New York is bleeding millionaires, and San Francisco is winning them over. Here are the 20 cities with the highest number of millionaires in the world.

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New York is bleeding millionaires, and San Francisco is winning them over. Here are the 20 cities with the highest number of millionaires in the world.
  • New York has the most millionaires of any world city, but lost 12% of them in the first half of 2022.
  • The US dominates the list with a total of 6 cities in the top 20.

Between the skyscrapers and bright lights, it seems like millionaires just can't pull themselves away from allure of the concrete jungle.

According to a new report published today by Henley & Partners, a firm that tracks wealthy individuals across the globe, New York tops the list of 20 cities with the most millionaires in the world.

The firm defines millionaires as anyone with $1 million or more in investable assets. That includes everything from cash, checking, and savings accounts to investments in stocks, government bonds, and mutual funds.

Several cities across the US are quickly catching up to the Big Apple, though, due in part to New York losing 12% of its wealthiest denizens over the first half of 2022. The San Francisco area, which came in second, saw its billionaire index increase 4% over that time frame, according to data collected by the intelligence firm New World Wealth.

On the whole, the US had the highest representation of any country on the list, with six of its major metropolitan areas claiming spots within the top 20. Across the world, Abu Dhabi and Dubai appear to have some of the fastest growing populations of millionaires, according to the report. While Russia — which has witnessed a mass migration of its moneyed classes in the past several years — had the largest outflow of millionaires of any country in the world.

See the full list of the top 20 millionaire metropolises and megalopolises below.

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New York

New York
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Number of millionaires: 16,207

Number of billionaires: 59

Total population: 8.4 million, according to the US Census Bureau.

Tokyo

Tokyo
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Number of millionaires: 7,613

Number of billionaires: 12

Total population: 37.3 million, according to World Population Review.

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San Francisco

San Francisco
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Number of millionaires: 13,513

Number of billionaires: 62

Total population: 815,000, according to the US Census Bureau.

London

London
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Number of millionaires: 9,616

Number of billionaires: 38

Total population: 9 million, according to London Datastore.

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Singapore

Singapore
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Number of millionaires: 8,376

Number of billionaires: 26

Total population: 5.6 million, according to World Bank.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles
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Number of millionaires: 8,938

Number of billionaires: 34

Total population: Approximately 3.9 million, according to the US Census Bureau.

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Chicago

Chicago
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Number of millionaires: 7,740

Number of billionaires: 28

Total population: 2.7 million, according to the US Census Bureau.

Houston

Houston
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Number of millionaires: 6,904

Number of billionaires: 25

Total population: 2.3 million, according to the United States Census Bureau.

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Beijing

Beijing
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Number of millionaires: 6,633

Number of billionaires: 44

Total population: 19.6 million, according to National Bureau of Statistics of China (last reported in 2010).

Shanghai

Shanghai
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Number of millionaires: 6,530

Number of billionaires: 42

Total population: 23 million, according to National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China (last reported in 2010).

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Sydney

Sydney
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Number of millionaires: 4,688

Number of billionaires: 16

Total population: 4.4 million, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (last reported in 2011).

Hong Kong

Hong Kong
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Number of millionaires: 5,870

Number of billionaires: 28

Total population: 7.4 million, according to World Bank.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt
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Number of millionaires: 4,001

Number of billionaires: 14

Total population: 791,000, according to World Population Review.

Toronto

Toronto
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Number of millionaires: 4,347

Number of billionaires: 17

Total population: 6.7 million, according to Government of Canada 2021 Census report.

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Zurich

Zurich
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Number of millionaires: 7,638

Number of billionaires: 12

Total population: 1.83 million, according to the Zurich Department of Mayor (last reported in 2011).

Seoul

Seoul
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Number of millionaires: 4,881

Number of billionaires: 25

Total population: 9.7 million, according to Seoul Solution.

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Melbourne

Melbourne
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Number of millionaires: 3,629

Number of billionaires: 12

Total population: 5.1 million, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (last reported in 2021).

Dallas

Dallas
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Number of millionaires: 4,551

Number of billionaires: 18

Total population: 1.3 million, according to the US Census Bureau.

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Geneva

Geneva
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Number of millionaires: 8,645

Number of billionaires: 16

Total population: Approximately 200,000, according to United Nations (last reported in 2017).

Paris

Paris
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Number of millionaires: 2,441

Number of billionaires: 15

Total population: 2.16 million, according to Department of Paris (last reported in 2019).

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