Per capita income was up to $29,634, making it the 6th wealthiest county in California.

By 2006 it was the wealthiest majority-black county in the nation.

"It seems like such a shame that we're in such a wealthy county."

Soon after, Westchester became what it has continued to be - a wealthy and predominantly white county.

Cheshire continued to develop into a wealthy county in the 19th century.

Williamson County is ranked among the wealthiest counties in the country.

"This wealthy county, which can spend millions on open space, ought to be able to find the money to invest in the human spirit."

The fact that this is a wealthy county doesn't help if you can't tap the wealth.

But the long effort to balance the budget of this otherwise wealthy county is far from over.

This is one of the wealthiest counties in the whole state, and look what they have here.