In 2022, residents of Pottawatomie County received an average of $8,091 per capita in government transfer payments—ranking it seventh lowest in Kansas.
U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann, Marcy Kaptur, and Nikki Budzinski have reintroduced the Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill aimed at prioritizing domestic feedstocks in the production of renewable fuels.