US Census Data

Highest poverty rate in Kansas

Kansas counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Kansas by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Riley County leads at 22.0%.

Among cities & places, Beaver leads at 100.0%.

Counties

Top 100.
#NamePoverty rate
1Riley County22.0%
2Crawford County20.8%
3Geary County19.3%
4Ellis County17.7%
5Barber County17.6%
6Wyandotte County17.5%
7Cheyenne County17.4%
8Chautauqua County16.9%
9Elk County16.7%
10Edwards County16.4%
11Wichita County16.3%
12Montgomery County16.3%
13Labette County16.1%
14Wilson County15.8%
15Neosho County15.4%
16Russell County15.3%
17Stevens County15.3%
18Harper County15.3%
19Douglas County15.2%
20Lyon County15.2%
21Greenwood County14.9%
22Morton County14.8%
23Barton County14.7%
24Republic County14.6%
25Ford County14.4%
26Brown County14.2%
27Sedgwick County14.0%
28Cowley County13.9%
29Phillips County13.8%
30Logan County13.2%
31Allen County13.1%
32Cherokee County13.1%
33Seward County13.0%
34Decatur County13.0%
35Clay County12.9%
36Stanton County12.9%
37Wallace County12.8%
38Jewell County12.8%
39Atchison County12.8%
40Morris County12.8%
41Mitchell County12.5%
42Osborne County12.5%
43Reno County12.4%
44Shawnee County12.4%
45Saline County12.3%
46Woodson County12.3%
47Ottawa County12.1%
48Lincoln County11.9%
49Bourbon County11.8%
50Finney County11.7%
51Rush County11.4%
52Ness County11.4%
53Graham County11.3%
54Pawnee County11.2%
55Comanche County11.2%
56Osage County11.0%
57Anderson County10.9%
58Stafford County10.8%
59Haskell County10.8%
60Sumner County10.8%
61Linn County10.7%
62Chase County10.5%
63Sheridan County10.4%
64Cloud County10.2%
65Rawlins County10.1%
66Marion County10.0%
67Sherman County10.0%
68Greeley County10.0%
69Doniphan County9.8%
70Franklin County9.6%
71Coffey County9.6%
72Pratt County9.5%
73Clark County9.4%
74Kingman County9.4%
75Marshall County9.4%
76Jackson County9.1%
77McPherson County9.1%
78Butler County9.0%
79Scott County8.8%
80Dickinson County8.8%
81Leavenworth County8.6%
82Norton County8.5%
83Ellsworth County8.5%
84Lane County8.1%
85Washington County8.1%
86Harvey County8.0%
87Smith County7.8%
88Nemaha County7.7%
89Rice County7.4%
90Pottawatomie County7.1%
91Wabaunsee County7.1%
92Gray County6.9%
93Thomas County6.9%
94Miami County6.7%
95Meade County6.6%
96Jefferson County6.3%
97Kearny County6.1%
98Hodgeman County6.0%
99Kiowa County5.7%
100Trego County5.5%

Cities & places

Top 100.
#NamePoverty rate
1Beaver100.0%
2Roxbury100.0%
3Silverdale100.0%
4Latimer83.3%
5Elmdale79.5%
6Falun74.2%
7Farlington73.5%
8Latham69.2%
9Murdock64.1%
10Parkerville63.2%
11Hunnewell61.9%
12Goff53.3%
13Matfield Green53.3%
14Catharine50.0%
15Centropolis50.0%
16New Albany50.0%
17Powhattan46.1%
18Kincaid44.9%
19Lost Springs44.9%
20Manchester44.2%
21Kickapoo Tribal Center43.5%
22Hepler43.2%
23Bartlett42.9%
24Elsmore42.6%
25Clayton42.1%
26Fontana41.7%
27Waldron41.7%
28Preston40.9%
29Leona40.8%
30Culver40.5%
31Abbyville40.0%
32Arlington38.7%
33Logan38.5%
34Chetopa38.4%
35Kickapoo Site 738.0%
36Cullison37.3%
37Sycamore37.2%
38Severance37.0%
39Hope36.5%
40Everest36.4%
41Oneida36.1%
42Coyville35.8%
43Blue Mound35.7%
44Lewis35.4%
45Arcadia35.4%
46Raymond34.9%
47Tyro34.6%
48Walnut33.9%
49Randall33.7%
50Penalosa33.3%
51Franklin33.0%
52Mulberry31.7%
53Burns31.3%
54Wilroads Gardens30.8%
55Neal30.3%
56Niotaze30.0%
57Stark30.0%
58Redfield29.9%
59McCune29.9%
60Wilmore29.7%
61Pittsburg29.4%
62Munden29.2%
63Colony28.7%
64Thayer28.6%
65Englewood28.6%
66Bunker Hill28.4%
67Monument28.4%
68Agra28.4%
69Pawnee Rock28.3%
70Brownell27.8%
71Wallace27.8%
72Oaklawn-Sunview27.7%
73Bronson27.3%
74Toronto27.2%
75Bendena27.1%
76Moline26.7%
77Elk City26.7%
78Havana26.5%
79Eureka26.5%
80Lancaster26.1%
81Manhattan26.1%
82Horton26.0%
83Narka25.8%
84Kickapoo Site 125.8%
85Bird City25.7%
86Lenora25.6%
87Alta Vista25.4%
88Humboldt25.1%
89Greenwich25.0%
90Hazelton25.0%
91Oketo24.8%
92Hunter24.6%
93Bison24.4%
94Alden24.3%
95Cawker City24.2%
96Sedan24.2%
97Danville24.1%
98Coffeyville23.9%
99Palmer23.9%
100Sylvan Grove23.6%

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