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Fastest shrinking, Kansas counties

Kansas counties with the steepest population decline from the 2020 census to 2025. 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

01Edwards County, KSKS2,640-9.2%+3%

02Morton County, KSKS2,470-8.6%−1960%

03Greeley County, KSKS1,182-7.9%−41%

04Scott County, KSKS4,815-6.5%+104%

05Osborne County, KSKS3,285-6.1%−28%

06Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619-6.0%+43%

07Kingman County, KSKS7,029-5.9%−228%

08Wichita County, KSKS2,031-5.6%−32%

09Rooks County, KSKS4,646-5.5%−5%

10Phillips County, KSKS4,728-5.1%−43%

11Rawlins County, KSKS2,431-5.1%−61%

12Stevens County, KSKS4,984-5.1%−162%

13Meade County, KSKS3,852-5.0%−155%

14Haskell County, KSKS3,599-4.8%−144%

15Stanton County, KSKS1,986-4.7%−250%

16Wallace County, KSKS1,441-4.7%+19%

17Clark County, KSKS1,900-4.6%+295%

18Grant County, KSKS7,028-4.4%−142%

19Brown County, KSKS9,104-4.2%+17%

20Lane County, KSKS1,508-4.2%−55%

21Pawnee County, KSKS5,991-4.2%−2%

22Montgomery County, KSKS30,177-4.2%−37%

23Seward County, KSKS21,073-4.1%−120%

24Wilson County, KSKS8,299-3.8%−1002%

25Rush County, KSKS2,845-3.8%−50%

26Logan County, KSKS2,661-3.7%+222%

27Mitchell County, KSKS5,590-3.6%−6%

28Jewell County, KSKS2,830-3.5%−68%

29Barber County, KSKS4,083-3.4%−64%

30Gove County, KSKS2,631-3.2%−37%

31Greenwood County, KSKS5,826-3.2%+42%

32Norton County, KSKS5,288-3.1%−3205%

33Sherman County, KSKS5,763-2.8%+15%

34Barton County, KSKS24,790-2.8%−31%

35Lincoln County, KSKS2,861-2.7%+29%

36Ness County, KSKS2,617-2.6%−82%

37Thomas County, KSKS7,725-2.6%+174%

38Finney County, KSKS37,505-2.5%−111%

39Labette County, KSKS19,685-2.5%−32%

40Trego County, KSKS2,740-2.4%−76%

41Kearny County, KSKS3,888-2.4%−119%

42Cloud County, KSKS8,833-2.2%−68%

43Nemaha County, KSKS10,054-2.1%−182%

44Harper County, KSKS5,370-2.1%−75%

45Ellsworth County, KSKS6,257-1.9%+102%

46Marshall County, KSKS9,852-1.9%−71%

47Graham County, KSKS2,371-1.8%−89%

48Allen County, KSKS12,302-1.8%+3%

49Decatur County, KSKS2,716-1.7%−87%

50Chautauqua County, KSKS3,321-1.7%+58%

51Rice County, KSKS9,266-1.7%−220%

52Saline County, KSKS53,377-1.7%−120%

53Neosho County, KSKS15,637-1.7%+653%

54Stafford County, KSKS4,005-1.6%−85%

55Russell County, KSKS6,581-1.6%−72%

56Marion County, KSKS11,634-1.6%−144%

57Clay County, KSKS7,990-1.6%−57%

58Cherokee County, KSKS19,105-1.3%−123%

59Harvey County, KSKS33,580-1.3%−122%

60Kiowa County, KSKS2,432-1.1%−89%

61Geary County, KSKS36,338-1.1%−87%

62Atchison County, KSKS16,172-1.1%+15%

63Elk County, KSKS2,458-1.0%−49%

64Comanche County, KSKS1,673-0.9%−94%

65Ford County, KSKS33,993-0.9%−105%

66Sheridan County, KSKS2,427-0.8%−89%

67Republic County, KSKS4,640-0.7%−93%

68Hamilton County, KSKS2,500-0.7%−106%

69Morris County, KSKS5,348-0.7%−53%

70Reno County, KSKS61,539-0.6%−115%

71McPherson County, KSKS30,064-0.5%−106%

72Cowley County, KSKS34,382-0.5%−71%

73Osage County, KSKS15,693-0.5%−105%

74Cheyenne County, KSKS2,604-0.5%−81%

75Pratt County, KSKS9,117-0.4%−23%

76Jefferson County, KSKS18,296-0.4%−102%

77Sumner County, KSKS22,312-0.3%−177%

78Bourbon County, KSKS14,319-0.3%−110%

79Shawnee County, KSKS178,607-0.2%−103%

80Smith County, KSKS3,566-0.1%−99%

81Gray County, KSKS5,652-0.0%−100%

82Chase County, KSKS2,5720.0%−100%

83Washington County, KSKS5,533+0.1%−101%

84Crawford County, KSKS39,008+0.1%−99%

85Woodson County, KSKS3,118+0.1%−101%

86Ottawa County, KSKS5,744+0.2%−98%

87Lyon County, KSKS32,266+0.3%−92%

88Ellis County, KSKS29,075+0.5%−92%

89Wyandotte County, KSKS170,597+0.8%−131%

90Riley County, KSKS72,598+0.9%−114%

91Doniphan County, KSKS7,594+1.1%−21%

92Franklin County, KSKS26,299+1.2%−91%

93Dickinson County, KSKS18,637+1.3%−37%

94Coffey County, KSKS8,467+1.3%−77%

95Jackson County, KSKS13,438+1.6%−84%

96Douglas County, KSKS120,920+1.8%−92%

97Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,018+2.1%−52%

98Anderson County, KSKS8,018+2.3%−41%

99Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433+2.8%−77%

100Butler County, KSKS69,484+3.1%−82%

101Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590+3.3%−51%

102Linn County, KSKS9,950+3.7%−77%

103Johnson County, KSKS636,906+4.4%−84%

104Miami County, KSKS36,240+6.0%−71%

105Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,186+7.3%−44%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES