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Most densely populated, Kansas counties · 1990

Kansas counties ranked by residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5971,068+3%

02Johnson County, KSKS636,906750−21%

03Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433405−11%

04Shawnee County, KSKS178,607296−5%

05Douglas County, KSKS120,920179−18%

06Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590139−6%

07Riley County, KSKS72,598110+7%

08Geary County, KSKS36,33879+9%

09Saline County, KSKS53,37768−8%

10Montgomery County, KSKS30,17760+7%

11Crawford County, KSKS39,00860−7%

12Harvey County, KSKS33,58057−6%

13Reno County, KSKS61,53950−4%

14Lyon County, KSKS32,26641−3%

15Miami County, KSKS36,24041−17%

16Atchison County, KSKS16,17239+1%

17Franklin County, KSKS26,29938−11%

18Labette County, KSKS19,68537+4%

19Cherokee County, KSKS19,10536−5%

20Butler County, KSKS69,48435−15%

21Barton County, KSKS24,79033+4%

22Cowley County, KSKS34,38233+2%

23McPherson County, KSKS30,06430−8%

24Jefferson County, KSKS18,29630−14%

25Neosho County, KSKS15,63730+0%

26Seward County, KSKS21,07329−17%

27Allen County, KSKS12,30229+2%

28Ellis County, KSKS29,07529−5%

29Finney County, KSKS37,50525−18%

30Ford County, KSKS33,99325−15%

31Bourbon County, KSKS14,31924−3%

32Dickinson County, KSKS18,63722−2%

33Sumner County, KSKS22,31222−0%

34Osage County, KSKS15,69322−9%

35Doniphan County, KSKS7,59421−1%

36Brown County, KSKS9,10419+4%

37Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18619−11%

38Wilson County, KSKS8,29918−0%

39Jackson County, KSKS13,43818−9%

40Cloud County, KSKS8,83315+7%

41Rice County, KSKS9,26615−1%

42Nemaha County, KSKS10,05415−3%

43Clay County, KSKS7,99014+4%

44Linn County, KSKS9,95014−14%

45Marion County, KSKS11,63414−4%

46Anderson County, KSKS8,01813−4%

47Coffey County, KSKS8,46713−5%

48Pratt County, KSKS9,11713+1%

49Marshall County, KSKS9,85213+7%

50Grant County, KSKS7,02812−9%

51Mitchell County, KSKS5,59010+4%

52Pawnee County, KSKS5,99110+4%

53Kingman County, KSKS7,02910−4%

54Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579+1%

55Republic County, KSKS4,6409+11%

56Morris County, KSKS5,3489+2%

57Harper County, KSKS5,3709+9%

58Russell County, KSKS6,5819+6%

59Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0188−4%

60Woodson County, KSKS3,1188+9%

61Washington County, KSKS5,5338+9%

62Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448−9%

63Thomas County, KSKS7,7258+1%

64Phillips County, KSKS4,7287+10%

65Scott County, KSKS4,8157+3%

66Stevens County, KSKS4,9847−8%

67Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3217+1%

68Greenwood County, KSKS5,8267+2%

69Rooks County, KSKS4,6467+6%

70Stafford County, KSKS4,0057+12%

71Norton County, KSKS5,2887−0%

72Haskell County, KSKS3,5997−10%

73Sherman County, KSKS5,7637+2%

74Gray County, KSKS5,6526−9%

75Edwards County, KSKS2,6406+10%

76Smith County, KSKS3,5666+12%

77Osborne County, KSKS3,2855+9%

78Rush County, KSKS2,8455+8%

79Barber County, KSKS4,0835+11%

80Elk County, KSKS2,4585+2%

81Lincoln County, KSKS2,8615+2%

82Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325+12%

83Morton County, KSKS2,4705−0%

84Jewell County, KSKS2,8305+12%

85Kearny County, KSKS3,8885−11%

86Decatur County, KSKS2,7165+16%

87Meade County, KSKS3,8524−8%

88Trego County, KSKS2,7404+11%

89Graham County, KSKS2,3714+20%

90Chase County, KSKS2,5724−0%

91Wichita County, KSKS2,0314+9%

92Ness County, KSKS2,6174+17%

93Stanton County, KSKS1,9863−3%

94Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273+8%

95Lane County, KSKS1,5083+10%

96Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313+15%

97Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043+2%

98Gove County, KSKS2,6313+5%

99Comanche County, KSKS1,6733+18%

100Logan County, KSKS2,6613+1%

101Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6193+4%

102Clark County, KSKS1,9002+1%

103Hamilton County, KSKS2,5002−11%

104Greeley County, KSKS1,1822+16%

105Wallace County, KSKS1,4412+4%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES