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Most sparsely populated, Kansas counties · 2010

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, KSKS1,1822−19%

02Wallace County, KSKS1,4412−15%

03Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6192−8%

04Clark County, KSKS1,9002−7%

05Rawlins County, KSKS2,4312−15%

06Comanche County, KSKS1,6732−4%

07Lane County, KSKS1,5082−19%

08Gove County, KSKS2,6313−12%

09Logan County, KSKS2,6613−10%

10Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043−14%

11Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003+1%

12Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273−9%

13Graham County, KSKS2,3713−12%

14Ness County, KSKS2,6173−10%

15Wichita County, KSKS2,0313−12%

16Stanton County, KSKS1,9863−7%

17Decatur County, KSKS2,7163−15%

18Trego County, KSKS2,7403−10%

19Jewell County, KSKS2,8303−19%

20Kiowa County, KSKS2,4324−22%

21Chase County, KSKS2,5724−8%

22Barber County, KSKS4,0834−8%

23Smith County, KSKS3,5664−15%

24Osborne County, KSKS3,2854−13%

25Morton County, KSKS2,4704−8%

26Elk County, KSKS2,4584−12%

27Lincoln County, KSKS2,8615−9%

28Kearny County, KSKS3,8885−12%

29Rush County, KSKS2,8455−7%

30Meade County, KSKS3,8525−1%

31Edwards County, KSKS2,6405−12%

32Stafford County, KSKS4,0056−7%

33Sherman County, KSKS5,7636−11%

34Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3216−16%

35Rooks County, KSKS4,6466−9%

36Greenwood County, KSKS5,8266−13%

37Phillips County, KSKS4,7286−6%

38Norton County, KSKS5,2886−5%

39Washington County, KSKS5,5336−11%

40Woodson County, KSKS3,1187−13%

41Scott County, KSKS4,8157−4%

42Gray County, KSKS5,6527+2%

43Republic County, KSKS4,6407−15%

44Thomas County, KSKS7,7257−3%

45Haskell County, KSKS3,5997−1%

46Harper County, KSKS5,3708−8%

47Russell County, KSKS6,5818−5%

48Stevens County, KSKS4,9848+5%

49Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448−1%

50Morris County, KSKS5,3489−3%

51Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189+2%

52Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579−0%

53Mitchell County, KSKS5,5909−8%

54Kingman County, KSKS7,0299−9%

55Pawnee County, KSKS5,9919−4%

56Marshall County, KSKS9,85211−8%

57Pratt County, KSKS9,11713+0%

58Clay County, KSKS7,99013−3%

59Cloud County, KSKS8,83313−7%

60Marion County, KSKS11,63413−5%

61Grant County, KSKS7,02814−1%

62Coffey County, KSKS8,46714−3%

63Rice County, KSKS9,26614−6%

64Anderson County, KSKS8,01814−0%

65Nemaha County, KSKS10,05414−5%

66Linn County, KSKS9,95016+1%

67Wilson County, KSKS8,29916−9%

68Brown County, KSKS9,10417−7%

69Doniphan County, KSKS7,59420−4%

70Sumner County, KSKS22,31220−7%

71Jackson County, KSKS13,43821+6%

72Osage County, KSKS15,69323−2%

73Dickinson County, KSKS18,63723+2%

74Bourbon County, KSKS14,31924−1%

75Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18626+19%

76Allen County, KSKS12,30227−7%

77Finney County, KSKS37,50528−9%

78Neosho County, KSKS15,63729−3%

79Ford County, KSKS33,99331+4%

80Barton County, KSKS24,79031−2%

81Ellis County, KSKS29,07532+3%

82Cowley County, KSKS34,38232+0%

83McPherson County, KSKS30,06432−1%

84Labette County, KSKS19,68533−5%

85Seward County, KSKS21,07336+2%

86Jefferson County, KSKS18,29636+4%

87Cherokee County, KSKS19,10537−4%

88Atchison County, KSKS16,17239+1%

89Lyon County, KSKS32,26640−6%

90Franklin County, KSKS26,29945+5%

91Butler County, KSKS69,48446+11%

92Reno County, KSKS61,53951−0%

93Montgomery County, KSKS30,17755−2%

94Miami County, KSKS36,24057+16%

95Harvey County, KSKS33,58064+6%

96Crawford County, KSKS39,00866+2%

97Saline County, KSKS53,37777+4%

98Geary County, KSKS36,33889+23%

99Riley County, KSKS72,598117+13%

100Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590164+11%

101Douglas County, KSKS120,920243+11%

102Shawnee County, KSKS178,607327+5%

103Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433500+10%

104Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5971,039−0%

105Johnson County, KSKS636,9061,149+21%

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