Income Inequality in States

Using mean log difference, I've ranked the 50 states from most equal to most unequal.

1. Utah
2. Alaska
3. Idaho
4. Wyoming
5. Nevada

Western states control the top of the list.

6. Wisconsin
7. New Hampshire
8. Iowa
9. Nebraska
10. Vermont
11. South Dakota
12. Indiana
13. Minnesota
14. Kansas
15. Deleware
16. Montana
17. Maine
18. North Dakota
19. Arizona
20. Washington
21. Maryland
22. Hawaii
23. Oregon
24. Missouri
25. Florida

Half way down the list, the first southern state. And one that is not very southern culturally. It's also the first heavily populated state on the list.

26. Ohio
27. Colorado
28. Michigan
29. Oklahoma
30. West Virginia
31. Pennsylvania
32. Arkansas
33. North Carolina
34. Virginia
35. South Carolina
36. Illinois
37. New Mexico
38. Tennessee
39. California
40. Connecticut
41. Georgia
42. New Jersey
43. Texas
44. Rhode Island
45. Kentucky
46. Alabama
47. Mississippi
48. Massachusetts
49. Louisiana
50. New York

So the most unequal regions are those liberal bastions on the east coast, and the conservative states of the south. A combination of states dominated by large urban areas and ones that have large rural populations.