The world’s population is 7 billion plus. The United States’ population is 310 million, about 4.4 percent of the world’s population
From Forbes magazine, there are 1,210 billionaires in the world. Of those 352 are in the United States, or about 29 percent of the total billionaires. If we had the same proportion of billionaires as we have population, we would have 53 billionaires.
The number of U.S. households worth at least $1 million rose to 8.4 million in 2010, compared with 7.8 million the prior year.
The number of “ultra-high net worth” households, with a net worth of at least $5 million, jumped 8 percent in 2010 to 1.06 million, compared with 980,000 the prior year. The broader affluent population, meaning households with a net worth of $500,000 or more, also grew in 2010. This population rose by 6 percent to 13.5 million in 2010, compared with 12.7 million the year before.
Households worth at least $100,000 also grew last year, to 36.2 million from 34.6 million.
Where is the recession? Is it affecting only the working and retired population?
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