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Most sparsely populated, Kansas counties · 1990

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

01Wallace County, KSKS1,4412+4%

02Greeley County, KSKS1,1822+16%

03Hamilton County, KSKS2,5002−11%

04Clark County, KSKS1,9002+1%

05Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6193+4%

06Logan County, KSKS2,6613+1%

07Comanche County, KSKS1,6733+18%

08Gove County, KSKS2,6313+5%

09Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043+2%

10Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313+15%

11Lane County, KSKS1,5083+10%

12Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273+8%

13Stanton County, KSKS1,9863−3%

14Ness County, KSKS2,6174+17%

15Wichita County, KSKS2,0314+9%

16Chase County, KSKS2,5724−0%

17Graham County, KSKS2,3714+20%

18Trego County, KSKS2,7404+11%

19Meade County, KSKS3,8524−8%

20Decatur County, KSKS2,7165+16%

21Kearny County, KSKS3,8885−11%

22Jewell County, KSKS2,8305+12%

23Morton County, KSKS2,4705−0%

24Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325+12%

25Lincoln County, KSKS2,8615+2%

26Elk County, KSKS2,4585+2%

27Barber County, KSKS4,0835+11%

28Rush County, KSKS2,8455+8%

29Osborne County, KSKS3,2855+9%

30Smith County, KSKS3,5666+12%

31Edwards County, KSKS2,6406+10%

32Gray County, KSKS5,6526−9%

33Sherman County, KSKS5,7637+2%

34Haskell County, KSKS3,5997−10%

35Norton County, KSKS5,2887−0%

36Stafford County, KSKS4,0057+12%

37Rooks County, KSKS4,6467+6%

38Greenwood County, KSKS5,8267+2%

39Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3217+1%

40Stevens County, KSKS4,9847−8%

41Scott County, KSKS4,8157+3%

42Phillips County, KSKS4,7287+10%

43Thomas County, KSKS7,7258+1%

44Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448−9%

45Washington County, KSKS5,5338+9%

46Woodson County, KSKS3,1188+9%

47Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0188−4%

48Russell County, KSKS6,5819+6%

49Harper County, KSKS5,3709+9%

50Morris County, KSKS5,3489+2%

51Republic County, KSKS4,6409+11%

52Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579+1%

53Kingman County, KSKS7,02910−4%

54Pawnee County, KSKS5,99110+4%

55Mitchell County, KSKS5,59010+4%

56Grant County, KSKS7,02812−9%

57Marshall County, KSKS9,85213+7%

58Pratt County, KSKS9,11713+1%

59Coffey County, KSKS8,46713−5%

60Anderson County, KSKS8,01813−4%

61Marion County, KSKS11,63414−4%

62Linn County, KSKS9,95014−14%

63Clay County, KSKS7,99014+4%

64Nemaha County, KSKS10,05415−3%

65Rice County, KSKS9,26615−1%

66Cloud County, KSKS8,83315+7%

67Jackson County, KSKS13,43818−9%

68Wilson County, KSKS8,29918−0%

69Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18619−11%

70Brown County, KSKS9,10419+4%

71Doniphan County, KSKS7,59421−1%

72Osage County, KSKS15,69322−9%

73Sumner County, KSKS22,31222−0%

74Dickinson County, KSKS18,63722−2%

75Bourbon County, KSKS14,31924−3%

76Ford County, KSKS33,99325−15%

77Finney County, KSKS37,50525−18%

78Ellis County, KSKS29,07529−5%

79Allen County, KSKS12,30229+2%

80Seward County, KSKS21,07329−17%

81Neosho County, KSKS15,63730+0%

82Jefferson County, KSKS18,29630−14%

83McPherson County, KSKS30,06430−8%

84Cowley County, KSKS34,38233+2%

85Barton County, KSKS24,79033+4%

86Butler County, KSKS69,48435−15%

87Cherokee County, KSKS19,10536−5%

88Labette County, KSKS19,68537+4%

89Franklin County, KSKS26,29938−11%

90Atchison County, KSKS16,17239+1%

91Miami County, KSKS36,24041−17%

92Lyon County, KSKS32,26641−3%

93Reno County, KSKS61,53950−4%

94Harvey County, KSKS33,58057−6%

95Crawford County, KSKS39,00860−7%

96Montgomery County, KSKS30,17760+7%

97Saline County, KSKS53,37768−8%

98Geary County, KSKS36,33879+9%

99Riley County, KSKS72,598110+7%

100Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590139−6%

101Douglas County, KSKS120,920179−18%

102Shawnee County, KSKS178,607296−5%

103Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433405−11%

104Johnson County, KSKS636,906750−21%

105Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5971,068+3%

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