Poverty Rate in Jefferson County, KS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.6%
Rank #87/3,222 · #7 in KS
97th
Jefferson 5.6%
KS 11.3% -50.0%
US 12.6% -55.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Jefferson County's poverty rate of 5.6% 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 Jefferson County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #84 | Lincoln County, SD | 5.6% |
| #85 | Fayette County, GA | 5.6% |
| #86 | Logan County, NE | 5.6% |
| #87 | Jefferson County, KS | 5.6% |
| #88 | Anne Arundel County, MD | 5.6% |
| #89 | Roberts County, TX | 5.6% |
| #90 | Hyde County, SD | 5.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Jefferson County, Kansas has a poverty rate of 5.6%, ranking #87 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 55.2% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Kansas, it ranks #7 of 105. This places it in the 97th 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.