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The ability of individuals to achieve the American dream depends on where they live, according to the first state-by-state look at the opportunity to move up the economic ladder. People who live in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Utah are more likely to improve their economic standing after their prime working years than the typical American, a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts finds.

Here’s some good news for Marylanders: We’re rich! Well, not all of us. Certainly not the blogger currently disseminating this information. But a lot of us are rich. Very rich. So rich that, get this: Maryland, for the first time, now has more millionaires per total households than any other state in the country.