Mid Valley Reporter

Yamhill County ranked seventh among counties in Oregon by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Yamhill County residents was an inflation-adjusted $27,000 per year. Yamhill County had 35,952 households in 2017, with a population of 102,366.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Clackamas County. Clackamas County's median income was $34,855 per year after adjusting for inflation – $7,855 more than Yamhill County. It had 153,822 households in 2017 and a population of 399,962.

Malheur County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in Oregon, with a median income of only $19,988 per year. That was $7,012 less than the median income in Yamhill County at the time. Malheur County had 10,262 households in 2017 and a population of 30,421.

The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	County	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Clackamas County	34,855
2	Washington County	34,401
3	Multnomah County	30,168
4	Deschutes County	28,563
5	Columbia County	27,483
6	Morrow County	27,056
7	Yamhill County	27,000
8	Hood River County	26,886
9	Polk County	26,256
10	Gilliam County	25,833
11	Marion County	25,685
12	Linn County	25,461
13	Wasco County	25,169
14	Jackson County	25,072
15	Baker County	24,871
16	Clatsop County	24,848
17	Grant County	24,651
18	Umatilla County	24,365
19	Wallowa County	24,201
20	Lane County	23,662
21	Benton County	23,648
22	Tillamook County	23,427
23	Jefferson County	23,347
24	Klamath County	23,091
25	Lincoln County	23,057
26	Crook County	22,738
27	Union County	22,733
28	Douglas County	22,712
29	Sherman County	22,375
30	Curry County	22,186
31	Harney County	21,966
32	Coos County	21,891
33	Wheeler County	21,442
34	Josephine County	21,057
35	Lake County	20,501
36	Malheur County	19,988

* All values are inflation-adjusted