Table 2
Ratio of top 1% income to bottom 99% income, U.S. and by state and region, 2012
| State/region | Top-to-bottom ratio |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | 51.0 |
| New York | 48.4 |
| Nevada | 44.1 |
| Florida | 43.3 |
| California | 34.9 |
| Massachusetts | 34.5 |
| Texas | 32.5 |
| Illinois | 29.7 |
| New Jersey | 27.0 |
| Washington | 26.8 |
| Colorado | 26.8 |
| Oklahoma | 26.3 |
| Arkansas | 26.2 |
| North Dakota | 26.1 |
| Michigan | 25.3 |
| South Dakota | 24.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 24.4 |
| Utah | 24.0 |
| Louisiana | 23.9 |
| Tennessee | 23.8 |
| Montana | 23.7 |
| Missouri | 23.6 |
| Minnesota | 23.5 |
| Arizona | 23.2 |
| Georgia | 22.8 |
| Kansas | 22.6 |
| New Hampshire | 22.3 |
| Wisconsin | 22.1 |
| Rhode Island | 21.7 |
| Nebraska | 21.4 |
| Idaho | 21.1 |
| Ohio | 21.1 |
| South Carolina | 20.6 |
| Virginia | 20.5 |
| Alabama | 20.5 |
| North Carolina | 20.5 |
| Oregon | 20.1 |
| Maryland | 18.9 |
| Indiana | 18.8 |
| Delaware | 18.5 |
| Kentucky | 18.5 |
| New Mexico | 18.3 |
| Mississippi | 18.2 |
| Vermont | 18.1 |
| Iowa | 17.6 |
| Maine | 17.2 |
| West Virginia | 16.2 |
| Alaska | 15.3 |
| Hawaii | 14.6 |
| District of Columbia | 32.3 |
| Wyoming | ŧ |
* Rank of the District of Columbia if it were ranked with the 50 states
ŧ The average income of the bottom 99% could not be estimated in 2012 in Wyoming.
Note: Data are for tax units.
Source: Authors’ analysis of state-level tax data from Sommeiller (2006) extended to 2012 using state-level data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012)
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