Inconsistent Search Results
Users may experience issues with the search function. We encourage you to browse our pages manually through the navigation until this is resolved. Thank you for your patience.

Income Inequality Metrics

Two of the most commonly used income distribution measures are the shares of aggregate household income received by each quintile and the Gini index. In addition to these two measures, the Census Bureau also produces estimates of the ratio of income percentiles; the Theil index, the mean logarithmic deviation of income (MLD), and the Atkinson measure.

Page Last Revised - November 22, 2021