Total share of all income held by the top 1% for the top and bottom 25 of 3,064 counties, 2013

Bottom 99% breakdown
Rank (by top 1% share) County Bottom 90% 90th–<95th percentiles 95th–<99th percentiles Bottom 99% Top 1% (99th-100th percentiles)
1 Teton, WY 15.7 4.5 9.6 29.8 70.2
2 La Salle, TX 26.7 5.6 11.7 44.1 55.9
3 Shackelford, TX 25.9 7.5 12.5 45.8 54.2
4 New York, NY 19.1 9.3 17.7 46.1 53.9
5 Custer, CO 31.7 10.2 11.4 53.3 46.7
6 Fairfield, CT 27.2 10.8 19.3 57.3 42.7
7 Franklin, FL 29.4 11.6 16.4 57.4 42.6
8 Collier, FL 27.6 10.7 19.1 57.5 42.5
9 Pitkin, CO 32.2 9.5 17.3 59.0 41.0
10 San Juan, WA 31.6 10.2 17.3 59.0 41.0
11 De Witt, TX 33.0 9.9 17.7 60.5 39.5
12 Indian River, FL 30.7 11.2 19.1 60.9 39.1
13 Palm Beach, FL 31.5 11.1 18.8 61.4 38.6
14 Karnes, TX 33.5 10.4 18.3 62.2 37.8
15 Monroe, FL 34.8 10.2 17.9 62.9 37.1
16 Westchester, NY 33.4 11.6 19.7 64.8 35.2
17 Wheeler, TX 39.7 9.7 16.1 65.4 34.6
18 Suffolk, MA 38.0 10.7 17.3 66.0 34.0
19 Martin, FL 34.8 11.7 19.7 66.1 33.9
20 Union, SD 43.7 8.5 15.2 67.3 32.7
21 Throckmorton, TX 36.4 12.4 19.3 68.1 31.9
22 San Miguel, CO 40.2 10.3 17.7 68.2 31.8
23 Douglas, NV 39.2 11.6 17.5 68.2 31.8
24 Walton, FL 36.1 12.4 19.9 68.4 31.6
25 Midland, TX 42.7 9.6 16.5 68.8 31.2
3040 Osage, KS 67.8 12.5 13.3 93.6 6.4
3041 Emery, UT 66.2 13.4 14.1 93.7 6.3
3042 Los Alamos, NM 67.5 12.6 13.5 93.7 6.3
3043 Northwest Arctic, AK 67.4 13.5 12.8 93.7 6.3
3044 Yukon Koyukuk, AK 65.6 13.8 14.4 93.8 6.2
3045 Wabaunsee, KS 69.6 10.3 13.9 93.8 6.2
3046 Hoke, NC 67.4 12.7 13.7 93.8 6.2
3047 Prince Georges, MD 69.4 11.7 12.7 93.9 6.1
3048 Gallatin, KY 65.8 13.9 14.3 93.9 6.1
3049 Crawford, IN 65.5 13.9 14.7 94.0 6.0
3050 Charles, MD 70.4 11.3 12.3 94.0 6.0
3051 Pulaski, MO 67.5 12.8 13.7 94.0 6.0
3052 Stafford, VA 69.6 11.8 12.7 94.1 5.9
3053 Johnson, NE 69.2 12.1 12.8 94.1 5.9
3054 Geary, KS 72.8 10.4 11.2 94.4 5.6
3055 Southeast Fairbanks, AK 71.6 13.2 9.7 94.4 5.6
3056 North Slope, AK 71.8 10.9 11.8 94.4 5.6
3057 King George, VA 69.5 12.2 12.7 94.4 5.6
3058 Robertson, KY 63.5 14.8 16.1 94.4 5.6
3059 Nance, NE 70.0 12.0 12.5 94.5 5.5
3060 Chattahoochee, GA 67.5 12.9 14.2 94.6 5.4
3061 Aleutians West, AK 77.5 8.0 9.3 94.8 5.2
3062 Shannon, SD 72.5 10.5 11.9 94.9 5.1
3063 Manassas Park City, VA 71.7 10.7 12.5 94.9 5.1
3064 Wade Hampton, AK 69.3 12.1 13.7 95.1 4.9
United States 51.1 12.3 16.5 79.9 20.1

Source: Authors’ analysis of state and county-level tax data from the Internal Revenue Service SOI Tax Stats (various years), and Piketty and Saez (2012)

View the underlying data on epi.org.