U.S. Census Bureau
 Income




Table S4. Gini Ratios by State: 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999


(1969 not available for households)

 

State

Household

Families

 

 

 

 

1999

1989

1979

1999

1989

1979

1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

0.463

0.445

0.415

0.434

0.414

(NA)

0.361

Alabama

0.475

0.458

0.427

0.435

0.418

0.385

0.393

Alaska

0.402

0.397

0.393

0.377

0.387

0.369

0.366

Arizona

0.450

0.439

0.399

0.429

0.413

0.365

0.363

Arkansas

0.458

0.450

0.428

0.422

0.405

0.389

0.404

California

0.475

0.441

0.408

0.458

0.422

0.372

0.357

Colorado

0.438

0.426

0.392

0.411

0.394

0.354

0.349

Connecticut

0.477

0.434

0.390

0.446

0.401

0.348

0.336

Delaware

0.429

0.411

0.396

0.398

0.363

0.361

0.346

District of Columbia

0.549

0.492

0.450

0.562

0.489

0.434

0.425

Florida

0.470

0.450

0.421

0.445

0.422

0.385

0.398

Georgia

0.461

0.446

0.421

0.437

0.417

0.387

0.381

Hawaii

0.434

0.408

0.390

0.401

0.381

0.365

0.353

Idaho

0.427

0.421

0.390

0.398

0.386

0.354

0.350

Illinois

0.456

0.440

0.396

0.425

0.407

0.352

0.342

Indiana

0.424

0.411

0.379

0.386

0.372

0.337

0.322

Iowa

0.418

0.412

0.390

0.376

0.368

0.344

0.347

Kansas

0.435

0.428

0.399

0.396

0.388

0.353

0.362

Kentucky

0.468

0.456

0.420

0.434

0.421

0.385

0.392

Louisiana

0.483

0.476

0.438

0.453

0.446

0.400

0.403

Maine

0.434

0.414

0.382

0.396

0.373

0.342

0.328

Maryland

0.434

0.410

0.385

0.407

0.384

0.352

0.349

Massachusetts

0.463

0.428

0.398

0.425

0.387

0.350

0.334

Michigan

0.440

0.429

0.389

0.406

0.395

0.350

0.329

Minnesota

0.426

0.418

0.391

0.387

0.379

0.346

0.346

Mississippi

0.478

0.475

0.440

0.446

0.435

0.401

0.427

Missouri

0.449

0.438

0.408

0.413

0.400

0.362

0.369

Montana

0.436

0.421

0.395

0.399

0.379

0.351

0.349

Nebraska

0.424

0.414

0.396

0.384

0.375

0.351

0.355

Nevada

0.436

0.420

0.387

0.411

0.386

0.350

0.332

New Hampshire

0.414

0.387

0.372

0.377

0.344

0.330

0.317

New Jersey

0.460

0.431

0.393

0.430

0.395

0.354

0.341

New Mexico

0.460

0.448

0.415

0.438

0.431

0.383

0.389

New York

0.499

0.467

0.419

0.472

0.434

0.378

0.369

North Carolina

0.452

0.430

0.403

0.421

0.394

0.365

0.372

North Dakota

0.429

0.409

0.397

0.383

0.379

0.358

0.369

Ohio

0.441

0.427

0.385

0.404

0.390

0.340

0.331

Oklahoma

0.455

0.445

0.419

0.420

0.412

0.376

0.387

Oregon

0.438

0.421

0.394

0.408

0.390

0.353

0.345

Pennsylvania

0.452

0.435

0.391

0.413

0.396

0.345

0.334

Rhode Island

0.457

0.420

0.397

0.416

0.377

0.347

0.341

South Carolina

0.454

0.428

0.406

0.423

0.396

0.369

0.375

South Dakota

0.434

0.394

0.409

0.397

0.381

0.370

0.386

Tennessee

0.465

0.451

0.418

0.431

0.414

0.381

0.390

Texas

0.470

0.457

0.415

0.449

0.434

0.379

0.380

Utah

0.410

0.395

0.371

0.386

0.369

0.337

0.330

Vermont

0.423

0.385

0.386

0.388

0.367

0.349

0.341

Virginia

0.449

0.425

0.399

0.423

0.398

0.368

0.379

Washington

0.436

0.414

0.388

0.406

0.378

0.346

0.335

West Virginia

0.468

0.448

0.406

0.429

0.406

0.363

0.371

Wisconsin

0.413

0.402

0.381

0.372

0.365

0.335

0.326

Wyoming

0.428

0.395

0.372

0.386

0.392

0.330

0.340

 

SOURCE: 1970, 1980, and 1990 Censuses of Population

 

 

Income Statistics Branch/HHES Division

 

 

 

 

U.S. Census Bureau

 

 

 

 

U.S. Department of Commerce

 

 

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20233-8500

 

 

 

 

(301) 763-3242

 

 

 

 

 


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: August 26, 2008