Thanks to poor equity markets and an auto industry pummeled by the economic downturn, Detroit is still struggling to regain its pre-recession population of millionaires, according to Business Insider.
Still, the city saw enough growth to maintain a spot in the top 10. After losing 16% of millionaires in 2008, it has added just about 15% back.
Millionaire population 2007-2011:
2007: 94,500
2008: 79,500
2009: 89,100
2010: 92,100
2011: 90,100
New York leads the nation with more than 10 times the number of millionaires as metro Detroit.
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