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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.