41.8
2024 (latest)
INCOME INEQUALITY (GINI)
Gini index, 0-100 · 1963–2024 · lower is better · FRED SIPOVGINIUSA
36.7
1963
41.9
high · 2019
34.7
low · 1980
+5.1 pts
since 1963
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. World Bank Gini index for the United States, built on Census income data. Higher means more unequal.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SIPOVGINIUSA
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Income Inequality (Gini) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41.8 | +0.0 pts |
| 2023 | 41.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 2022 | 41.7 | +2.0 pts |
| 2021 | 39.7 | −0.3 pts |
| 2020 | 40.0 | −1.9 pts |
| 2019 | 41.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 2018 | 41.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 2017 | 41.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 2016 | 41.3 | −0.2 pts |
| 2015 | 41.5 | −0.2 pts |
| 2014 | 41.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 2013 | 40.9 | −0.3 pts |
| 2012 | 41.2 | +0.0 pts |
| 2011 | 41.2 | +1.0 pts |
| 2010 | 40.2 | −0.7 pts |
| 2009 | 40.9 | −0.2 pts |
| 2008 | 41.1 | +0.0 pts |
| 2007 | 41.1 | −0.6 pts |
| 2006 | 41.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 2005 | 41.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 2004 | 40.5 | −0.3 pts |
| 2003 | 40.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 2002 | 40.4 | −0.2 pts |
| 2001 | 40.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 2000 | 40.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 1999 | 40.0 | +0.0 pts |
| 1998 | 40.0 | −0.5 pts |
| 1997 | 40.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 1996 | 40.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 1995 | 39.9 | −0.1 pts |
| 1994 | 40.0 | −0.4 pts |
| 1993 | 40.4 | +2.0 pts |
| 1992 | 38.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 1991 | 38.0 | −0.3 pts |
| 1990 | 38.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 1989 | 38.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 1988 | 37.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 1987 | 37.2 | −0.4 pts |
| 1986 | 37.6 | +0.0 pts |
| 1985 | 37.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 1984 | 37.3 | +0.0 pts |
| 1983 | 37.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 1982 | 36.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 1981 | 35.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 1980 | 34.7 | −0.1 pts |
| 1979 | 34.8 | +0.0 pts |
| 1978 | 34.8 | −0.7 pts |
| 1977 | 35.5 | −0.1 pts |
| 1976 | 35.6 | −0.1 pts |
| 1975 | 35.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 1974 | 35.5 | −0.6 pts |
| 1973 | 36.1 | −0.6 pts |
| 1972 | 36.7 | −0.2 pts |
| 1971 | 36.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 1970 | 36.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 1969 | 36.0 | −0.3 pts |
| 1968 | 36.3 | −0.6 pts |
| 1967 | 36.9 | −0.2 pts |
| 1966 | 37.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 1965 | 36.8 | −0.6 pts |
| 1964 | 37.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 1963 | 36.7 | — |
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