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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%−0.3 pts

02Morton County, KSKS2,470-8.6%−9.0 pts

03Greeley County, KSKS1,182-7.9%+5.6 pts

04Scott County, KSKS4,815-6.5%−3.3 pts

05Osborne County, KSKS3,285-6.1%+2.4 pts

06Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619-6.0%−1.8 pts

07Kingman County, KSKS7,029-5.9%−10.5 pts

08Wichita County, KSKS2,031-5.6%+2.6 pts

09Rooks County, KSKS4,646-5.5%+0.3 pts

10Phillips County, KSKS4,728-5.1%+3.9 pts

11Rawlins County, KSKS2,431-5.1%+7.8 pts

12Stevens County, KSKS4,984-5.1%−13.3 pts

13Meade County, KSKS3,852-5.0%−14.0 pts

14Haskell County, KSKS3,599-4.8%−15.6 pts

15Stanton County, KSKS1,986-4.7%−7.8 pts

16Wallace County, KSKS1,441-4.7%−0.7 pts

17Clark County, KSKS1,900-4.6%−3.4 pts

18Grant County, KSKS7,028-4.4%−14.9 pts

19Brown County, KSKS9,104-4.2%−0.6 pts

20Lane County, KSKS1,508-4.2%+5.1 pts

21Pawnee County, KSKS5,991-4.2%+0.1 pts

22Montgomery County, KSKS30,177-4.2%+2.4 pts

23Seward County, KSKS21,073-4.1%−24.2 pts

24Wilson County, KSKS8,299-3.8%−4.2 pts

25Rush County, KSKS2,845-3.8%+3.8 pts

26Logan County, KSKS2,661-3.7%−2.5 pts

27Mitchell County, KSKS5,590-3.6%+0.2 pts

28Jewell County, KSKS2,830-3.5%+7.3 pts

29Barber County, KSKS4,083-3.4%+6.2 pts

30Gove County, KSKS2,631-3.2%+1.8 pts

31Greenwood County, KSKS5,826-3.2%−0.9 pts

32Norton County, KSKS5,288-3.1%−3.2 pts

33Sherman County, KSKS5,763-2.8%−0.4 pts

34Barton County, KSKS24,790-2.8%+1.2 pts

35Lincoln County, KSKS2,861-2.7%−0.6 pts

36Ness County, KSKS2,617-2.6%+11.8 pts

37Thomas County, KSKS7,725-2.6%−1.6 pts

38Finney County, KSKS37,505-2.5%−25.0 pts

39Labette County, KSKS19,685-2.5%+1.1 pts

40Trego County, KSKS2,740-2.4%+7.7 pts

41Kearny County, KSKS3,888-2.4%−14.9 pts

42Cloud County, KSKS8,833-2.2%+4.6 pts

43Nemaha County, KSKS10,054-2.1%−4.7 pts

44Harper County, KSKS5,370-2.1%+6.2 pts

45Ellsworth County, KSKS6,257-1.9%−0.9 pts

46Marshall County, KSKS9,852-1.9%+4.5 pts

47Graham County, KSKS2,371-1.8%+15.0 pts

48Allen County, KSKS12,302-1.8%−0.1 pts

49Decatur County, KSKS2,716-1.7%+11.9 pts

50Chautauqua County, KSKS3,321-1.7%−0.6 pts

51Rice County, KSKS9,266-1.7%−3.1 pts

52Saline County, KSKS53,377-1.7%−10.4 pts

53Neosho County, KSKS15,637-1.7%−1.5 pts

54Stafford County, KSKS4,005-1.6%+9.1 pts

55Russell County, KSKS6,581-1.6%+4.3 pts

56Marion County, KSKS11,634-1.6%−5.3 pts

57Clay County, KSKS7,990-1.6%+2.1 pts

58Cherokee County, KSKS19,105-1.3%−7.1 pts

59Harvey County, KSKS33,580-1.3%−7.2 pts

60Kiowa County, KSKS2,432-1.1%+9.3 pts

61Geary County, KSKS36,338-1.1%+7.1 pts

62Atchison County, KSKS16,172-1.1%−0.1 pts

63Elk County, KSKS2,458-1.0%+1.0 pts

64Comanche County, KSKS1,673-0.9%+14.0 pts

65Ford County, KSKS33,993-0.9%−19.0 pts

66Sheridan County, KSKS2,427-0.8%+6.7 pts

67Republic County, KSKS4,640-0.7%+9.3 pts

68Hamilton County, KSKS2,500-0.7%−12.5 pts

69Morris County, KSKS5,348-0.7%+0.8 pts

70Reno County, KSKS61,539-0.6%−4.4 pts

71McPherson County, KSKS30,064-0.5%−8.9 pts

72Cowley County, KSKS34,382-0.5%+1.2 pts

73Osage County, KSKS15,693-0.5%−10.1 pts

74Cheyenne County, KSKS2,604-0.5%+1.9 pts

75Pratt County, KSKS9,117-0.4%+0.1 pts

76Jefferson County, KSKS18,296-0.4%−16.2 pts

77Sumner County, KSKS22,312-0.3%−0.7 pts

78Bourbon County, KSKS14,319-0.3%−3.0 pts

79Shawnee County, KSKS178,607-0.2%−5.7 pts

80Smith County, KSKS3,566-0.1%+10.6 pts

81Gray County, KSKS5,652-0.0%−9.4 pts

82Chase County, KSKS2,5720.0%−0.3 pts

83Washington County, KSKS5,533+0.1%+8.4 pts

84Crawford County, KSKS39,008+0.1%−7.4 pts

85Woodson County, KSKS3,118+0.1%+8.1 pts

86Ottawa County, KSKS5,744+0.2%−9.2 pts

87Lyon County, KSKS32,266+0.3%−3.2 pts

88Ellis County, KSKS29,075+0.5%−5.3 pts

89Wyandotte County, KSKS170,597+0.8%+3.3 pts

90Riley County, KSKS72,598+0.9%+7.3 pts

91Doniphan County, KSKS7,594+1.1%−0.3 pts

92Franklin County, KSKS26,299+1.2%−11.5 pts

93Dickinson County, KSKS18,637+1.3%−0.8 pts

94Coffey County, KSKS8,467+1.3%−4.2 pts

95Jackson County, KSKS13,438+1.6%−8.3 pts

96Douglas County, KSKS120,920+1.8%−20.4 pts

97Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,018+2.1%−2.2 pts

98Anderson County, KSKS8,018+2.3%−1.6 pts

99Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433+2.8%−9.4 pts

100Butler County, KSKS69,484+3.1%−14.5 pts

101Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590+3.3%−3.4 pts

102Linn County, KSKS9,950+3.7%−12.2 pts

103Johnson County, KSKS636,906+4.4%−22.6 pts

104Miami County, KSKS36,240+6.0%−14.8 pts

105Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,186+7.3%−5.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES