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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fisher Island, off Miami Beach and once owned by the Vanderbilts, has the highest per capital income in the U.S., at:


$236,238


For places with a population of 50,000 or more, the ranking goes to:

Greenwich, Connecticut, at $74,346 per capita income (that means per person, right?).

I grew up in nearby Stamford. Let's put it this way: I caddied for these people (in Darien).

However, not everyone in Greenwich was fabulously wealthy in those days. My uncle lived near the railroad tracks in a flat above a liquor store.