Counties in Oregon by gini index, 2024

Name: Counties in Oregon by gini index, 2024
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Benton County had the highest gini index of 36 counties in 2024, at 50.2 index. Columbia County had the lowest, at 38.6 index. The median was 45.1 index and the figure for Oregon was 46.3 index. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest50.2Benton County

Lowest38.6Columbia County

Median45.136 counties

Oregon46.3History

All counties, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

index. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2024 index	Change on 2023
1	Benton County	50.2	+2.5
2	Wheeler County	49	+0.9
3	Wasco County	48.8	+0.2
4	Klamath County	48.5	+0.7
5	Josephine County	47.7	+0.2
6	Multnomah County	47.5	-0
7	Coos County	46.7	+1.3
8	Harney County	46.7	+1.9
9	Union County	46.5	+1.5
10	Clatsop County	46.4	-0.7
11	Lincoln County	46.2	-0.4
12	Hood River County	46.2	+0.7
13	Jackson County	46.1	+0.5
14	Deschutes County	46.1	-0.1
15	Gilliam County	45.9	+1.5
16	Lane County	45.6	-0.6
17	Douglas County	45.5	+0.3
18	Clackamas County	45.2	+0.4
19	Malheur County	45	+0.5
20	Tillamook County	44.6	+0.8
21	Yamhill County	44.4	0
22	Baker County	44.2	-2.9
23	Polk County	44.1	-0.6
24	Marion County	43.9	+0.5
25	Curry County	43.4	-1.6
26	Lake County	43.1	-0.7
27	Washington County	42.8	-0.1
28	Sherman County	42.7	+1.5
29	Wallowa County	42.7	-1.6
30	Jefferson County	42.6	+0.4
31	Umatilla County	42.3	+0.3
32	Morrow County	41.6	-1.8
33	Crook County	41.3	-0.2
34	Grant County	40.9	-1.1
35	Linn County	40.5	+0.1
36	Columbia County	38.6	-1.9

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About this ranking

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/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Which county has the highest gini index?

Benton County, with 50.2 index in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest gini index?

Columbia County, with 38.6 index in 2024.

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.