Guess Which States Are Worst for Income Inequality?

Maybe this explains why the Blue Staters are constantly moaning about this topic; turns out they're more likely to be living in an unequal society (scoll down to Table 2). Here are the ten states with the highest income inequality as of 2012 (latest year available):



1. New York

2. Connecticut

3. Nevada

4. Florida

5. California

6. Massachusetts

7. Texas

8. Illinois

9. New Jersey

10. Washington



Eight solid blue states, one red state, and one battleground (Florida, which went for Obama in 2008 and 2012).



The states with the lowest income inequality?



1. Hawaii

2. Alaska

3. West Virginia

4. Maine

5. Iowa

6. Vermont

7. Mississippi (finally a ranking where they finish near the top!)

8. New Mexico

9. Kentucky

10. Delaware



(Note: Wyoming not ranked as the income of the bottom 99% could not be estimated, but oddly enough the income of the top 1% there was the highest in the country.)

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