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Gini index: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Gini index. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Income inequality (Gini index) by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 0.48 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 0.51
RI 0.47
DE 0.44
CT 0.5
NJ 0.48
MD 0.46
MA 0.49
VT 0.46
NH 0.44

Lowest: 0.44 to 0.45
Group 2: 0.45 to 0.46
Group 3: 0.46 to 0.47
Group 4: 0.47 to 0.48
Highest: 0.48 to 0.52

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	New York	0.52
2	District of Columbia	0.51
3	Connecticut	0.5
4	Louisiana	0.49
5	California	0.49
6	Massachusetts	0.49
7	Florida	0.48
8	Arkansas	0.48
9	New Mexico	0.48
10	Alabama	0.48
11	Illinois	0.48
12	Mississippi	0.48
13	Kentucky	0.48
13	Texas	0.48
15	Tennessee	0.48
16	New Jersey	0.48
17	West Virginia	0.47
18	Rhode Island	0.47
18	South Carolina	0.47
20	Washington	0.47
21	Pennsylvania	0.47
22	Georgia	0.47
23	Michigan	0.47
24	Oklahoma	0.47
25	North Carolina	0.47
26	Virginia	0.47
27	Nevada	0.47
28	Missouri	0.47
29	Arizona	0.47
29	Wyoming	0.47
31	Ohio	0.46
32	Oregon	0.46
33	Colorado	0.46
34	Maryland	0.46
35	Maine	0.46
36	Montana	0.46
37	Vermont	0.46
38	Kansas	0.45
39	Nebraska	0.45
40	Iowa	0.45
41	Hawaii	0.45
42	Indiana	0.45
43	Minnesota	0.45
44	Wisconsin	0.45
45	South Dakota	0.45
46	North Dakota	0.44
47	Idaho	0.44
48	Delaware	0.44
49	Alaska	0.44
50	New Hampshire	0.44
51	Utah	0.44

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table B19083: Gini Index of Income Inequality. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by gini index (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table B19083; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-gini-index/

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