New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia are among the richest states in Australia.
Tasmania has been ranked by CommSec as having the country's best-performing economy. Queensland and South Australia have come in at equal second, followed by New South Wales. It's predicted that retail spending will help drive economic success in the next quarter.
The richest states in the US are New York, Massachusetts, Washington, California, North Dakota, Connecticut, Delaware, Alaska, Nebraska, and Illinois. The richest state in America is New York, with a GDP per capita of $96,502.
With 126,900 millionaires, Sydney made it to number 10 with the report noting especially strong growth in wealth in the Harbour City over the past 20 years, making it Australia's wealthiest city. It's also predicted to reach the top 5 wealthiest cities in the world by 2040.
Overall, in the calendar year 2022, the United States' Nominal GDP at Current Prices totaled at $25.463 Trillion, as compared to $23.315 Trillion in 2021. The three U.S. states with the highest GDPs were California ($3.6 Trillion), Texas ($2.356 Trillion), and New York ($2.053 Trillion).
California, the largest economy in the United States, has a GDP of $3.5 trillion and a GDP per capita of $89,540.
No suburb in the country features a greater concentration of members of The List – Australia's Richest 250 than Toorak, where Melbourne's wealthiest families have gathered for decades. Think historic looking mansions guarded by large hedges set back from the street to ensure privacy.
Mungallala Methodist Church was built in 1964. It has now closed. In 2016, the Australian Taxation Office listed Mungallala as having the lowest mean taxable income by postcode, making it the poorest town in Australia, which led the ABC to do a documentary on the town for their online "storyhunters" program.
California is home to the most billionaires — not just in the US, but in the world, according to Forbes. Los Angeles, in particular, is a hot spot. Some billionaires there have names that light up Hollywood marquees, like director Steven Spielberg.
by state U.S. 2020. In 2020, California had the highest number of millionaire households in the U.S., with 1.14 million households having one million or more in investible assets.
TASMANIA. It's only natural that Tasmania should be Australia's finest holiday state. Around 40 per cent of the state is protected by national parks and reserves, and around half of that land is World Heritage listed.
Wyndham in Victoria was Australia's fastest growing region over the past three years, with an additional 34,500 to its population between 2019-2022 for a December estimate of 308,900 residents.
Strong growth in 2021 solidified Australia's position as the world's 12th largest economy in 2021. Nominal GDP was around A$2.2 trillion (US$1.6 trillion) in 2021. Australia is home to just 0.3% of the world's population, but accounts for 1.7% of the global economy.
Five of the country's top 10 richest towns are located in Western Australia, according to the latest census data, with Dampier taking the top spot with 22% of its residents earning more than $4,000 per week.
The worst performing states are Tasmania, with incomes 26% below the national income and wealth average, as well as South Australia which is 19% below the average household income and 20% below the national net wealth.
Australia's most expensive suburbs will shock you with how much they cost. Image: Canva. Australia's most expensive suburbs by median house price are all concentrated in Sydney, the most expensive city in Australia, and one of the most expensive in the world.
The Finder survey which asked 1000 people what it took to be rich and found that earning $336,516 per year was the magic number. In Australia, $52,338 is the median personal income, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Outlandish as it may seem, the lavish spending has become commonplace within the inner circles of Sydney's community of wealthy Chinese. Billionaires from mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore, along with homegrown Asian tycoons, have turned the Harbour City into their playground.
Washington. Washington state has the highest quality of life in all 50 states. The state has no income tax, a thriving job market, and great international business opportunities.
Preliminary current dollar GDP estimates also released today for the full year of 2022 show the Texas economy grew to an estimated $2.36 trillion in size—up from $2.1 trillion in 2021. This represents an estimated growth rate of 14.8%, faster growth than the nation as a whole.
Out of all 50 states, New York had the highest per-capita real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022, at 79,434 U.S. dollars, followed closely by Massachusetts. Mississippi had the lowest per-capita real GDP, at 35,555 U.S. dollars.