Data from the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report shows that in 2023 there were just under 30 million millionaires in the US.

As of 2020, New Jersey had the highest share of households with a net worth of one million or more U.S. dollars in the United States, followed by Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Hawaii.

Research done by the Credit Suisse Research Institute states that the country with the highest number of millionaires is the U.S., with nearly 30 million millionaires and 17 million people with wealth up to $5 million! To put numbers in perspective, China, Japan, Germany, the U.K., and France, added together, have a total of 17 million millionaires!

New Jersey has the highest rate of millionaires, with 9.76% of households showing a net worth of $1 million or above. That means that 246,058 New Jersey households are millionaires.

As of April 2025, Elon Musk was estimated as the wealthiest person in the United States with a net worth of around 342 billion dollars. Richest people in the United States - additional information Every year since 1982, the American business magazine Forbes has been compiling lists of the 400 richest people in the United States, known as the “Forbes 400.” In addition to that, since 1987, the publication has also been compiling a ranking of the 500 richest people in the world (excluding royalty and dictators), as well as more specialized tops, such as “World's Most Powerful Women,” “America's Richest Families,” “Most Valuable Brands” or “30 Under 30,” which focuses on young entrepreneurs from various fields which have gained millions in the past year by the use of social media, technical innovations and generally new and fresh approaches to business.

In 2023, there were nearly 22 million people with a net worth of over one million U.S. dollars in the United States, which put the country on the top of the ranking. China was ranked second in that year, with more than six million individuals with wealth exceeding one million U.S. dollars. The United Kingdom followed in third with around three million millionaires.

The statistic shows the distribution of U.S. millionaires in 2013, by race and ethnicity. As of 2013, about 76 percent of U.S. millionaires were White/Caucasian.

Additional information on racial income inequality

The issue of racial inequality in regards to income and wealth has been a problem through the entirety of the history of the United States. The statistic above demonstrates how the percentage of millionaires that identify as Black/African Americans is disproportionate to the share of the population overall. While the disproportionate number of millionaires demonstrates an undesirable degree of income inequality it is at the bottom of the wealth ladder within American society that the issue is most pressing. The overrepresentation of African Americans in contrast to the population in unemployment statistics are cause for concern on the part of the government and society as a whole. In 2014, nearly 25 percent of surveyed families who placed themselves in the income bracket of under ten thousand dollars identified as black.

The percentage of non-white female business owners perhaps demonstrates that barriers to wealth exist but are diminished in unison. As barriers to wealth generation are removed for women, similar barriers are also being broken to allow for greater equality in the economic opportunities offered across the population of the United States. A central issue for policy makers is the time delay associated with policies aimed at reversing these inequalities. This was reflected in the 2015 Democratic and Republican presidential primary campaigns. Despite many major candidates discussing the issue none put forward meaningful proposals to address the problem. Even Senator Bernie Sanders who made addressing income inequality the cornerstone failed to separate the issue from income inequality generally. However, the global attention gained by movements such as ‘Black Lives Matter’ shows issues of racial inequality are prominent in the discourse of sections of the wider population if not forming a cornerstone of the political discourse in the United States.

As of 2019, 84 percent of millionaires in the United States had a net worth of between one million and two and a half million U.S. dollars. On the other end of the scale, 0.01 percent of millionaires had a net worth of over 500 million U.S. dollars.

This data collection focuses on the federal budget deficit and on issues dealing with the rich and the poor in America. Respondents were asked if they approved of the way George Bush, Democrats in Congress, and Republicans in Congress were handling the the federal budget deficit, and who was more to blame for the larger deficit. Additionally, respondents were asked how much money it takes to be rich in the United States, whether they would want to be rich, how likely it was that they would ever be rich or poor, whether the percentage of Americans who are rich was increasing, and whether they respected and admired rich people. Other questions asked respondents if they characterized rich people as more likely to be honest, snobbish, intelligent, and a variety of other traits, whether respondents would be more or less likely to vote for a candidate who was a millionaire/self-made millionaire, and which political party better represented the interests of poor, rich, and middle class people. Background information on respondents includes political alignment, 1988 presidential vote choice, registered voter status, education, age, religion, social class, marital status, number of people in the household, labor union membership, employment status, race, income, sex, and state/region of residence.

The statistic shows the number of millionaire households in the United States from 1997 to 2015, by net worth. In 1997, about 5.3 million households had a net worth of 1 million U.S. dollars or more, excluding primary residence.

This statistic presents the distribution of assets of the millionaire investors in the United States in 2014. In that year, 16 percent of the financial assets of the U.S. millionaire investors was held in their principal residences.

This statistic presents the American states with lowest ratio of millionaire households per capita in 2019. In 2019, Mississippi had the lowest ratio of millionaire households per capita in the country, with only 4.18 percent of households holding over one million U.S. dollars in assets.

This statistic shows the amount spent by American millionaires on club memberships in 2017. That year, 45 percent of respondents said that they spent between 1 and 4,999 U.S. dollars on club memberships.

The statistic presents the millionaires' wealth building strategies in the United States from 2010 to 2014. It was found that 87 percent of the millionaires in 2014 attributed their wealth to hard work.

This statistic shows a gender comparison of super-rich, or Ultra-High-Net-Worth, people in the United States in 2014. In 2014, about 13 percent of the U.S. UHNW population were women.

A dataset listing the 20 richest cities in Virginia for 2024, including information on rank, city, county, population, average income, and median income.

The world's richest people owned on average about five homes in 2024. Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWIs) owned the most homes in Latin America- an average of 5 residential properties per person. In North-America, this figure was the lowest, at 4.2 - properties per person.

The statistic shows the breakdown of luxury investments of high net worth individuals in North America in 2014. About 16.7 percent of investments of passion by high net worth individuals in North America were in Art.

According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, the United States housed the highest number of billionaires worldwide in 2025. In detail, there were *** billionaires living in the United States as of January that year. By comparison, *** billionaires resided in China. India, the United Kingdom, and Germany were also the homes of a significant number of billionaires that year. United States has regained its first place As the founder and exporter of consumer capitalism, it is no surprise that the United States is home to a large number of billionaires. Although China had briefly overtaken the U.S. in recent years, the United States has reclaimed its position as the country with the most billionaires in the world. Moreover, North America leads the way in terms of the highest number of ultra high net worth individuals – those with a net worth of more than ***** million U.S. dollars. The prominence of Europe and North America is a reflection of the higher degree of economic development in those states. However, this may also change as China and other emerging economies continue developing. Female billionaires Moreover, the small proportion of female billionaires does little to counter critics claiming the global economy is dominated by an elite comprised mainly of men. On the list of the 20 richest people in the world, only one was a woman. Moreover, recent political discourse has put a great amount of attention on the wealth held by the super-rich with the wealth distribution of the global population being heavily unequal.

In 2024, North America had the highest number of high net worth individuals, with 8.45 million HNWIs living there. In Asia Pacific, there were also 7.59 billion HNWIs registered in 2024. High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) are people with wealth exceeding one million U.S. dollars.