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Most densely populated, Kansas counties · 2010

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

01Johnson County, KSKS636,9061,149+21%

02Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5971,039−0%

03Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433500+10%

04Shawnee County, KSKS178,607327+5%

05Douglas County, KSKS120,920243+11%

06Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590164+11%

07Riley County, KSKS72,598117+13%

08Geary County, KSKS36,33889+23%

09Saline County, KSKS53,37777+4%

10Crawford County, KSKS39,00866+2%

11Harvey County, KSKS33,58064+6%

12Miami County, KSKS36,24057+16%

13Montgomery County, KSKS30,17755−2%

14Reno County, KSKS61,53951−0%

15Butler County, KSKS69,48446+11%

16Franklin County, KSKS26,29945+5%

17Lyon County, KSKS32,26640−6%

18Atchison County, KSKS16,17239+1%

19Cherokee County, KSKS19,10537−4%

20Jefferson County, KSKS18,29636+4%

21Seward County, KSKS21,07336+2%

22Labette County, KSKS19,68533−5%

23McPherson County, KSKS30,06432−1%

24Cowley County, KSKS34,38232+0%

25Ellis County, KSKS29,07532+3%

26Barton County, KSKS24,79031−2%

27Ford County, KSKS33,99331+4%

28Neosho County, KSKS15,63729−3%

29Finney County, KSKS37,50528−9%

30Allen County, KSKS12,30227−7%

31Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18626+19%

32Bourbon County, KSKS14,31924−1%

33Dickinson County, KSKS18,63723+2%

34Osage County, KSKS15,69323−2%

35Jackson County, KSKS13,43821+6%

36Sumner County, KSKS22,31220−7%

37Doniphan County, KSKS7,59420−4%

38Brown County, KSKS9,10417−7%

39Wilson County, KSKS8,29916−9%

40Linn County, KSKS9,95016+1%

41Nemaha County, KSKS10,05414−5%

42Anderson County, KSKS8,01814−0%

43Rice County, KSKS9,26614−6%

44Coffey County, KSKS8,46714−3%

45Grant County, KSKS7,02814−1%

46Marion County, KSKS11,63413−5%

47Cloud County, KSKS8,83313−7%

48Clay County, KSKS7,99013−3%

49Pratt County, KSKS9,11713+0%

50Marshall County, KSKS9,85211−8%

51Pawnee County, KSKS5,9919−4%

52Kingman County, KSKS7,0299−9%

53Mitchell County, KSKS5,5909−8%

54Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579−0%

55Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189+2%

56Morris County, KSKS5,3489−3%

57Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448−1%

58Stevens County, KSKS4,9848+5%

59Russell County, KSKS6,5818−5%

60Harper County, KSKS5,3708−8%

61Haskell County, KSKS3,5997−1%

62Thomas County, KSKS7,7257−3%

63Republic County, KSKS4,6407−15%

64Gray County, KSKS5,6527+2%

65Scott County, KSKS4,8157−4%

66Woodson County, KSKS3,1187−13%

67Washington County, KSKS5,5336−11%

68Norton County, KSKS5,2886−5%

69Phillips County, KSKS4,7286−6%

70Greenwood County, KSKS5,8266−13%

71Rooks County, KSKS4,6466−9%

72Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3216−16%

73Sherman County, KSKS5,7636−11%

74Stafford County, KSKS4,0056−7%

75Edwards County, KSKS2,6405−12%

76Meade County, KSKS3,8525−1%

77Rush County, KSKS2,8455−7%

78Kearny County, KSKS3,8885−12%

79Lincoln County, KSKS2,8615−9%

80Elk County, KSKS2,4584−12%

81Morton County, KSKS2,4704−8%

82Osborne County, KSKS3,2854−13%

83Smith County, KSKS3,5664−15%

84Barber County, KSKS4,0834−8%

85Chase County, KSKS2,5724−8%

86Kiowa County, KSKS2,4324−22%

87Jewell County, KSKS2,8303−19%

88Trego County, KSKS2,7403−10%

89Decatur County, KSKS2,7163−15%

90Stanton County, KSKS1,9863−7%

91Wichita County, KSKS2,0313−12%

92Ness County, KSKS2,6173−10%

93Graham County, KSKS2,3713−12%

94Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273−9%

95Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003+1%

96Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043−14%

97Logan County, KSKS2,6613−10%

98Gove County, KSKS2,6313−12%

99Lane County, KSKS1,5082−19%

100Comanche County, KSKS1,6732−4%

101Rawlins County, KSKS2,4312−15%

102Clark County, KSKS1,9002−7%

103Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6192−8%

104Wallace County, KSKS1,4412−15%

105Greeley County, KSKS1,1822−19%

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