Income gap between the States

    There is a huge income gay between the rich and poor. What's the gap like between the states? Which States have a high gap? A low gap? What factors affect the gap? Well, the most populous states have some of the widest gaps. A higher population leads to a better chance of poor rural areas and wealthy suburbs surrounding cities. Education also contributes to which states have the highest income gap. Less educated states (California, Texas and Mississippi) have a higher income gap. The list doesn't lie.
    New York has the highest income gap, with 14.1 percent of the population living below the poverty line. Conneticut, a state with the reputation of being wealthy, is number two on the list. Their median income is the 4th highest, however, and 10.3% of the entire state makes $200,000 a year. Louisiana is lucky number three, with a huge rate of the population living below the poverty line at a staggering 17.7%. Massachusetts is 4th and the sunshine state of Florida is number 5. 12.4% of Floridians recieve food stamps. DC, while not a state, ironically has the highest income gap with a gini coefficient of .532, which is a .033 increase from the .499 of New York. Most of the other states vary from .013 to .001, just to put that in perspective.The state with the smallest income gap? Utah.


http://www.nbcnews.com/business/states-widest-gap-between-rich-poor-815945