How many people in the united states fall in to the following categories:

Billionire
500 millionaire
100 millionaire
10 millionaire
5 millionaire?

Please include source.  Thank you.

The recent stock market decline has likely moved a few of these to the
next lower category. Real estate has done well so a few have moved up
recently. Most don't blab about their asset details but may
exaggerate, so only rough approximations are possible. Items of art
have a wide separation between want to buy and want to sell, so a fair
value is difficult. Many of these people are rich internationalists so
the status of American must be debatable in at least a few cases.
Sorry I don't know where to look for even some wild guesses.  Neil

Hello,

According to Forbes Magazine's 2002 list of wealthiest people, there
are 243 American billionaires.
http://www.forbes.com/2002/09/13/rich400land.html

The Merryl Lynch, that published the 2002 "World Wealth Report" states
that there are 2,100,000 people in the U.S. with a net worth of a
million dollars or more.
http://www.ml.com/about/press_release/06172002-1_us_grew_pr.htm

I looked at the IRS and Census bureau statistical sites but could not
find any breakdown as you requested.

Hope this helps a little at least.
gitana