PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
Kansas
Kansas's senior poverty rate is 8.5%, and 29.0% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 105 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
8.5%
Senior poverty (65+)
29.0%
Seniors living alone
31.4%
Senior SNAP take-up
$55,595
Senior median income
Kansas by county
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Kansas at a glance
Seniors in poverty
40K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
8.5%
Ages 65+
Living alone
29.0%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
31.4%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$55,595
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.37
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 105 counties in Kansas.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Stevens 24.0%
- 2 Wichita 19.7%
- 3 Lincoln 18.7%
- 4 Wilson 17.7%
- 5 Doniphan 17.1%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Hodgeman 47.3%
- 2 Lane 46.3%
- 3 Stanton 41.8%
- 4 Decatur 41.4%
- 5 Comanche 41.1%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 Johnson 93K
- 2 Sedgwick 79K
- 3 Shawnee 33K
- 4 Wyandotte 21K
- 5 Douglas 16K
Every county in Kansas
All 105 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | 7.0% | 29.6% | 33.6% | $47,830 | 2,480 | 0.35 |
| Anderson | 8.6% | 25.2% | 38.4% | $49,821 | 1,574 | 0.29 |
| Atchison | 11.1% | 31.6% | 17.0% | $46,117 | 2,756 | 0.49 |
| Barber | 10.5% | 27.3% | 39.0% | $54,152 | 940 | 0.38 |
| Barton | 9.4% | 29.1% | 24.6% | $48,878 | 4,965 | 0.40 |
| Bourbon | 7.9% | 29.7% | 30.8% | $50,000 | 2,678 | 0.38 |
| Brown | 9.0% | 31.0% | 52.8% | $51,090 | 1,973 | 0.43 |
| Butler | 7.2% | 25.4% | 33.4% | $54,041 | 10,276 | 0.26 |
| Chase | 12.4% | 34.4% | 29.5% | $38,750 | 597 | 0.59 |
| Chautauqua | 9.5% | 27.2% | 41.5% | $47,955 | 768 | 0.36 |
| Cherokee | 10.9% | 28.3% | 30.2% | $42,409 | 3,644 | 0.41 |
| Cheyenne | 8.5% | 41.0% | 20.0% | $38,438 | 633 | 0.63 |
| Clark | 12.7% | 24.4% | 43.3% | $50,048 | 426 | 0.37 |
| Clay | 10.3% | 24.2% | 17.0% | $46,493 | 1,902 | 0.31 |
| Cloud | 9.0% | 31.6% | 39.3% | $41,429 | 1,747 | 0.45 |
| Coffey | 10.2% | 27.7% | 22.8% | $52,115 | 1,750 | 0.38 |
| Comanche | 8.2% | 41.1% | 52.4% | $36,522 | 450 | 0.62 |
| Cowley | 7.3% | 31.6% | 33.1% | $48,325 | 6,020 | 0.41 |
| Crawford | 12.7% | 35.0% | 28.9% | $44,155 | 5,690 | 0.61 |
| Decatur | 4.1% | 41.4% | 51.9% | $42,813 | 774 | 0.53 |
| Dickinson | 8.9% | 28.5% | 39.6% | $51,875 | 3,599 | 0.37 |
| Doniphan | 17.1% | 27.9% | 41.5% | $43,194 | 1,389 | 0.55 |
| Douglas | 4.6% | 27.7% | 25.9% | $69,467 | 15,674 | 0.26 |
| Edwards | 12.1% | 32.7% | 64.4% | $50,313 | 585 | 0.54 |
| Elk | 9.5% | 28.8% | 48.4% | $46,618 | 694 | 0.39 |
| Ellis | 13.2% | 31.3% | 25.5% | $44,963 | 4,351 | 0.53 |
| Ellsworth | 5.4% | 29.8% | 37.1% | $54,107 | 1,345 | 0.32 |
| Finney | 11.6% | 25.1% | 33.4% | $52,190 | 4,285 | 0.36 |
| Ford | 9.9% | 32.4% | 24.9% | $43,962 | 3,600 | 0.48 |
| Franklin | 14.1% | 27.2% | 35.0% | $57,259 | 4,444 | 0.46 |
| Geary | 9.8% | 32.9% | 19.0% | $65,833 | 3,024 | 0.49 |
| Gove | 8.6% | 29.6% | 26.5% | $43,309 | 614 | 0.39 |
| Graham | 8.3% | 36.8% | 53.3% | $50,500 | 591 | 0.55 |
| Grant | 3.4% | 15.3% | 0.0% | $55,735 | 918 | 0.01 |
| Gray | 1.6% | 27.9% | 16.3% | $47,045 | 838 | 0.23 |
| Greeley | 4.6% | 25.3% | 55.6% | $83,750 | 217 | 0.20 |
| Greenwood | 11.1% | 30.8% | 29.0% | $45,000 | 1,504 | 0.48 |
| Hamilton | 13.9% | 37.3% | 0.0% | $50,625 | 330 | 0.69 |
| Harper | 10.0% | 29.8% | 54.8% | $42,841 | 1,144 | 0.43 |
| Harvey | 5.1% | 31.3% | 43.3% | $54,319 | 6,505 | 0.35 |
| Haskell | 7.3% | 26.3% | 36.1% | $60,208 | 545 | 0.29 |
| Hodgeman | 4.5% | 47.3% | 18.2% | $55,901 | 331 | 0.53 |
| Jackson | 3.3% | 24.8% | 21.9% | $58,889 | 2,518 | 0.16 |
| Jefferson | 6.6% | 28.1% | 37.6% | $50,357 | 3,414 | 0.31 |
| Jewell | 9.4% | 29.3% | 21.7% | $35,962 | 872 | 0.40 |
| Johnson | 5.7% | 25.8% | 34.4% | $76,388 | 92,600 | 0.24 |
| Kearny | 4.3% | 20.9% | 45.2% | $59,239 | 603 | 0.10 |
| Kingman | 5.8% | 34.9% | 24.8% | $43,615 | 1,342 | 0.45 |
| Kiowa | 4.8% | 26.3% | 24.5% | $57,407 | 500 | 0.23 |
| Labette | 13.2% | 39.5% | 29.7% | $38,728 | 3,819 | 0.72 |
| Lane | 6.3% | 46.3% | 95.0% | $49,263 | 347 | 0.57 |
| Leavenworth | 7.3% | 23.2% | 30.4% | $69,600 | 12,472 | 0.22 |
| Lincoln | 18.7% | 30.4% | 68.7% | $44,722 | 689 | 0.64 |
| Linn | 13.3% | 28.4% | 44.9% | $48,221 | 2,131 | 0.47 |
| Logan | 7.6% | 21.6% | 21.4% | $68,295 | 550 | 0.19 |
| Lyon | 5.5% | 26.8% | 20.4% | $55,688 | 4,871 | 0.26 |
| Marion | 9.8% | 30.4% | 63.5% | $50,063 | 2,562 | 0.44 |
| Marshall | 13.5% | 30.1% | 35.2% | $43,512 | 2,149 | 0.51 |
| McPherson | 6.5% | 23.9% | 38.3% | $59,089 | 5,348 | 0.21 |
| Meade | 5.3% | 37.9% | 39.0% | $56,905 | 608 | 0.50 |
| Miami | 10.6% | 27.4% | 23.2% | $55,732 | 5,843 | 0.39 |
| Mitchell | 10.7% | 23.3% | 20.6% | $48,622 | 1,215 | 0.30 |
| Montgomery | 9.2% | 34.7% | 31.6% | $44,888 | 5,961 | 0.52 |
| Morris | 13.6% | 31.8% | 54.6% | $37,869 | 1,343 | 0.55 |
| Morton | 4.1% | 32.2% | 30.2% | $39,940 | 489 | 0.35 |
| Nemaha | 11.7% | 27.9% | 33.6% | $47,813 | 1,770 | 0.42 |
| Neosho | 13.4% | 30.4% | 31.2% | $43,826 | 3,105 | 0.52 |
| Ness | 7.5% | 17.1% | 12.5% | $57,022 | 614 | 0.10 |
| Norton | 5.0% | 31.0% | 4.0% | $50,670 | 945 | 0.34 |
| Osage | 8.3% | 29.7% | 31.7% | $46,914 | 3,127 | 0.39 |
| Osborne | 14.1% | 36.3% | 44.1% | $44,750 | 845 | 0.67 |
| Ottawa | 11.9% | 24.4% | 36.0% | $55,568 | 1,138 | 0.35 |
| Pawnee | 9.7% | 37.4% | 52.3% | $51,375 | 1,288 | 0.59 |
| Phillips | 9.1% | 34.6% | 47.4% | $39,281 | 1,144 | 0.52 |
| Pottawatomie | 9.3% | 29.3% | 47.0% | $52,845 | 3,708 | 0.40 |
| Pratt | 8.4% | 35.4% | 50.0% | $55,726 | 1,862 | 0.52 |
| Rawlins | 11.1% | 22.7% | 13.1% | $53,194 | 666 | 0.29 |
| Reno | 8.7% | 34.8% | 40.0% | $44,990 | 11,970 | 0.51 |
| Republic | 5.4% | 31.1% | 21.6% | $48,333 | 1,195 | 0.35 |
| Rice | 8.1% | 34.0% | 47.2% | $41,750 | 1,719 | 0.48 |
| Riley | 7.0% | 25.2% | 13.2% | $65,641 | 6,670 | 0.25 |
| Rooks | 7.7% | 33.6% | 45.0% | $52,610 | 1,094 | 0.46 |
| Rush | 7.0% | 36.0% | 30.5% | $51,163 | 686 | 0.50 |
| Russell | 12.3% | 35.2% | 22.1% | $40,099 | 1,652 | 0.60 |
| Saline | 10.3% | 28.9% | 33.2% | $53,265 | 9,555 | 0.41 |
| Scott | 12.0% | 19.9% | 0.0% | $47,255 | 965 | 0.25 |
| Sedgwick | 9.2% | 29.6% | 33.2% | $54,659 | 79,099 | 0.41 |
| Seward | 9.7% | 32.3% | 18.6% | $46,945 | 2,162 | 0.48 |
| Shawnee | 9.1% | 31.8% | 27.4% | $54,712 | 32,599 | 0.45 |
| Sheridan | 9.5% | 29.7% | 26.9% | $52,163 | 538 | 0.41 |
| Sherman | 4.8% | 18.6% | 27.4% | $63,125 | 1,160 | 0.05 |
| Smith | 6.0% | 34.6% | 36.5% | $47,589 | 987 | 0.44 |
| Stafford | 5.8% | 28.7% | 45.2% | $50,486 | 795 | 0.31 |
| Stanton | 1.2% | 41.8% | 11.8% | $69,228 | 249 | 0.50 |
| Stevens | 24.0% | 19.0% | 96.1% | $44,844 | 813 | 0.50 |
| Sumner | 9.1% | 34.8% | 31.1% | $47,718 | 4,035 | 0.52 |
| Thomas | 3.9% | 29.0% | 17.2% | $57,946 | 1,335 | 0.27 |
| Trego | 6.4% | 18.6% | 38.3% | $72,596 | 685 | 0.09 |
| Wabaunsee | 6.5% | 27.7% | 37.2% | $53,918 | 1,410 | 0.30 |
| Wallace | 6.1% | 32.3% | 17.0% | $43,516 | 358 | 0.39 |
| Washington | 7.7% | 32.5% | 23.7% | $48,214 | 1,214 | 0.44 |
| Wichita | 19.7% | 16.8% | 4.3% | $55,156 | 467 | 0.38 |
| Wilson | 17.7% | 28.7% | 47.8% | $37,755 | 1,843 | 0.58 |
| Woodson | 4.4% | 22.9% | 40.0% | $39,069 | 810 | 0.14 |
| Wyandotte | 13.1% | 31.9% | 31.0% | $49,394 | 21,441 | 0.54 |
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