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Mono County ranked 12th among counties in California by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Mono County residents was $32,065 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 4,847 households with a population of 14,174.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was San Mateo County with $45,862 per year after adjusting for inflation – $13,797 more than Mono 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 – $10,298 less than Mono 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