Best counties in Kansas

Ranked by composite score — 105 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Nemaha County	75.4	74.8	83.9	33.9
2	Wallace County	74.8	59	87.9	22.7
3	Lane County	74.5	61.9	90.9	18
4	Trego County	73.8	61.3	86.4	31.3
5	Kiowa County	73.1	69.7	84.6	31.2
6	Gove County	72.5	64.9	84.3	24.6
7	Wabaunsee County	72.5	66.4	80	29.4
8	Doniphan County	72.2	69.6	81.4	30.9
9	Washington County	72.1	61.2	88	24.2
10	Marshall County	71.7	66.3	85	29.6
11	Sheridan County	71.7	59.1	85.1	29.1
12	Linn County	71.5	71.5	82.8	22
13	Thomas County	71.5	65.1	81.3	31.4
14	Brown County	71.1	67.2	86.3	21.8
15	Pottawatomie County	71	71.1	73.3	40.6
16	Jefferson County	70.8	66.4	77.4	33.9
17	Atchison County	70.6	65.4	82.1	24
18	Smith County	70.5	55.8	87.7	20.6
19	Lincoln County	70.4	58.8	86.5	18.3
20	Greeley County	70.3	48.5	81.6	34.8
21	Chase County	70.1	57.4	85	19
22	Norton County	70.1	60.3	86.6	16.2
23	Osborne County	70.1	56.9	89.1	22.2
24	Cheyenne County	69.9	62.8	85.7	19.8
25	Jackson County	69.9	68.8	77.1	30.8
26	Ellsworth County	69.7	59.6	83.6	27
27	Republic County	69.7	54.5	88.3	18.4
28	Rawlins County	69.6	55.6	83.3	25.8
29	Coffey County	69.5	69.6	80.8	27.4
30	Wilson County	69.5	63.5	83.9	20.6
31	Clay County	69.2	63.5	78.8	24.6
32	Ottawa County	69.1	56.8	80.8	33.5
33	Grant County	69	65.5	81.4	30.7
34	Wichita County	68.7	61	84.3	29.9
35	Graham County	68.6	53.6	84.5	17.9
36	Rice County	68.5	58.7	84.3	25.1
37	Woodson County	68.4	51.3	88.9	14.8
38	Rooks County	68.3	52.5	85.8	23.6
39	Decatur County	68.2	51.8	87.2	17.4
40	Ellis County	68.2	67.9	75.4	22.5
41	Stafford County	68.2	58.5	86.3	25
42	Allen County	68	55.8	85.5	21
43	Chautauqua County	67.8	57.3	86.6	19
44	McPherson County	67.7	62.9	76.2	34.1
45	Neosho County	67.7	60.6	84.5	19.8
46	Anderson County	67.6	59.3	81	25.8
47	Meade County	67.6	59.4	82.4	32.3
48	Morris County	67.6	58.8	83.2	20.4
49	Greenwood County	67.5	56	86.1	21.4
50	Russell County	67.5	53	83	18.6
51	Hodgeman County	67.4	52.6	82.1	24.6
52	Jewell County	67.3	46.9	89.5	17.6
53	Sherman County	67.2	58	79.8	25.5
54	Logan County	67.1	51.2	80.9	30
55	Kearny County	67	67.8	74	31.8
56	Rush County	67	48.9	86.9	22.7
57	Clark County	66.9	44.5	83.9	26.2
58	Cloud County	66.9	52	84.2	20.8
59	Hamilton County	66.8	58.1	82.9	23.8
60	Haskell County	66.7	61.8	80.6	28.5
61	Miami County	66.7	67.8	66.5	40.8
62	Cherokee County	66.6	67.8	83.6	21.4
63	Dickinson County	66.6	62.1	80.1	27.8
64	Gray County	66.6	62.6	80	34.2
65	Phillips County	66.6	54.5	86.9	23.4
66	Marion County	66.5	53.7	83.6	24.8
67	Elk County	66.4	46.3	90.5	20
68	Edwards County	66.1	57.5	87.5	18.5
69	Harvey County	66.1	61.4	76.4	31.2
70	Ness County	65.9	47	86.4	26.5
71	Morton County	65.8	44.8	86.5	26.2
72	Pawnee County	65.8	51.9	81.4	24.9
73	Osage County	65.7	57.3	78.7	29.2
74	Bourbon County	65.6	55.3	82.8	27.5
75	Barber County	65.4	55.5	84.5	21
76	Mitchell County	65.4	48.8	83.8	21.4
77	Crawford County	65.2	70.7	81	16.2
78	Franklin County	65.2	61.2	72.9	30.5
79	Harper County	64.8	52.1	85.7	19.6
80	Saline County	64.4	64.9	76.9	24.7
81	Comanche County	64.3	38	86	15.7
82	Leavenworth County	64.2	68.4	66.1	40.1
83	Labette County	63.7	56.5	85	19.6
84	Lyon County	63.5	57.3	79	22
85	Pratt County	63.5	52.7	81.1	25.4
86	Stanton County	63.5	32.8	87.4	29.3
87	Sumner County	63.3	54.3	80	22.8
88	Barton County	63.2	55.5	83.4	20.4
89	Scott County	63.1	59.2	77.9	27.6
90	Butler County	62.8	61.2	72	35.8
91	Douglas County	62.5	67.2	67.4	28.3
92	Riley County	62.4	61.9	70.2	22.3
93	Kingman County	62.2	52.1	82.2	22.4
94	Johnson County	62	69.8	55.9	53.4
95	Cowley County	61.8	54.9	80.8	21.4
96	Geary County	61.4	59	69.7	20.8
97	Sedgwick County	61.3	67.7	74	27.6
98	Shawnee County	61.2	61	75.2	26.5
99	Ford County	61.1	55.9	78.3	29.4
100	Seward County	61.1	54.9	78.3	24
101	Stevens County	61.1	51.7	79.8	23.8
102	Montgomery County	60.9	54.6	83.4	18.1
103	Reno County	60.7	53.2	79.2	22.9
104	Finney County	60.3	62	74	30.7
105	Wyandotte County	56.8	61	72.9	22.9