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Most densely populated, Kansas counties · 2000

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, KSKS170,5971,041+0%

02Johnson County, KSKS636,906952+0%

03Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433454+0%

04Shawnee County, KSKS178,607312+0%

05Douglas County, KSKS120,920219+0%

06Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590148+0%

07Riley County, KSKS72,598103+0%

08Saline County, KSKS53,37774+0%

09Geary County, KSKS36,33873+0%

10Crawford County, KSKS39,00865+0%

11Harvey County, KSKS33,58061+0%

12Montgomery County, KSKS30,17756+0%

13Reno County, KSKS61,53952+0%

14Miami County, KSKS36,24049+0%

15Franklin County, KSKS26,29943+0%

16Lyon County, KSKS32,26642+0%

17Butler County, KSKS69,48442+0%

18Atchison County, KSKS16,17239+0%

19Cherokee County, KSKS19,10538+0%

20Labette County, KSKS19,68535+0%

21Seward County, KSKS21,07335+0%

22Jefferson County, KSKS18,29635+0%

23McPherson County, KSKS30,06433+0%

24Cowley County, KSKS34,38232+0%

25Barton County, KSKS24,79032+0%

26Finney County, KSKS37,50531+0%

27Ellis County, KSKS29,07531+0%

28Neosho County, KSKS15,63730+0%

29Ford County, KSKS33,99330+0%

30Allen County, KSKS12,30229+0%

31Bourbon County, KSKS14,31924+0%

32Osage County, KSKS15,69324+0%

33Dickinson County, KSKS18,63723+0%

34Sumner County, KSKS22,31222+0%

35Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18622+0%

36Doniphan County, KSKS7,59421+0%

37Jackson County, KSKS13,43819+0%

38Brown County, KSKS9,10419+0%

39Wilson County, KSKS8,29918+0%

40Linn County, KSKS9,95016+0%

41Nemaha County, KSKS10,05415+0%

42Rice County, KSKS9,26615+0%

43Cloud County, KSKS8,83314+0%

44Marion County, KSKS11,63414+0%

45Coffey County, KSKS8,46714+0%

46Anderson County, KSKS8,01814+0%

47Grant County, KSKS7,02814+0%

48Clay County, KSKS7,99014+0%

49Pratt County, KSKS9,11713+0%

50Marshall County, KSKS9,85212+0%

51Kingman County, KSKS7,02910+0%

52Mitchell County, KSKS5,59010+0%

53Pawnee County, KSKS5,99110+0%

54Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579+0%

55Morris County, KSKS5,3489+0%

56Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189+0%

57Ottawa County, KSKS5,7449+0%

58Russell County, KSKS6,5818+0%

59Harper County, KSKS5,3708+0%

60Republic County, KSKS4,6408+0%

61Thomas County, KSKS7,7258+0%

62Woodson County, KSKS3,1188+0%

63Stevens County, KSKS4,9848+0%

64Haskell County, KSKS3,5997+0%

65Washington County, KSKS5,5337+0%

66Scott County, KSKS4,8157+0%

67Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3217+0%

68Gray County, KSKS5,6527+0%

69Norton County, KSKS5,2887+0%

70Phillips County, KSKS4,7287+0%

71Greenwood County, KSKS5,8267+0%

72Sherman County, KSKS5,7636+0%

73Rooks County, KSKS4,6466+0%

74Stafford County, KSKS4,0056+0%

75Edwards County, KSKS2,6406+0%

76Kearny County, KSKS3,8885+0%

77Smith County, KSKS3,5665+0%

78Elk County, KSKS2,4585+0%

79Osborne County, KSKS3,2855+0%

80Lincoln County, KSKS2,8615+0%

81Rush County, KSKS2,8455+0%

82Morton County, KSKS2,4705+0%

83Meade County, KSKS3,8525+0%

84Barber County, KSKS4,0835+0%

85Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325+0%

86Jewell County, KSKS2,8304+0%

87Chase County, KSKS2,5724+0%

88Decatur County, KSKS2,7164+0%

89Trego County, KSKS2,7404+0%

90Stanton County, KSKS1,9864+0%

91Wichita County, KSKS2,0314+0%

92Graham County, KSKS2,3713+0%

93Ness County, KSKS2,6173+0%

94Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273+0%

95Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043+0%

96Lane County, KSKS1,5083+0%

97Gove County, KSKS2,6313+0%

98Logan County, KSKS2,6613+0%

99Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313+0%

100Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003+0%

101Comanche County, KSKS1,6732+0%

102Clark County, KSKS1,9002+0%

103Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6192+0%

104Greeley County, KSKS1,1822+0%

105Wallace County, KSKS1,4412+0%

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