Previous posts have focused on internal income equality within states. That is a bit different than the overall effect a state has on US inquality. First, larger states have a greater effect, given their larger populations. Second, a state with high internal equality may negatively effect overall US equality by being, on average, far above or below the US mean. So which states hurt most the US income inqality distribution?
1. New York
2. California
3. New Jersey
4. Massachusetts
5. Texas
6. Mississippi
7. Alabama
8. Connecticut
9. Louisiana
10. Kentucky
One western state, four northeastern states, and five southern states. An interesting partisan mix as well, with five strongly conservative and five strongly liberal states. The states that improve equality the most are:
1. Florida
2. Wisconsin
3. Indiana
4. Pennsylvania
5. Minnesota
6. Washington
7. Iowa
8. Utah
9. Nevada
10. Arizona
Big Ten country takes up much of this list (five states), along with four western states. And Florida is the one large state that actually improves income inequality. An interesting partisan mix here as these are some of the more competitive states in elections (Utah the obvious exception). There's not enough evidence to draw any conclusions on politics and income inequality, but this observation is at least interesting.
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