Opportunity Zones in Kansas

Kansas has 74 designated opportunity zones, including 70 low-income communities, plus 4 non-low-income contiguous tracts.

Urban vs. Rural

Kansas gave some preference to their rural areas when nominating opportunity zones. Statewide, just 38 percent of Kansas’ census tracts are located in rural areas, but 57 percent of their opportunity zones are rural.

Kansas Opportunity Zones Map

Analysis of Kansas’s Opportunity Zones

Data Source: Urban Institute

Kansas Counties & Cities

List of counties in Kansas: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Logan, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Neosho, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, Woodson, Wyandotte

List of top 150 U.S. cities located in Kansas: Wichita, Overland Park

Census tracts designated as opportunity zones in Kansas

Website: Kansas Department of Commerce