NY, OH, MI, NJ, PA, FL, IL; This is far from over

[Kahuna7]

84. Give me a break. I've been living in NJ for 65+ years. I never said it's rich

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because the people are rich. I guess the definition of rich is different for you and I. If I have more than one pair of shoes and one set of cloths, I'm doing okay. If I have food in my cupboard and don't have to go hungry and a roof over my head (albeit not a 500k, 2300 SF) I feel blessed with riches.

NJ is rich to us who don't live in 500k homes in Bergen county, which is considered a rich county.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey

Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[4] As of the 2018 Census estimate, the county's population was 936,692, an increase of 3.5% from the 2010 census,[5][6][7] which in turn represented an increase of 20,998 (2.4%) from the 884,118 counted in the 2000 Census.[8] Located in the northeastern corner of New Jersey and its Gateway Region, Bergen County is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area and is directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan, to which it is connected by the George Washington Bridge.

Bergen County is divided into 70 municipalities, but has no large cities. Its most populous place, with 43,010 residents at the time of the 2010 census, is Hackensack,[9] which is also its county seat.[2] Mahwah covered the largest area of any municipality, at 26.19 square miles (67.8 km2).[9]

In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $75,849, the fourth-highest in New Jersey and ranked 45th of 3,113 counties in the United States.[10][11] Bergen County is one of the wealthiest counties in the United States, with a median household income of $81,708 per the 2010 Census, increasing to an estimated $84,677 in 2014, which was almost 18% higher than the $71,919 median statewide.[12] The county hosts an extensive park system totaling nearly 9,000 acres

NJ vs. the Country

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey#Wealth

Affluence
New Jersey's per capita gross state product in 2008 was $54,699, second in the U.S. and above the national per capita gross domestic product of $46,588.[135] Its per capita income was the third highest in the nation with $51,358.[135] In 2018, New Jersey had the highest number of millionaires per capita in the United States (approximately 9% of households), according to a study by Phoenix Marketing International.[28] The state is ranked second in the nation by the number of places with per capita incomes above national average with 76.4%. Nine of New Jersey's counties are among the 100 wealthiest U.S. counties.