This is a list of U.S. states and federal district by the number of billionaires as of 2023; there are 757 billionaires living in the United States. [1] They live in 43 of the 50 states. [2] [1] The only states with no billionaire residents are Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia. [1]
State/District | Number of Billionaires as of 2023 | Billionaires per One-Million People |
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Arizona | 11 | 1.475813364348669 |
Arkansas | 6 | 1.9587666560457986 |
California | 186 | 4.779562836000376 |
Colorado | 12 | 2.044796376620821 |
Connecticut | 13 | 3.5821997737703066 |
District of Columbia(DC) | 11 | 16.300763913072473 |
Florida | 78 | 3.4419493400657863 |
Georgia | 18 | 1.6307711291540836 |
Hawaii | 2 | 1.3954416503051132 |
Idaho | 1 | 0.5066492649532464 |
Illinois | 23 | 1.8433039379784326 |
Indiana | 3 | 0.43779374135904603 |
Iowa | 1 | 0.31217368094913284 |
Kansas | 2 | 0.6811112193321159 |
Kentucky | 1 | 0.22133535604337376 |
Louisiana | 1 | 0.21961688274039703 |
Maine | 1 | 0.7176473796541227 |
Maryland | 11 | 1.787249114905495 |
Massachusetts | 22 | 3.1544574347550665 |
Michigan | 11 | 1.0966309304554547 |
Minnesota | 4 | 0.6989467047895498 |
Mississippi | 2 | 0.682470872143177 |
Missouri | 7 | 1.1315708094174495 |
Montana | 4 | 3.5102899762792155 |
Nebraska | 3 | 1.52107294457413 |
Nevada | 17 | 5.29736608725946 |
New Jersey | 5 | 0.5402230062178587 |
New York | 135 | 6.924209652758579 |
North Carolina | 6 | 0.5539112085871747 |
Ohio | 7 | 0.5958575641649217 |
Oklahoma | 8 | 1.976101522215704 |
Oregon | 3 | 0.710231812561302 |
Pennsylvania | 18 | 1.3919006999481982 |
Rhode Island | 1 | 0.9170248412859255 |
South Carolina | 1 | 0.18615034022697682 |
South Dakota | 1 | 1.082855793928211 |
Tennessee | 11 | 1.5418412977145568 |
Texas | 73 | 2.3934206505645195 |
Utah | 6 | 1.7531111148121234 |
Virginia | 7 | 0.803685656495795 |
Washington | 13 | 1.6601056312443119 |
Wisconsin | 7 | 1.1854406884226645 |
Wyoming | 6 | 10.286672415773584 |
For the interactive chart see: WorldPopulationView-U.S.-States
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