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

Estimates of People Under Age 18 in Poverty
for Kansas Counties, 1995, 1997, 1998
1995 1997 1998
County Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Logan 122 14.4 139 17.5 117 15.2
Lyon 1,535 16.2 1,653 17.8 1,607 17.2
McPherson 677 9.0 597 8.1 785 10.4
Marion 398 12.7 454 14.1 448 13.9
Marshall 441 14.7 571 19.5 486 16.6
Meade 126 10.1 134 10.8 143 11.5
Miami 792 11.0 896 12.2 756 10.0
Mitchell 211 11.6 226 12.8 232 13.0
Montgomery 2,147 22.1 2,216 23.2 2,012 21.2
Morris 265 16.6 244 15.6 243 15.4
Morton 174 16.6 168 15.9 176 16.4
Nemaha 393 12.9 365 12.3 419 14.1
Neosho 842 19.1 831 19.0 831 19.1
Ness 109 11.0 117 12.3 121 12.9
Norton 220 16.9 238 18.5 223 17.6
Osage 591 12.7 665 13.9 676 14.1
Osborne 177 16.0 206 18.0 190 17.0
Ottawa 171 11.4 199 12.8 215 13.7
Pawnee 249 13.7 317 18.1 263 15.2
Phillips 187 12.0 253 16.8 273 18.3
Pottawatomie 610 11.4 697 12.5 713 12.5
Pratt 337 13.2 419 16.7 373 15.1
Rawlins 127 14.6 137 17.1 148 19.4
Reno 2,716 16.8 2,946 18.5 2,733 17.0
Republic 230 16.1 262 18.3 254 17.9
Rice 519 18.9 466 17.2 473 17.8
Riley 2,203 15.1 1,888 13.4 1,579 11.3
Rooks 243 15.3 278 18.1 272 18.0
Rush 136 16.6 141 18.6 153 20.4
Russell 320 17.7 340 19.7 319 18.6
Saline 2,154 15.5 2,196 16.2 2,087 15.4
Scott 127 8.4 160 10.1 159 10.2
Sedgwick 21,101 17.2 21,223 17.0 19,269 15.2
Seward 1,347 20.5 1,326 20.1 1,205 18.2
Shawnee 6,894 16.0 7,312 16.7 6,918 15.8
Sheridan 104 12.9 110 14.4 114 15.3
Sherman 327 17.9 380 21.9 327 19.0
Smith 181 16.7 173 16.8 174 17.0
Stafford 236 17.6 277 20.4 263 19.4
Stanton 105 13.6 86 11.8 99 13.8
Stevens 253 14.8 256 15.0 227 13.2
Sumner 945 12.0 1,021 12.8 865 10.8
Thomas 346 14.5 341 14.9 326 14.4
Trego 108 11.8 112 12.9 118 13.8
Wabaunsee 203 11.2 178 9.9 166 9.3
Wallace 88 16.6 91 17.1 106 20.3
Washington 268 16.1 274 16.7 253 15.5
Wichita 114 13.3 144 17.5 132 16.3
Wilson 538 19.8 598 22.3 528 19.5
Woodson 183 18.8 221 22.8 177 18.4
Wyandotte 12,616 28.7 12,028 27.6 10,570 24.4
Kansas 104,574 14.9 109,324 15.4 102,867 14.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program, February 1999,
December 2000, December 2001. Web site: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/stcty/d98_20.htm.