NEW YORK - Forsyth County is on Forbes Magazine's list of the wealthiest counties in the country.<br />
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Forsyth comes in at #13 with a median household income of $83,682.<br />
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The magazine says while affluent areas such as Nassau County, on New York's Long Island, and Marin County, just north of San Francisco, boast well-off residents, the nation's wealthiest live in the D.C. suburbs. <br />
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Fairfax County, Va. (median income $100,318 a year); Loudoun County, Va. ($99,371); and Howard County, Md. ($92,260), top the list.<br />
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What does Forbes say about Forsyth County in including it in its listing?<br />
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"Georgia isn't one of the country's biggest states, but it is made up of more counties than any other. The result? Counties post specific demographics. Take Forsyth. It's a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, but the median household pulls in $33,000 more a year than neighboring Fulton County."<br />
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