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Most densely populated, Kansas counties

Kansas counties ranked by residents per square mile (2025). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 8.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Johnson County, KSKS636,9061,345+41%

02Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5971,125+8%

03Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433540+19%

04Shawnee County, KSKS178,607328+5%

05Douglas County, KSKS120,920265+21%

06Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590183+23%

07Riley County, KSKS72,598119+16%

08Geary County, KSKS36,33894+30%

09Saline County, KSKS53,377740%

10Crawford County, KSKS39,00866+2%

11▲1Miami County, KSKS36,24063+28%

12▼1Harvey County, KSKS33,58062+2%

13Reno County, KSKS61,53949−5%

14▲1Butler County, KSKS69,48449+17%

15▼1Montgomery County, KSKS30,17747−17%

16Franklin County, KSKS26,29946+6%

17Lyon County, KSKS32,26638−10%

18Atchison County, KSKS16,17238−4%

19Jefferson County, KSKS18,29634−1%

20▲1McPherson County, KSKS30,06433+2%

21▼1Seward County, KSKS21,07333−6%

22Cherokee County, KSKS19,10533−15%

23▲4Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18632+49%

24▼1Ellis County, KSKS29,07532+6%

25Ford County, KSKS33,99331+5%

26Cowley County, KSKS34,38231−5%

27▼3Labette County, KSKS19,68531−14%

28Finney County, KSKS37,50529−7%

29Barton County, KSKS24,79028−12%

30Neosho County, KSKS15,63727−8%

31Allen County, KSKS12,30225−14%

32Bourbon County, KSKS14,31923−7%

33Osage County, KSKS15,69322−6%

34Dickinson County, KSKS18,63722−4%

35Jackson County, KSKS13,43820+6%

36Doniphan County, KSKS7,59419−8%

37Sumner County, KSKS22,31219−14%

38▲1Linn County, KSKS9,95017+4%

39▼1Brown County, KSKS9,10416−15%

40Wilson County, KSKS8,29915−20%

41Nemaha County, KSKS10,05414−6%

42Anderson County, KSKS8,01814−1%

43Coffey County, KSKS8,46714−4%

44Rice County, KSKS9,26613−14%

45▲4Pratt County, KSKS9,11712−5%

46▲1Clay County, KSKS7,99012−9%

47▼1Cloud County, KSKS8,83312−14%

48Marion County, KSKS11,63412−13%

49▼4Grant County, KSKS7,02812−11%

50Marshall County, KSKS9,85211−10%

51▲1Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189+2%

52▼1Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579−4%

53Kingman County, KSKS7,0298−19%

54▲2Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448−7%

55Mitchell County, KSKS5,5908−19%

56▼2Pawnee County, KSKS5,9918−17%

57Morris County, KSKS5,3488−12%

58Russell County, KSKS6,5817−11%

59Thomas County, KSKS7,7257−6%

60Stevens County, KSKS4,9847−9%

61Scott County, KSKS4,8157−6%

62Harper County, KSKS5,3707−18%

63▲2Gray County, KSKS5,6527−4%

64Republic County, KSKS4,6406−20%

65▲1Woodson County, KSKS3,1186−18%

66▼3Haskell County, KSKS3,5996−16%

67▲1Washington County, KSKS5,5336−15%

68▼1Norton County, KSKS5,2886−11%

69▲1Sherman County, KSKS5,7635−15%

70▼1Phillips County, KSKS4,7285−21%

71Rooks County, KSKS4,6465−18%

72Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3215−24%

73Greenwood County, KSKS5,8265−24%

74Stafford County, KSKS4,0055−16%

75▲1Kearny County, KSKS3,8884−14%

76▼1Edwards County, KSKS2,6404−23%

77▲3Smith County, KSKS3,5664−21%

78▲1Lincoln County, KSKS2,8614−20%

79▼1Rush County, KSKS2,8454−20%

80▼3Meade County, KSKS3,8524−17%

81▲1Elk County, KSKS2,4584−25%

82▼1Osborne County, KSKS3,2854−26%

83Barber County, KSKS4,0834−23%

84Morton County, KSKS2,4703−29%

85Kiowa County, KSKS2,4323−26%

86Chase County, KSKS2,5723−15%

87Jewell County, KSKS2,8303−25%

88Trego County, KSKS2,7403−17%

89Decatur County, KSKS2,7163−22%

90Stanton County, KSKS1,9863−17%

91Wichita County, KSKS2,0313−20%

92Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273−14%

93Graham County, KSKS2,3713−20%

94▲1Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043−18%

95▲2Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003−6%

96▼2Logan County, KSKS2,6612−13%

97▼1Gove County, KSKS2,6312−14%

98Ness County, KSKS2,6172−24%

99Rawlins County, KSKS2,4312−18%

100▲1Comanche County, KSKS1,6732−15%

101▼1Lane County, KSKS1,5082−30%

102Clark County, KSKS1,9002−21%

103Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6192−22%

104Wallace County, KSKS1,4412−18%

105Greeley County, KSKS1,1822−23%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES