East Carroll Parish , Louisiana , is the U.S. capital of income inequality . Kearny County , Kansas ( 34.55 ) 18 . The parish has a wider rich - poor gap than any other city or town . Overall , income inequality in the U.S. is worse than Canada , Nigeria and Nicaragua . East Carroll Parish rivals all of them , with higher inequality than any nation on earth .
East Carroll Parish , Louisiana , is the U.S. capital of income inequality . The parish has a wider rich - poor gap than any other city or town . Overall , income inequality in the U.S. is worse than Canada , Nigeria and Nicaragua . East Carroll Parish rivals all of them , with higher inequality than any nation on earth .