Poverty Rate in Butler County, KS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.5%
Rank #477/3,222 · #29 in KS
85th
Butler 8.5%
KS 11.3% -24.2%
US 12.6% -32.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Butler County's poverty rate of 8.5% 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 Butler County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #474 | Cumberland County, VA | 8.5% |
| #475 | Sheboygan County, WI | 8.5% |
| #476 | Oneida County, WI | 8.5% |
| #477 | Butler County, KS | 8.5% |
| #478 | Mono County, CA | 8.6% |
| #479 | Yellow Medicine County, MN | 8.6% |
| #480 | Schuyler County, MO | 8.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Butler County, Kansas has a poverty rate of 8.5%, ranking #477 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 32.2% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Kansas, it ranks #29 of 105. This places it in the 85th 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.