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Poverty Rate in Kansas, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Kansas, ranked. The highest is Crawford County at 20.6% and the lowest is Stanton County at 1.5%.

Kansas: 11.3% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Kansas: 10.7%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Crawford County20.6%
2Riley County19.9%
3Edwards County18.9%
4Ellis County18.3%
5Geary County18.0%
6Harper County17.3%
7Cheyenne County17.0%
8Wichita County16.5%
9Labette County16.0%
10Montgomery County15.9%
11Wyandotte County15.8%
12Wilson County15.5%
13Barton County15.4%
14Phillips County15.4%
15Logan County15.0%
16Chautauqua County14.9%
17Graham County14.8%
18Morton County14.8%
19Douglas County14.7%
20Russell County14.7%
21Lyon County14.6%
22Cowley County14.3%
23Stevens County14.2%
24Cherokee County14.1%
25Ford County14.0%
26Greenwood County13.9%
27Sedgwick County13.9%
28Brown County13.8%
29Bourbon County13.6%
30Clay County13.4%
31Neosho County13.1%
32Atchison County13.0%
33Decatur County12.7%
34Shawnee County12.7%
35Reno County12.5%
36Woodson County12.4%
37Pratt County12.3%
38Wallace County12.3%
39Mitchell County12.2%
40Seward County12.2%
41Morris County12.1%
42Saline County11.9%
43Barber County11.8%
44Pawnee County11.5%
45Lincoln County11.3%
46Marshall County11.3%
47Haskell County11.2%
48Ness County11.2%
49Finney County11.1%
50Rush County11.1%
51Anderson County11.0%
52Meade County11.0%
53Coffey County10.7%
54Jewell County10.6%
55Republic County10.6%
56Sumner County10.6%
57Stafford County10.5%
58Elk County10.4%
59Ellsworth County10.4%
60Ottawa County10.4%
61Kingman County10.3%
62Sherman County10.2%
63Cloud County10.0%
64Allen County9.9%
65Clark County9.9%
66Osage County9.7%
67Doniphan County9.6%
68McPherson County9.5%
69Grant County9.3%
70Nemaha County9.3%
71Washington County9.3%
72Comanche County9.2%
73Marion County9.2%
74Sheridan County8.9%
75Leavenworth County8.8%
76Franklin County8.7%
77Butler County8.5%
78Gray County8.5%
79Wabaunsee County8.5%
80Chase County8.4%
81Linn County8.4%
82Osborne County8.4%
83Harvey County8.2%
84Dickinson County8.1%
85Miami County7.9%
86Rice County7.7%
87Smith County7.3%
88Norton County7.2%
89Greeley County7.1%
90Hamilton County7.0%
91Lane County7.0%
92Rawlins County6.8%
93Pottawatomie County6.7%
94Scott County6.5%
95Thomas County6.5%
96Hodgeman County6.3%
97Jackson County6.1%
98Kiowa County5.9%
99Jefferson County5.6%
100Rooks County5.5%
101Trego County5.5%
102Johnson County5.4%
103Gove County5.1%
104Kearny County4.5%
105Stanton County1.5%

Small populations produce wide margins: Stanton County is 1.5% with a margin of error of ±2.1%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Kansas ranks 30th of 52 states for poverty rate.

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