Poverty Rate in Brown County, KS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
13.8%
Rank #1,699/3,222 · #78 in KS
47th
Brown 13.8%
KS 11.3% +22.0%
US 12.6% +9.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Brown County's poverty rate of 13.8% 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 Brown County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,696 | Craig County, VA | 13.7% |
| #1,697 | Williamson County, IL | 13.8% |
| #1,698 | Richland County, OH | 13.8% |
| #1,699 | Brown County, KS | 13.8% |
| #1,700 | Page County, IA | 13.8% |
| #1,701 | Preston County, WV | 13.8% |
| #1,702 | Green Lake County, WI | 13.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Brown County, Kansas has a poverty rate of 13.8%, ranking #1,699 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 9.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kansas, it ranks #78 of 105. This places it in the 47th 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.