A standard measure of inequality is the Gini. Fairfield NY was 214 out of 3,076 counties at .4825 in 2016. Riverside CA is no 1,513 at .4292. My Monroe County, Indiana is .4926. New York is 26 at .52. Wirt WV is no 1 at .71. Camas ID is no. 2 at .61. Sublette WY is 2nd from bottom at .330. Robert, TX is bottom, most equal county in the US at .325. The least unequal county I recognize is Champaign, OH, 138th from bottom at .38. https://theconversation.com/income-inequality-is-getting-worse-in-us-urban-areas-13241
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