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Leavenworth County, Kansas

Quick Facts

2015 Population: 78,227
Median Household Income: $63,726
Poverty Rate: 11.4%
Unemployment Rate: 4.4%

Key Findings

Leavenworth County saw a slight increase in total population from 2014 to 2015 and, like many other counties, has a growing older adult population. Leavenworth County’s population is more diverse than some of the other rural counties, with just over 20 percent of residents non-white. This is likely due to the presence of the Fort Leavenworth military base and federal prison. The county's poverty rate rose from 10.8 percent in 2014 to 11.4 percent in 2015, and employment fell slightly. Median household incomes are higher than average, and the rate of uninsured residents continues to decline, standing at 7.8 percent in 2015 compared to 13 percent nationally. Cancer and heart disease are the leading causes of death in Leavenworth County. The ratio of persons per physician and dentist are higher than urban counties in the region, but compare favorably to other outlying counties.

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

	Leavenworth Co.	Kansas
Cancer	184.5	164.3
Heart disease	155.7	158.0
Chronic lower resp. diseases	44.5	49.7
Alzheimer's disease	36.7	23.4
Stroke	34.0	38.5
Other respiratory disease	20.8*	12.0
Kidney disease	20.0*	16.8
Suicide	17.0*	16.3
Diabetes	15.6*	20.2
Septicemia	12.3*	11.1

* Sample size too small to ensure accuracy

Access to Care, 2016

	Ratio of Primary Care Physicians per person — 1: 2,320

	Ratio of Dentists per person — 1: 2,480

	Ratio of Mental Health Providers per person — 1: 520
	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.