Kansas Statistical Abstract 2001 - Institute for Policy & Social ...

Estimates of Related Children Age 5-17
in Families in Poverty for Counties in Kansas
1995, 1997, 1998
1995 1997 1998
County Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Logan 78 12.2 97 16.5 83 14.3
Lyon 992 14.6 1,099 16.8 1,115 16.8
McPherson 423 7.5 430 7.9 519 9.3
Marion 242 10.1 310 12.9 307 12.6
Marshall 276 12.5 378 17.8 333 15.6
Meade 80 8.6 102 11.2 98 10.7
Miami 518 9.7 610 11.3 555 9.9
Mitchell 131 9.5 162 12.2 166 12.3
Montgomery 1,354 18.9 1,448 21.0 1,394 20.2
Morris 176 14.6 179 15.4 174 14.8
Morton 120 15.1 132 16.6 128 15.8
Nemaha 260 11.5 279 12.9 293 13.4
Neosho 548 16.7 567 17.7 610 19.0
Ness 72 9.3 91 12.4 91 12.5
Norton 132 13.5 162 16.9 150 15.9
Osage 383 10.8 457 12.8 484 13.4
Osborne 121 15.0 151 18.5 147 18.3
Ottawa 103 9.0 132 11.4 129 10.9
Pawnee 168 12.2 224 17.2 205 15.8
Phillips 113 9.7 169 15.2 188 17.0
Pottawatomie 378 9.6 464 11.5 459 11.1
Pratt 221 11.3 285 15.1 276 14.8
Rawlins 82 12.1 100 16.3 108 18.5
Reno 1,702 14.4 1,871 16.3 1,823 15.6
Republic 152 14.2 189 17.8 190 18.0
Rice 344 17.1 342 17.4 342 17.7
Riley 1,479 15.2 1,509 16.3 1,241 13.4
Rooks 157 13.3 198 17.7 198 17.8
Rush 90 14.6 97 17.2 110 19.6
Russell 216 15.5 242 18.5 247 18.9
Saline 1,381 13.6 1,475 15.2 1,412 14.4
Scott 86 7.7 117 10.1 120 10.4
Sedgwick 12,951 15.0 12,743 14.7 11,552 13.1
Seward 836 18.0 881 19.4 810 17.6
Shawnee 4,443 14.1 4,671 14.9 4,614 14.6
Sheridan 61 10.0 82 14.4 79 14.1
Sherman 216 16.3 273 22.1 253 20.5
Smith 121 14.5 132 17.0 136 17.4
Stafford 149 15.4 191 19.8 202 20.9
Stanton 68 12.5 70 13.9 75 14.9
Stevens 171 13.8 189 15.5 172 13.9
Sumner 633 10.7 700 11.9 651 11.0
Thomas 223 12.7 251 15.1 242 14.6
Trego 75 10.5 87 13.0 96 14.5
Wabaunsee 130 9.5 133 10.0 122 9.2
Wallace 57 14.4 70 17.9 76 19.9
Washington 183 14.2 204 16.3 199 16.0
Wichita 73 11.5 102 17.2 103 17.5
Wilson 362 17.4 416 20.7 401 19.7
Woodson 127 17.1 157 21.5 148 20.4
Wyandotte 8,069 25.5 7,685 24.8 7,066 22.7
Kansas 65,999 13.0 71,575 14.2 68,613 13.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program, February 1999,
November 2000, December 2001. Web site: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/stcty/b98_20.htm