On the same day that thousands of blue-collar workers took to the streets over workers’ and immigration rights, a new report by a London research firm, TNS Global, came out indicating that King County now has the tenth highest population of millionaires in the country. The top ten counties (with their major metros included in parentheses) are as follows:
- L. A. County, CA (Los Angeles) 268,138
- Cook County, IL (Chicago) 171,118
- Orange County, CA (Newport Beach) 116,157
- Maricopa County, AZ (Phoenix) 113,414
- San Diego County, CA (San Diego) 102,138
- Harris County, TX (Houston) 99,504
- Nassau County, NY (Long Island) 79,704
- Santa Clara County, CA (San Jose) 74,824
- Palm Beach County, FL (West Palm Beach) 71,221
- King County, WA (Seattle) 68,390
While you might actually expect this list to more or less follow the top ten cities in terms of overall population, it’s interesting to see that the majority (by my count, six) of the counties listed have “metro seats” of under a million people. The study considered any household whose net worth was over $1 million, excluding its primary residence, to be a millionaire.
Posted by Robert 