Cambria County ranked 55th among counties in Pennsylvania by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The median income of Cambria County residents was $25,590 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 56,674 households with a population of 133,009.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Chester County with $43,323 per year after adjusting for inflation – $17,733 more than Cambria County. It had 190,980 households with a population of 519,560.
The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Forest County with $17,495 per year after adjusting for inflation – $8,095 less than Cambria County. It had 1,839 households with a population of 7,313.
Pennsylvania counties by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chester County | $43,323 |
| 2 | Montgomery County | $43,022 |
| 3 | Bucks County | $40,466 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | $35,935 |
| 5 | Delaware County | $35,628 |
| 6 | Butler County | $34,235 |
| 7 | Allegheny County | $33,363 |
| 8 | Dauphin County | $33,232 |
| 9 | York County | $32,447 |
| 10 | Perry County | $32,005 |
| 11 | Northampton County | $31,975 |
| 12 | Franklin County | $31,630 |
| 13 | Washington County | $31,369 |
| 14 | Lancaster County | $31,318 |
| 15 | Westmoreland County | $31,061 |
| 16 | Lehigh County | $30,969 |
| 17 | Adams County | $30,935 |
| 18 | Berks County | $30,695 |
| 19 | Beaver County | $30,666 |
| 20 | Lebanon County | $30,582 |
| 21 | Pike County | $30,423 |
| 22 | Elk County | $30,340 |
| 23 | Montour County | $30,113 |
| 24 | Susquehanna County | $29,356 |
| 25 | Fulton County | $29,248 |
| 26 | Carbon County | $29,134 |
| 27 | Monroe County | $29,056 |
| 28 | Wyoming County | $28,347 |
| 29 | Schuylkill County | $28,165 |
| 30 | Luzerne County | $28,094 |
| 31 | Snyder County | $27,703 |
| 32 | Armstrong County | $27,409 |
| 33 | Bradford County | $27,407 |
| 34 | Lackawanna County | $27,406 |
| 35 | Columbia County | $27,199 |
| 36 | Blair County | $27,166 |
| 37 | Lycoming County | $27,053 |
| 38 | Warren County | $26,904 |
| 39 | Juniata County | $26,870 |
| 40 | Northumberland County | $26,746 |
| 41 | Erie County | $26,585 |
| 42 | Wayne County | $26,450 |
| 43 | Lawrence County | $26,315 |
| 44 | Greene County | $26,277 |
| 45 | Mifflin County | $26,254 |
| 46 | Venango County | $26,251 |
| 47 | Philadelphia County | $26,211 |
| 48 | Crawford County | $26,199 |
| 49 | Bedford County | $26,133 |
| 50 | Jefferson County | $26,079 |
| 50 | Centre County | $26,079 |
| 52 | Mercer County | $25,932 |
| 53 | Huntingdon County | $25,629 |
| 54 | Somerset County | $25,627 |
| 55 | Cambria County | $25,590 |
| 56 | Sullivan County | $25,406 |
| 57 | Tioga County | $25,397 |
| 58 | McKean County | $25,302 |
| 59 | Fayette County | $25,235 |
| 60 | Clinton County | $25,229 |
| 61 | Clearfield County | $24,994 |
| 62 | Clarion County | $24,572 |
| 63 | Union County | $24,477 |
| 64 | Potter County | $24,449 |
| 65 | Cameron County | $23,191 |
| 66 | Indiana County | $23,177 |
| 67 | Forest County | $17,495 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
