Gap between rich and poor, by state in the U.S. 2018

Published by Erin Duffin, Oct 11, 2019
This statistics shows the states in the United States by their gap between rich and poor as of 2018 as calculated using the Gini coefficient. New York was the state with the greatest gap between rich and poor with a Gini coefficient score of 0.51. Although not states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia had the highest Gini coefficients in the United States that year.

Gini coefficient as a measure for household income distribution inequality for U.S. states in 2018

Gini Coeffecient
Puerto Rico0.54
District of Columbia0.52
New York0.51
Connecticut0.5
Louisiana0.49
California0.49
New Mexico0.49
Florida0.49
Massachusetts0.49
Alabama0.49
Illinois0.49
Arkansas0.48
New Jersey0.48
Mississippi0.48
Georgia0.48
Texas0.48
Kentucky0.48
North Carolina0.48
Tennessee0.48
South Carolina0.48
Virginia0.48
Pennsylvania0.47
West Virginia0.47
Rhode Island0.47
Nevada0.47
Oklahoma0.47
Michigan0.47
Ohio0.47
Missouri0.47
Kansas0.46
Arizona0.46
Delaware0.46
Oregon0.46
Washington0.46
Colorado0.46
Wyoming0.46
Maryland0.45
Minnesota0.45
Montana0.45
New Hampshire0.45
Maine0.45
Indiana0.45
Nebraska0.45
Wisconsin0.45
Vermont0.45
Idaho0.45
Hawaii0.45
South Dakota0.44
North Dakota0.44
Iowa0.44
Alaska0.43
Utah0.43
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September 2019

Region

United States

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

The Gini coefficient is calculated by looking at average income rates. A score of zero would reflect perfect income equality and a score of 1 indicates a society where one person would have all the money and all other people have nothing.

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