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Highest poverty rate, Kansas counties · 2020

Kansas counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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

01Riley County, KSKS72,59822.7%+11%

02Barber County, KSKS4,08320.5%+104%

03Crawford County, KSKS39,00820.1%+26%

04Stanton County, KSKS1,98620.1%+35%

05Chautauqua County, KSKS3,32119.6%+61%

06Wyandotte County, KSKS170,59718.5%+12%

07Montgomery County, KSKS30,17718.2%+45%

08Kearny County, KSKS3,88817.7%+51%

09Stevens County, KSKS4,98417.1%+66%

10Douglas County, KSKS120,92016.5%+4%

11Elk County, KSKS2,45816.4%+19%

12Labette County, KSKS19,68516.3%+29%

13Jewell County, KSKS2,83016.2%+39%

14Lyon County, KSKS32,26616.1%+11%

15Decatur County, KSKS2,71615.9%+37%

16Doniphan County, KSKS7,59415.9%+33%

17Allen County, KSKS12,30215.4%+4%

18Morton County, KSKS2,47015.4%+46%

19Linn County, KSKS9,95015.3%+39%

20Harper County, KSKS5,37015.3%+33%

21Neosho County, KSKS15,63715.3%+18%

22Geary County, KSKS36,33815.3%+27%

23Brown County, KSKS9,10414.9%+15%

24Osborne County, KSKS3,28514.7%+42%

25Anderson County, KSKS8,01814.4%+13%

26Bourbon County, KSKS14,31914.3%+5%

27Ellis County, KSKS29,07514.2%+10%

28Seward County, KSKS21,07314.0%−17%

29Wilson County, KSKS8,29913.9%+23%

30Barton County, KSKS24,79013.8%+7%

31Cowley County, KSKS34,38213.8%+6%

32Atchison County, KSKS16,17213.7%+3%

33Mitchell County, KSKS5,59013.6%+43%

34Graham County, KSKS2,37113.5%+17%

35Sedgwick County, KSKS538,43313.4%+40%

36Cherokee County, KSKS19,10513.2%−8%

37Woodson County, KSKS3,11813.2%+0%

38Russell County, KSKS6,58113.2%+10%

39Phillips County, KSKS4,72813.1%+32%

40Rice County, KSKS9,26613.1%+23%

41Osage County, KSKS15,69312.9%+54%

42Finney County, KSKS37,50512.8%−10%

43Cheyenne County, KSKS2,60412.7%+35%

44Grant County, KSKS7,02812.7%+26%

45Wallace County, KSKS1,44112.5%−23%

46Reno County, KSKS61,53912.4%+14%

47Lane County, KSKS1,50812.4%+51%

48Greenwood County, KSKS5,82612.3%−2%

49Sumner County, KSKS22,31212.2%+28%

50Coffey County, KSKS8,46712.2%+84%

51Ford County, KSKS33,99311.8%−5%

52Lincoln County, KSKS2,86111.7%+21%

53Logan County, KSKS2,66111.5%+57%

54Stafford County, KSKS4,00511.4%−3%

55Haskell County, KSKS3,59911.3%−3%

56Hodgeman County, KSKS1,61911.3%−2%

57Ness County, KSKS2,61711.3%+29%

58Cloud County, KSKS8,83311.2%+4%

59Shawnee County, KSKS178,60711.1%+16%

60Saline County, KSKS53,37711.0%+25%

61Franklin County, KSKS26,29910.9%+42%

62Clark County, KSKS1,90010.5%−17%

63Pratt County, KSKS9,11710.5%+12%

64Jackson County, KSKS13,43810.5%+19%

65Ottawa County, KSKS5,74410.4%+21%

66Greeley County, KSKS1,18210.3%−11%

67Rawlins County, KSKS2,43110.3%−18%

68Dickinson County, KSKS18,63710.0%+32%

69Harvey County, KSKS33,5809.9%+55%

70Smith County, KSKS3,5669.9%−8%

71Butler County, KSKS69,4849.5%+30%

72Edwards County, KSKS2,6409.5%−9%

73Washington County, KSKS5,5339.3%−8%

74Pawnee County, KSKS5,9919.2%−22%

75Morris County, KSKS5,3488.9%−1%

76Marion County, KSKS11,6348.9%+7%

77Comanche County, KSKS1,6738.7%−14%

78Norton County, KSKS5,2888.7%−17%

79Meade County, KSKS3,8528.7%−7%

80Rush County, KSKS2,8458.7%−11%

81McPherson County, KSKS30,0648.6%+30%

82Gove County, KSKS2,6318.6%−17%

83Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2578.6%+19%

84Republic County, KSKS4,6408.5%−6%

85Hamilton County, KSKS2,5008.3%−47%

86Marshall County, KSKS9,8528.3%−10%

87Nemaha County, KSKS10,0548.2%−10%

88Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,1868.0%−18%

89Wichita County, KSKS2,0317.9%−46%

90Scott County, KSKS4,8157.8%+54%

91Leavenworth County, KSKS84,5907.8%+17%

92Thomas County, KSKS7,7257.5%−23%

93Sherman County, KSKS5,7637.4%−43%

94Clay County, KSKS7,9907.4%−28%

95Miami County, KSKS36,2406.9%+25%

96Chase County, KSKS2,5726.9%−19%

97Jefferson County, KSKS18,2966.7%−1%

98Trego County, KSKS2,7406.7%−46%

99Kingman County, KSKS7,0296.5%−39%

100Kiowa County, KSKS2,4326.3%−41%

101Rooks County, KSKS4,6465.7%−42%

102Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0185.7%−22%

103Sheridan County, KSKS2,4275.3%−66%

104Johnson County, KSKS636,9064.9%+42%

105Gray County, KSKS5,6524.6%−49%

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