Poverty Rate in Douglas County, KS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.7%
Rank #1,902/3,222 · #87 in KS
41th
Douglas 14.7%
KS 11.3% +30.5%
US 12.6% +16.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Douglas County's poverty rate of 14.7% 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 Douglas County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,899 | Daviess County, KY | 14.7% |
| #1,900 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 14.7% |
| #1,901 | Hot Springs County, WY | 14.7% |
| #1,902 | Douglas County, KS | 14.7% |
| #1,903 | Perry County, OH | 14.7% |
| #1,904 | Henderson County, TX | 14.7% |
| #1,905 | Santa Barbara County, CA | 14.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Douglas County, Kansas has a poverty rate of 14.7%, ranking #1,902 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 16.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kansas, it ranks #87 of 105. This places it in the 41th 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.