Poverty Rate in Wallace County, KS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.3%
Rank #1,345/3,222 · #68 in KS
58th
Wallace 12.3%
KS 11.3% +8.9%
US 12.6% -2.5%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Wallace County's poverty rate of 12.3% 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 Wallace County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,342 | Hancock County, IL | 12.3% |
| #1,343 | Marshall County, KY | 12.3% |
| #1,344 | St. Lucie County, FL | 12.3% |
| #1,345 | Wallace County, KS | 12.3% |
| #1,346 | McMullen County, TX | 12.3% |
| #1,347 | New Hanover County, NC | 12.3% |
| #1,348 | Newton County, GA | 12.3% |
About Poverty Rate
Wallace County, Kansas has a poverty rate of 12.3%, ranking #1,345 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.5% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Kansas, it ranks #68 of 105. This places it in the 58th 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.