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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%+4.7 pts

02Riley County, KSKS72,59819.9%−0.7 pts

03Edwards County, KSKS2,64018.9%+8.5 pts

04Ellis County, KSKS29,07518.3%+5.4 pts

05Geary County, KSKS36,33818.0%+5.9 pts

06Harper County, KSKS5,37017.3%+5.7 pts

07Cheyenne County, KSKS2,60417.0%+7.6 pts

08Wichita County, KSKS2,03116.5%+1.7 pts

09Labette County, KSKS19,68516.0%+3.4 pts

10Montgomery County, KSKS30,17715.9%+3.4 pts

11Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59715.8%−0.8 pts

12Wilson County, KSKS8,29915.5%+4.2 pts

13Barton County, KSKS24,79015.4%+2.5 pts

14Phillips County, KSKS4,72815.4%+5.4 pts

15Logan County, KSKS2,66115.0%+7.7 pts

16Chautauqua County, KSKS3,32114.9%+2.7 pts

17Graham County, KSKS2,37114.8%+3.3 pts

18Morton County, KSKS2,47014.8%+4.3 pts

19Douglas County, KSKS120,92014.7%−1.1 pts

20Russell County, KSKS6,58114.7%+2.7 pts

21Lyon County, KSKS32,26614.6%+0.1 pts

22Cowley County, KSKS34,38214.3%+1.3 pts

23Stevens County, KSKS4,98414.2%+3.9 pts

24Cherokee County, KSKS19,10514.1%−0.2 pts

25Ford County, KSKS33,99314.0%+1.6 pts

26Sedgwick County, KSKS538,43313.9%+4.4 pts

27Greenwood County, KSKS5,82613.9%+1.4 pts

28Brown County, KSKS9,10413.8%+0.9 pts

29Bourbon County, KSKS14,31913.6%+0.1 pts

30Clay County, KSKS7,99013.4%+3.2 pts

31Neosho County, KSKS15,63713.1%+0.2 pts

32Atchison County, KSKS16,17213.0%−0.3 pts

33Decatur County, KSKS2,71612.7%+1.1 pts

34Shawnee County, KSKS178,60712.7%+3.1 pts

35Reno County, KSKS61,53912.5%+1.6 pts

36Woodson County, KSKS3,11812.4%−0.9 pts

37Pratt County, KSKS9,11712.3%+2.9 pts

38Wallace County, KSKS1,44112.3%−3.8 pts

39Seward County, KSKS21,07312.2%−4.7 pts

40Mitchell County, KSKS5,59012.2%+2.7 pts

41Morris County, KSKS5,34812.1%+3.1 pts

42Saline County, KSKS53,37711.9%+3.1 pts

43Barber County, KSKS4,08311.8%+1.7 pts

44Pawnee County, KSKS5,99111.5%−0.2 pts

45Lincoln County, KSKS2,86111.3%+1.6 pts

46Marshall County, KSKS9,85211.3%+2.2 pts

47Ness County, KSKS2,61711.2%+2.5 pts

48Haskell County, KSKS3,59911.2%−0.4 pts

49Rush County, KSKS2,84511.1%+1.4 pts

50Finney County, KSKS37,50511.1%−3.1 pts

51Anderson County, KSKS8,01811.0%−1.7 pts

52Meade County, KSKS3,85211.0%+1.7 pts

53Coffey County, KSKS8,46710.7%+4.1 pts

54Sumner County, KSKS22,31210.6%+1.1 pts

55Republic County, KSKS4,64010.6%+1.5 pts

56Jewell County, KSKS2,83010.6%−1.1 pts

57Stafford County, KSKS4,00510.5%−1.3 pts

58Ottawa County, KSKS5,74410.4%+1.8 pts

59Ellsworth County, KSKS6,25710.4%+3.2 pts

60Elk County, KSKS2,45810.4%−3.4 pts

61Kingman County, KSKS7,02910.3%−0.3 pts

62Sherman County, KSKS5,76310.2%−2.7 pts

63Cloud County, KSKS8,83310.0%−0.8 pts

64Allen County, KSKS12,3029.9%−5.0 pts

65Clark County, KSKS1,9009.9%−2.8 pts

66Osage County, KSKS15,6939.7%+1.4 pts

67Doniphan County, KSKS7,5949.6%−2.2 pts

68McPherson County, KSKS30,0649.5%+2.8 pts

69Grant County, KSKS7,0289.3%−0.8 pts

70Nemaha County, KSKS10,0549.3%+0.2 pts

71Washington County, KSKS5,5339.3%−0.8 pts

72Comanche County, KSKS1,6739.2%−1.0 pts

73Marion County, KSKS11,6349.2%+0.9 pts

74Sheridan County, KSKS2,4278.9%−6.8 pts

75Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5908.8%+2.1 pts

76Franklin County, KSKS26,2998.7%+1.0 pts

77Butler County, KSKS69,4848.5%+1.2 pts

78Gray County, KSKS5,6528.5%−0.6 pts

79Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0188.5%+1.2 pts

80Osborne County, KSKS3,2858.4%−1.9 pts

81Linn County, KSKS9,9508.4%−2.6 pts

82Chase County, KSKS2,5728.4%−0.2 pts

83Harvey County, KSKS33,5808.2%+1.8 pts

84Dickinson County, KSKS18,6378.1%+0.6 pts

85Miami County, KSKS36,2407.9%+2.4 pts

86Rice County, KSKS9,2667.7%−2.9 pts

87Smith County, KSKS3,5667.3%−3.4 pts

88Norton County, KSKS5,2887.2%−3.3 pts

89Greeley County, KSKS1,1827.1%−4.5 pts

90Hamilton County, KSKS2,5007.0%−8.6 pts

91Lane County, KSKS1,5087.0%−1.2 pts

92Rawlins County, KSKS2,4316.8%−5.8 pts

93Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1866.7%−3.1 pts

94Thomas County, KSKS7,7256.5%−3.2 pts

95Scott County, KSKS4,8156.5%+1.4 pts

96Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6196.3%−5.2 pts

97Jackson County, KSKS13,4386.1%−2.7 pts

98Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325.9%−4.9 pts

99Jefferson County, KSKS18,2965.6%−1.1 pts

100Rooks County, KSKS4,6465.5%−4.2 pts

101Trego County, KSKS2,7405.5%−6.7 pts

102Johnson County, KSKS636,9065.4%+2.0 pts

103Gove County, KSKS2,6315.1%−5.3 pts

104Kearny County, KSKS3,8884.5%−7.2 pts

105Stanton County, KSKS1,9861.5%−13.4 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES