Counties in Arkansas by gini index

Lee County had the highest gini index of 75 counties in 2021, at 58.1 index. Calhoun County had the lowest, at 39.3 index. The median was 45.8 index and the figure for Arkansas was 48 index. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest58.1Lee County
Lowest39.3Calhoun County
Median45.875 counties
Arkansas48History

Top 40 counties, 2021

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Lee CountyLee County: 58.1 index58.1Chicot CountyChicot County: 55.8 index55.8Columbia CountyColumbia County: 54.8 index54.8Ashley CountyAshley County: 51.5 index51.5St. Francis CountySt. Francis County: 51.3 index51.3Pulaski CountyPulaski County: 51.1 index51.1Phillips CountyPhillips County: 50.1 index50.1Sebastian CountySebastian County: 49.7 index49.7Woodruff CountyWoodruff County: 49.5 index49.5Polk CountyPolk County: 49.3 index49.3Union CountyUnion County: 49.1 index49.1Craighead CountyCraighead County: 48.5 index48.5Washington CountyWashington County: 48.3 index48.3Conway CountyConway County: 48.1 index48.1Mississippi CountyMississippi County: 47.8 index47.8Drew CountyDrew County: 47.8 index47.8Sevier CountySevier County: 47.7 index47.7Pope CountyPope County: 47.7 index47.7Miller CountyMiller County: 47.7 index47.7Baxter CountyBaxter County: 47.4 index47.4Izard CountyIzard County: 47.3 index47.3Monroe CountyMonroe County: 47.2 index47.2Jefferson CountyJefferson County: 46.9 index46.9Pike CountyPike County: 46.9 index46.9Bradley CountyBradley County: 46.9 index46.9Johnson CountyJohnson County: 46.8 index46.8White CountyWhite County: 46.7 index46.7Jackson CountyJackson County: 46.5 index46.5Garland CountyGarland County: 46.2 index46.2Cross CountyCross County: 46.1 index46.1Randolph CountyRandolph County: 46 index46Benton CountyBenton County: 46 index46Faulkner CountyFaulkner County: 46 index46Dallas CountyDallas County: 45.9 index45.9Desha CountyDesha County: 45.9 index45.9Crittenden CountyCrittenden County: 45.8 index45.8Grant CountyGrant County: 45.8 index45.8Carroll CountyCarroll County: 45.8 index45.8Cleveland CountyCleveland County: 45.8 index45.8Clark CountyClark County: 45.7 index45.7
index. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.

Eurostat, equivalised disposable income after social transfers (EU-SILC), for the EU and its countries. For other countries use gini_index_world_bank, which is measured on a different basis. For the United States, ACS five-year estimate B19083 measures inequality in household money income before taxes. Census publishes a coefficient from 0 to 1; Invokely multiplies it by 100. The displayed year is the final year of the five-year period. Negative household incomes are treated as zero. This differs from the EU-SILC measure based on equivalised disposable income and should not be treated as directly comparable.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Which county has the highest gini index?

Lee County, with 58.1 index in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest gini index?

Calhoun County, with 39.3 index in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100). Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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