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Fastest growing, Kansas counties · 2020

Kansas counties ranked by population growth from the 2010 census to 2020. This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,186+17.3%+34%

02Johnson County, KSKS636,906+12.1%−55%

03Wyandotte County, KSKS170,597+7.5%−394%

04Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590+7.4%+11%

05Douglas County, KSKS120,920+7.2%−68%

06Geary County, KSKS36,338+6.9%−184%

07Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433+5.1%−58%

08Finney County, KSKS37,505+4.6%−80%

09Scott County, KSKS4,815+4.4%−236%

10Miami County, KSKS36,240+4.3%−79%

11McPherson County, KSKS30,064+3.6%−57%

12Greeley County, KSKS1,182+3.0%−122%

13Butler County, KSKS69,484+2.3%−87%

14Wallace County, KSKS1,441+1.8%−146%

15Ellis County, KSKS29,075+1.7%−71%

16Rawlins County, KSKS2,431+1.7%−113%

17Ford County, KSKS33,993+1.3%−93%

18Riley County, KSKS72,598+1.2%−119%

19Nemaha County, KSKS10,054+0.9%−64%

20Gove County, KSKS2,631+0.9%−117%

21Shawnee County, KSKS178,607+0.5%−90%

22Thomas County, KSKS7,725+0.4%−140%

23Logan County, KSKS2,661+0.2%−119%

24Kearny County, KSKS3,888+0.2%−99%

25Franklin County, KSKS26,299+0.0%−100%

26Crawford County, KSKS39,008-0.4%−106%

27Linn County, KSKS9,950-0.7%−104%

28Marshall County, KSKS9,852-0.8%−88%

29Sherman County, KSKS5,763-1.4%−42%

30Jackson County, KSKS13,438-1.7%−117%

31Ellsworth County, KSKS6,257-1.9%+101%

32Harvey County, KSKS33,580-1.9%−132%

33Saline County, KSKS53,377-2.3%−127%

34Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,018-2.5%−158%

35Coffey County, KSKS8,467-2.8%−151%

36Osage County, KSKS15,693-3.2%−134%

37Anderson County, KSKS8,018-3.3%−183%

38Atchison County, KSKS16,172-3.4%+265%

39Kiowa County, KSKS2,432-3.6%−65%

40Wichita County, KSKS2,031-3.7%−55%

41Neosho County, KSKS15,637-3.7%+1551%

42Norton County, KSKS5,288-3.7%−3805%

43Jefferson County, KSKS18,296-4.0%−125%

44Russell County, KSKS6,581-4.0%−33%

45Cheyenne County, KSKS2,604-4.0%+68%

46Reno County, KSKS61,539-4.1%−205%

47Sheridan County, KSKS2,427-4.3%−44%

48Edwards County, KSKS2,640-4.3%−52%

49Seward County, KSKS21,073-4.3%−121%

50Lyon County, KSKS32,266-4.5%−229%

51Washington County, KSKS5,533-4.6%−44%

52Jewell County, KSKS2,830-4.7%−56%

53Brown County, KSKS9,104-4.8%+31%

54Cowley County, KSKS34,382-4.9%+187%

55Clay County, KSKS7,990-4.9%+33%

56Kingman County, KSKS7,029-4.9%−207%

57Rooks County, KSKS4,646-5.1%−14%

58Pratt County, KSKS9,117-5.2%+812%

59Cloud County, KSKS8,833-5.3%−23%

60Bourbon County, KSKS14,319-5.4%−294%

61Doniphan County, KSKS7,594-5.5%−487%

62Ottawa County, KSKS5,744-5.8%−162%

63Woodson County, KSKS3,118-5.9%−26%

64Gray County, KSKS5,652-5.9%−162%

65Grant County, KSKS7,028-6.1%−158%

66Republic County, KSKS4,640-6.1%−38%

67Allen County, KSKS12,302-6.3%+266%

68Hamilton County, KSKS2,500-6.4%−154%

69Trego County, KSKS2,740-6.4%−37%

70Rice County, KSKS9,266-6.5%−557%

71Labette County, KSKS19,685-6.6%+82%

72Marion County, KSKS11,634-6.6%−280%

73Decatur County, KSKS2,716-6.7%−51%

74Stanton County, KSKS1,986-6.8%−316%

75Dickinson County, KSKS18,637-6.8%−436%

76Graham County, KSKS2,371-7.0%−58%

77Sumner County, KSKS22,312-7.3%−1885%

78Smith County, KSKS3,566-7.3%−31%

79Chase County, KSKS2,572-7.8%−2723%

80Barton County, KSKS24,790-7.9%+97%

81Chautauqua County, KSKS3,321-7.9%+626%

82Stafford County, KSKS4,005-8.2%−23%

83Stevens County, KSKS4,984-8.3%−201%

84Wilson County, KSKS8,299-8.3%−2096%

85Mitchell County, KSKS5,590-9.1%+141%

86Morris County, KSKS5,348-9.1%+498%

87Harper County, KSKS5,370-9.1%+10%

88Osborne County, KSKS3,285-9.3%+9%

89Lincoln County, KSKS2,861-9.3%+354%

90Lane County, KSKS1,508-10.1%+9%

91Greenwood County, KSKS5,826-10.1%+354%

92Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619-10.1%+138%

93Clark County, KSKS1,900-10.1%+773%

94Pawnee County, KSKS5,991-10.3%+142%

95Cherokee County, KSKS19,105-10.4%−280%

96Rush County, KSKS2,845-10.6%+40%

97Comanche County, KSKS1,673-10.7%−29%

98Haskell County, KSKS3,599-11.2%−203%

99Montgomery County, KSKS30,177-11.2%+70%

100Meade County, KSKS3,852-11.4%−226%

101Phillips County, KSKS4,728-11.7%+31%

102Barber County, KSKS4,083-13.0%+35%

103Ness County, KSKS2,617-13.5%−6%

104Elk County, KSKS2,458-13.8%+598%

105Morton County, KSKS2,470-16.5%−3679%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS