# Cities in Kentucky by Gini index, 2024

All 42 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `gini_index`
- Unit: index
- Definition: Income inequality on a 0 to 100 scale, where 0 is perfect equality.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19083: Gini index of household income inequality (coefficient multiplied by 100), US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/gini/kentucky-cities

| Rank | Place | index |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Paducah, KY | 57.9 |
| 2 | Glasgow, KY | 55.7 |
| 3 | Somerset, KY | 53.8 |
| 4 | Newport, KY | 52.3 |
| 5 | Murray, KY | 49.9 |
| 6 | Lexington, KY | 49.2 |
| 7 | Bowling Green, KY | 49.2 |
| 8 | Owensboro, KY | 48.8 |
| 9 | Louisville, KY | 48 |
| 10 | Covington, KY | 47.7 |
| 11 | Elizabethtown, KY | 47.5 |
| 12 | Ashland, KY | 47.3 |
| 13 | Bardstown, KY | 47.1 |
| 14 | Paris, KY | 46.7 |
| 15 | Versailles, KY | 46.6 |
| 16 | Shively, KY | 46.4 |
| 17 | Fort Thomas, KY | 46.3 |
| 18 | Frankfort, KY | 46 |
| 19 | Madisonville, KY | 45.7 |
| 20 | Winchester, KY | 45.6 |
| 21 | Henderson, KY | 45.1 |
| 22 | Campbellsville, KY | 45 |
| 23 | St. Matthews, KY | 44.8 |
| 24 | Danville, KY | 44.8 |
| 25 | Hopkinsville, KY | 44.8 |
| 26 | Franklin, KY | 44.5 |
| 27 | Florence, KY | 44 |
| 28 | Erlanger, KY | 44 |
| 29 | Lyndon, KY | 43.9 |
| 30 | Radcliff, KY | 43.9 |
| 31 | Richmond, KY | 43.6 |
| 32 | Shelbyville, KY | 43 |
| 33 | Berea, KY | 42.7 |
| 34 | Nicholasville, KY | 41.5 |
| 35 | Shepherdsville, KY | 41 |
| 36 | La Grange, KY | 40.6 |
| 37 | Alexandria, KY | 40.6 |
| 38 | Georgetown, KY | 38.4 |
| 39 | Mount Washington, KY | 38.2 |
| 40 | Jeffersontown, KY | 37.8 |
| 41 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 37.5 |
| 42 | Independence, KY | 36.1 |