CREATE Metric
Income inequality
Since 2010, income inequality in LA has risen. Most recently, in 2020, local income inequality reached 0.5, which represent a large income gap. The Gini coefficient ranges from 0, indicating perfect income equality, to 1, total income inequality.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey: Gini Index of Income Inequality
Our target
The Gini index for Los Angeles County will not exceed .35, and Los Angeles will be a place where all have economic opportunity.
We don't have a way to track progress on this data - stay tuned.