Highest-income areas in: California

Bloomberg

Highest-income areas in: California

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

2009 per capita income: $59,696
2008 per capita income: $62,598
Metro's wealth rank in U.S.: 2
Unemployment rate: 10.6 percent
Most populous city in state: Los Angeles

The San Francisco Bay Area, which includes such wealthy counties as Marin, San Mateo, and Contra Costa, is the country's second-wealthiest region in terms of per capita income. In addition to affluent neighborhoods in San Francisco's city limits, such as Nob Hill, Pacific Heights, and Russian Hill, the area also includes expensive small towns such as Woodside (where the median home price is more than $2 million), Ross, Belvedere, and Tiburon, according to data from Zillow.com.