Poverty Rate in Atchison County, KS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.0%
Rank #1,520/3,222 · #74 in KS
53th
Atchison 13.0%
KS 11.3% +15.0%
US 12.6% +3.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Atchison County's poverty rate of 13.0% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Atchison County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,517 | McMinn County, TN | 13.0% |
| #1,518 | Erie County, OH | 13.0% |
| #1,519 | Furnas County, NE | 13.0% |
| #1,520 | Atchison County, KS | 13.0% |
| #1,521 | Linn County, OR | 13.0% |
| #1,522 | Grant County, WI | 13.0% |
| #1,523 | Ellis County, OK | 13.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Atchison County, Kansas has a poverty rate of 13.0%, ranking #1,520 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 3.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kansas, it ranks #74 of 105. This places it in the 53th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.