Gini index for income distribution equality for U.S. households 2016, by race/origin

The data displays the Gini index for households in the United states in 2016, by race and Hispanic origin. The Census Bureau defines the Gini index as “a statistical measure of income inequality ranging from 0 to 1. A measure of 1 indicates perfect inequality, i.e., one household having all the income and rest having none. A measure of 0 indicates perfect equality, i.e., all households having an equal share of income.” In 2016, the Gini index for households of Asian origin stood at 0.46.