Number of U.S. millionaires up 60% since Great Recession of 2008-10

A record 9.6 million households are now categorized as
millionaires, according to new research through the end of 2013, which represents a 58 percent increase
from 2008.

According to Time magazine, the number of affluent households
worth between $100,000 and $1 million was also up in 2013.

Market research shows that, at the wealthiest levels,
there were 132,000 households with a net worth of $25 million or more, up from
125,000 in 2007, before the recession.

The number of affluent households worth between $100,000
and $1 million was also up in 2013 from a year earlier. There were 28.9 million
households in that income category last year, a jump of 500,000 just since the prior year of 2012.