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Counties in Kansas ranked

5.5%of income goes to home energy in Russell County, the highest of 105 Kansas counties

Johnson County is lowest at 1.8%, a gap of 3.1 times. The median Kansas county sits at 3.8%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Kansas: DOE LEAD 2022.

Kansas county map

Kansas counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureLyon County: 3.5%Allen County: 5.1%Ellsworth County: 4.0%Hamilton County: 3.3%Trego County: 2.8%Chase County: 4.5%Reno County: 3.7%Franklin County: 3.8%Ford County: 2.9%Wallace County: 3.9%Bourbon County: 3.9%Coffey County: 3.7%Neosho County: 3.7%Wichita County: 2.5%Brown County: 3.8%Greeley County: 2.6%McPherson County: 3.1%Morris County: 4.2%Thomas County: 3.1%Jackson County: 3.6%Lane County: 4.0%Nemaha County: 4.0%Scott County: 5.4%Barton County: 3.5%Pawnee County: 3.7%Rice County: 3.7%Ellis County: 2.4%Edwards County: 5.0%Grant County: 2.2%Clark County: 3.9%Hodgeman County: 3.9%Pratt County: 4.6%Gray County: 3.1%Sheridan County: 2.7%Saline County: 3.3%Haskell County: 3.2%Crawford County: 3.9%Comanche County: 4.2%Clay County: 4.4%Rooks County: 3.3%Dickinson County: 3.8%Phillips County: 3.2%Anderson County: 3.9%Labette County: 4.1%Harper County: 4.7%Jewell County: 4.8%Osage County: 3.7%Russell County: 5.5%Elk County: 4.7%Graham County: 4.6%Linn County: 4.1%Kearny County: 3.4%Mitchell County: 4.0%Logan County: 2.6%Chautauqua County: 4.5%Geary County: 3.1%Osborne County: 4.3%Meade County: 2.9%Sherman County: 3.4%Finney County: 2.5%Morton County: 3.0%Greenwood County: 3.9%Harvey County: 2.8%Cowley County: 4.0%Wilson County: 4.8%Stanton County: 3.6%Barber County: 4.3%Decatur County: 3.9%Butler County: 3.0%Pottawatomie County: 3.1%Cherokee County: 4.5%Johnson County: 1.8%Kiowa County: 3.9%Rush County: 5.2%Marshall County: 3.8%Marion County: 4.0%Sedgwick County: 2.8%Smith County: 3.9%Leavenworth County: 2.6%Cheyenne County: 3.3%Doniphan County: 4.2%Jefferson County: 3.6%Shawnee County: 2.9%Ottawa County: 4.4%Republic County: 4.9%Miami County: 2.8%Rawlins County: 3.3%Wyandotte County: 3.3%Montgomery County: 3.9%Washington County: 4.2%Lincoln County: 4.6%Seward County: 3.5%Norton County: 3.8%Douglas County: 2.3%Stevens County: 3.6%Riley County: 2.6%Wabaunsee County: 4.0%Ness County: 5.3%Stafford County: 4.2%Woodson County: 4.1%Gove County: 4.1%Kingman County: 5.1%Cloud County: 4.2%Sumner County: 4.4%Atchison County: 4.1%
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Kansas counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Kansas

Russell County leads Kansas on burden at 5.5% of income and Scott County follows at 5.4%. For lower-income homes the top is Ness County: 18.4% of income, against 11.0% in the median Kansas county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Kansas counties

  • Russell County5.5
  • Scott County5.4
  • Ness County5.3
  • Rush County5.2
  • Allen County5.1
  • Kingman County5.1
  • Edwards County5.0
  • Republic County4.9
  • Wilson County4.8
  • Jewell County4.8
  • Kansas median county3.8
Kansas counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in KansasShare of income (KS)Residents (KS)
Johnson County1.8%614,764
Grant County2.2%7,284
Douglas County2.3%119,547
Ellis County2.4%28,870
Wichita County2.5%2,115

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Kansas

NOAA logged 311 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Sherman County from 2015 to 2025, 5,254 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Kansas. FEMA scores Sedgwick County highest at 96.6 (relatively high). In Kansas these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Kansas top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Kansasreports 2015-2025 (KS)Residents (KS)Rank (KS)
Sherman County5,2545,9191st
Scott County3,0575,0712nd
Thomas County2,8947,9133rd
Russell County2,7546,7174th
Norton County2,4675,3925th
Kansas top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Kansasscore 0-100 (KS)Residents (KS)Rank (KS)
Sedgwick County96.6524,8101st
Johnson County94.8614,7642nd
Wyandotte County89.4167,2773rd
Shawnee County88.0178,3154th
Reno County80.261,6935th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Kansas

Sumner County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Kansas: 5.4 from 2015 to 2025, against 1.1 in the median Kansas county. Edwards County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (2.2%, median county 0.3%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Kansas top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Kansasclaims 2015-2025 (KS)Residents (KS)Rank (KS)
Sumner County5.422,3861st
Doniphan County4.17,4922nd
Riley County3.371,7103rd
Butler County3.267,9164th
Wilson County3.18,5595th
Kansas top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Kansas% of homes insured (KS)Residents (KS)Rank (KS)
Edwards County2.2%2,8171st
Riley County1.5%71,7102nd
Ottawa County1.5%5,7823rd
Doniphan County1.5%7,4924th
Shawnee County1.1%178,3155th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Kansas counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Kansas median. Most extreme: Sherman County, storm reports per 100,000 residents 5,254 against a median of 608.

Kansas outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueKansas medianDeviations
Sherman CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents5,254608+9.8
Sumner CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes5.41.1+7.7
Edwards CountyFlood insurance penetration2.2%0.3%+6.6
Doniphan CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes4.11.1+5.4
Scott CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents3,057608+5.2
Thomas CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents2,894608+4.8
Russell CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents2,754608+4.5
Miami CountyHomes heated by electricity48%19%+4.4
Riley CountyFlood insurance penetration1.5%0.3%+4.2
Ottawa CountyFlood insurance penetration1.5%0.3%+4.1

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Kansas

Rush County has the oldest stock: 87% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Miami County at 48% of homes, and Finney County lists 4 utilities, the most in Kansas.

Kansas top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Kansas% of homes (KS)Residents (KS)Rank (KS)
Rush County87%2,9571st
Rooks County87%4,8692nd
Edwards County87%2,8173rd
Republic County87%4,6624th
Osborne County87%3,4735th
Kansas top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Kansas% of homes (KS)Residents (KS)Rank (KS)
Miami County48%34,6251st
Geary County42%35,8952nd
Riley County41%71,7103rd
Linn County38%9,7234th
Cherokee County37%19,2365th

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All 105 Kansas counties, sortable

105 Kansas counties, all measures
Allen County12,4915.1%13.9%52015.372%25%11.20.9%65
Anderson County7,8193.9%11.4%74217.869%20%2no data0.1%58
Atchison County16,2114.1%11.5%20416.069%21%2no data0.2%33
Barber County4,1534.3%13.2%under 5,000 residents40.376%16%3no data0.1%129
Barton County25,2753.5%9.6%64160.378%20%30.70.6%162
Bourbon County14,3843.9%11.0%37535.773%30%2no data0.2%54
Brown County9,4153.8%11.2%48915.373%18%1no data0.0%46
Butler County67,9163.0%10.8%35574.445%29%23.20.5%241
Chase County2,5794.5%12.8%under 5,000 residents9.479%20%1no data0.7%62
Chautauqua County3,3704.5%10.9%under 5,000 residents12.171%20%1no datano data57
Cherokee County19,2364.5%11.7%50953.767%37%22.50.4%98
Cheyenne County2,6283.3%10.0%under 5,000 residents8.486%15%2no data0.1%188
Clark County1,9873.9%12.8%under 5,000 residents7.182%14%3no datano data43
Clay County8,0714.4%11.3%69416.474%23%2no data0.6%56
Cloud County8,9734.2%10.2%1,08120.284%15%2no data0.3%97
Coffey County8,3043.7%11.9%74735.363%21%3no data0.2%62
Comanche County1,6854.2%11.0%under 5,000 residents20.283%13%2no data0.1%43
Cowley County34,4874.0%11.1%48769.169%23%20.60.3%168
Crawford County38,9633.9%10.5%26771.463%31%10.40.4%104
Decatur County2,7463.9%10.9%under 5,000 residents11.385%5%2no data0.0%118
Dickinson County18,4233.8%11.1%60849.178%16%1no data0.5%112
Doniphan County7,4924.2%13.8%34714.065%19%14.11.5%26
Douglas County119,5472.3%6.8%13174.840%33%31.10.7%157
Edwards County2,8175.0%13.4%under 5,000 residents17.687%18%2no data2.2%43
Elk County2,4644.7%12.9%under 5,000 residents14.677%19%2no data0.1%35
Ellis County28,8702.4%7.5%66532.765%25%20.70.9%192
Ellsworth County6,3664.0%12.0%1,49215.275%18%3no data0.4%95
Finney County38,0012.5%7.8%80863.757%23%4no data0.2%307
Ford County34,1332.9%7.8%1,07251.768%18%2no data0.4%366
Franklin County25,9943.8%12.2%30843.756%31%20.90.3%80
Geary County35,8953.1%7.1%30940.641%42%10.60.3%111
Gove County2,7964.1%12.8%under 5,000 residents4.879%14%2no datano data153
Graham County2,4064.6%10.2%under 5,000 residents4.381%11%3no datano data161
Grant County7,2842.2%7.4%1,07113.552%23%1no datano data78
Gray County5,6963.1%9.3%2,38836.759%8%4no data0.1%136
Greeley County1,2962.6%7.5%under 5,000 residents2.081%18%2no datano data88
Greenwood County5,9563.9%11.6%1,51124.574%21%2no data0.0%90
Hamilton County2,4853.3%9.4%under 5,000 residents4.177%12%2no data0.3%93
Harper County5,4464.7%14.2%1,32231.377%14%3no data0.3%72
Harvey County33,8232.8%8.0%36438.962%31%11.81.0%123
Haskell County3,6953.2%9.1%under 5,000 residents15.061%22%4no data0.1%62
Hodgeman County1,6763.9%13.4%under 5,000 residents5.975%15%2no datano data94
Jackson County13,2773.6%10.3%45221.555%17%2no data0.2%60
Jefferson County18,3913.6%12.0%85919.755%19%2no data0.5%158
Jewell County2,9094.8%12.6%under 5,000 residents25.381%9%1no datano data88
Johnson County614,7641.8%8.8%4294.837%28%20.80.3%258
Kearny County3,9103.4%10.7%under 5,000 residents8.463%21%2no data0.5%70
Kingman County7,2845.1%14.8%1,22235.676%15%31.20.6%89
Kiowa County2,4223.9%10.8%under 5,000 residents15.057%23%3no data0.1%53
Labette County19,9494.1%11.0%34166.275%26%41.60.7%68
Lane County1,4974.0%13.1%under 5,000 residents2.366%14%1no datano data74
Leavenworth County82,4932.6%11.0%15066.347%24%31.00.5%124
Lincoln County2,9244.6%13.7%under 5,000 residents13.585%22%3no data0.1%100
Linn County9,7234.1%13.4%55512.249%38%2no data0.2%54
Logan County2,7202.6%8.5%under 5,000 residents7.482%13%2no datano data193
Lyon County32,1453.5%8.7%34847.669%32%10.70.3%112
Marion County11,7954.0%10.7%85638.074%18%20.90.1%101
Marshall County10,0013.8%11.6%1,06021.474%17%1no datano data106
McPherson County30,1303.1%10.1%48839.257%23%40.90.6%147
Meade County3,9492.9%10.4%under 5,000 residents15.681%11%3no datano data75
Miami County34,6252.8%10.7%19143.145%48%10.80.3%66
Mitchell County5,7674.0%13.1%1,54329.876%16%1no data0.1%89
Montgomery County31,1433.9%9.7%39573.477%23%21.50.6%123
Morris County5,3884.2%13.2%66827.472%13%1no datano data36
Morton County2,6473.0%9.1%under 5,000 residents4.782%16%2no datano data156
Nemaha County10,2134.0%12.7%66617.458%18%1no data0.0%68
Neosho County15,7153.7%10.3%41432.572%21%32.50.7%65
Ness County2,6595.3%18.4%under 5,000 residents10.584%8%2no data0.0%69
Norton County5,3923.8%10.9%2,46719.877%16%2no data0.3%133
Osage County15,7803.7%11.1%55835.462%21%3no data0.2%88
Osborne County3,4734.3%12.9%under 5,000 residents21.487%12%3no datano data70
Ottawa County5,7824.4%14.8%1,33216.966%19%12.01.5%77
Pawnee County6,2203.7%9.8%1,09331.678%27%1no data0.6%68
Phillips County4,8743.2%8.5%under 5,000 residents40.586%13%2no datano data117
Pottawatomie County25,8083.1%9.8%37230.947%21%20.70.8%96
Pratt County9,1204.6%13.7%1,09654.877%14%2no data0.3%100
Rawlins County2,5333.3%9.9%under 5,000 residents4.874%8%2no data0.1%194
Reno County61,6933.7%10.1%28980.273%24%41.00.7%178
Republic County4,6624.9%13.4%under 5,000 residents18.987%12%11.20.4%75
Rice County9,3893.7%10.0%98028.583%16%22.10.6%92
Riley County71,7102.6%7.6%15558.545%41%13.31.5%111
Rooks County4,8693.3%8.5%under 5,000 residents14.387%19%3no data0.1%107
Rush County2,9575.2%15.3%under 5,000 residents5.087%9%2no data0.2%52
Russell County6,7175.5%15.2%2,75412.583%14%2no data0.1%185
Saline County53,8013.3%9.4%25766.269%26%20.60.8%138
Scott County5,0715.4%12.4%3,05746.478%22%2no data0.1%155
Sedgwick County524,8102.8%9.4%8196.654%29%10.80.5%427
Seward County21,6403.5%8.8%76242.365%23%4no data0.4%165
Shawnee County178,3152.9%10.1%13988.064%23%21.31.1%247
Sheridan County2,4422.7%10.5%under 5,000 residents6.179%13%3no datano data145
Sherman County5,9193.4%12.6%5,25411.279%12%2no data0.1%311
Smith County3,5793.9%11.2%under 5,000 residents21.285%14%1no datano data86
Stafford County4,0044.2%12.1%under 5,000 residents23.182%13%1no datano data41
Stanton County2,0183.6%12.5%under 5,000 residents9.666%15%1no datano data76
Stevens County5,2123.6%10.1%1,28540.059%13%2no datano data67
Sumner County22,3864.4%13.1%37148.866%21%15.40.9%83
Thomas County7,9133.1%9.3%2,8949.476%14%2no data0.4%229
Trego County2,7782.8%9.2%under 5,000 residents2.780%24%2no datano data79
Wabaunsee County6,9614.0%13.2%1,22114.664%19%2no data0.5%85
Wallace County1,4593.9%11.5%under 5,000 residents1.281%12%2no datano data167
Washington County5,5194.2%11.7%1,35915.680%13%2no data0.1%75
Wichita County2,1152.5%9.6%under 5,000 residents8.285%12%1no datano data96
Wilson County8,5594.8%13.9%50218.067%19%23.10.6%43
Woodson County3,1184.1%10.9%under 5,000 residents7.777%25%2no data0.1%32
Wyandotte County167,2773.3%9.4%5989.474%28%30.60.1%99

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Kansas: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Kansas sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (KS)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (KS)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (KS)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (KS)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (KS)20241 Oct 2026

Kansas LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Kansas county has the highest home energy burden?

Russell County: 5.5% of income, against 3.8% for the median Kansas county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Kansas county has the lowest energy burden?

Johnson County at 1.8% of income.

How does Kansas compare with the whole country?

The median Kansas county has a burden of 3.8% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 105 Kansas counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Kansas?

Sherman County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 5,254 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Kansas county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Sedgwick County: 96.6, rated relatively high by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Kansas?

Rush County: 87% of homes were built before 1980; the median Kansas county is at 74% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Kansas county relies most on electric heat?

Miami County: 48% of homes heat with electricity, against 19% in the median county.

Which Kansas county has the most flood claims per home?

Sumner County: 5.4 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Kansas county has 1.1 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Kansas?

No: in Kansas they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Kansas households get help with bills?

See the Kansas help page. Highest burden: Russell County.

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