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Most sparsely populated, Kansas counties

Kansas counties with the fewest 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

01Greeley County, KSKS1,1822−23%

02Wallace County, KSKS1,4412−18%

03Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6192−22%

04Clark County, KSKS1,9002−21%

05Lane County, KSKS1,5082−30%

06Comanche County, KSKS1,6732−15%

07Rawlins County, KSKS2,4312−18%

08Ness County, KSKS2,6172−24%

09Gove County, KSKS2,6312−14%

10Logan County, KSKS2,6612−13%

11Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003−6%

12Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043−18%

13Graham County, KSKS2,3713−20%

14Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273−14%

15Wichita County, KSKS2,0313−20%

16Stanton County, KSKS1,9863−17%

17Decatur County, KSKS2,7163−22%

18Trego County, KSKS2,7403−17%

19Jewell County, KSKS2,8303−25%

20Chase County, KSKS2,5723−15%

21Kiowa County, KSKS2,4323−26%

22Morton County, KSKS2,4703−29%

23Barber County, KSKS4,0834−23%

24Osborne County, KSKS3,2854−26%

25Elk County, KSKS2,4584−25%

26Meade County, KSKS3,8524−17%

27Rush County, KSKS2,8454−20%

28Lincoln County, KSKS2,8614−20%

29Smith County, KSKS3,5664−21%

30Edwards County, KSKS2,6404−23%

31Kearny County, KSKS3,8884−14%

32Stafford County, KSKS4,0055−16%

33Greenwood County, KSKS5,8265−24%

34Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3215−24%

35Rooks County, KSKS4,6465−18%

36Phillips County, KSKS4,7285−21%

37Sherman County, KSKS5,7635−15%

38Norton County, KSKS5,2886−11%

39Washington County, KSKS5,5336−15%

40Haskell County, KSKS3,5996−16%

41Woodson County, KSKS3,1186−18%

42Republic County, KSKS4,6406−20%

43Gray County, KSKS5,6527−4%

44Harper County, KSKS5,3707−18%

45Scott County, KSKS4,8157−6%

46Stevens County, KSKS4,9847−9%

47Thomas County, KSKS7,7257−6%

48Russell County, KSKS6,5817−11%

49Morris County, KSKS5,3488−12%

50Pawnee County, KSKS5,9918−17%

51Mitchell County, KSKS5,5908−19%

52Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448−7%

53Kingman County, KSKS7,0298−19%

54Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579−4%

55Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189+2%

56Marshall County, KSKS9,85211−10%

57Grant County, KSKS7,02812−11%

58Marion County, KSKS11,63412−13%

59Cloud County, KSKS8,83312−14%

60Clay County, KSKS7,99012−9%

61Pratt County, KSKS9,11712−5%

62Rice County, KSKS9,26613−14%

63Coffey County, KSKS8,46714−4%

64Anderson County, KSKS8,01814−1%

65Nemaha County, KSKS10,05414−6%

66Wilson County, KSKS8,29915−20%

67Brown County, KSKS9,10416−15%

68Linn County, KSKS9,95017+4%

69Sumner County, KSKS22,31219−14%

70Doniphan County, KSKS7,59419−8%

71Jackson County, KSKS13,43820+6%

72Dickinson County, KSKS18,63722−4%

73Osage County, KSKS15,69322−6%

74Bourbon County, KSKS14,31923−7%

75Allen County, KSKS12,30225−14%

76Neosho County, KSKS15,63727−8%

77Barton County, KSKS24,79028−12%

78Finney County, KSKS37,50529−7%

79Labette County, KSKS19,68531−14%

80Cowley County, KSKS34,38231−5%

81Ford County, KSKS33,99331+5%

82Ellis County, KSKS29,07532+6%

83Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18632+49%

84Cherokee County, KSKS19,10533−15%

85Seward County, KSKS21,07333−6%

86McPherson County, KSKS30,06433+2%

87Jefferson County, KSKS18,29634−1%

88Atchison County, KSKS16,17238−4%

89Lyon County, KSKS32,26638−10%

90Franklin County, KSKS26,29946+6%

91Montgomery County, KSKS30,17747−17%

92Butler County, KSKS69,48449+17%

93Reno County, KSKS61,53949−5%

94Harvey County, KSKS33,58062+2%

95Miami County, KSKS36,24063+28%

96Crawford County, KSKS39,00866+2%

97Saline County, KSKS53,37774−0%

98Geary County, KSKS36,33894+30%

99Riley County, KSKS72,598119+16%

100Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590183+23%

101Douglas County, KSKS120,920265+21%

102Shawnee County, KSKS178,607328+5%

103Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433540+19%

104Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5971,125+8%

105Johnson County, KSKS636,9061,345+41%

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