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Hawaii Income Inequality
Hawaii’s income inequality was 45.4 in 2024, ranked #12 of 50 states.
View interactive chart →Recent state trend
| Year | Hawaii |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 45.4 |
| 2023 | 45.1 |
| 2022 | 45.7 |
| 2021 | 45.5 |
| 2019 | 44.0 |
| 2018 | 44.5 |
Why this matters
This shows how far apart the highest and lowest earners are. A wide gap can leave many families struggling even when the overall economy looks healthy. Put another way, Hawaiʻi's top fifth of households earn about 15 times what the bottom fifth earn.
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Open the full interactive chart → for the historical series, US-state rankings, and rank history.
Source: Census ACS. Series covers 2006–2024.