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2.  Income Inequality in U.S. Counties (Gini Coefficients)

The following files contain Gini coefficients of inequality of the distribution of family income for US counties in 1970, 1980 and 1990.  Click on *.txt files to view and download.  Right-click on *.wk1 files to download as Lotus type 2 files.
  • [ineq70.txt] 1970 Income Inequality (Gini) for U.S. Counties (*.txt)
  • [ineq70.wk1] 1970 Income Inequality (Gini) for U.S. Counties (*.wk1)
  • [ineq80.txt] 1980 Income Inequality (Gini) for U.S. Counties (*.txt)
  • [ineq80.wk1] 1980 Income Inequality (Gini) for U.S. Counties (*.wk1)
  • [ineq90.txt] 1990 Income Inequality (Gini) for U.S. Counties (*.txt)
  • [ineq90.wk1] 1990 Income Inequality (Gini) for U.S. Counties (*.wk1)
    • Documents related to PRLN program to calculate Gini coefficients from income distribution data developed by François Nielsen, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 27599-3210.
  • [prln04.exe] prln program - executable
  • [prln04.pas] prln program - Pascal code (Borland Pascal v7.0)
  • [prlnman.prn] prln program - instructions
  • [lb70.prn] prln program - income brackets 1970
  • [lb80.prn] prln program - income brackets 1980
  • [lb90.prn] prln program - income brackets 1990
  • [nc70tst.prn] prln program - sample data (Alamance NC 1970)

    • Reorganized May 2002