Poverty Rate in Rooks County, KS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.5%
Rank #77/3,222 · #6 in KS
98th
Rooks 5.5%
KS 11.3% -51.0%
US 12.6% -56.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Rooks County's poverty rate of 5.5% 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 Rooks County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #74 | Haines Borough, AK | 5.4% |
| #75 | Putnam County, OH | 5.5% |
| #76 | Trego County, KS | 5.5% |
| #77 | Rooks County, KS | 5.5% |
| #78 | Sussex County, NJ | 5.5% |
| #79 | York County, VA | 5.6% |
| #80 | Powell County, MT | 5.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Rooks County, Kansas has a poverty rate of 5.5%, ranking #77 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 56.1% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Kansas, it ranks #6 of 105. This places it in the 98th 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.