how much money does it take to be rich?

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How much money does it take to be rich? (Top 1% net worth from Wolff)
1962 $6.4 million
1983 $9.4 million
1989 $12 million
1998 $13.4 million
2001 $15.4 million
2004 $16.8 million
2007 $19.2 million
2009 $14 million
2010 $16.4 million 

   California High Income Earners        
                 .        
                    Adjusted Gross Income              Number of People   
                                                       1994         1996  
                    $100,000-500,000                1,604,191    2,158,051        
                    $500,000-$1 million                48,732       71,959        
                    $1 to $5 million                   21,105       35,904        
                    $5 to $25 million                   2,080        4,020        
                    $25 million and over                  131          376        
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                    High Net-Worth Americans      
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                       Net Worth(n)              Number/Percent of U.S. Households        
                                                      1995                1998    
                    $1 million or more          3.0 million (3%)     4.1 million (4%)     
                    $10 million or more         190,000 (0.19%)       275,000 (0.27%)     
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                    (n)Net worth is in constant 1995 dollars.     
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                    Sources: California Assembly Select Committee on the California Middle 
                 Class, June 1998 report; New York University economics professor Edward 
                 Wolff.