{"id":517,"date":"2014-09-19T17:52:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T17:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/?p=517"},"modified":"2014-09-22T14:03:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T14:03:48","slug":"census-conn-still-among-most-unequal-states-median-income-decreased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stateofdisparity.org\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"Census: Conn. still among most unequal states; Median income decreased in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

New U.S. Census data out Thursday<\/a> says Connecticut continues to be among the most unequal places in the country – behind just Washington, D.C. and New York.<\/p>\n

Inequality is measured on a scale called the Gini Index. In the scale, a score of 0 would indicate a community is perfectly equal, meaning there’s a completely proportional distribution of income. A one one the Gini Index would mean a community is totally unequal – so one house would have all the income and everyone else would have nothing.<\/p>\n

According to the new American Community Survey data, the level of inequality in Connecticut may have slightly increased, with the Gini Index going from .492 in 2012 to .499 in 2013. But the increase is within the margin of error, so it’s not statistically significant. This data map from the Connecticut State Data Center<\/a> compares levels of inequality around the country, and the chart at the bottom compares them to inequality around the world.<\/p>\n