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Highest poverty rate, Kansas counties · 1990

Kansas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (1990 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 –

01Riley County, KSKS72,59821.2%–

02Chautauqua County, KSKS3,32120.7%–

03Douglas County, KSKS120,92020.6%–

04Cherokee County, KSKS19,10520.2%–

05Wallace County, KSKS1,44120.0%–

06Bourbon County, KSKS14,31919.7%–

07Crawford County, KSKS39,00818.8%–

08Chase County, KSKS2,57218.2%–

09Elk County, KSKS2,45817.5%–

10Comanche County, KSKS1,67317.2%–

11Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59717.1%–

12Brown County, KSKS9,10416.6%–

13Sheridan County, KSKS2,42716.4%–

14Sherman County, KSKS5,76316.3%–

15Morton County, KSKS2,47016.2%–

16Rice County, KSKS9,26616.2%–

17Geary County, KSKS36,33816.0%–

18Doniphan County, KSKS7,59415.9%–

19Atchison County, KSKS16,17215.8%–

20Lincoln County, KSKS2,86115.8%–

21Montgomery County, KSKS30,17715.7%–

22Cloud County, KSKS8,83315.6%–

23Allen County, KSKS12,30215.5%–

24Grant County, KSKS7,02815.4%–

25Wilson County, KSKS8,29915.4%–

26Smith County, KSKS3,56615.4%–

27Graham County, KSKS2,37115.3%–

28Cheyenne County, KSKS2,60415.2%–

29Rooks County, KSKS4,64615.2%–

30Linn County, KSKS9,95015.1%–

31Washington County, KSKS5,53314.9%–

32Ellis County, KSKS29,07514.9%–

33Jewell County, KSKS2,83014.8%–

34Stanton County, KSKS1,98614.8%–

35Seward County, KSKS21,07314.8%–

36Nemaha County, KSKS10,05414.7%–

37Greenwood County, KSKS5,82614.6%–

38Labette County, KSKS19,68514.6%–

39Decatur County, KSKS2,71614.5%–

40Thomas County, KSKS7,72514.3%–

41Lyon County, KSKS32,26614.1%–

42Osborne County, KSKS3,28513.9%–

43Kiowa County, KSKS2,43213.9%–

44Neosho County, KSKS15,63713.7%–

45Norton County, KSKS5,28813.7%–

46Stafford County, KSKS4,00513.6%–

47Morris County, KSKS5,34813.6%–

48Marshall County, KSKS9,85213.5%–

49Russell County, KSKS6,58113.5%–

50Phillips County, KSKS4,72813.2%–

51Anderson County, KSKS8,01813.0%–

52Rawlins County, KSKS2,43112.8%–

53Edwards County, KSKS2,64012.7%–

54Clay County, KSKS7,99012.6%–

55Republic County, KSKS4,64012.4%–

56Ellsworth County, KSKS6,25712.2%–

57Trego County, KSKS2,74012.1%–

58Jackson County, KSKS13,43812.0%–

59Rush County, KSKS2,84512.0%–

60Woodson County, KSKS3,11812.0%–

61Saline County, KSKS53,37712.0%–

62Harper County, KSKS5,37012.0%–

63Ford County, KSKS33,99311.9%–

64Franklin County, KSKS26,29911.8%–

65Barton County, KSKS24,79011.8%–

66Stevens County, KSKS4,98411.8%–

67Meade County, KSKS3,85211.6%–

68Logan County, KSKS2,66111.6%–

69Kingman County, KSKS7,02911.6%–

70Lane County, KSKS1,50811.5%–

71Hamilton County, KSKS2,50011.3%–

72Dickinson County, KSKS18,63711.3%–

73Mitchell County, KSKS5,59011.2%–

74Gove County, KSKS2,63111.1%–

75Marion County, KSKS11,63411.1%–

76Sedgwick County, KSKS538,43310.9%–

77Ness County, KSKS2,61710.9%–

78Osage County, KSKS15,69310.9%–

79Barber County, KSKS4,08310.9%–

80Reno County, KSKS61,53910.8%–

81Pawnee County, KSKS5,99110.6%–

82Cowley County, KSKS34,38210.6%–

83Finney County, KSKS37,50510.6%–

84Kearny County, KSKS3,88810.3%–

85Wichita County, KSKS2,03110.3%–

86Gray County, KSKS5,65210.1%–

87Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18610.0%–

88Shawnee County, KSKS178,60710.0%–

89Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6199.9%–

90Pratt County, KSKS9,1179.8%–

91Greeley County, KSKS1,1829.2%–

92Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189.2%–

93Ottawa County, KSKS5,7449.2%–

94Scott County, KSKS4,8159.1%–

95Coffey County, KSKS8,4678.9%–

96Jefferson County, KSKS18,2968.6%–

97Harvey County, KSKS33,5808.5%–

98Miami County, KSKS36,2408.1%–

99Butler County, KSKS69,4848.1%–

100Sumner County, KSKS22,3127.8%–

101Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5907.8%–

102Haskell County, KSKS3,5997.6%–

103McPherson County, KSKS30,0647.1%–

104Clark County, KSKS1,9005.6%–

105Johnson County, KSKS636,9063.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS