Where does Kansas rank for food access among U.S. states?

According to USDA FARA (2019), Kansas ranks #16 of 50 by population-weighted low-access share.

What share of Kansas has low food access?

26.4% of Kansas residents live in low-access areas (population-weighted) (+4.3 pts vs U.S.), per USDA FARA 2019.

How many food deserts are in Kansas?

139 census tracts in Kansas are USDA food deserts (~241K low-income low-access residents); ~1.32 tracts per county.

What is the SNAP participation rate in Kansas?

Across Kansas, 6.8% of households receive SNAP (ACS 2024) (-5.3 pts vs U.S.) - low tercile among states.

Which county in Kansas has the worst food access?

Clark County has the highest low-access share at 100.0% (~0.3% of statewide low-access residents), with 4.8% SNAP.

Signature · 6.8% SNAP (8th pct among states)

Food access in Kansas

How far Kansas residents live from a supermarket (26.4% low-access), where LILA tracts sit, and SNAP/vehicle context from USDA FARA 2019 + Census ACS 2024.

Compiled by Plainfoodaccess, Food Access Editorial Process · December 31, 2024

26.4%
low-access pop.: 139
food-desert tracts: 6.8%
on SNAP: 105
counties

USDA FARA state access plate

State KS · Kansas

LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · BOOK-MEGA

LA-ELEVATED 26.4% low-access
ABOVE-NATIONAL +4.3 pts vs US
LILA-CLUSTER 139 food-desert tracts
SNAP-LIGHT 6.8% SNAP
VEH-OK 5.1% no vehicle
BOOK-MEGA 105 counties

Nearest low-access peer: Louisiana (+ 0.0 pts)

Kansas's thick county book (105)

Kansas covers 105 counties among 51 states and DC (atlas inventory, not a food-access quality ranking). Orthogonal to the low-access / SNAP charts below.

Kansas vs all states by county count

Where this state's county inventory sits among every tracked jurisdiction

105 6th of 51 higher than 45 of 51 states

Jurisdictions, banded by county inventory

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USDA Food Access Research Atlas / Census county inventory · 2026-06-23

Mid-band statewide picture

About 753K Kansas residents (26.4%) live low-access - #16 of 50, with 139 USDA food-desert tracts.

#16
among states by low-access: 753K
low-access residents: 241K
food-desert residents: 5.1%
households, no vehicle

Population-weighted tract shares. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural from a supermarket.

Where Kansas sits on low-access

Kansas ringed at #16 of 50 by population-weighted low-access. Click any state to compare.

USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context

Signature read: 6.8% SNAP (8th pct among states) (-5.3 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .

Kansas is in the middle third nationally on low-access (26.4% , #16 of 50). SNAP averages 6.8% of households (lower SNAP band) and 5.1% have no vehicle , with 139 LILA tracts. County pressure peaks in Clark County at 100.0%.

Nationwide peers for Kansas's low-access or SNAP share

SNAP-led peer set first for Kansas (6.8%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it.

Similar low-access share

Nearest population-weighted low-access rates (26.4% here).

Louisiana · 26.4% low-access
Mississippi · 26.4% low-access
Hawaii · 26.7% low-access
Arizona · 26.8% low-access

Similar SNAP participation

Nearest household SNAP rates (6.8% here), deduped against the low-access panel.

North Dakota · 6.7% SNAP
New Hampshire · 6.1% SNAP
Idaho · 7.7% SNAP
Minnesota · 7.8% SNAP

Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Floor county_count ≥ 5.

NM

31.7
AZ

26.8
HI

26.7
KS

26.4
LA

26.4
MS

26.4
DC

4.6

Clark

100
Gove

97.4
Chase

93.7
Sherman

78.3
Thomas

67.1
Coffey

59.1
Riley

53.5
Meade

51

All counties in Kansas

County	Population	Low-access	SNAP	No vehicle	Poverty
Clark County	2K	100.0%	4.8%	2.9%	9.9%
Gove County	3K	97.4%	2.7%	1.5%	5.1%
Chase County	3K	93.7%	5.6%	4.9%	8.4%
Sherman County	6K	78.3%	3.5%	3.4%	10.2%
Thomas County	8K	67.1%	3.8%	3.8%	6.5%
Coffey County	8K	59.1%	8.6%	5.2%	10.7%
Riley County	72K	53.5%	6.7%	4.0%	19.9%
Meade County	4K	51.0%	6.5%	4.6%	11.0%
Washington County	6K	50.7%	5.4%	2.4%	9.3%
Greenwood County	6K	48.5%	12.2%	5.6%	13.9%
Franklin County	26K	47.2%	5.7%	3.1%	8.7%
Cherokee County	19K	46.4%	13.1%	4.9%	14.1%
Leavenworth County	83K	45.8%	5.6%	4.8%	8.8%
Gray County	6K	45.5%	2.2%	2.3%	8.5%
Kingman County	7K	42.4%	6.5%	4.8%	10.3%
Wabaunsee County	7K	41.8%	4.6%	2.6%	8.5%
Kiowa County	2K	39.7%	4.3%	2.7%	5.9%
Phillips County	5K	39.2%	6.2%	4.5%	15.4%
Brown County	9K	37.7%	11.6%	4.7%	13.8%
Smith County	4K	37.4%	5.6%	3.9%	7.3%
Geary County	36K	36.9%	9.2%	6.2%	18.0%
Elk County	2K	36.8%	7.3%	7.2%	10.4%
Cloud County	9K	36.7%	5.0%	6.5%	10.0%
Chautauqua County	3K	36.6%	14.0%	4.0%	14.9%
Marshall County	10K	36.6%	3.8%	4.5%	11.3%
Rawlins County	3K	35.7%	9.3%	2.1%	6.8%
Pawnee County	6K	35.0%	2.5%	7.1%	11.5%
Barton County	25K	34.4%	7.0%	4.5%	15.4%
Sheridan County	2K	34.4%	4.1%	2.1%	8.9%
Morris County	5K	33.0%	3.9%	5.9%	12.1%
Wallace County	1K	32.8%	7.2%	1.5%	12.3%
Doniphan County	8K	32.7%	7.5%	2.7%	9.6%
Mitchell County	6K	32.6%	5.1%	7.5%	12.2%
Cheyenne County	3K	32.0%	3.9%	2.9%	17.0%
Pratt County	9K	32.0%	5.1%	5.5%	12.3%
Hodgeman County	2K	31.9%	4.3%	3.6%	6.3%
Russell County	7K	31.7%	15.2%	2.9%	14.7%
Lincoln County	3K	31.6%	6.6%	2.9%	11.3%
Ellsworth County	6K	31.3%	6.7%	3.0%	10.4%
Clay County	8K	30.8%	7.2%	6.8%	13.4%
Nemaha County	10K	30.6%	3.3%	4.3%	9.3%
Stevens County	5K	30.5%	0.6%	3.6%	14.2%
Crawford County	39K	30.1%	11.9%	7.5%	20.6%
Rush County	3K	29.8%	6.3%	3.6%	11.1%
Reno County	62K	29.1%	8.3%	4.8%	12.5%
Wyandotte County	168K	28.9%	12.0%	6.9%	15.8%
Atchison County	16K	28.7%	10.9%	7.7%	13.0%
Cowley County	34K	28.5%	11.6%	7.0%	14.3%
Decatur County	3K	27.9%	5.1%	3.8%	12.7%
Sedgwick County	528K	27.7%	9.3%	5.7%	13.9%
Bourbon County	14K	27.5%	7.8%	4.2%	13.6%
McPherson County	30K	27.0%	2.7%	2.9%	9.5%
Butler County	68K	26.9%	6.5%	4.0%	8.5%
Ness County	3K	26.8%	3.3%	2.2%	11.2%
Jewell County	3K	26.7%	4.7%	1.8%	10.6%
Morton County	3K	26.1%	8.1%	2.6%	14.8%
Harper County	5K	25.8%	9.8%	4.6%	17.3%
Miami County	35K	25.7%	2.3%	2.2%	7.9%
Ottawa County	6K	25.7%	7.4%	3.3%	10.4%
Rice County	9K	25.5%	7.2%	3.8%	7.7%
Republic County	5K	25.4%	4.5%	5.5%	10.6%
Stafford County	4K	25.4%	3.3%	2.0%	10.5%
Montgomery County	31K	24.5%	11.7%	6.8%	15.9%
Scott County	5K	24.4%	9.0%	3.2%	6.5%
Labette County	20K	24.2%	9.3%	5.3%	16.0%
Ford County	34K	23.9%	7.4%	4.2%	14.0%
Shawnee County	178K	23.8%	9.0%	7.4%	12.7%
Marion County	12K	23.7%	6.1%	3.5%	9.2%
Osborne County	3K	23.1%	8.2%	2.3%	8.4%
Lane County	1K	22.3%	2.8%	1.6%	7.0%
Norton County	5K	22.3%	8.1%	2.5%	7.2%
Graham County	2K	22.2%	6.2%	3.4%	14.8%
Douglas County	120K	22.1%	5.3%	7.5%	14.7%
Finney County	38K	21.9%	11.4%	5.5%	11.1%
Grant County	7K	21.7%	1.4%	5.1%	9.3%
Ellis County	29K	21.4%	6.0%	3.8%	18.3%
Haskell County	4K	20.4%	2.7%	3.4%	11.2%
Jackson County	13K	20.0%	6.9%	6.1%	6.1%
Saline County	54K	20.0%	8.9%	7.0%	11.9%
Johnson County	621K	19.4%	2.0%	3.5%	5.4%
Wilson County	9K	19.4%	10.0%	5.6%	15.5%
Woodson County	3K	18.6%	7.4%	5.7%	12.4%
Anderson County	8K	18.5%	5.2%	7.2%	11.0%
Logan County	3K	18.2%	7.9%	4.7%	15.0%
Trego County	3K	18.0%	5.3%	2.6%	5.5%
Comanche County	2K	17.8%	7.5%	3.4%	9.2%
Lyon County	32K	17.5%	6.5%	5.7%	14.6%
Linn County	10K	16.0%	8.3%	5.0%	8.4%
Edwards County	3K	15.7%	4.5%	6.1%	18.9%
Seward County	21K	15.6%	9.8%	9.6%	12.2%
Hamilton County	2K	15.5%	2.9%	1.7%	7.0%
Allen County	12K	15.4%	9.3%	7.7%	9.9%
Rooks County	5K	14.5%	3.6%	6.4%	5.5%
Neosho County	16K	14.4%	9.7%	4.6%	13.1%
Osage County	16K	14.1%	7.2%	3.0%	9.7%
Dickinson County	18K	14.0%	5.7%	4.7%	8.1%
Greeley County	1K	13.8%	2.0%	4.4%	7.1%
Sumner County	22K	13.6%	9.9%	6.2%	10.6%
Barber County	4K	11.5%	2.8%	3.3%	11.8%
Wichita County	2K	11.5%	5.7%	4.4%	16.5%
Pottawatomie County	26K	10.5%	4.4%	1.7%	6.7%
Stanton County	2K	10.5%	4.9%	6.8%	1.5%
Kearny County	4K	8.8%	5.5%	2.0%	4.5%
Harvey County	34K	4.1%	5.7%	4.5%	8.2%
Jefferson County	18K	1.1%	3.0%	4.2%	5.6%

Source: USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + U.S. Census Bureau ACS (2024 5-year). Sorted by low-access share, highest first.

Figures from USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and Census ACS 2024 5-year. Compiled 2026-06-23. Methodology · All states.

PlainFoodAccess renders this state summary directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Statewide figures for Kansas are population-weighted aggregates of county Atlas and ACS records. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.