Four Bay Area counties are among the 15 richest in the country, according to a report.
Santa Clara County checked in at No. 3 on the list from U.S. News & World Report, which based the rankings on median household income. San Mateo County followed at No. 4, Marin County landed at No. 8 and San Francisco County settled in at No. 12.
Two Virginia counties — Loudoun and Falls Church — grabbed the top two slots, respectively. No other California counties made the list.
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U.S. News & World Report said it pulled data from American Community Survey estimates for 2016-2020.
Check out the complete top 15 list below.
| RANK | COUNTY/COUNTY EQUIVALENT | STATE | MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME |
| 1 | Loudoun | Virginia | $147,111 |
| 2 | Falls Church | Virginia | $146,922 |
| 3 | Santa Clara | California | $130,890 |
| 4 | San Mateo | California | $128,091 |
| 5 | Fairfax | Virginia | $127,866 |
| 6 | Howard | Maryland | $124,042 |
| 7 | Arlington | Virginia | $122,604 |
| 8 | Marin | California | $121,671 |
| 9 | Douglas | Colorado | $121,393 |
| 10 | Nassau | New York | $120,036 |
| 11 | Los Alamos | New Mexico | $119,266 |
| 12 | San Francisco | California | $119,136 |
| 13 | Hunterdon | New Jersey | $117,858 |
| 14 | Morris | New Jersey | $117,298 |
| 15 | Somerset | New Jersey | $116,510 |
Ieman Marouf is a first-generation Egyptian American, and a single mom of two. She works as a medical assistant in Reston, Virginia, part of Fairfax County — one of the priciest counties in the nation. For our "Standing Still" photo series, Marouf talked to NBCLX contributor Valerie Plesch about making ends meet, getting back on her feet after catching COVID-19 and losing her job, and her goal to get her bachelor's degree and become a nurse.
