There are roughly 24 million millionaires in the US as of the mid‑2020s , which works out to about 1 in 15 adults having a net worth of at least 1 million dollars (often including home equity and investments).

Quick Scoop

  • Most recent major wealth reports put the US millionaire count around 23.8–24 million people/households.
  • That’s the largest millionaire population of any country in the world.
  • In percentage terms, this is close to 9–10% of US adults , depending on the exact definition and data source.
  • The number is still growing , with hundreds of thousands of new millionaires added in a single year due to rising asset prices and markets.

A bit of nuance

  • Many “millionaires” are people whose net worth crosses 1M on paper because of home values, retirement accounts, and stock gains, not just ultra‑rich business owners.
  • If you exclude home equity and look only at more liquid or investment wealth, some analyses suggest the count drops significantly, showing that a lot of people are “house‑rich, cash‑lighter.”

Simple HTML table of key figures

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Metric Approximate Value
Millionaires in the US (2024) ≈ 23.8–24 million adults/households
Share of US adults Roughly 9–10%
New US millionaires added in 1 year ≈ 379,000 in 2024 (about 1,000 per day)
Global millionaire share held by US About 40% of the world’s millionaires
**TL;DR:** If you imagine a group of 15 random Americans, odds are **one of them is a millionaire on paper** —but that doesn’t always mean they feel rich in day‑to‑day life.

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