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Legend Colors
Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; 
does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value;
higher than the comparison value;
not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time; 
significant change over time; 
no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period;
lower than the previous measurement period;
no statistically different change from previous measurement period.
Significantly better than the overall value
Significantly worse than the overall value
No significant difference with the overall value
No data on significance available
Income Inequality
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This indicator shows the Gini Index of Income Inequality value. The Gini coefficient is commonly used as a measure of income inequality. The range of the coefficient is between 0 and 1, whereby 0 denotes complete equality in a population (every person receives the same income) and 1 denotes complete inequality (one person has all the wealth in the region).
Why is this important?
While it is long established that socioeconomic status and personal income are strongly correlated with an individual's health status, newer studies show that the level of economic inequality in a community is a strong predictor of population level health. Moreover, there is growing evidence that relative wealth influences health outcomes as much or more than the absolute level of wealth an individual possesses. Therefore, the Gini coefficient for a community has implications for both public health and economic interventions.
| County | Source | Measurement Period | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
There are 22 County values. The lowest value is 0.352, and the highest value is 0.528.
Half of the values are between 0.407 and 0.452.
The middle (median) value is 0.432.
Data Source
- American Community Survey 5-Year
Note: This source uses Zip Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) for its Zip Code data. Learn more
Maintained By: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute (Methodology)
Filed under: Economy / Income, Economy / Poverty, Economy / Economic Climate, Social Determinants of Health