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Allen County, Kansas

Quick Facts

2015 Population: 13,081
Median Household Income: $38,698
Poverty Rate: 18.0%
Unemployment Rate: 5.9%

Key Findings

Allen County is a rural county with a very small and declining population. Allen County is the only county in the region to experience a decline in employment and an increase in the unemployment rate from 2014 to 2015. The poverty rate held steady at 18 percent, second highest among the 11 counties studied, and the county's median household income is significantly lower than the national average. On a positive note, the percentage of uninsured residents is on the decline, down to 11.8 percent from 12.7 percent in 2014. The percent of Hispanics without insurance is dramatically lower than other counties, at 4.5 percent; nationally, the average for Hispanics without insurance is 25.8 percent. The ratio of persons per physician or dentist are high, but much lower than other rural counties in the region. Allen County is one of only two counties in the region to see a decline in its population over age 65 since 2000.

Information presented in this county profile is the most currently available as of September 2017.

County Data

Leading Causes of Death
Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 people, 2015. Source: KIC

	Allen Co.	Kansas
Heart disease	238.9	158.0
Cancer	144.8	164.3
Chronic lower resp. diseases	45.4*	49.7
Other respiratory disease	32.1*	12.0
Stroke	30.9*	38.5
Diabetes	29.9*	20.2
Alzheimer's disease	24.0*	23.4
Kidney disease	19.5*	16.8
Perinatal conditions	10.3*	3.8
Chronic liver disease	8.8*	9.6

* Sample size too small to ensure accuracy

Access to Care, 2016

	Ratio of Primary Care Physicians per person — 1: 2,150

	Ratio of Dentists per person — 1: 2,400

	Ratio of Mental Health Providers per person — 1: 780
	Source: County Health Rankings

Health Indicator Trends

Trends for selected health indicators by county from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's County Health Rankings website.