How the Richest and Poorest Counties Voted in Each State

[RINO Tom]

Before anyone jumps ALL up on my back, two things:

1) I'm not doubting any increased trends since 2018 or whatever, but not every state had a Senate election, and I am not about to mess around with House district stuff.  This is just for fun and to make a cool map, lol.

2) I got the richest and poorest counties from the following articles...

Richest: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/24/richest-counties-us-median-household-income/38870227/
Poorest: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2020/01/02/the-poorest-county-in-every-state-4/

... on a few that I thought looked odd, I looked up other sources and changed them to be "accurate."  I didn't have time to do that for all fifty states, so if you have a correction to make, let me know!  I will gladly change it and update the map.  The list of counties I used is below the maps.

How the Richest County in Each State Voted in 2016

How the Poorest County in Each State Voted in 2016

Counties Used

Alabama
Richest: Shelby, Poorest: Dallas
Alaska
Richest: Denali, Poorest: Northwest Arctic
Arizona
Richest: Maricopa, Poorest: Apache
Arkansas
Richest: Benton, Poorest: Lafayette
California
Richest: Santa Clara, Poorest: Lake
Colorado
Richest: Douglas, Poorest: Otero
Connecticut
Richest: Fairfield, Poorest: Windham
Delaware
Richest: New Castle, Poorest: Kent
Florida
Richest: St. Johns, Poorest: DeSoto
Georgia
Richest: Forsyth, Poorest: Telfair
Hawaii
Richest: Honolulu, Poorest: Hawaii
Idaho
Richest: Ada, Poorest: Madison
Illinois
Richest: Kendall, Poorest: Pulaski
Indiana
Richest: Hamilton, Poorest: Blackford
Iowa
Richest: Dallas, Poorest: Appanoose
Kansas
Richest: Johnson, Poorest: Elk
Kentucky
Richest: Oldham, Poorest: Harlan
Louisiana
Richest: Ascension, Poorest: Natchitoches
Maine
Richest: Cumberland, Poorest: Piscataquis
Maryland
Richest: Howard, Poorest: Somerset
Massachusetts
Richest: Norfolk, Poorest: Hampden
Michigan
Richest: Livingston, Poorest: Lake
Minnesota
Richest: Scott, Poorest: Mahnomen
Mississippi
Richest: Madison, Poorest: Holmes
Missouri
Richest: St. Charles, Poorest: Shannon
Montana
Richest: Richland, Poorest: Glacier
Nebraska
Richest: Sarpy, Poorest: Sheridan
Nevada
Richest: Elko, Poorest: Nye
New Hampshire
Richest: Rockingham, Poorest: Coos
New Jersey
Richest: Hunterdon, Poorest: Cumberland
New Mexico
Richest: Los Alamos, Poorest: Quay
New York
Richest: Nassau, Poorest: Bronx
North Carolina
Richest: Wake, Poorest: Bladen
North Dakota
Richest: Williams, Poorest: Rolette
Ohio
Richest: Delaware, Poorest: Adams
Oklahoma
Richest: Canadian, Poorest: Choctaw
Oregon
Richest: Washington, Poorest: Malheur
Pennsylvania
Richest: Chester, Poorest: Forest
Rhode Island
Richest: Washington, Poorest: Providence
South Carolina
Richest: Beaufort, Poorest: Dillon
South Dakota
Richest: Lincoln, Poorest: Mellette
Tennessee
Richest: Williamson, Poorest: Hancock
Texas
Richest: Rockwall, Poorest: Starr
Utah
Richest: Summit, Poorest: San Juan
Vermont
Richest: Chittenden, Poorest: Essex
Virginia
Richest: Loudoun, Poorest: Dickenson
Washington
Richest: King, Poorest: Ferry
West Virginia
Richest: Jefferson, Poorest: McDowell
Wisconsin
Richest: Waukesha, Poorest: Iron
Wyoming
Richest: Campbell, Poorest: Albany

Notes
- As always, I could have easily made mistakes ... lol.
- With the exceptions of super-blue CA, HI, NY, MA and RI (where both voted Democratic), in every state where the richest county voted Democratic, the poorest county voted Republican.  I wouldn’t be surprised if this was “big metro area resentment” epitomized?
- Despite Trump losing the state, it’s interesting that both the richest and poorest county in NH voted for him.
- It does seem that coastal “rich counties” do tend to be more Democratic than non-coastal “rich counties,” at least at a glance (with the exception of NJ’s richest county, Hunterdon, voting Republican).  Even Chicagoland’s richest county, Kendall, voted for Trump.
- Utah surprised me.
- Again, at a glance, it would appear that INNER suburbs – specifically in very large and diverse metros – have been much more willing to move toward the Democrats, while OUTER suburbs – specifically in not-as-large metros but not exclusively – have remained much more Republican.  This wouldn’t surprise me, as I would imagine that on average they are Whiter and newer (i.e., less urban in dynamic).