Gap between rich and poor by state U.S. 2021

New York was the state with the greatest gap between rich and poor with a Gini coefficient score of 0.51 in 2021. Although not states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia had the highest Gini coefficients in the United States that year. New Hampshire was considered the most equal of all states with a Gini index of 0.43, the lowest of any state.

Gini coefficient as a measure for household income distribution inequality in the United States 2021, by state

Characteristic	Gini Coeffecient
Puerto Rico	0.54
District of Columbia	0.53
New York	0.51
Louisiana	0.5
Connecticut	0.5
California	0.49
Massachusetts	0.49
Florida	0.49
New Mexico	0.49
West Virginia	0.49
New Jersey	0.49
Illinois	0.48
Alabama	0.48
Tennessee	0.48
Mississippi	0.48
North Carolina	0.48
United States	0.48
Georgia	0.48
Texas	0.48
South Carolina	0.48
Kentucky	0.48
Arkansas	0.48
Nevada	0.47
Virginia	0.47
Pennsylvania	0.47
Missouri	0.47
Washington	0.47
Montana	0.47
Ohio	0.47
Rhode Island	0.47
Maine	0.47
Michigan	0.47
Wyoming	0.46
Maryland	0.46
Arizona	0.46
Oklahoma	0.46
Oregon	0.46
Colorado	0.46
Kansas	0.46
Idaho	0.46
Nebraska	0.46
Hawaii	0.46
Delaware	0.45
North Dakota	0.45
Vermont	0.45
South Dakota	0.45
Minnesota	0.45
Iowa	0.45
Indiana	0.45
Wisconsin	0.45
Utah	0.44
Alaska	0.44
New Hampshire	0.43

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Release date

September 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2021

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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