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Most sparsely populated, Kansas counties · 2000

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+0%

02Greeley County, KSKS1,1822+0%

03Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6192+0%

04Clark County, KSKS1,9002+0%

05Comanche County, KSKS1,6732+0%

06Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003+0%

07Rawlins County, KSKS2,4313+0%

08Logan County, KSKS2,6613+0%

09Gove County, KSKS2,6313+0%

10Lane County, KSKS1,5083+0%

11Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043+0%

12Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273+0%

13Ness County, KSKS2,6173+0%

14Graham County, KSKS2,3713+0%

15Wichita County, KSKS2,0314+0%

16Stanton County, KSKS1,9864+0%

17Trego County, KSKS2,7404+0%

18Decatur County, KSKS2,7164+0%

19Chase County, KSKS2,5724+0%

20Jewell County, KSKS2,8304+0%

21Kiowa County, KSKS2,4325+0%

22Barber County, KSKS4,0835+0%

23Meade County, KSKS3,8525+0%

24Morton County, KSKS2,4705+0%

25Rush County, KSKS2,8455+0%

26Lincoln County, KSKS2,8615+0%

27Osborne County, KSKS3,2855+0%

28Elk County, KSKS2,4585+0%

29Smith County, KSKS3,5665+0%

30Kearny County, KSKS3,8885+0%

31Edwards County, KSKS2,6406+0%

32Stafford County, KSKS4,0056+0%

33Rooks County, KSKS4,6466+0%

34Sherman County, KSKS5,7636+0%

35Greenwood County, KSKS5,8267+0%

36Phillips County, KSKS4,7287+0%

37Norton County, KSKS5,2887+0%

38Gray County, KSKS5,6527+0%

39Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3217+0%

40Scott County, KSKS4,8157+0%

41Washington County, KSKS5,5337+0%

42Haskell County, KSKS3,5997+0%

43Stevens County, KSKS4,9848+0%

44Woodson County, KSKS3,1188+0%

45Thomas County, KSKS7,7258+0%

46Republic County, KSKS4,6408+0%

47Harper County, KSKS5,3708+0%

48Russell County, KSKS6,5818+0%

49Ottawa County, KSKS5,7449+0%

50Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189+0%

51Morris County, KSKS5,3489+0%

52Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579+0%

53Pawnee County, KSKS5,99110+0%

54Mitchell County, KSKS5,59010+0%

55Kingman County, KSKS7,02910+0%

56Marshall County, KSKS9,85212+0%

57Pratt County, KSKS9,11713+0%

58Clay County, KSKS7,99014+0%

59Grant County, KSKS7,02814+0%

60Anderson County, KSKS8,01814+0%

61Coffey County, KSKS8,46714+0%

62Marion County, KSKS11,63414+0%

63Cloud County, KSKS8,83314+0%

64Rice County, KSKS9,26615+0%

65Nemaha County, KSKS10,05415+0%

66Linn County, KSKS9,95016+0%

67Wilson County, KSKS8,29918+0%

68Brown County, KSKS9,10419+0%

69Jackson County, KSKS13,43819+0%

70Doniphan County, KSKS7,59421+0%

71Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18622+0%

72Sumner County, KSKS22,31222+0%

73Dickinson County, KSKS18,63723+0%

74Osage County, KSKS15,69324+0%

75Bourbon County, KSKS14,31924+0%

76Allen County, KSKS12,30229+0%

77Ford County, KSKS33,99330+0%

78Neosho County, KSKS15,63730+0%

79Ellis County, KSKS29,07531+0%

80Finney County, KSKS37,50531+0%

81Barton County, KSKS24,79032+0%

82Cowley County, KSKS34,38232+0%

83McPherson County, KSKS30,06433+0%

84Jefferson County, KSKS18,29635+0%

85Seward County, KSKS21,07335+0%

86Labette County, KSKS19,68535+0%

87Cherokee County, KSKS19,10538+0%

88Atchison County, KSKS16,17239+0%

89Butler County, KSKS69,48442+0%

90Lyon County, KSKS32,26642+0%

91Franklin County, KSKS26,29943+0%

92Miami County, KSKS36,24049+0%

93Reno County, KSKS61,53952+0%

94Montgomery County, KSKS30,17756+0%

95Harvey County, KSKS33,58061+0%

96Crawford County, KSKS39,00865+0%

97Geary County, KSKS36,33873+0%

98Saline County, KSKS53,37774+0%

99Riley County, KSKS72,598103+0%

100Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590148+0%

101Douglas County, KSKS120,920219+0%

102Shawnee County, KSKS178,607312+0%

103Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433454+0%

104Johnson County, KSKS636,906952+0%

105Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5971,041+0%

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