List of U.S. states by Gini coefficient

The Gini coefficient is a measure of inequality of incomes (or sometimes wealth) across individuals.

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A score of "0" on the Gini coefficient represents complete equality, i.e., every person has the same income. A score of 1 would represent complete inequality, i.e., where one person has all the income and others have none. Therefore, a lower Gini score is roughly associated with a more equal distribution of income and vice versa.

The information was tabulated in 2010 from data from the American Community Survey conducted by the US Census Bureau. Utah, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Wyoming show the smallest income disparities while the District of Columbia, New York State, Louisiana, and Connecticut have the largest disparities in income between wage earners in all income categories.[1]

U.S. income inequality was at its highest level since the United States Census Bureau began tracking household income in 1967. The U.S. also has the greatest disparity among western industrialized nations.[1]

List of U.S. states by Gini coefficient of income inequality
A Map of the US by Gini coefficient.
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The list goes from the lowest Gini coefficient to the highest.

Rank State
or federal district		 Gini Coefficient
1 Utah 0.4063
2 Alaska 0.4081
3 New Hampshire 0.4304
4 Wyoming 0.4360
5 Hawaii 0.4420
6 Iowa 0.4451
7 Nebraska 0.4477
8 South Dakota 0.4495
9 Minnesota 0.4496
10 Wisconsin 0.4498
11 Maryland 0.4499
12 Idaho 0.4503
13 Maine 0.4519
14 Delaware 0.4522
15 Indiana 0.4527
16 North Dakota 0.4533
17 Vermont 0.4539
18 Kansas 0.4550
19 Nevada 0.4577
20 Oregon 0.4583
21 Colorado 0.4586
22 Washington 0.4591
23 Oklahoma 0.4645
24 Missouri 0.4646
25 Montana 0.4667
26 Ohio 0.4680
27 Pennsylvania 0.4689
28 Michigan 0.4695
29 Virginia 0.4705
30 West Virginia 0.4711
31 Arizona 0.4713
32 Arkansas 0.4719
33 South Carolina 0.4735
34 New Mexico 0.4769
35 North Carolina 0.4780
36 Rhode Island 0.4781
37 Massachusetts 0.4786
38 Tennessee 0.4790
39 Texas 0.4800
40 Illinois 0.4810
41 New Jersey 0.4813
42 Kentucky 0.4813
43 Georgia 0.4813
44 Mississippi 0.4828
45 Alabama 0.4847
46 Florida 0.4852
47 The United States Of America 0.486
48 California 0.4899
49 Connecticut 0.4945
50 Louisiana 0.4990
51 New York 0.5229
52 District of Columbia 0.5420

See also

Notes
  1. "Census data: Weddings in 2009 at record low level". Associated Pressdate=. Retrieved 2011-02-08. A different measure, the international Gini index, found U.S. income inequality at its highest level since the Census Bureau began tracking household income in 1967. The U.S. also has the greatest disparity among Western industrialized nations. ... Three states - New York, Connecticut and Texas – and the District of Columbia had the largest gaps in rich and poor, disparities that exceeded the national average. Similar income gaps were evident in large cities such as New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta, home to both highly paid financial and high-tech jobs as well as clusters of poorer immigrant and minority residents. On the other end of the scale, Alaska, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Hawaii had the smallest income gaps.

References
  • - Gini index by state for households
  • - Gini index for US as tabulated in the 2010 American Community Survey
  • U.S. Census Bureau - Gini index as tabulated in the 2009 American Community Survey
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