Map of income inequality in the United States [View All]

[IndyPragmatist]

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/11/inequality?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/washingtonsrichbutthe1areelsewhere

Pretty interesting that the midwest has the most equal income distribution, while the south and California seem to have the highest income inequality.

Here are some metro areas gini coefficients.(Larger number means more income inequality)

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Metro Area: 0.473
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 0.459
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metro Area: 0.456
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metro Area: 0.472
Jacksonville, FL Metro Area: 0.460
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metro Area: 0.440
Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area: 0.461
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area: 0.483
Lubbock, TX Metro Area: 0.468
Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 0.583
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 0.500
Midland, TX Metro Area: 0.506
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 0.439
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metro Area: 0.483
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 0.501
Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 0.460
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 0.471
Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 0.465
St. Cloud, MN Metro Area: 0.402
St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 0.454
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA Metro Area: 0.458
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 0.472
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 0.452
Santa Fe, NM Metro Area: 0.501
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area: 0.464
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 0.434