Poverty Rate in Morton County, KS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.8%
Rank #1,909/3,222 · #88 in KS
41th
Morton 14.8%
KS 11.3% +30.9%
US 12.6% +17.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Morton County's poverty rate of 14.8% 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 Morton County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,906 | Wood County, WV | 14.7% |
| #1,907 | Cherokee County, AL | 14.8% |
| #1,908 | Crawford County, IA | 14.8% |
| #1,909 | Morton County, KS | 14.8% |
| #1,910 | San Patricio County, TX | 14.8% |
| #1,911 | Adams County, ND | 14.8% |
| #1,912 | Humphreys County, TN | 14.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Morton County, Kansas has a poverty rate of 14.8%, ranking #1,909 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 17.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Kansas, it ranks #88 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.