Economy & Workforce
Income Inequality
Hawaiʻi current rank: #12 of 50 states (2024)
Compares Hawaiʻi’s rank history on this metric with California.
Hawaiʻi has ranked among the more equal states the whole series, moving from #18 in 2006 to #12 in 2024. Its own gap widened modestly over that span, but inequality climbed faster in most other states, so Hawaiʻi's relative standing improved.