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12. Orange County, California

Percentage of average weekly wage required to pay down a median-priced home: 80.9%.

The Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine Metro Division encompasses Orange County and includes more than three million people with an economy that is the seventh biggest in the U.S. It is a division of the greater Los Angeles MSA. Tourism is a vital part of the economy with Anaheim an important hub thanks to Disneyland Resorts, which is the second most visited theme park in the world. Technology and aerospace are also significant employers. At the time, Orange County was the largest county to have declared bankruptcy when it pulled the trigger in 1994.