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Humboldt ranked 298th among cities in Tennessee by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Humboldt residents was an inflation-adjusted $18,455 per year. Humboldt had 3,217 households in 2017, with a population of 8,155.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Belle Meade. Belle Meade's median income was $84,423 per year after adjusting for inflation – $65,968 more than Humboldt. It had 994 households in 2017 and a population of 2,584.

Sewanee had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Tennessee, with a median income of only $4,476 per year. That was $13,979 less than the median income in Humboldt at the time. Sewanee had 433 households in 2017 and a population of 2,377.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Belle Meade	84,423
2	Forest Hills	61,875
3	Oak Hill	59,792
4	Brentwood	55,027
5	Nolensville	51,491
6	Collierville	49,610
7	Lookout Mountain	49,148
8	Lakeland	49,003
9	Ridgeside	47,500
10	Rockvale	46,310
11	Farragut	45,875
12	Arlington	45,666
13	Graball	43,958
14	Rossville	43,125
15	Atoka	42,821
16	Signal Mountain	42,447
17	Shackle Island	41,791
18	Fairmount	41,750
19	Thompson's Station	41,352
20	Spring Hill	41,042
21	Franklin	40,978
22	Oakland	40,470
23	Mount Juliet	40,090
24	Bowman	40,048
25	Walterhill	38,833
26	Silerton	38,125
27	Piperton	37,227
28	Walden	37,045
29	Bartlett	36,643
30	Green Hill	35,885
31	Berry Hill	35,573
32	Pleasant View	35,231
33	White House	35,196
34	Wrigley	35,156
35	Medina	35,146
36	Kingston Springs	34,824
37	Bell Buckle	33,958
38	Louisville	33,227
39	Rural Hill	32,988
40	Apison	32,910
41	Baneberry	32,798
42	Hendersonville	32,604
43	Christiana	32,475
44	Darden	32,200
45	Three Way	32,191
46	Braden	31,591
47	Norris	31,439
48	Cross Plains	31,375
49	Munford	31,369
50	Brighton	31,173
51	Middle Valley	30,803
52	Garland	30,741
53	Smyrna	30,695
54	La Vergne	30,440
55	Millersville	30,407
56	Eva	30,333
57	Wildwood	30,254
58	Summertown	30,158
59	Goodlettsville	30,024
60	Newbern	30,000
61	Yorkville	29,375
62	Lakesite	29,276
63	Coopertown	29,222
64	Pegram	29,194
65	Harrison	29,139
66	Powells Crossroads	29,052
67	Greenbrier	28,811
68	Oak Grove	28,750
69	Auburntown	28,750
70	Ridgetop	28,469
71	Charleston	28,450
72	Kingston	28,438
73	Gallatin	28,338
74	Eagleville	28,056
75	Adams	27,930
76	New Johnsonville	27,850
77	New Union	27,636
78	Hunter	27,575
79	Chapel Hill	27,406
80	Murfreesboro	27,378
81	Clarksville	27,263
82	Hopewell	27,250
83	Rockford	27,202
84	Woodland Mills	27,125
85	Greenback	27,115
86	Maryville	26,631
87	Lone Oak	26,625
88	Gordonsville	26,518
89	Unionville	26,413
90	Centertown	26,397
91	Allardt	26,371
92	Hillsboro	26,306
93	Millington	26,298
94	Huntland	26,140
95	Oak Ridge	26,066
96	Oliver Springs	26,007
97	Coalfield	25,988
98	Friendsville	25,948
99	Clinton	25,816
100	East Ridge	25,753

* All values are inflation-adjusted