Ranking of Kansas Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on December 6, 2023.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for Kansas was 11.48%. Among all Kansas counties, Riley County had the highest poverty rate (22.05%), followed by Crawford County (20.54%), and Barber County (19.62%). On the other hand, the following 3 counties had the lowest poverty rate: Gray County (4.69%), Rooks County (4.78%), and Kiowa County (5.01%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Kansas counties with high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kansas counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties for other states as well as for the whole United States.
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Related Topics: Kansas ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021
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| Rank | County | Poverty Rate (%) |
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| 1 | Riley County | 22.05 |
| 2 | Crawford County | 20.54 |
| 3 | Barber County | 19.62 |
| 4 | Stanton County | 18.64 |
| 5 | Jewell County | 18.50 |
| 6 | Geary County | 18.13 |
| 7 | Chautauqua County | 17.92 |
| 8 | Wyandotte County | 17.67 |
| 9 | Harper County | 17.62 |
| 10 | Montgomery County | 17.58 |
| 11 | Douglas County | 16.50 |
| 12 | Allen County | 16.28 |
| 13 | Wilson County | 16.19 |
| 14 | Labette County | 15.92 |
| 15 | Cheyenne County | 15.80 |
| 16 | Doniphan County | 15.76 |
| 17 | Ellis County | 15.57 |
| 18 | Barton County | 15.53 |
| 19 | Kearny County | 15.50 |
| 20 | Russell County | 15.22 |
| 21 | Lyon County | 14.96 |
| 22 | Brown County | 14.62 |
| 23 | Elk County | 14.32 |
| 24 | Neosho County | 14.24 |
| 25 | Phillips County | 14.16 |
| 26 | Stevens County | 14.09 |
| 27 | Atchison County | 13.95 |
| 28 | Seward County | 13.85 |
| 29 | Cowley County | 13.71 |
| 30 | Decatur County | 13.66 |
| 31 | Osborne County | 13.49 |
| 32 | Greenwood County | 13.45 |
| 33 | Bourbon County | 13.40 |
| 34 | Sedgwick County | 13.20 |
| 35 | Finney County | 13.17 |
| 36 | Anderson County | 12.96 |
| 37 | Cherokee County | 12.92 |
| 37 | Wichita County | 12.92 |
| 38 | Mitchell County | 12.84 |
| 39 | Woodson County | 12.74 |
| 40 | Pawnee County | 12.42 |
| 41 | Shawnee County | 12.27 |
| 42 | Ford County | 12.26 |
| 43 | Coffey County | 12.23 |
| 44 | Rawlins County | 12.21 |
| 45 | Morton County | 12.12 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 11.83 |
| 47 | Linn County | 11.82 |
| 48 | Reno County | 11.66 |
| 49 | Republic County | 11.60 |
| 50 | Saline County | 11.53 |
| 51 | Wallace County | 11.52 |
| 52 | Pratt County | 11.42 |
| 53 | Cloud County | 11.41 |
| 54 | Osage County | 11.37 |
| 55 | Ottawa County | 11.28 |
| 56 | Morris County | 11.22 |
| 57 | Greeley County | 11.12 |
| 58 | Sumner County | 10.97 |
| 59 | Rice County | 10.73 |
| 60 | Ellsworth County | 10.36 |
| 61 | Stafford County | 10.32 |
| 62 | Sherman County | 10.30 |
| 62 | Washington County | 10.30 |
| 63 | Logan County | 10.27 |
| 64 | Marshall County | 10.18 |
| 65 | Hodgeman County | 10.12 |
| 66 | Edwards County | 10.10 |
| 67 | Clark County | 10.00 |
| 68 | Haskell County | 9.89 |
| 69 | Jackson County | 9.79 |
| 69 | Lane County | 9.79 |
| 70 | Harvey County | 9.78 |
| 71 | Rush County | 9.53 |
| 72 | Butler County | 9.51 |
| 73 | Scott County | 9.46 |
| 74 | Ness County | 9.22 |
| 75 | Graham County | 9.21 |
| 76 | McPherson County | 9.17 |
| 77 | Kingman County | 9.09 |
| 78 | Marion County | 8.98 |
| 79 | Franklin County | 8.80 |
| 80 | Dickinson County | 8.74 |
| 81 | Grant County | 8.65 |
| 82 | Leavenworth County | 8.58 |
| 83 | Smith County | 8.40 |
| 84 | Nemaha County | 8.33 |
| 85 | Pottawatomie County | 8.24 |
| 86 | Meade County | 8.14 |
| 87 | Clay County | 7.86 |
| 88 | Thomas County | 7.67 |
| 89 | Trego County | 7.63 |
| 90 | Hamilton County | 7.43 |
| 91 | Chase County | 6.72 |
| 92 | Norton County | 6.60 |
| 93 | Sheridan County | 6.52 |
| 94 | Gove County | 6.47 |
| 95 | Jefferson County | 6.44 |
| 96 | Comanche County | 6.35 |
| 97 | Wabaunsee County | 6.18 |
| 98 | Miami County | 6.16 |
| 99 | Johnson County | 5.15 |
| 100 | Kiowa County | 5.01 |
| 101 | Rooks County | 4.78 |
| 102 | Gray County | 4.69 |