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Highest poverty rate, Kansas counties · 2000

Kansas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 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 1990

01Riley County, KSKS72,59820.6%−0.6 pts

02Seward County, KSKS21,07316.9%+2.1 pts

03Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59716.5%−0.6 pts

04Wallace County, KSKS1,44116.1%−3.9 pts

05Crawford County, KSKS39,00816.0%−2.8 pts

06Douglas County, KSKS120,92015.9%−4.7 pts

07Sheridan County, KSKS2,42715.7%−0.7 pts

08Hamilton County, KSKS2,50015.7%+4.4 pts

09Stanton County, KSKS1,98614.9%+0.1 pts

10Allen County, KSKS12,30214.9%−0.6 pts

11Wichita County, KSKS2,03114.8%+4.6 pts

12Lyon County, KSKS32,26614.5%+0.4 pts

13Cherokee County, KSKS19,10514.3%−5.9 pts

14Finney County, KSKS37,50514.2%+3.6 pts

15Elk County, KSKS2,45813.8%−3.7 pts

16Bourbon County, KSKS14,31913.5%−6.1 pts

17Atchison County, KSKS16,17213.3%−2.5 pts

18Woodson County, KSKS3,11813.2%+1.2 pts

19Neosho County, KSKS15,63713.0%−0.7 pts

20Cowley County, KSKS34,38212.9%+2.3 pts

21Brown County, KSKS9,10412.9%−3.7 pts

22Barton County, KSKS24,79012.9%+1.1 pts

23Ellis County, KSKS29,07512.9%−2.0 pts

24Sherman County, KSKS5,76312.9%−3.4 pts

25Anderson County, KSKS8,01812.8%−0.2 pts

26Clark County, KSKS1,90012.7%+7.1 pts

27Labette County, KSKS19,68512.7%−1.9 pts

28Montgomery County, KSKS30,17712.6%−3.1 pts

29Rawlins County, KSKS2,43112.5%−0.3 pts

30Greenwood County, KSKS5,82612.5%−2.1 pts

31Ford County, KSKS33,99312.4%+0.5 pts

32Trego County, KSKS2,74012.3%+0.2 pts

33Chautauqua County, KSKS3,32112.2%−8.5 pts

34Geary County, KSKS36,33812.1%−4.0 pts

35Russell County, KSKS6,58112.0%−1.5 pts

36Doniphan County, KSKS7,59411.9%−4.0 pts

37Pawnee County, KSKS5,99111.8%+1.1 pts

38Stafford County, KSKS4,00511.8%−1.8 pts

39Kearny County, KSKS3,88811.7%+1.4 pts

40Jewell County, KSKS2,83011.6%−3.2 pts

41Haskell County, KSKS3,59911.6%+4.0 pts

42Decatur County, KSKS2,71611.6%−2.9 pts

43Greeley County, KSKS1,18211.6%+2.4 pts

44Harper County, KSKS5,37011.6%−0.4 pts

45Hodgeman County, KSKS1,61911.5%+1.6 pts

46Graham County, KSKS2,37111.5%−3.8 pts

47Wilson County, KSKS8,29911.3%−4.0 pts

48Linn County, KSKS9,95011.0%−4.1 pts

49Reno County, KSKS61,53910.9%+0.1 pts

50Cloud County, KSKS8,83310.8%−4.8 pts

51Kiowa County, KSKS2,43210.8%−3.2 pts

52Rice County, KSKS9,26610.7%−5.5 pts

53Smith County, KSKS3,56610.7%−4.7 pts

54Kingman County, KSKS7,02910.6%−1.0 pts

55Morton County, KSKS2,47010.5%−5.7 pts

56Norton County, KSKS5,28810.5%−3.2 pts

57Osborne County, KSKS3,28510.4%−3.6 pts

58Edwards County, KSKS2,64010.4%−2.3 pts

59Stevens County, KSKS4,98410.3%−1.4 pts

60Gove County, KSKS2,63110.3%−0.8 pts

61Comanche County, KSKS1,67310.2%−7.0 pts

62Clay County, KSKS7,99010.1%−2.4 pts

63Barber County, KSKS4,08310.1%−0.8 pts

64Washington County, KSKS5,53310.1%−4.8 pts

65Grant County, KSKS7,02810.1%−5.3 pts

66Phillips County, KSKS4,72810.0%−3.3 pts

67Rooks County, KSKS4,6469.8%−5.4 pts

68Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1869.7%−0.3 pts

69Thomas County, KSKS7,7259.7%−4.6 pts

70Rush County, KSKS2,8459.7%−2.3 pts

71Lincoln County, KSKS2,8619.7%−6.1 pts

72Shawnee County, KSKS178,6079.6%−0.4 pts

73Sumner County, KSKS22,3129.5%+1.7 pts

74Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4339.5%−1.4 pts

75Mitchell County, KSKS5,5909.5%−1.7 pts

76Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6049.4%−5.8 pts

77Pratt County, KSKS9,1179.4%−0.4 pts

78Meade County, KSKS3,8529.3%−2.3 pts

79Marshall County, KSKS9,8529.2%−4.4 pts

80Nemaha County, KSKS10,0549.1%−5.5 pts

81Republic County, KSKS4,6409.1%−3.3 pts

82Gray County, KSKS5,6529.1%−1.0 pts

83Morris County, KSKS5,3489.0%−4.6 pts

84Jackson County, KSKS13,4388.8%−3.2 pts

85Saline County, KSKS53,3778.8%−3.2 pts

86Ness County, KSKS2,6178.7%−2.2 pts

87Chase County, KSKS2,5728.6%−9.7 pts

88Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448.6%−0.6 pts

89Osage County, KSKS15,6938.4%−2.5 pts

90Marion County, KSKS11,6348.3%−2.8 pts

91Lane County, KSKS1,5088.2%−3.3 pts

92Franklin County, KSKS26,2997.7%−4.1 pts

93Dickinson County, KSKS18,6377.5%−3.7 pts

94Logan County, KSKS2,6617.3%−4.3 pts

95Butler County, KSKS69,4847.3%−0.8 pts

96Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0187.3%−1.9 pts

97Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2577.2%−5.0 pts

98Jefferson County, KSKS18,2966.7%−1.9 pts

99Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5906.7%−1.2 pts

100McPherson County, KSKS30,0646.6%−0.4 pts

101Coffey County, KSKS8,4676.6%−2.3 pts

102Harvey County, KSKS33,5806.4%−2.0 pts

103Miami County, KSKS36,2405.5%−2.6 pts

104Scott County, KSKS4,8155.1%−4.0 pts

105Johnson County, KSKS636,9063.4%−0.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS