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PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report

SNAP Benefits in
Kansas

Kansas had an overall SNAP participation rate of 7.0% across 105 counties, with a coverage gap of 48.7% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.

7.0%

SNAP participation

48.7%

Poverty coverage gap

81K

SNAP households

$72,639

Median income

Toggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within Kansas. Hover a county for its exact rate.

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Kansas at a glance

SNAP households

81K

Est. from ACS receipt rate

Participation rate

7.0%

All households

Poverty coverage

51.3%

Below-poverty HH on SNAP

Senior SNAP use

31.4%

HH with a 60+ member

Disability SNAP use

52.9%

HH with a disability

Working-poor share

48.6%

SNAP HH above poverty

County-level hotspots

Five-county rankings across 105 counties in Kansas.

Widest coverage gap

% of poor HH not enrolled

  1. 1 Hamilton 100.0%
  2. 2 Haskell 100.0%
  3. 3 Lane 100.0%
  4. 4 Scott 100.0%
  5. 5 Stevens 97.8%

Strongest coverage

% of poor HH enrolled

  1. 1 Stanton 92.7%
  2. 2 Kearny 65.4%
  3. 3 Osborne 52.3%
  4. 4 Norton 49.5%
  5. 5 Wallace 47.3%

Highest SNAP use

% of all HH on SNAP

  1. 1 Greenwood 14.7%
  2. 2 Russell 13.9%
  3. 3 Cherokee 12.8%
  4. 4 Wyandotte 12.8%
  5. 5 Chautauqua 12.5%

Every county in Kansas

All 105 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.

County SNAP rate Coverage Gap Senior Disability Working-poor Median income
Allen 11.3% 46.6% 53.4% 33.6% 69.4% 48.9% $57,618
Anderson 6.8% 27.3% 72.7% 38.4% 53.6% 54.5% $64,925
Atchison 10.7% 38.0% 62.0% 17.0% 25.3% 50.2% $62,164
Barber 3.3% 15.8% 84.2% 39.0% 55.9% 30.5% $57,615
Barton 6.4% 20.8% 79.2% 24.6% 45.5% 52.7% $56,733
Bourbon 10.3% 39.9% 60.1% 30.8% 59.4% 50.5% $67,555
Brown 11.6% 45.8% 54.2% 52.8% 63.5% 44.2% $58,886
Butler 6.9% 43.1% 56.9% 33.4% 50.0% 37.0% $80,375
Chase 5.3% 17.6% 82.4% 29.5% 52.5% 63.9% $54,518
Chautauqua 12.5% 32.6% 67.3% 41.5% 52.4% 61.0% $54,592
Cherokee 12.8% 40.5% 59.5% 30.2% 65.9% 52.5% $58,274
Cheyenne 3.4% 22.6% 77.4% 20.0% 67.5% 10.0% $55,765
Clark 3.7% 14.8% 85.2% 43.3% 80.0% 60.0% $65,515
Clay 6.1% 23.3% 76.7% 17.0% 22.4% 54.7% $63,136
Cloud 5.3% 31.5% 68.5% 39.3% 67.3% 43.4% $57,333
Coffey 8.1% 39.5% 60.6% 22.8% 63.3% 55.4% $67,377
Comanche 5.1% 31.9% 68.1% 52.4% 69.0% 30.9% $49,417
Cowley 10.2% 34.1% 66.0% 33.1% 57.1% 52.2% $58,263
Crawford 12.3% 40.4% 59.6% 28.9% 58.9% 29.1% $50,311
Decatur 3.9% 16.4% 83.6% 51.9% 70.4% 61.1% $52,030
Dickinson 5.5% 22.4% 77.5% 39.6% 65.4% 59.3% $67,982
Doniphan 6.0% 32.2% 67.8% 41.5% 50.9% 34.0% $72,833
Douglas 5.3% 16.2% 83.8% 25.9% 56.6% 50.8% $68,756
Edwards 5.0% 21.1% 79.0% 64.4% 39.0% 25.4% $53,792
Elk 8.5% 28.9% 71.1% 48.4% 65.9% 40.7% $56,087
Ellis 5.5% 18.3% 81.8% 25.5% 53.9% 35.8% $59,889
Ellsworth 5.0% 35.9% 64.1% 37.1% 47.4% 40.5% $66,792
Finney 11.9% 45.7% 54.3% 33.4% 46.8% 52.4% $72,437
Ford 6.9% 28.8% 71.2% 24.9% 47.1% 48.2% $70,495
Franklin 6.8% 31.4% 68.6% 35.0% 55.8% 51.8% $72,142
Geary 9.1% 33.6% 66.4% 19.0% 38.9% 40.2% $57,344
Gove 2.9% 4.5% 95.5% 26.5% 23.5% 88.2% $63,203
Graham 5.1% 28.7% 71.3% 53.3% 36.7% 23.3% $52,909
Grant 2.0% 13.2% 86.8% 0.0% 53.2% 53.2% $72,484
Gray 2.1% 23.7% 76.3% 16.3% 4.7% 46.5% $77,885
Greeley 1.7% 6.7% 93.3% 55.6% 100.0% 66.7% $78,819
Greenwood 14.7% 47.0% 53.0% 29.0% 55.4% 47.5% $58,276
Hamilton 2.7% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% $61,929
Harper 11.4% 28.7% 71.3% 54.8% 40.1% 62.3% $55,417
Harvey 5.5% 33.6% 66.5% 43.3% 60.5% 44.5% $73,269
Haskell 2.6% 0.0% 100.0% 36.1% 27.8% 100.0% $69,138
Hodgeman 3.3% 27.3% 72.7% 18.2% 18.2% 45.5% $63,125
Jackson 5.4% 40.0% 60.0% 21.9% 67.9% 32.5% $72,703
Jefferson 3.1% 15.0% 85.0% 37.6% 57.6% 62.5% $77,393
Jewell 5.4% 26.8% 73.2% 21.7% 47.8% 50.7% $52,344
Johnson 2.1% 15.6% 84.4% 34.4% 54.4% 57.8% $107,261
Kearny 8.4% 65.4% 34.6% 45.2% 25.2% 53.9% $74,135
Kingman 6.8% 40.0% 60.0% 24.8% 77.6% 47.6% $59,819
Kiowa 5.6% 30.4% 69.6% 24.5% 54.7% 67.9% $73,214
Labette 10.2% 39.4% 60.6% 29.7% 77.1% 44.9% $55,439
Lane 2.8% 0.0% 100.0% 95.0% 100.0% 100.0% $53,042
Leavenworth 5.4% 25.2% 74.8% 30.4% 56.8% 58.9% $86,906
Lincoln 6.8% 21.3% 78.6% 68.7% 59.0% 54.2% $53,546
Linn 7.8% 31.1% 68.9% 44.9% 61.1% 47.9% $59,200
Logan 9.5% 38.3% 61.7% 21.4% 53.8% 45.3% $71,389
Lyon 6.4% 18.4% 81.6% 20.4% 52.8% 58.8% $59,078
Marion 6.3% 20.3% 79.7% 63.5% 52.4% 68.2% $63,438
Marshall 5.6% 28.4% 71.6% 35.2% 67.0% 39.6% $70,828
McPherson 2.4% 15.2% 84.8% 38.3% 62.4% 42.5% $77,701
Meade 5.5% 23.3% 76.7% 39.0% 41.5% 63.4% $74,868
Miami 3.0% 15.3% 84.7% 23.2% 74.1% 59.5% $88,000
Mitchell 6.0% 37.1% 62.9% 20.6% 75.5% 34.8% $58,233
Montgomery 11.3% 39.4% 60.6% 31.6% 64.1% 41.1% $53,242
Morris 4.3% 17.9% 82.1% 54.6% 67.6% 45.4% $56,716
Morton 6.6% 27.3% 72.7% 30.2% 54.0% 33.3% $65,625
Nemaha 3.2% 14.2% 85.8% 33.6% 26.6% 68.0% $77,375
Neosho 10.4% 36.3% 63.7% 31.2% 59.7% 41.0% $55,704
Ness 3.4% 33.3% 66.7% 12.5% 25.0% 17.5% $66,107
Norton 9.2% 49.5% 50.5% 4.0% 56.3% 47.7% $50,305
Osage 8.8% 37.4% 62.6% 31.7% 63.2% 51.2% $70,216
Osborne 10.0% 52.3% 47.7% 44.1% 40.4% 36.0% $59,408
Ottawa 8.3% 32.1% 67.9% 36.0% 22.8% 49.8% $76,755
Pawnee 3.6% 23.8% 76.1% 52.3% 56.8% 29.5% $63,625
Phillips 7.9% 32.9% 67.1% 47.4% 45.7% 51.4% $61,235
Pottawatomie 4.3% 18.6% 81.4% 47.0% 41.1% 63.0% $87,694
Pratt 5.7% 26.9% 73.1% 50.0% 77.5% 45.5% $64,348
Rawlins 11.7% 29.5% 70.5% 13.1% 37.2% 73.7% $65,000
Reno 8.1% 28.8% 71.2% 40.0% 56.0% 54.0% $60,498
Republic 3.7% 16.4% 83.6% 21.6% 41.9% 52.7% $53,611
Rice 5.8% 23.3% 76.7% 47.2% 27.1% 60.3% $63,947
Riley 7.6% 19.0% 81.0% 13.2% 53.9% 43.2% $59,560
Rooks 5.1% 15.8% 84.2% 45.0% 61.5% 76.1% $61,596
Rush 5.9% 33.1% 66.9% 30.5% 52.4% 35.4% $60,288
Russell 13.9% 34.8% 65.2% 22.1% 53.3% 58.8% $53,902
Saline 8.8% 36.3% 63.7% 33.2% 48.2% 36.8% $63,316
Scott 5.5% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 45.8% 100.0% $67,788
Sedgwick 9.7% 37.7% 62.3% 33.2% 52.5% 48.3% $67,675
Seward 10.3% 28.8% 71.2% 18.6% 39.6% 65.3% $62,269
Shawnee 8.7% 36.0% 64.0% 27.4% 49.9% 49.5% $66,043
Sheridan 2.5% 21.5% 78.5% 26.9% 26.9% 23.1% $70,000
Sherman 4.5% 33.5% 66.5% 27.4% 72.6% 14.1% $64,444
Smith 4.7% 27.7% 72.3% 36.5% 40.5% 51.3% $57,024
Stafford 3.9% 12.0% 88.0% 45.2% 46.8% 67.7% $63,786
Stanton 6.2% 92.7% 7.3% 11.8% 11.8% 25.5% $70,361
Stevens 2.9% 2.2% 97.8% 96.1% 84.3% 92.2% $61,909
Sumner 9.6% 36.4% 63.6% 31.1% 56.9% 52.8% $60,348
Thomas 4.1% 16.8% 83.2% 17.2% 42.2% 55.5% $73,575
Trego 6.0% 30.1% 69.9% 38.3% 33.3% 69.1% $73,375
Wabaunsee 5.2% 33.2% 66.8% 37.2% 55.5% 47.4% $70,536
Wallace 7.1% 47.3% 52.7% 17.0% 74.5% 25.5% $60,263
Washington 5.0% 19.2% 80.8% 23.7% 32.2% 66.1% $62,452
Wichita 5.2% 21.3% 78.7% 4.3% 100.0% 30.4% $71,282
Wilson 8.3% 33.3% 66.7% 47.8% 48.1% 42.7% $57,056
Woodson 8.6% 38.5% 61.5% 40.0% 46.7% 45.7% $48,152
Wyandotte 12.8% 41.4% 58.6% 31.0% 48.3% 45.2% $60,582

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