RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 105 SHOWN OF 105

Most population lost, Kansas counties · 2000

Kansas counties that lost 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 –

01Riley County, KSKS72,598-4,296–

02Wyandotte County, KSKS170,597-4,111–

03Montgomery County, KSKS30,177-2,564–

04Geary County, KSKS36,338-2,506–

05Barton County, KSKS24,790-1,177–

06Labette County, KSKS19,685-858–

07Cloud County, KSKS8,833-755–

08Marshall County, KSKS9,852-740–

09Republic County, KSKS4,640-647–

10Cowley County, KSKS34,382-624–

11Graham County, KSKS2,371-597–

12Washington County, KSKS5,533-590–

13Phillips County, KSKS4,728-589–

14Harper County, KSKS5,370-588–

15Ness County, KSKS2,617-579–

16Stafford County, KSKS4,005-576–

17Barber County, KSKS4,083-567–

18Decatur County, KSKS2,716-549–

19Smith County, KSKS3,566-542–

20Russell County, KSKS6,581-465–

21Jewell County, KSKS2,830-460–

22Rawlins County, KSKS2,431-438–

23Osborne County, KSKS3,285-415–

24Brown County, KSKS9,104-404–

25Kiowa County, KSKS2,432-382–

26Trego County, KSKS2,740-375–

27Rooks County, KSKS4,646-354–

28Comanche County, KSKS1,673-346–

29Edwards County, KSKS2,640-338–

30Clay County, KSKS7,990-336–

31Woodson County, KSKS3,118-328–

32Pawnee County, KSKS5,991-322–

33Rush County, KSKS2,845-291–

34Mitchell County, KSKS5,590-271–

35Allen County, KSKS12,302-253–

36Greeley County, KSKS1,182-240–

37Sheridan County, KSKS2,427-230–

38Wichita County, KSKS2,031-227–

39Lane County, KSKS1,508-220–

40Greenwood County, KSKS5,826-174–

41Scott County, KSKS4,815-169–

42Sherman County, KSKS5,763-166–

43Gove County, KSKS2,631-163–

44Atchison County, KSKS16,172-158–

45Morris County, KSKS5,348-94–

46Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619-92–

47Cheyenne County, KSKS2,604-78–

48Thomas County, KSKS7,725-78–

49Lincoln County, KSKS2,861-75–

50Wallace County, KSKS1,441-72–

51Elk County, KSKS2,458-66–

52Ellsworth County, KSKS6,257-61–

53Pratt County, KSKS9,117-55–

54Chautauqua County, KSKS3,321-48–

55Neosho County, KSKS15,637-38–

56Logan County, KSKS2,661-35–

57Clark County, KSKS1,900-28–

58Norton County, KSKS5,288+6–

59Chase County, KSKS2,572+9–

60Morton County, KSKS2,470+16–

61Wilson County, KSKS8,299+43–

62Stanton County, KSKS1,986+73–

63Sumner County, KSKS22,312+105–

64Doniphan County, KSKS7,594+115–

65Rice County, KSKS9,266+151–

66Nemaha County, KSKS10,054+271–

67Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,018+282–

68Hamilton County, KSKS2,500+282–

69Anderson County, KSKS8,018+307–

70Kingman County, KSKS7,029+381–

71Meade County, KSKS3,852+384–

72Dickinson County, KSKS18,637+386–

73Bourbon County, KSKS14,319+413–

74Stevens County, KSKS4,984+415–

75Haskell County, KSKS3,599+421–

76Coffey County, KSKS8,467+461–

77Marion County, KSKS11,634+473–

78Kearny County, KSKS3,888+504–

79Gray County, KSKS5,652+508–

80Ottawa County, KSKS5,744+529–

81Grant County, KSKS7,028+750–

82Jackson County, KSKS13,438+1,132–

83Lyon County, KSKS32,266+1,203–

84Cherokee County, KSKS19,105+1,231–

85Linn County, KSKS9,950+1,316–

86Osage County, KSKS15,693+1,464–

87Ellis County, KSKS29,075+1,503–

88Harvey County, KSKS33,580+1,841–

89Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,186+2,081–

90McPherson County, KSKS30,064+2,286–

91Reno County, KSKS61,539+2,401–

92Jefferson County, KSKS18,296+2,521–

93Crawford County, KSKS39,008+2,674–

94Franklin County, KSKS26,299+2,790–

95Seward County, KSKS21,073+3,767–

96Saline County, KSKS53,377+4,296–

97Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590+4,320–

98Miami County, KSKS36,240+4,885–

99Ford County, KSKS33,993+4,995–

100Finney County, KSKS37,505+7,453–

101Shawnee County, KSKS178,607+8,895–

102Butler County, KSKS69,484+8,902–

103Douglas County, KSKS120,920+18,164–

104Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433+49,207–

105Johnson County, KSKS636,906+96,032–

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