By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY

What’s the most affluent city in the USA?

(a) San Jose
(b) San Francisco
(c) Honolulu
(d) Plano, Texas

The answer is Plano — and that surprises even the mayor of this 260,000-person Dallas suburb.

“I’d never heard that before,” Plano Mayor Pat Evans says. “But it’s good to know.”

The Census Bureau released its annual report on income and poverty Tuesday. The results offer an interesting — and often unexpected — portrait of who’s rich and who’s poor in the USA.

Plano was the report’s star among cities with populations of 250,000 or more. It had the highest income and lowest poverty rate.

Plano’s median household income in 2007 was $84,492, up 10% from 2006. Placing a distant second: San Jose, with a median income of $76,963.

Plano is the home to corporate headquarters for Frito-Lay, JCPenney and other companies. Billionaire Ross Perot founded computer giant EDS and Perot Systems, both still based in Plano.

The city is north of Dallas at the end of a light-rail line. Gymnast Nastia Liukin, Olympic gold medalist in Beijing, trains there.

Despite its affluence, the median home price is about $225,000, Evans says. By contrast, San Jose’s median home price is $744,000.

“We’ve got the lowest taxes and highest level of services in North Texas,” the mayor says.

The poorest city in the nation was Detroit, with a median household income of $28,097. It fell to the bottom spot this year, replacing Cleveland.

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PLANO, TX – December 2, 2008- Rob Holmes is slated to speak at the 13th Annual Kestenberg Siegal Lipkus LLP Anti-Counterfeiting Training Conference December 2-5, 2008.

The training conference is anticipated to be one of the most comprehensive and practical anti-counterfeiting tools available with many leading experts providing unique training to law enforcement and government agencies from both the U.S. and Canada.  Conference organizers strive to provide exceptional training by obtaining experts and industry leaders such as Rob Holmes of IPCybercrime.com LLC.

Recognized as one of the most innovative speakers in his industry, Rob Holmes will captivate attendees with four sessions at this year’s conference.  Rob has prepared intense presentations to provide optimal information on issues such as identifying online infringers, counterterrorism and establishing the “virtual crime scene.”

Holmes will be joining a large roster of major names in the industry, including the conference’s organizer Lorne Lipkus.

This year’s conference is to be held at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Markham, Ontario.

About Rob Holmes
Rob Holmes currently serves as the CEO of IPCybercrime.com LLC, a company he founded in 2001.  At the helm of the world’s first and leading Internet IP enforcement program, Rob pioneered the study of the “virtual crime scene” and invented numerous techniques to allow for the identification and tracking of counterfeiters in the United States and around the world.  Under his direction, IPCybercrime.com has grown into a leading protector of intellectual properties worldwide.  IPCybercrime.com is headquartered in Plano, Texas, and has a reach that extends across the globe in both the physical and cyber worlds.

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IPCybercrime.com LLC

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