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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%−3%

02Seward County, KSKS21,07316.9%+15%

03Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59716.5%−3%

04Wallace County, KSKS1,44116.1%−19%

05Crawford County, KSKS39,00816.0%−15%

06Douglas County, KSKS120,92015.9%−23%

07Sheridan County, KSKS2,42715.7%−4%

08Hamilton County, KSKS2,50015.7%+39%

09Stanton County, KSKS1,98614.9%+1%

10Allen County, KSKS12,30214.9%−4%

11Wichita County, KSKS2,03114.8%+44%

12Lyon County, KSKS32,26614.5%+3%

13Cherokee County, KSKS19,10514.3%−29%

14Finney County, KSKS37,50514.2%+34%

15Elk County, KSKS2,45813.8%−21%

16Bourbon County, KSKS14,31913.5%−31%

17Atchison County, KSKS16,17213.3%−16%

18Woodson County, KSKS3,11813.2%+10%

19Neosho County, KSKS15,63713.0%−5%

20Cowley County, KSKS34,38212.9%+22%

21Brown County, KSKS9,10412.9%−22%

22Barton County, KSKS24,79012.9%+9%

23Ellis County, KSKS29,07512.9%−13%

24Sherman County, KSKS5,76312.9%−21%

25Anderson County, KSKS8,01812.8%−2%

26Clark County, KSKS1,90012.7%+127%

27Labette County, KSKS19,68512.7%−13%

28Montgomery County, KSKS30,17712.6%−20%

29Rawlins County, KSKS2,43112.5%−2%

30Greenwood County, KSKS5,82612.5%−14%

31Ford County, KSKS33,99312.4%+4%

32Trego County, KSKS2,74012.3%+2%

33Chautauqua County, KSKS3,32112.2%−41%

34Geary County, KSKS36,33812.1%−25%

35Russell County, KSKS6,58112.0%−11%

36Doniphan County, KSKS7,59411.9%−25%

37Pawnee County, KSKS5,99111.8%+11%

38Stafford County, KSKS4,00511.8%−13%

39Kearny County, KSKS3,88811.7%+13%

40Jewell County, KSKS2,83011.6%−21%

41Haskell County, KSKS3,59911.6%+53%

42Decatur County, KSKS2,71611.6%−20%

43Greeley County, KSKS1,18211.6%+26%

44Harper County, KSKS5,37011.6%−3%

45Hodgeman County, KSKS1,61911.5%+17%

46Graham County, KSKS2,37111.5%−25%

47Wilson County, KSKS8,29911.3%−26%

48Linn County, KSKS9,95011.0%−27%

49Reno County, KSKS61,53910.9%+1%

50Cloud County, KSKS8,83310.8%−31%

51Kiowa County, KSKS2,43210.8%−23%

52Rice County, KSKS9,26610.7%−34%

53Smith County, KSKS3,56610.7%−31%

54Kingman County, KSKS7,02910.6%−8%

55Morton County, KSKS2,47010.5%−35%

56Norton County, KSKS5,28810.5%−23%

57Osborne County, KSKS3,28510.4%−26%

58Edwards County, KSKS2,64010.4%−18%

59Stevens County, KSKS4,98410.3%−12%

60Gove County, KSKS2,63110.3%−7%

61Comanche County, KSKS1,67310.2%−41%

62Clay County, KSKS7,99010.1%−19%

63Barber County, KSKS4,08310.1%−7%

64Washington County, KSKS5,53310.1%−32%

65Grant County, KSKS7,02810.1%−35%

66Phillips County, KSKS4,72810.0%−25%

67Rooks County, KSKS4,6469.8%−36%

68Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1869.7%−3%

69Thomas County, KSKS7,7259.7%−32%

70Rush County, KSKS2,8459.7%−19%

71Lincoln County, KSKS2,8619.7%−38%

72Shawnee County, KSKS178,6079.6%−4%

73Sumner County, KSKS22,3129.5%+22%

74Sedgwick County, KSKS538,4339.5%−13%

75Mitchell County, KSKS5,5909.5%−15%

76Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6049.4%−38%

77Pratt County, KSKS9,1179.4%−4%

78Meade County, KSKS3,8529.3%−20%

79Marshall County, KSKS9,8529.2%−32%

80Nemaha County, KSKS10,0549.1%−38%

81Republic County, KSKS4,6409.1%−26%

82Gray County, KSKS5,6529.1%−10%

83Morris County, KSKS5,3489.0%−34%

84Jackson County, KSKS13,4388.8%−27%

85Saline County, KSKS53,3778.8%−27%

86Ness County, KSKS2,6178.7%−20%

87Chase County, KSKS2,5728.6%−53%

88Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448.6%−7%

89Osage County, KSKS15,6938.4%−23%

90Marion County, KSKS11,6348.3%−25%

91Lane County, KSKS1,5088.2%−29%

92Franklin County, KSKS26,2997.7%−35%

93Dickinson County, KSKS18,6377.5%−33%

94Logan County, KSKS2,6617.3%−37%

95Butler County, KSKS69,4847.3%−10%

96Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0187.3%−20%

97Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2577.2%−41%

98Jefferson County, KSKS18,2966.7%−22%

99Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5906.7%−15%

100McPherson County, KSKS30,0646.6%−6%

101Coffey County, KSKS8,4676.6%−26%

102Harvey County, KSKS33,5806.4%−24%

103Miami County, KSKS36,2405.5%−32%

104Scott County, KSKS4,8155.1%−44%

105Johnson County, KSKS636,9063.4%−5%

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