Johnson County, Kansas

One of the richest counties in the United States and the richest county in Kansas with a median household income of 78,000 dollars. It is a upper-middle class county with only 6% of people below poverty level. Over 500,000 people live in Johnson County. The school districts in Johnson County are very good with a 95.8% of students graduating high school.

I am from Johnson County so I can say that most people in Johnson County live in their own bubble where they are separated from the rest of the world.

There are many cities and towns in Johnson County ranging from big ones like Overland Park, Olathe, Leawood, Lenexa and Shawnee Mission to small towns like De Soto, Gardner, Spring Hill, Mission Hills and Prairie Village.

Johnson County takes up 480 square miles. It was founded on August 25, 1855. It was named after Thomas Johnson.

Johnson County, Kansas, is the wealthiest county in the state of Kansas, and the 31st most wealthy county in the US with a median household income ranging in the mid $60,000s. According to the 2010 US Census, Johnson County had a population of 544,179. Grouped together, Johnson County is the largest population in the state of Kansas.

Three cities in the county ranked among CNN/Money Magazine's Top 100 Places to live, with Overland Park ranking ninth, Olathe 11th, and Shawnee 39th.

The two richest cities in the county are Mission Hills and Leawood. Mission Hills' average median household income was $188,821 in 2007, while Leawood's was just over $117,000.

To the rest of Kansas, Johnson County is known as the snobbiest part of the state. The county has strong republican roots, and is home to many of the wealthiest people in Kansas City. With a 20.6% population increase from 2000-2010, one can imagine the county will only continue to grow in the years to come.

The three items that best symbolize Johnson County would be: George W. Bush, large SUVS, and Polo Ralph Lauren.

The classy, highest scale county in Kansas climbing the top 25 Richest Counties in the country and home to the 4th richest city as judged by the US Census Bureau. Commonly refered to as the OC of the midwest. Otherwise known as the county to get to for selling Girl Scout cookies, candy bars or go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Aside from it's richest reigning in cities like Overland Park, Lenexa or Shawnee Mission. Johnson County also holds a few ordinary middle class burbs such as Roeland Park, Olathe and Desoto.

A county in Kansas where wanna-be's who have no other claim to fame try to impress others by saying, "I'm from Johnson County". Makes no difference whatsoever that the person may be poor as crap or redneck as anything, they think that being from JOCO is the be-all-end-all. Maybe one day they will realize they are still from KANSAS!!!