Article: Wyoming's Teton County Is U.S. Wealthiest


AP Online
04-18-2004
Dateline: JACKSON, Wyo.
For the fourth time in six years, Teton County _ gateway to Yellowstone National Park and home to the likes of Vice President Dick Cheney _ is the wealthiest in America.

Teton's average adjusted household gross income in 2002, the latest year for which data is available, was $107,694, or 2 percent higher than runner-up Fairfield County, Conn., according to the Internal Revenue Service.

Other high-income counties were Marin, Calif., Somerset, N.J., and Morris, N.J. In Colorado, Clear Creek and Douglas counties ranked sixth and seventh, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 were Hunterdon, N.J., Westchester, N.Y., and New York, N.Y.

Since 1997, Teton ...

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