Counties in Wisconsin by gini index

Sawyer County had the highest gini index of 72 counties in 2021, at 49.2 index. Kewaunee County had the lowest, at 37.7 index. The median was 42 index and the figure for Wisconsin was 44.2 index. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest49.2Sawyer County
Lowest37.7Kewaunee County
Median4272 counties
Wisconsin44.2History

Top 40 counties, 2021

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Sawyer CountySawyer County: 49.2 index49.2Milwaukee CountyMilwaukee County: 47.2 index47.2Ozaukee CountyOzaukee County: 46.5 index46.5La Crosse CountyLa Crosse County: 46.2 index46.2Door CountyDoor County: 45.6 index45.6Vilas CountyVilas County: 44.8 index44.8Menominee CountyMenominee County: 44.8 index44.8Oneida CountyOneida County: 44.7 index44.7Waupaca CountyWaupaca County: 44.6 index44.6Dane CountyDane County: 44.5 index44.5Outagamie CountyOutagamie County: 44.3 index44.3Washburn CountyWashburn County: 44.3 index44.3Waukesha CountyWaukesha County: 43.9 index43.9Eau Claire CountyEau Claire County: 43.9 index43.9Crawford CountyCrawford County: 43.8 index43.8Brown CountyBrown County: 43.7 index43.7Racine CountyRacine County: 43.7 index43.7Barron CountyBarron County: 43.6 index43.6Wood CountyWood County: 43.6 index43.6Walworth CountyWalworth County: 43.3 index43.3Iron CountyIron County: 43.3 index43.3Ashland CountyAshland County: 42.9 index42.9Marathon CountyMarathon County: 42.9 index42.9Bayfield CountyBayfield County: 42.8 index42.8Burnett CountyBurnett County: 42.7 index42.7Kenosha CountyKenosha County: 42.7 index42.7Langlade CountyLanglade County: 42.7 index42.7Winnebago CountyWinnebago County: 42.6 index42.6Waushara CountyWaushara County: 42.6 index42.6Jackson CountyJackson County: 42.5 index42.5Vernon CountyVernon County: 42.5 index42.5Shawano CountyShawano County: 42.5 index42.5Dunn CountyDunn County: 42.3 index42.3Chippewa CountyChippewa County: 42.2 index42.2Forest CountyForest County: 42.2 index42.2Portage CountyPortage County: 42.1 index42.1Taylor CountyTaylor County: 42 index42Douglas CountyDouglas County: 42 index42Florence CountyFlorence County: 41.9 index41.9Price CountyPrice County: 41.8 index41.8
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?

Sawyer County, with 49.2 index in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest gini index?

Kewaunee County, with 37.7 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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