Va. area ranks last in high-income households

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month by persuading fellow Republicans to pick their fights with Democrats more strategically. His rebound helped the government avoid a potential default on financial obligations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE - In this undated file photo, Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson stands in his office in Grants Pass, Ore. Gilbertson is one of a growing number of rural sheriffs and lawmakers vowing to ignore any new gun control legislation, or even make it a crime for federal officials to enforce federal gun policy. Gilbertson and others have written to Vice President Joe Biden, who headed a gun violence taskforce for the president, saying they will ignore any rule, regulation or executive order they find goes against the Constitution, and will not allow federal officers to enforce them, either. (AP Photo/Mail Tribune, Bob Pennell, File)
This Jan. 16 file photo shows John Jackson, co-owner of Capitol City Arms Supply, with an AR-15 rifle for sale at his business in Springfield, Ill. From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters voices his opinion on President Barack Obama’s gun control plans during a news conference on Jan. 16, 2013. From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions, and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/The Medford Mail Tribune, Jamie Lusch)
This Dec. 28, 2012 file photo shows Roy Shanks with a Smith and Wesson-made variation of the AR-15 rifle that he purchased at the RK Gun Show in the Smokies in Knoxville, Tenn. President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assaults weapons and large-capacity magazines has struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, with many vowing to ignore any new restrictions _ and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Michael Patrick)
FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2012 file photo, Michael Reed, of Cedar Park, Texas, shoots an AR-15 rifle, at Dragonman's firing range and gun dealer, outside Colorado Springs, Colo. From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
FILE - This Dec. 7, 1998 file photo shows President Bill Clinton waiting to speak at the White House in Washington. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)
FILE - This Nov. 17, 1973 black-and-white file photo shows President Richard Nixon uses his hands while answering questions put to him by members of the Associated Press Managing Editors at Disney World near Orlando, Fla. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - This Dec. 19, 2008 file photo shows President George W. Bush speaking about the auto industry, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
FILE - This April 4, 1984 black-and-white file photo shows President Ronald Reagan faces reporters at the beginning of a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month by persuading fellow Republicans to pick their fights with Democrats more strategically. His rebound helped the government avoid a potential default on financial obligations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has shored up his political clout after a shaky month by persuading fellow Republicans to pick their fights with Democrats more strategically. His rebound helped the government avoid a potential default on financial obligations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE - In this undated file photo, Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson stands in his office in Grants Pass, Ore. Gilbertson is one of a growing number of rural sheriffs and lawmakers vowing to ignore any new gun control legislation, or even make it a crime for federal officials to enforce federal gun policy. Gilbertson and others have written to Vice President Joe Biden, who headed a gun violence taskforce for the president, saying they will ignore any rule, regulation or executive order they find goes against the Constitution, and will not allow federal officers to enforce them, either. (AP Photo/Mail Tribune, Bob Pennell, File)
This Jan. 16 file photo shows John Jackson, co-owner of Capitol City Arms Supply, with an AR-15 rifle for sale at his business in Springfield, Ill. From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters voices his opinion on President Barack Obama’s gun control plans during a news conference on Jan. 16, 2013. From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions, and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/The Medford Mail Tribune, Jamie Lusch)
This Dec. 28, 2012 file photo shows Roy Shanks with a Smith and Wesson-made variation of the AR-15 rifle that he purchased at the RK Gun Show in the Smokies in Knoxville, Tenn. President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assaults weapons and large-capacity magazines has struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, with many vowing to ignore any new restrictions _ and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Michael Patrick)
FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2012 file photo, Michael Reed, of Cedar Park, Texas, shoots an AR-15 rifle, at Dragonman's firing range and gun dealer, outside Colorado Springs, Colo. From Oregon to Mississippi, President Barack Obama's proposed ban on new assault weapons and large-capacity magazines struck a nerve among rural lawmen and lawmakers, many of whom vowed to ignore any restrictions and even try to stop federal officials from enforcing gun policy in their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
FILE - This Dec. 7, 1998 file photo shows President Bill Clinton waiting to speak at the White House in Washington. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)
FILE - This Nov. 17, 1973 black-and-white file photo shows President Richard Nixon uses his hands while answering questions put to him by members of the Associated Press Managing Editors at Disney World near Orlando, Fla. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - This Dec. 19, 2008 file photo shows President George W. Bush speaking about the auto industry, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
FILE - This April 4, 1984 black-and-white file photo shows President Ronald Reagan faces reporters at the beginning of a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, they’re fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File)

Va. area ranks last in high-income households

Print Page Updated: 04:11:32 PM, Fri 15 February 2013

DANVILLE, Va. () — The U.S. Census Bureau says Virginia's Danville metropolitan area is one of two in the country with the lowest percentage of high-income households.

The bureau defines high income as being in the top 5 percent of national income distribution, which is a household income of at least $191,469 per year.

According to the report, only 1.1 percent of households in the area that includes Pittsylvania County and the city of Danville were considered high income.

Conversely, the area that includes Bridgeport, Stamford and Norwalk, Conn., had the highest percentage of high-income households at 17.9 percent.

The report says coastal areas had large proportions of counties with high concentrations of high-income households. The area comprised of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, tended to have low concentrations of such households.

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