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Highest poverty rate, Kansas counties

Kansas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2024 ACS). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Crawford County, KSKS39,00820.6%+29%

02Riley County, KSKS72,59819.9%−3%

03Edwards County, KSKS2,64018.9%+82%

04Ellis County, KSKS29,07518.3%+42%

05Geary County, KSKS36,33818.0%+49%

06Harper County, KSKS5,37017.3%+50%

07Cheyenne County, KSKS2,60417.0%+80%

08Wichita County, KSKS2,03116.5%+12%

09Labette County, KSKS19,68516.0%+27%

10Montgomery County, KSKS30,17715.9%+27%

11Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59715.8%−5%

12Wilson County, KSKS8,29915.5%+37%

13Barton County, KSKS24,79015.4%+19%

14Phillips County, KSKS4,72815.4%+54%

15Logan County, KSKS2,66115.0%+105%

16Chautauqua County, KSKS3,32114.9%+22%

17Graham County, KSKS2,37114.8%+29%

18Morton County, KSKS2,47014.8%+41%

19Douglas County, KSKS120,92014.7%−7%

20Russell County, KSKS6,58114.7%+23%

21Lyon County, KSKS32,26614.6%+1%

22Cowley County, KSKS34,38214.3%+10%

23Stevens County, KSKS4,98414.2%+38%

24Cherokee County, KSKS19,10514.1%−2%

25Ford County, KSKS33,99314.0%+13%

26Sedgwick County, KSKS538,43313.9%+46%

27Greenwood County, KSKS5,82613.9%+11%

28Brown County, KSKS9,10413.8%+7%

29Bourbon County, KSKS14,31913.6%+1%

30Clay County, KSKS7,99013.4%+32%

31Neosho County, KSKS15,63713.1%+1%

32Atchison County, KSKS16,17213.0%−2%

33Decatur County, KSKS2,71612.7%+10%

34Shawnee County, KSKS178,60712.7%+33%

35Reno County, KSKS61,53912.5%+15%

36Woodson County, KSKS3,11812.4%−6%

37Pratt County, KSKS9,11712.3%+31%

38Wallace County, KSKS1,44112.3%−24%

39Seward County, KSKS21,07312.2%−28%

40Mitchell County, KSKS5,59012.2%+28%

41Morris County, KSKS5,34812.1%+34%

42Saline County, KSKS53,37711.9%+35%

43Barber County, KSKS4,08311.8%+17%

44Pawnee County, KSKS5,99111.5%−2%

45Lincoln County, KSKS2,86111.3%+17%

46Marshall County, KSKS9,85211.3%+24%

47Ness County, KSKS2,61711.2%+29%

48Haskell County, KSKS3,59911.2%−4%

49Rush County, KSKS2,84511.1%+14%

50Finney County, KSKS37,50511.1%−22%

51Anderson County, KSKS8,01811.0%−13%

52Meade County, KSKS3,85211.0%+18%

53Coffey County, KSKS8,46710.7%+63%

54Sumner County, KSKS22,31210.6%+11%

55Republic County, KSKS4,64010.6%+17%

56Jewell County, KSKS2,83010.6%−9%

57Stafford County, KSKS4,00510.5%−11%

58Ottawa County, KSKS5,74410.4%+22%

59Ellsworth County, KSKS6,25710.4%+44%

60Elk County, KSKS2,45810.4%−25%

61Kingman County, KSKS7,02910.3%−3%

62Sherman County, KSKS5,76310.2%−21%

63Cloud County, KSKS8,83310.0%−8%

64Allen County, KSKS12,3029.9%−33%

65Clark County, KSKS1,9009.9%−22%

66Osage County, KSKS15,6939.7%+16%

67Doniphan County, KSKS7,5949.6%−19%

68McPherson County, KSKS30,0649.5%+42%

69Grant County, KSKS7,0289.3%−7%

70Nemaha County, KSKS10,0549.3%+2%

71Washington County, KSKS5,5339.3%−8%

72Comanche County, KSKS1,6739.2%−9%

73Marion County, KSKS11,6349.2%+10%

74Sheridan County, KSKS2,4278.9%−43%

75Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5908.8%+32%

76Franklin County, KSKS26,2998.7%+13%

77Butler County, KSKS69,4848.5%+17%

78Gray County, KSKS5,6528.5%−6%

79Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0188.5%+16%

80Osborne County, KSKS3,2858.4%−19%

81Linn County, KSKS9,9508.4%−24%

82Chase County, KSKS2,5728.4%−3%

83Harvey County, KSKS33,5808.2%+28%

84Dickinson County, KSKS18,6378.1%+8%

85Miami County, KSKS36,2407.9%+43%

86Rice County, KSKS9,2667.7%−28%

87Smith County, KSKS3,5667.3%−32%

88Norton County, KSKS5,2887.2%−31%

89Greeley County, KSKS1,1827.1%−39%

90Hamilton County, KSKS2,5007.0%−55%

91Lane County, KSKS1,5087.0%−15%

92Rawlins County, KSKS2,4316.8%−46%

93Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1866.7%−32%

94Thomas County, KSKS7,7256.5%−33%

95Scott County, KSKS4,8156.5%+27%

96Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6196.3%−45%

97Jackson County, KSKS13,4386.1%−31%

98Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325.9%−46%

99Jefferson County, KSKS18,2965.6%−16%

100Rooks County, KSKS4,6465.5%−43%

101Trego County, KSKS2,7405.5%−55%

102Johnson County, KSKS636,9065.4%+57%

103Gove County, KSKS2,6315.1%−51%

104Kearny County, KSKS3,8884.5%−62%

105Stanton County, KSKS1,9861.5%−90%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES