US counties by gini index

Harding County had the highest gini index of 3144 counties in 2023, at 71 index. Crockett County had the lowest, at 28.9 index. The median was 44.5 index and the figure for the United States was 48.3 index. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Lowest28.9Crockett County
Median44.53144 counties
United States48.3History

Top 40 counties, 2023

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Harding CountyHarding County: 71 index71Loving CountyLoving County: 65.8 index65.8Union CountyUnion County: 63.7 index63.7Guadalupe CountyGuadalupe County: 61.9 index61.9Sherman CountySherman County: 61.5 index61.5Stonewall CountyStonewall County: 61.5 index61.5Macon CountyMacon County: 61.1 index61.1Holmes CountyHolmes County: 60.9 index60.9Pitkin CountyPitkin County: 60.2 index60.2New York CountyNew York County: 59.6 index59.6Adair CountyAdair County: 57.5 index57.5Lee CountyLee County: 57.1 index57.1Tyler CountyTyler County: 56.8 index56.8Humphreys CountyHumphreys County: 56.7 index56.7Dyer CountyDyer County: 56.5 index56.5Lake CountyLake County: 56.3 index56.3Hancock CountyHancock County: 56.3 index56.3Pleasants CountyPleasants County: 56.1 index56.1Greene CountyGreene County: 55.9 index55.9Orleans ParishOrleans Parish: 55.9 index55.9Martin CountyMartin County: 55.9 index55.9Dukes CountyDukes County: 55.6 index55.6Bolivar CountyBolivar County: 55.5 index55.5Sherman CountySherman County: 55.3 index55.3Oktibbeha CountyOktibbeha County: 55.3 index55.3Presidio CountyPresidio County: 55.3 index55.3Brooks CountyBrooks County: 55.2 index55.2East Carroll ParishEast Carroll Parish: 55.1 index55.1Perry CountyPerry County: 55.1 index55.1Spalding CountySpalding County: 55 index55Gallatin CountyGallatin County: 55 index55Briscoe CountyBriscoe County: 54.9 index54.9Essex CountyEssex County: 54.9 index54.9Jeff Davis CountyJeff Davis County: 54.5 index54.5Sublette CountySublette County: 54.4 index54.4Roger Mills CountyRoger Mills County: 54.3 index54.3Western Connecticut Planning Regi…Western Connecticut Planning Region: 54.3 index54.3Brown CountyBrown County: 54.2 index54.2Knox CountyKnox County: 54.1 index54.1Sioux CountySioux County: 54.1 index54.1
index. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
index
Change on 2022
1Harding County71-1.1
2Loving County65.8+12.6
3Union County63.7+22.5
4Guadalupe County61.9+1.4
5Sherman County61.5+5.5
6Stonewall County61.5+18.8
7Macon County61.1+0.7
8Holmes County60.9+3.7
9Pitkin County60.2+1.4
10New York County59.6-0.2
11Adair County57.5+1.3
12Lee County57.1+0.8
13Tyler County56.8+5
14Humphreys County56.7-1.8
15Dyer County56.5-2.2
16Lake County56.3-0.6
17Hancock County56.3+2.3
18Pleasants County56.1+0.2
19Greene County55.9+0.3
20Orleans Parish55.9-0.1
21Martin County55.9+6.6
22Dukes County55.6+1.8
23Bolivar County55.5-0.3
24Sherman County55.3+5.2
25Oktibbeha County55.3+0.4
25Presidio County55.3-3.3
27Brooks County55.2+4.8
28East Carroll Parish55.1-5.5
29Perry County55.1+1.9
30Spalding County55-0.4
31Gallatin County55-1.2
32Briscoe County54.9+1
33Essex County54.90
34Jeff Davis County54.5+0.8
35Sublette County54.4+1.9
36Roger Mills County54.30
36Western Connecticut Planning Region54.3-0.3
38Brown County54.2+5.7
39Knox County54.1+2.2
39Sioux County54.1+2.6
41Cottle County54.1+5.4
41Hamilton County54.1-0.4
43Burke County53.9+2
44Copiah County53.9+0.4
45Baldwin County53.8-0.8
45San Miguel County53.8+2.1
47Ziebach County53.8-1
48Haskell County53.8-2
49Leflore County53.8-3.6
50Charlottesville city53.8-0.1
51Ozark County53.7+0.5
52Lowndes County53.7+1.7
53Buena Vista city53.6-2.6
54Westchester County53.50
55Rush County53.5+5.2
56Lafayette County53.4+0.9
57Collier County53.3+0.2
58Claiborne Parish53.3+2.3
59Galax city53.2+1.6
60Llano County53.2+0.3
61Twiggs County53.2-1.1
62Claiborne County53.1-1.1
63Kings County53.1+0.1
64Bath County53.1+1.2
65Williamsburg city53.1+0.3
66San Juan County53.1-0.8
67Phillips County53+1.8
68Jefferson County53-0.4
69Fulton County530
70Starr County52.9+1.5
71Scotland County52.9+2.5
72Allendale County52.9+6.2
73Karnes County52.9+1.6
74Bienville Parish52.8+5.9
75Itawamba County52.8+3.9
76Pike County52.8+1.5
77Goliad County52.8+0.8
78Alpine County52.8-4.6
79Lincoln Parish52.7+0.3
80Suffolk County52.7-0.2
81Caddo Parish52.6+0.2
82Griggs County52.5+2
83Mason County52.5-1.9
84Taylor County52.5-0.5
85Foard County52.4+4.7
86Marin County52.3+0.8
87Huerfano County52.3+7.7
88Coahoma County52.20
89Teton County52.2-2.1
90Clarke County52.2-0.7
91Prairie County52.2-0
92Pemiscot County52.2+1.8
93Ouachita Parish52.2+0.3
94Blaine County52.1+1.4
94Crosby County52.1-1.1
94Floyd County52.1-1.9
97Rowan County52.1-0.2
98Richmond city52.1-0.1
99Monroe County52.1+0.4
100Morehouse Parish52.1+1.4
101Alachua County52+0.1
102Brazos County52+0.4
102Wayne County52+0.3
104Wayne County52+1.5
105Greater Bridgeport Planning Region52+0.5
106Laurens County51.9-0.3
107Zapata County51.9-0
108Palm Beach County51.9-0.2
109Bibb County51.9-0.1
109Towns County51.9+4
111Cedar County51.9-1.4
111Prowers County51.9+2.1
113Jackson County51.8+2.8
114San Francisco County51.8+0.1
115Apache County51.8+0.3
115McPherson County51.8-3
115Warren County51.80
118Costilla County51.7+1.3
119De Soto Parish51.7+2.4
120Whitman County51.6-1.1
121Jackson County51.6+0.4
122Saguache County51.6-0.5
123Radford city51.6-0.2
124Mora County51.6+2.8
125Eagle County51.5+2.7
125Pike County51.5-2.8
127Philadelphia County51.5-0.3
128Marengo County51.5-0.2
129Logan County51.5+4
130District of Columbia51.4-0.3
131Watauga County51.4+0.6
132Baltimore city51.4-0.1
133Dimmit County51.4+0.6
134Bronx County51.4-0.1
134Pulaski County51.4+1.3
136Adams County51.3+0.3
136Miami-Dade County51.3-0.3
136Tunica County51.3+6.2
139Montgomery County51.3-0.5
140Martin County51.30
141Jerauld County51.3-2
142Orange County51.3-0.2
143Charleston County51.2-0.2
143Madison County51.2-0.6
145East Baton Rouge Parish51.20
146Bladen County51.2-1.4
146Pulaski County51.2-0.5
148Logan County51.2+1
148Taos County51.2+0.4
150Chicot County51.1-4.5
150Lawrence County51.1+4.7
152Monongalia County51.10
152Taylor County51.1-0.9
154Jackson County51.1-0.3
155Bradley County51.1+3.9
155Madison Parish51.1-2.7
155Overton County51.1+0.3
155Stutsman County51.1+1.3
159Crenshaw County51.1-4.7
160Drew County51.1+1.5
160Robeson County51.1+0.6
162Valley County51+4.5
163Grant County51+0.5
163Jefferson County51+0.5
163Martinsville city51-0.3
163Walton County51+1.7
167McCracken County50.9-0.1
168Sierra County50.9+3
169Franklin County50.9+0.6
170Marion County50.9+1.1
171Franklin Parish50.9+0.4
171Hancock County50.9+0.7
171Shelby County50.9-0.5
174Payne County50.9+1.7
175Alleghany County50.8-0.7
176Caldwell Parish50.8-1.7
177Polk County50.8+1
178Brooks County50.7-3.6
179Jessamine County50.7-0.3
179Walthall County50.7+0.1
181Owsley County50.7+4.3
182Floyd County50.7+3.3
183Ohio County50.6-0
183Sebastian County50.6+0.3
185Judith Basin County50.6+0.5
186Barbour County50.6-0.4
186Clarke County50.6-0.1
186Washington County50.6+1
189Meade County50.6-1.4
189Socorro County50.6+2.1
191Calhoun County50.6+2.6
192Wilkinson County50.6+1.7
193Lee County50.6-0.7
194Northampton County50.6+0.5
195Sharp County50.5+3.3
195Tehama County50.5-0
197Wells County50.5-0
198Winn Parish50.5+1.4
199Mingo County50.5+1
200Hamilton County50.5-0
201Dallas County50.5+1.5
202Grundy County50.5+2.9
203Nacogdoches County50.4+0.2
203Roanoke city50.4+0.6
203Saline County50.4-0.6
206Cuyahoga County50.4-0.4
207Phillips County50.4+0.5
207Williamsburg County50.4+1
209Aransas County50.4-0.9
210Union County50.4+1.5
211Trinity County50.4-0.8
212Putnam County50.3-0.6
212Real County50.3+2.5
214Madison County50.3+1.1
214Webster Parish50.30
216Champaign County50.3+0.5
217Morgan County50.3+0.9
218Darlington County50.3-0
218Lumpkin County50.3+0.1
220Cook County50.3-0.2
221Cumberland County50.3+0.4
222Perkins County50.3+0.6
222Summit County50.3-0.8
224Attala County50.2-3.5
225Sabine County50.2-1.8
226Mercer County50.2+0.1
227St. Francis County50.2+0.3
228Washington County50.2-0.5
229Amite County50.2+0.1
229Indian River County50.2-0.5
231Borden County50.1+4
231Johnson County50.1+0.7
233Hardee County50.1-1.5
234Sarasota County50.1-0
235Hudson County50.1+0.1
236Cabell County50.1-0.4
236McKinley County50.1-0.1
238Glynn County50+0.5
238Sheridan County50-2.3
240Randolph County50+4.2
241Douglas County50-1.5
241Mississippi County50+1
243Liberty County50-6.3
243Rockcastle County50-0.5
243Troup County50+0.9
246Corson County50+0.9
246Harris County50+0.2
246Montour County50+0.2
249Concordia Parish50+0.5
250Leon County49.9-0.7

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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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19083.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Which county has the highest gini index?

Harding County, with 71 index in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest gini index?

Crockett County, with 28.9 index in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

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