Last week I posted a piece about the release by the Census Bureau of the report Household Income Inequality Within U.S. Counties: 2006–2010. They used 2006 to 2010 American Community Survey data. Their chosen measure of income inequality was the Gini index. Wikipedia provides a good description of how this measure is computed so I […]

Global warming is a real issue. The rise of sea level as a consequence of global warming is a natural consequence. I am not going to debate the reality of climate change or the reasons for climate change. Here I need to talk about how in describing a real consequence those who believe in global […]

Last week the Census Bureau released the report Household Income Inequality Within U.S. Counties: 2006–2010 providing data on income inequality for all counties in the United States. Their Chosen measure for this analysis is the Gini Index. The calculations were based on five years of American Community Survey household data. On the same day the […]