And the state where the richest people live is… Published: Nov 24, 2014 3:51 p.m. ET A new survey lists the states with the highest number of ultra-rich /Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg./ Which U.S. state has the wealthiest residents of them all? It’s the home state of Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, but not America’s richest man Bill Gates (who lives in Washington state). California is the state with the highest number of ultra-wealthy individuals, according to a report from private wealth consultancy Wealth-X. There are 13,445 ultra-high net worth individuals — defined as those with $30 million and above in net assets – based in the Golden State, up 6% year-over-year. They’re mostly located in San Francisco (5,460 people) and Los Angeles (5,135). In fact, California’s population of ultra-wealthy individuals is even larger than the population of the United Kingdom (11,510). Other states are experiencing a surge of super-rich. New York was No. 2 on the list as the state with 9,530 ultra-high net worth individuals in 2014, up 6% in the last year and – perhaps less surprisingly – 8,655 (or 91%) of them were based in New York City. The population of people with $30 million or more rose 14% year-over-year to 80 in North Dakota, which is currently experiencing an oil boom. Florida’s ultra-high net worth population increased by over 10%, adding almost 500 new individuals to in 2014 due to strong growth in the state’s financial and real estate sectors. US Market Snapshot | Currencies | Commodities And the state where the richest people live is… SOURCE: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/and-the-state-whe... #USA, #OF, #WEALTH, #THE, #UNITED, #STATES, #OF, #AMERICA