What is the poverty rate in Kansas?
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The poverty rate was about 10.2% of Kansas’s population as of 2025. The poverty rate is the percentage of people whose household income falls below the poverty threshold set by the government. It measures the percentage of people in households that don’t earn enough to pay for basic needs like food, housing, and healthcare. In 2025, 294,700 people in Kansas were considered in poverty.
10.2%
of the population (2025)
295K
people living under the poverty line (2025)
The state's poverty rate was 10.2% in 2025, the lowest based on data from the American Community Survey dating back to 2010. It was 0.7 percentage points lower than the previous year. Kansas's poverty rate hit a peak in 2013 of 14%.
In 2025, 10.2% of Kansas's population were living under the poverty line.
Poverty rate, 2010–2025
While the poverty rate shows the overall trend, the total number matters because many aid programs and funding decisions are based on how many people are in poverty, not just the percentage. In 2025, 294,700 people living in Kansas were in poverty — down 25.1% from the 2013 peak of 393,400.
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In 2025, 294,700 people in Kansas were in poverty.
People living under poverty line, 2010–2025
Poverty doesn’t affect all groups equally. Rates vary widely by demographic group, family type and location.
What is the child poverty rate in Kansas?
From 2015 to 2025, the poverty rate for children under 18 in Kansas decreased from 17.2% to 11.8%. During the same period, the poverty rate for adults under 65 years decreased from 12.7% to 10%. For those older than 65, the poverty rate increased from 7.3% to 9%.
In 2025, 11.8% of children in Kansas were living under the poverty line.
Poverty rate by age group, 2015–2025
How does poverty differ by race in Kansas?
Among racial or ethnic groups in Kansas during 2025, seven had a higher poverty rate than the state’s overall rate: American Indian and Alaska Native; Asian; Black or African American; Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race); Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander; some other race; and two or more races
One had a lower than average poverty rate: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino.
Over the previous ten years, the poverty rate for the two or more races population shifted the most, decreasing from 26.1% in 2015 to 12.1% in 2025.
In Kansas, the poverty rate for the two or more races population decreased from 26.1% in 2015 to 12.1% in 2025.
Poverty rate by race or ethnicity, 2015–2025
What counties in Kansas have the highest and lowest poverty rates?
In 2020–2024, the poverty rate among Kansas counties ranged from 1.5% in Stanton County to 20.6% in Crawford County. The poverty rate in the state’s largest county — Johnson County — was 5.4%
In 2020-2024, the poverty rate among Kansas counties ranged from 1.5% to 20.6%.
Poverty rate
Poverty rate, by county (2024)
| 1. | Crawford County | 20.6% |
| 2. | Riley County | 19.9% |
| 3. | Edwards County | 18.9% |
| 4. | Ellis County | 18.3% |
| 5. | Geary County | 18.0% |
| 6. | Harper County | 17.3% |
| 7. | Cheyenne County | 17.0% |
| 8. | Wichita County | 16.5% |
| 9. | Labette County | 16.0% |
| 10. | Montgomery County | 15.9% |
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