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Most sparsely populated, Kansas counties

Kansas counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2025). This list covers the 105 counties in Kansas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 105 is 8.

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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%

05▲1Lane County, KSKS1,5082−30%

06▼1Comanche County, KSKS1,6732−15%

07Rawlins County, KSKS2,4312−18%

08Ness County, KSKS2,6172−24%

09▲1Gove County, KSKS2,6312−14%

10▲2Logan County, KSKS2,6612−13%

11▼2Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003−6%

12▼1Cheyenne 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%

24▲1Osborne County, KSKS3,2854−26%

25▼1Elk County, KSKS2,4584−25%

26▲3Meade County, KSKS3,8524−17%

27▲1Rush County, KSKS2,8454−20%

28▼1Lincoln County, KSKS2,8614−20%

29▼3Smith County, KSKS3,5664−21%

30▲1Edwards County, KSKS2,6404−23%

31▼1Kearny County, KSKS3,8884−14%

32Stafford County, KSKS4,0055−16%

33Greenwood County, KSKS5,8265−24%

34Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3215−24%

35Rooks County, KSKS4,6465−18%

36▲1Phillips County, KSKS4,7285−21%

37▼1Sherman County, KSKS5,7635−15%

38▲1Norton County, KSKS5,2886−11%

39▼1Washington County, KSKS5,5336−15%

40▲3Haskell County, KSKS3,5996−16%

41▼1Woodson County, KSKS3,1186−18%

42Republic County, KSKS4,6406−20%

43▼2Gray 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%

50▲2Pawnee County, KSKS5,9918−17%

51Mitchell County, KSKS5,5908−19%

52▼2Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448−7%

53Kingman County, KSKS7,0298−19%

54▲1Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579−4%

55▼1Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189+2%

56Marshall County, KSKS9,85211−10%

57▲4Grant County, KSKS7,02812−11%

58Marion County, KSKS11,63412−13%

59▲1Cloud County, KSKS8,83312−14%

60▼1Clay County, KSKS7,99012−9%

61▼4Pratt 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%

67▲1Brown County, KSKS9,10416−15%

68▼1Linn 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%

79▲3Labette County, KSKS19,68531−14%

80Cowley County, KSKS34,38231−5%

81Ford County, KSKS33,99331+5%

82▲1Ellis County, KSKS29,07532+6%

83▼4Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18632+49%

84Cherokee County, KSKS19,10533−15%

85▲1Seward County, KSKS21,07333−6%

86▼1McPherson County, KSKS30,06433+2%

87Jefferson County, KSKS18,29634−1%

88Atchison County, KSKS16,17238−4%

89Lyon County, KSKS32,26638−10%

90Franklin County, KSKS26,29946+6%

91▲1Montgomery County, KSKS30,17747−17%

92▼1Butler County, KSKS69,48449+17%

93Reno County, KSKS61,53949−5%

94▲1Harvey County, KSKS33,58062+2%

95▼1Miami County, KSKS36,24063+28%

96Crawford County, KSKS39,00866+2%

97Saline County, KSKS53,377740%

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 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES