Chico Times

Butte County ranked 42nd among counties in California by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Butte County residents was $22,366 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 86,797 households with a population of 227,075.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was San Mateo County with $45,862 per year after adjusting for inflation – $23,496 more than Butte County. It had 261,969 households with a population of 765,935.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Trinity County with $21,767 per year after adjusting for inflation – $599 less than Butte County. It had 5,796 households with a population of 12,862.

California counties by earnings per resident (2018)

Rank	County	Earnings per resident
1	San Mateo County	$45,862
2	Santa Clara County	$44,459
3	Alameda County	$40,778
4	Contra Costa County	$40,102
5	Placer County	$39,341
6	Napa County	$35,752
7	Solano County	$34,508
8	Sonoma County	$34,297
9	Orange County	$34,196
10	San Diego County	$32,447
11	Ventura County	$32,246
12	Mono County	$32,065
13	San Benito County	$31,897
14	Lassen County	$30,665
15	Santa Cruz County	$30,200
16	Amador County	$29,373
17	Mariposa County	$28,168
18	Yolo County	$27,969
19	Calaveras County	$27,962
20	Los Angeles County	$27,856
21	Santa Barbara County	$27,823
22	San Joaquin County	$27,467
23	Plumas County	$27,268
24	Tuolumne County	$27,235
25	Riverside County	$27,074
26	Monterey County	$26,847
27	Colusa County	$26,450
28	Stanislaus County	$26,339
29	San Bernardino County	$26,233
30	Yuba County	$26,206
31	Shasta County	$26,134
32	Kings County	$25,762
33	Mendocino County	$25,319
34	Alpine County	$24,706
35	Siskiyou County	$24,654
36	Kern County	$24,143
37	Glenn County	$23,459
38	Merced County	$23,332
39	Lake County	$23,195
40	Tehama County	$22,493
41	Madera County	$22,441
42	Butte County	$22,366
43	Trinity County	$21,767

* All values are inflation-adjusted