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U.S. Family Income Inequality: Gini.
How evenly is family income distributed?
The historical record
Source snapshot2025
Latest observation in this snapshot—not a real-time reading. +0.003 points vs 2024.
Fitted vertical axis · missing periods are not interpolated · annual
What the number means
Distribution of family money income on a scale from 0 (equal) to 1 (unequal), all races combined.
The Gini index summarizes a distribution, not its absolute level. This series concerns family money income, not wealth or all households. The same index can accompany different income levels and different lived experiences.
Families are not all households. This measures income, not wealth; survey changes can affect comparisons.
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Ask a fairness proposal to show both distributional effects and changes in people’s actual resources.
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26 available observations since 2000. Annual and quarterly dates represent the start of the reporting period; fiscal years are labeled explicitly. Display values are rounded to the precision shown; downloads retain the source values.
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| Reporting period | Period start | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 | 0.460 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 | 0.457 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 | 0.452 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 | 0.458 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 | 0.462 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 | 0.458 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 | 0.454 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 | 0.452 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 | 0.458 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 | 0.452 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 | 0.448 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 | 0.452 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 | 0.455 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 | 0.451 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 | 0.450 |
| 2010 | 2010-01-01 | 0.440 |
| 2009 | 2009-01-01 | 0.443 |
| 2008 | 2008-01-01 | 0.438 |
| 2007 | 2007-01-01 | 0.432 |
| 2006 | 2006-01-01 | 0.444 |
| 2005 | 2005-01-01 | 0.440 |
| 2004 | 2004-01-01 | 0.438 |
| 2003 | 2003-01-01 | 0.436 |
| 2002 | 2002-01-01 | 0.434 |
| 2001 | 2001-01-01 | 0.435 |
| 2000 | 2000-01-01 | 0.433 |
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- Series identifier
- GINIALLRF
- Provider
- FRED / original statistical source
- Original source attribution
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Frequency
- Annual
- Source units
- Ratio , Not Seasonally Adjusted
- Displayed units
- Gini index
- Retrieval time
- 2026-10-04T09:04:46.416Z
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