US Income Inequality <br />Is at the Highest Level <br />in 50 Years According to data from the <br />U.S. Census Bureau, there <br />was an income inequality <br />uptick of .003 from 2017 to 2018. The Gini Index measures income <br />on a scale of zero to one, with <br />zero being perfectly equal and <br />one being perfectly unequal. In the U.S. in 2018, <br />the Gini Index measured 0.485. At the same time, <br />U.S. median household <br />income increased to $62,000. The median household income <br />increase was the smallest of <br />the past three years and <br />was distributed unevenly. Hector Sandoval, Economist at the University of Florida, via NBC News Six states saw the biggest increase of <br />income inequality: Alabama, Arkansas, <br />Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire and New Mexico. Areas with the most wealth — Washington D.C. <br />and New York — and the most poverty — <br />Louisiana and Puerto Rico — had the <br />highest rates of income inequality. The states with the <br />most income equality were <br />North and South Dakota, <br />Iowa, Alaska and Utah.
