Census: Inequality grew, including in heartland states

STATEWIDE - The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year.

The U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday that an index that measures income inequality in the U.S. increased from 2017 to 2018.

Nebraska finds itself among the states that had statistically significant gains in inequality last year...along with Alabama, Arkansas, California, and Texas among others.

The data released Thursday comes from the bureau's American Community Survey program.