# Counties in Kansas by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

All 105 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `child_poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/kansas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chautauqua County | 24.8 |
| 2 | Bourbon County | 22.5 |
| 3 | Elk County | 21.6 |
| 4 | Montgomery County | 21 |
| 5 | Labette County | 20.9 |
| 5 | Woodson County | 20.9 |
| 7 | Jewell County | 20.5 |
| 8 | Wyandotte County | 20.2 |
| 9 | Allen County | 19.8 |
| 9 | Greenwood County | 19.8 |
| 11 | Cherokee County | 19.5 |
| 12 | Neosho County | 19.1 |
| 13 | Rush County | 19 |
| 14 | Wallace County | 18.6 |
| 15 | Harper County | 18.3 |
| 16 | Russell County | 18.2 |
| 17 | Crawford County | 18 |
| 18 | Cheyenne County | 17.9 |
| 18 | Edwards County | 17.9 |
| 20 | Barton County | 17.8 |
| 21 | Morton County | 17.7 |
| 22 | Grant County | 17.6 |
| 23 | Cowley County | 17.4 |
| 24 | Decatur County | 17.3 |
| 25 | Clark County | 17.2 |
| 26 | Ford County | 17.1 |
| 27 | Comanche County | 16.9 |
| 27 | Hamilton County | 16.9 |
| 29 | Seward County | 16.7 |
| 30 | Anderson County | 16.6 |
| 30 | Cloud County | 16.6 |
| 30 | Geary County | 16.6 |
| 33 | Shawnee County | 16.4 |
| 34 | Stafford County | 16.2 |
| 35 | Gove County | 15.9 |
| 35 | Sherman County | 15.9 |
| 37 | Finney County | 15.6 |
| 38 | Sedgwick County | 15.5 |
| 38 | Wilson County | 15.5 |
| 40 | Phillips County | 15.3 |
| 41 | Atchison County | 15.2 |
| 41 | Brown County | 15.2 |
| 41 | Morris County | 15.2 |
| 44 | Linn County | 15 |
| 45 | Rawlins County | 14.9 |
| 46 | Norton County | 14.7 |
| 46 | Pratt County | 14.7 |
| 48 | Barber County | 14.6 |
| 49 | Haskell County | 14.4 |
| 49 | Republic County | 14.4 |
| 51 | Kingman County | 14.2 |
| 51 | Ness County | 14.2 |
| 53 | Lane County | 14.1 |
| 53 | Lincoln County | 14.1 |
| 55 | Chase County | 14 |
| 55 | Rice County | 14 |
| 57 | Meade County | 13.9 |
| 57 | Osborne County | 13.9 |
| 57 | Stanton County | 13.9 |
| 60 | Kearny County | 13.8 |
| 60 | Logan County | 13.8 |
| 60 | Mitchell County | 13.8 |
| 63 | Sumner County | 13.7 |
| 64 | Graham County | 13.4 |
| 65 | Lyon County | 13.3 |
| 65 | Reno County | 13.3 |
| 67 | Osage County | 13.1 |
| 68 | Ellsworth County | 12.9 |
| 68 | Stevens County | 12.9 |
| 70 | Kiowa County | 12.8 |
| 71 | Washington County | 12.7 |
| 72 | Pawnee County | 12.6 |
| 73 | Greeley County | 12.2 |
| 73 | Riley County | 12.2 |
| 75 | Coffey County | 12.1 |
| 75 | Doniphan County | 12.1 |
| 75 | Smith County | 12.1 |
| 78 | Sheridan County | 12 |
| 78 | Trego County | 12 |
| 80 | Clay County | 11.9 |
| 81 | Dickinson County | 11.8 |
| 81 | Saline County | 11.8 |
| 83 | Marshall County | 11.7 |
| 83 | Rooks County | 11.7 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 11.1 |
| 85 | Marion County | 11.1 |
| 87 | Franklin County | 10.4 |
| 88 | Ottawa County | 10.3 |
| 89 | Douglas County | 10.2 |
| 89 | Wichita County | 10.2 |
| 91 | Ellis County | 9.8 |
| 91 | Harvey County | 9.8 |
| 93 | Wabaunsee County | 9.6 |
| 94 | Gray County | 9.5 |
| 95 | Hodgeman County | 9.4 |
| 96 | Leavenworth County | 9.3 |
| 97 | Butler County | 8.8 |
| 98 | Jefferson County | 8.4 |
| 98 | McPherson County | 8.4 |
| 98 | Thomas County | 8.4 |
| 101 | Nemaha County | 8.3 |
| 102 | Scott County | 8.2 |
| 103 | Miami County | 7.2 |
| 103 | Pottawatomie County | 7.2 |
| 105 | Johnson County | 5.8 |