The Gini Index explains global income inequality, ranking nations from perfect equality to extreme disparity. Discover how ...

Early morning magenta light illuminates clouds and the Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the foot of the Grand Tetons near Jackson, Wyoming. Teton County, home to the affluent and famous Jackson Hole, has ...

People are living longer lives compared to previous generations but, over the last few decades, there has been a hidden shift — they are passing away at increasingly similar ages. This is a trend ...

Across 41 states, the bottom 20% make less than $20,000 on average. Meanwhile, the top 20% earn more than $250,000 in 25 states — accounting for half of America. While it’s not exactly a new ...

As the coronavirus pandemic spread around the country early this year, it became apparent that low-income individuals were at the greatest risk. Many in this group live in crowded households, have pre ...

Texas was one of just nine states in which the gap between rich and poor widened in 2018, according to the Gini index, a measure of income distribution across a population. The index uses zero (0.0) ...

Across the U.S. income inequality is rising more and more, both on the national level and at the city level. Income inequality is an increasing problem in the United States and has been for several ...

· Poverty rate down from 12.3% to 11.8%; childhood poverty fell faster; net 1.4 million people left poverty · Income in the bottom 80% of households was up significantly, only the top 20% of ...