Wealth across the United States is in flux, with income gaps growing sharper even as median household incomes creep upward. According to 2024 data from the Census Bureau, the U.S. median household ...
The richest U.S. cities are now seven times richer than the poorest a divide that's nearly doubled since 1960.
Residents of 38 states and the District of Columbia made this year’s ranking of the richest people in the U.S. But the country’s extreme wealth remains clustered in a handful of hot spots.