[SoCal Pubbie]

The South. There were more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River Valley by 1860 than anywhere else in the United States.

[nascarnation]

That’s amazing because a million bucks back then was real money.

[DiogenesLamp]

The South. There were more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River Valley by 1860 than anywhere else in the United States.

The most concentrated area of multimillionaires was New York.