The federal Title I program, which was intended to help schools deal with the effects of poverty on their students’ academic performance, will grant $138.7 million this year to the 20 richest local jurisdictions in the country. The list of these cities and counties comes from the 1990 census ranking based on per-capita income.
| Jurisdiction | Per-Capita Income | Population | Title I Aid | |
| 1 | Marin County, Calif. | $28,381 | 230,096 | $1,209,739 |
| 2 | Manhattan, N.Y. | 27,862 | 1,487,536 | 69,913,742 |
| 3 | Pitkin County, Colo. | 26,755 | 12,661 | 67,001 |
| 4 | Falls Church, Va. | 26,709 | 9,578 | 31,714 |
| 5 | Fairfield County, Conn. | 26,161 | 827,645 | 11,821,568 |
| 6 | Arlington County, Va. | 25,633 | 170,936 | 943,332 |
| 7 | Montgomery County, Md. | 25,591 | 757,027 | 5,483,329 |
| 8 | Westchester County, N.Y. | 25,584 | 874,866 | 14,147,610 |
| 9 | Alexandria, Va. | 25,509 | 111,183 | 873,370 |
| 10 | Morris County, N.J. | 25,177 | 421,353 | 2,037,748 |
| 11. | Somerset County, N.J. | 25,111 | 240,279 | 965,623 |
| 12. | Fairfax County, Va. | 24,833 | 818,584 | 3,515,526 |
| 13. | Bergen County, N.J. | 24,080 | 825,380 | 4,899,611 |
| 14. | Nassau County, N.Y. | 23,352 | 1,287,348 | 10,440,857 |
| 15. | Hunterdon County, N.J. | 23,236 | 107,776 | 476,024 |
| 16. | Los Alamos County, N.M. | 22,900 | 18,115 | 83,259 |
| 17. | Valdez-Cordova, Alaska | 22,772 | 9,952 | 195,886 |
| 18. | Howard County, Md. | 22,704 | 187,328 | 1,068,792 |
| 19. | San Mateo County, Calif. | 22,430 | 649,623 | 5,339,096 |
| 20. | Montgomery County, Pa. | 21,990 | 678,111 | 4,007,292 |
SOURCES: U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education.
