IRS Data: Congressional Districts by Number of Returns Filed with $500,000+ Income

[dimondpark]

I wonder why they have $500,000+ for congressional district data but not county data, which only goes to $200,000+

Anyhow, if you should be so inclined, please click on the link below to the IRS website to check my work. Corrections are appreciated.

This is for tax year 2018, latest data available at this time.

District/Number of Tax Returns reporting $500,000+ Income, 2018/Representative(Party) Hometown
5,000+ returns
CA-18.....34,210 Anna Eshoo(D) Atherton
NY-12.....30,140 Carolyn Maloney(D) Manhattan
NY-10.....26,540 Jerry Nadler(D) Manhattan
CA-33.....25,469 Ted Lieu(D) Torrance
CT-04......20,050 Jim Hines(D) Cos Cob
CA-12.....18,530 Nancy Pelosi(D) San Francisco
NY-03.....16,380 Thomas Suozzi(D) Glen Cove
NJ-07.....15,630 Tom Malinowski(D) Rocky Hill
CA-17.....15,010 Ro Khanna(D) Fremont
CA-14.....15,000 Jackie Speier(D) Hillsborough
TX-07.....14,350 Lizzie Fletcher(D) Houston
MA-04....14,170 Jake Auchincloss(D) Newton
WA-07....12,720 Pramila Jayapal(D) Seattle
NJ-11.....12,340 Mikie Sherrill(D) Montclair
NY-16.....11,790 Jamaal Bowman(D) Yonkers
MA-05....11,750 Katherine Clark(D) Melrose
FL-19......11,670 Byron Donalds(R) Naples
CA-11.....11,270 Mark DeSaulnier(D) Concord
FL-27......11,150 Maria Elvira Salazar(R) Miami
NY-17.....11,030 Mondaire Jones(D) Nyack
GA-06.....10,970 Lucy McBath(D) Marietta
CA-02.....10,780 Jared Huffman(D) San Rafael
CA-48.....10,780 Michelle Steel(R) Surfside
VA-10......10,560 Jennifer Wexton(D) Leesburg
MD-08.....10,370 Jamie Raskin(D) Takoma Park
CA-49.....10,250 Mike Levin(D) San Juan Capistrano
NJ-05......10,250 Josh Gottheimer(D) Wyckoff
IL-10.......10,160 Brad Schneider(D) Deerfield
AZ-06.....10,120 David Schweikert(R) Fountain Hills
IL-05.......10,040 Mike Quigly(D) Chicago
IL-06........9,870 Sean Casten(D) Downers Grove
IL-09........9,810 Jack Schakowsky(D) Evanston
WA-01......9,680 Suzan DelBene(D) Medina
FL-22........9,590 Ted Deutch(D) Boca Raton
CA-15.......9,390 Eric Swalwell(D) Dublin
CA-52.......9,270 Scott Peters(D) La Jolla
MO-02......8,980 Ann Wagner(R) Ballwin
CA-30.......8,840 Brad Sherman(D) Sherman Oaks
CA-45.......8,720 Katie Porter(D) Irvine
VA-08.......8,710 Don Beyer(D) Alexandria
MN-03......8,640 Dean Phillips(D) Deephaven
WA-09......8,610 Adam Smith(D) Bellevue
TX-25.......8,190 Roger Williams(R) Austin
TX-03.......8,080 Van Taylor(R) Plano
PA-04.......8,060 Madeleine Dean(D) Jenkintown
MA-08......8,030 Stephen Lynch(D) Boston
CO-02.......7,980 Diana DeGette(D) Denver
TX-21.......7,960 Chip Roy(R) Austin
FL-18........7,930 Brian Mast(R) Palm City
TX-24.......7,780 Beth Van Duyne(R) Irving
CA-13.......7,700 Barbara Lee(D) Oakland
CO-01.......7,580 Joe Neguse(D) Lafayette
DC-00.......7,580 Eleanor Holmes Norton(D)Washington DC
FL-21........7,550 Lois Frankel(D) West Palm Beach
IL-07.........7,450 Danny K Davis(D) Chicago
CA-19.......7,400 Zoe Lofgren(D) San Jose
CA-28.......7,200 Adam Schiff(D) Burbank
NJ-04........7,170 Chris Smith(R) Hamilton
GA-11.......6,930 Barry Loudermilk(R) Cassville
MA-06......6,930 Seth Moulton(D) Salem
IN-05.........6,860 Victoria Spartz(R) Noblesville
PA-06........6,860 Chrissy Houlahan(D) Devon
NC-09.......6,760 Dan Bishop(R) Charlotte
NY-04.......6,630 Kathleen Rice(D) Garden City
TX-02.......6,480 Dan Crenshaw(R) Houston
CA-37.......6,440 Karen Bass(D) Baldwin Vista
FL-04........6,360 John Rutherford(R) Jacksonville
MI-11........6,220 Haley Stephens(D) Rochester Hills
PA-05.......6,220 Mary Gay Scanlon(D)Swarthmore
GA-05.......6,200 Nikema Williams(D) Atlanta
FL-16........6,160 Vern Buchanan(R) Sarasota
PA-01........6,140 Brian Fitzpatrick(R) Levittown
FL-23........6,120 Debbie Wasserman Shultz(D) Weston
KS-03........6,090 Sharice Davids(D) Roeland Park
NV-03.......5,960 Susie Lee(D) Las Vegas
TX-22.......5,930 Troy Nehls(R) Houston
NJ-12.......5,850 Bonnie Watson Coleman(D) Ewing
TX-08.......5,740 Kevin Brady(R) The Woodlands)
WA-08......5,710 Kim Schrier(D) Sammamish
CA-27.......5,670 Judy Chu(D) Monterey Park
TX-10.......5,580 Michael R McCaul(R) Austin
MD-03......5,560 John Sarbanes(D) Baltimore
SC-01.......5,440 Nancy Mace(R) Charleston
MA-07......5,430 Ayanna Pressley(D) Boston
NC-04......5,340 David Price(D) Chapel Hill
TX-26.......5,240 Michael C Burgess(R) Pilot Point
NY-07.......5,140 Nydia Velasquez(D) Brooklyn
NY-18.......5,140 Sean Patrick Maloney(D) Cold Spring
VA-11.......5,090 Gerry Conholly(D)Mantua
PA-17.......5,040 Conor Lamb(D) Mt Lebanon
TN-05.......5,010 Jim Cooper(D) Nashville

https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-t...-district-2018

[3rd&Brown]

PA-04.......8,060 Matt Cartright(D) Moosic

I was like, wait what? Scranton (Cartright) has more high income households than the Philadelphia suburbs?

It turns out no. PA-04 is Madeline Dean's district and includes roughly a 3rd of the Main Line. The other portions are in Christie Houlahan (PA-05) and Mary Gay Scanlon's (PA-03) districts, both of which are also on the list.

This list basically confirms that all of the country's rich people live in essentially 15 states: CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA, WA

Honorable mention to NC with 2 districts.

[iheartthed]

Are you filtering out districts with less than 5,000 returns of +$500k?

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Are you filtering out districts with less than 5,000 returns of +$500k?

Yeah, for now.

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by 3rd&Brown

I was like, wait what? Scranton (Cartright) has more high income households than the Philadelphia suburbs?

It turns out no. PA-04 is Madeline Dean's district and includes roughly a 3rd of the Main Line. The other portions are in Christie Houlahan (PA-05) and Mary Gay Scanlon's (PA-03) districts, both of which are also on the list.

This list basically confirms that all of the country's rich people live in essentially 15 states: CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA, WA

Honorable mention to NC with 2 districts.

Thanks! it was 2am when I decided to do this. Lol

[JMKeynes]

As usual, the top ten is dominated by the NYC Metro and Ca.

[Pedestrian]

Fremont>Hillsborough.

[Pedestrian]

Originally Posted by 3rd&Brown

This list basically confirms that all of the country's rich people live in essentially 15 states: CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA, WA

Honorable mention to NC with 2 districts.

You better put Wyoming on that list. It's all one giant Congressional District with a lot of low income people to bring down the average but Teton County (Jackson) is loaded with really rich folks. Several other Rocky Mountain states are similar with little enclaves of super-rich submerged in the low-density sea of middle class.

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Fremont>Hillsborough.

Yeah, I had to laugh at that one.

[SIGSEGV]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

You better put Wyoming on that list. It's all one giant Congressional District with a lot of low income people to bring down the average but Teton County (Jackson) is loaded with really rich folks. Several other Rocky Mountain states are similar with little enclaves of super-rich submerged in the low-density sea of middle class.

Yeah, not sure how many claim Teton County as a primary residence though (One of my wife's college roommates is from Jackson. Love it when we get to visit her family!).

[Steely Dan]

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Take the political stupidity to the CE toilet.

[C.]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

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Take the political stupidity to the CE toilet.

Thanks!

[Gordo]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

You better put Wyoming on that list. It's all one giant Congressional District with a lot of low income people to bring down the average but Teton County (Jackson) is loaded with really rich folks. Several other Rocky Mountain states are similar with little enclaves of super-rich submerged in the low-density sea of middle class.

As a part-time Teton County resident, I don't actually know a single non-retired person who lives there full time and claims it as their primary residence. Even most of the retired folks I know have another residence elsewhere, though most of them do claim Wyoming as their primary residence for tax reasons.

So while it's certainly wealthy, nearly all of that wealth will show up somewhere else on a list like this.

[sopas ej]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Fremont>Hillsborough.

You're misinterpreting the info; the city/town listed is where the Congressional Rep. of that district lives, if I'm not mistaken.

My district is the 27th Congressional district in California, and my Rep. is Judy Chu, from Monterey Park. Here are the cities/areas included in the district: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califo...ional_district

I actually like Judy Chu; you email her, and she actually emails you back, she doesn't send you a form letter-type of thing. I assume after California's reapportionment/gerrymandering from the recent Census, my girl will no longer be my rep?

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

You're misinterpreting the info; the city/town listed is where the Congressional Rep. of that district lives, if I'm not mistaken.

My district is the 27th Congressional district in California, and my Rep. is Judy Chu, from Monterey Park. Here are the cities/areas included in the district: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califo...ional_district

Yeah, it's just the thought of an uber rich, old money town like Hillsborough being outclassed by Fremont is cause for a little snickering.

Also, Ted Lieu's hometown of Torrance is nice enough, but the rest of his district that is like the California version of the French Riviera