27.3%
- Total population: 828,841
#28 | El Paso
Image Credit: El Paso, Texas. Brian Wancho/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 5.2% (tied)
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 22.7%
- Total population: 660,795
#27 | Philadelphia
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 5.3%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 23.9%
- Total population: 1.54 million
#26 | San Antonio
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 6.1% (tied)
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 24.6%
- Total population: 1.36 million
#25 | Fresno
Image Credit: Fresno, California. David Prasad/Flickr
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 6.1% (tied)
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 20.3%
- Total population: 500,819
#24 | Jacksonville
Image Credit: Jacksonville, Florida. Public Domain/Pixabay
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 6.2%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 25.5%
- Total population: 829,721
#23 | Louisville
Image Credit: Louisville, Kentucky. Jason Amburgey/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 6.4% (tied)
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 26.9%
- Total population: 601,611
#22 | Baltimore
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 6.4% (tied)
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 26.8%
- Total population: 621,445
#21 | Oklahoma City
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 6.7%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 28.1%
- Total population: 590,995
#20 | Albuquerque
Image Credit: Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gary Yim/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 6.9%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 33.0%
- Total population: 549,812
#19 | Nashville
Image Credit: Nashville, Tennessee. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 7.0%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 35.3%
- Total population: 614,908
#18 | Fort Worth
Image Credit: Forth Worth, Texas. Leena Robinson/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 7.4%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 26.5%
- Total population: 761,092
#17 | Phoenix
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 7.6%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 26.3%
- Total population: 1.47 million
#16 | Las Vegas
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 7.6%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 21.4%
- Total population: 591,496
#15 | Dallas
Image Credit: Dallas, Texas. f11photo/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 9.4%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 29.4%
- Total population: 1.22 million
#14 | Portland
Image Credit: Portland, Oregon. Josemaria Toscano/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 9.6%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 43.8%
- Total population: 594,687
#13 | Chicago
Image Credit: Chicago, Illinois. Public Domain/Pixabay
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 9.9%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 34.2%
- Total population: 2.71 million
#12 | Houston
Image Credit: Houston, Texas. Silvio Ligutti/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 10.0%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 29.2%
- Total population: 2.13 million
#11 | Charlotte
Image Credit: Charlotte, North Carolina. Serge Skiba/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 10.8%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 39.8%
- Total population: 757,278
#10 | Denver
Image Credit: Denver, Colorado. Albert Pego/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 11.0%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 42.9%
- Total population: 619,297
#9 | Austin
Image Credit: Austin, Texas. f11photo/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 11.1%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 45.6%
- Total population: 836,800
#8 | Los Angeles
Image Credit: Los Angeles, California. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 11.3%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 31.1%
- Total population: 3.83 million
#7 | New York City
Image Credit: New York, New York. S. Borisov/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 12.7%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 34.5%
- Total population: 8.27 million
#6 | Boston
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 13.0%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 43.9%
- Total population: 629,182
#5 | San Diego
Image Credit: San Diego, California. American Spirit/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 14.8%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 41.7%
- Total population: 1.32 million
#4 | Seattle
Image Credit: Seattle, Washington. MCarter/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 16.2%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 57.4%
- Total population: 624,681
#3 | Washington D.C.
Image Credit: Washington D.C. Songquan Deng/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 19.0%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 51.7%
- Total population: 618,777
#2 | San Jose
Image Credit: San Jose, California. Mike Brake/Shutterstock
- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 22.6%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 37.4%
- Total population: 968,903
#1 | San Francisco
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- Percentage of incomes over $150,000: 23.4%
- Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree: 52.4%
- Total population: 817,501
