US counties by gini index
Harding County had the highest gini index of 3135 counties in 2021, at 72.8 index. Kenedy County had the lowest, at 24.9 index. The median was 44.3 index and the figure for the United States was 48.2 index. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2021
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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. 9 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which county has the highest gini index?
Harding County, with 72.8 index in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest gini index?
Kenedy County, with 24.9 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. 9 counties have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.
Gini index: other rankings
- EU countries
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- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Provinces of Spain
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- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
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- Real GDP growth
- GDP per capita, US dollars
- Gross domestic product (GDP), US dollars
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- Homeownership rate (US, housing units)
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