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We ain’t saying she’s (or he’s) a gold digger, but…a recent study ranked Florida No. 1 in the country for those aspiring to marry for money. (Did we even need the data?)
The study comes from the divorce app SplitUp, which derived its rankings using metrics including income levels, the total number of millionaires and billionaires per state, internet search queries, and dating app behaviors.
Florida and Nevada tied for the No. 1 spot, thanks to factors like the high concentration of millionaires and billionaires per capita in each state, and prolific Google search volumes for terms like “sugar daddy,” “sugar baby,” and — in the Silver State — “sugar mama.” (“Cause girls is players, too,” in the wise words of Coi Leray.)
Florida, the nation’s third most populous state, is home to an eye-popping 97 billionaires, while Nevada, the 32nd most populous state, boasts 17 residents with net worths exceeding ten digits. Miami is home to a particularly high concentration of magnates. Earlier this year, five Miami billionaires — Jeff Bezos, Ken Griffin, Josh Harris, Orlando Bravo, and Micky Arison — made Forbes‘ World’s Billionaires List. Bezos is still the wealthiest billionaire in Miami.
SplitUp’s research seems to support a controversial local stereotype that Florida, and Miami in particular, is a mecca for transactional dating. While that isn’t always the case, for those seeking a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship in South Florida, there are plenty of places to do so.
Texas came in a close third as a national gold-digging hotspot, thanks primarily to surges in Google searches for the term “sugar baby” in the past 12 months (and perhaps its 73 billionaire households). California and New York rounded out the top five due to their extremely high number of in-state billionaires (186 and 135, respectively).
Coming in last place for aspiring gold diggers, Vermont residents showed low interest in searching for “sugar daddy”/”sugar baby” keywords and content. They also appear to spend less time on dating services, suggesting that it might be a great place to find organic, real, IRL love and connection — and hey, the maple syrup isn’t too bad either.
