New data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that real median household income in the United States rose by 3.8 percent between 2014 and 2015, while the national poverty rate declined from 15.5 to 14.7 percent. In Florida, the median income rose 4.1 percent, while the poverty rate remained above the national average, at 15.7 percent. Income inequality in Florida increased during the same period; the state's Gini index, a measure of income inequality, rose from .483 to .487, above the national average of .482.