The Nation - News from Sept. 1, 1986

Two rural states are at opposite ends of a scale measuring the ratio of millionaires to residents, with land-rich North Dakotans leading and West Virginians trailing, the Census Bureau said. Nationally, the United States has 175.9 millionaires per 100,000 residents, the bureau said. North Dakota was tops in the nation, with 565.5 millionaires for every 100,000 residents. Minnesota, another agricultural state, was ranked second with 425.9 millionaires per 100,000, followed by 387.8 in Florida. California ranked seventh with 261.2, whereas West Virgina was at the bottom of the list with 30.6 millionaires per 100,000.