RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 105 SHOWN OF 105

Most population gained, Kansas counties · 2000

Kansas counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is -55.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Johnson County, KSKS636,906+96,032–

02Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433+49,207–

03Douglas County, KSKS120,920+18,164–

04Butler County, KSKS69,484+8,902–

05Shawnee County, KSKS178,607+8,895–

06Finney County, KSKS37,505+7,453–

07Ford County, KSKS33,993+4,995–

08Miami County, KSKS36,240+4,885–

09Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590+4,320–

10Saline County, KSKS53,377+4,296–

11Seward County, KSKS21,073+3,767–

12Franklin County, KSKS26,299+2,790–

13Crawford County, KSKS39,008+2,674–

14Jefferson County, KSKS18,296+2,521–

15Reno County, KSKS61,539+2,401–

16McPherson County, KSKS30,064+2,286–

17Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,186+2,081–

18Harvey County, KSKS33,580+1,841–

19Ellis County, KSKS29,075+1,503–

20Osage County, KSKS15,693+1,464–

21Linn County, KSKS9,950+1,316–

22Cherokee County, KSKS19,105+1,231–

23Lyon County, KSKS32,266+1,203–

24Jackson County, KSKS13,438+1,132–

25Grant County, KSKS7,028+750–

26Ottawa County, KSKS5,744+529–

27Gray County, KSKS5,652+508–

28Kearny County, KSKS3,888+504–

29Marion County, KSKS11,634+473–

30Coffey County, KSKS8,467+461–

31Haskell County, KSKS3,599+421–

32Stevens County, KSKS4,984+415–

33Bourbon County, KSKS14,319+413–

34Dickinson County, KSKS18,637+386–

35Meade County, KSKS3,852+384–

36Kingman County, KSKS7,029+381–

37Anderson County, KSKS8,018+307–

38Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,018+282–

39Hamilton County, KSKS2,500+282–

40Nemaha County, KSKS10,054+271–

41Rice County, KSKS9,266+151–

42Doniphan County, KSKS7,594+115–

43Sumner County, KSKS22,312+105–

44Stanton County, KSKS1,986+73–

45Wilson County, KSKS8,299+43–

46Morton County, KSKS2,470+16–

47Chase County, KSKS2,572+9–

48Norton County, KSKS5,288+6–

49Clark County, KSKS1,900-28–

50Logan County, KSKS2,661-35–

51Neosho County, KSKS15,637-38–

52Chautauqua County, KSKS3,321-48–

53Pratt County, KSKS9,117-55–

54Ellsworth County, KSKS6,257-61–

55Elk County, KSKS2,458-66–

56Wallace County, KSKS1,441-72–

57Lincoln County, KSKS2,861-75–

58Cheyenne County, KSKS2,604-78–

59Thomas County, KSKS7,725-78–

60Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619-92–

61Morris County, KSKS5,348-94–

62Atchison County, KSKS16,172-158–

63Gove County, KSKS2,631-163–

64Sherman County, KSKS5,763-166–

65Scott County, KSKS4,815-169–

66Greenwood County, KSKS5,826-174–

67Lane County, KSKS1,508-220–

68Wichita County, KSKS2,031-227–

69Sheridan County, KSKS2,427-230–

70Greeley County, KSKS1,182-240–

71Allen County, KSKS12,302-253–

72Mitchell County, KSKS5,590-271–

73Rush County, KSKS2,845-291–

74Pawnee County, KSKS5,991-322–

75Woodson County, KSKS3,118-328–

76Clay County, KSKS7,990-336–

77Edwards County, KSKS2,640-338–

78Comanche County, KSKS1,673-346–

79Rooks County, KSKS4,646-354–

80Trego County, KSKS2,740-375–

81Kiowa County, KSKS2,432-382–

82Brown County, KSKS9,104-404–

83Osborne County, KSKS3,285-415–

84Rawlins County, KSKS2,431-438–

85Jewell County, KSKS2,830-460–

86Russell County, KSKS6,581-465–

87Smith County, KSKS3,566-542–

88Decatur County, KSKS2,716-549–

89Barber County, KSKS4,083-567–

90Stafford County, KSKS4,005-576–

91Ness County, KSKS2,617-579–

92Harper County, KSKS5,370-588–

93Phillips County, KSKS4,728-589–

94Washington County, KSKS5,533-590–

95Graham County, KSKS2,371-597–

96Cowley County, KSKS34,382-624–

97Republic County, KSKS4,640-647–

98Marshall County, KSKS9,852-740–

99Cloud County, KSKS8,833-755–

100Labette County, KSKS19,685-858–

101Barton County, KSKS24,790-1,177–

102Geary County, KSKS36,338-2,506–

103Montgomery County, KSKS30,177-2,564–

104Wyandotte County, KSKS170,597-4,111–

105Riley County, KSKS72,598-4,296–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS