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Each year the Census Bureau updates its income inequality statistics in the Income and Poverty in the United States (P-60) report. The text of the report includes a summary table of the major income distribution measures. Detailed historical tables showing selected measures of household income dispersion are included in the appendix of this report. 

Additional Income Inequality statistics from other sources are also available in the data tables listed below.

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Income in the United States: 2022
September 12, 2023
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2023 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Income in the United States: 2021
September 13, 2022
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2022 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020
September 2021
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2021 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
State-Level Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Tables: 2021
2021
Source: 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2021
2021
Source: 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Table
State-Level Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Tables: 2020
2020
Source: 2021 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2020
2020
Source: 2021 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Table
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019
September 2020
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2020 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
State-Level Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Tables: 2019
2019
Source: 2020 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2019
2019
Source: 2020 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Table
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018
September 2019
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2019 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017
September 2018
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2018 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
State-Level Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Tables: 2018
2018
Source: 2019 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2018
2018
Source: 2019 Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Table
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2016
September 2017
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2017 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2017
2017
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2018 Panel.
Table
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015
September 2016
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2016 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2016
2016
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2014 Panel.
Table
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2014
September 2015
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2015 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Earnings in the Past 12 Months of Workers by Sex: 2010-2014
2015
Source: 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Table
Earnings in the Past 12 Months of Workers by Sex: 2014
2015
Source: 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
Table
Gini Index of Income Inequality: 2010-2014
2015
Source: 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Table
Gini Index of Income Inequality: 2014
2015
Source: 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2015
2015
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2014 Panel.
Table
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013
September 16, 2014
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2014 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2014
2014
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2014 Panel.
Table
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2012
September 2013
These tables present data on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2013 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2013
2013
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2014 Panel.
Table
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2011
September 2012
These tables present data on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2012 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Income and Earnings Inequality Metrics: 2012
2012
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2008 panel.
Table
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2010
September 2011
These tables present data on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2011 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Income and Earnings Inequality Metrics: 2011
2011
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2008 panel.
Table
Wealth, Asset Ownership, & Debt of Households Detailed Tables: 2011
2011
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2008 Panel.
Table
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2009
September 2010
These tables present data on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2010 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Table
Income and Earnings Inequality Metrics: 2010
2010
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2008 panel.
Table
Tables Discontinued by the Current Population Survey (CPS)
2010
Alt Measures of Income, Alt Measures of Poverty, Noncash Benefits, Population Summary, Income Quintile, Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty.
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