Income and wealth are not the same thing. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o

Income and wealth are not the same thing. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe... That would put US at 3 by mean and 22 by median. Countries above it by median would include UK, Japan, etc. Of course most countries are smaller by population, but that's not like comparing to Luxembourg. I think we are agreeing, each one of this sort of comparison give you different information, which makes it difficult. Especially considering that, to your point, looking at Cali or Miss. gives a lot of variance by itself.