Countywide : County Ranks 33rd in Income Survey
Ventura County is one of the wealthiest metropolitan areas in the United States, ranking 33rd out of 319 areas surveyed by the Department of Commerce.
The average per-capita income of Ventura County residents between April, 1989, and April, 1990, was $19,152, according to the study.
Santa Barbara County ranked 26th with a per-capita income of $19,897.
Anaheim ranked 11th with an average income of $22,753, while the Los Angeles-Long Beach area came in 40th, at $18,790.
The Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury area of Connecticut, a suburb of New York City, was the richest area, with an average per-capita personal income of $29,084.
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley ranked lowest, at just $7,302.
The national average per-capita income is $16,490.
All the areas surveyed had at least 50,000 people.
Last year the county ranked 32nd in the nation with a per-capita income of $18,133.
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