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November 2011

Where Millionaires Live in America

1. Los Alamos, N.M.

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Concentration of millionaires: 11.7%

Millionaire households: 885

Metropolitan population: 17,950

Households with $5 million+ in investable assets: 126

Median income (all households): $91,741

Maids-to-millionaires ratio: 9:100

If it weren’t for the National Laboratory, Los Alamos might be just another stagecoach stop in the desert. The facility, a powerhouse for weapons engineering, bioscience and other government research, is the dusty town’s largest employer. Top chemists, engineers and physicists have pulled in hefty paychecks here since 1943, when the lab launched the Manhattan Project.



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