A few weeks ago, Wealth-X, an international wealth intelligence firm, released its annual list of the richest person in every US state.  Based on this information, we created a map that not only shows who and how rich the wealthiest person in each state is, but also how states stack up against each other based on which one has the wealthier resident.

Hover over your state to see who is your state’s wealthiest:

The wealthiest individuals in 35 states out of 50 happen to be entrepreneurs and/or business owners, whose financial gambles, personal risks and investments paid off. Expressed in a different way, 7 out of 10 achieved the American Dream through their own hard work.

One prime example of a successful entrepreneur is Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who, with a net worth estimated at over $81 billion, is not only Washington state’s wealthiest resident, but also the world’s.

The runner-up in the list is billionaire Warren Buffett (a.k.a The Oracle of Omaha) arguably the most successful investor of the 20th century and Nebraska’s most prosperous son.

In terms of persons who inherited a vast fortune, the most notable example is Christy Walton, the wealthiest resident of Arkansas, who inherited part of the Wal-Mart fortune after her husband John (Sam Walton’s son) died. There is also Alabama’s Marguerite Harbert, who inherited her wealth from her husband John M. Harbert, the construction magnate and founder of Harbert Corporation.

While most of of the individuals on this list are billionaires (41 out of 50), the following states did not have a single billionaire resident:

• Utah
• New Mexico
• Mississippi
• Maine
• Delaware
• Hawaii
• South Dakota
• Alaska

Here is the complete list, ranked by Net worth: