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Most sparsely populated, Kansas counties · 2020

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, KSKS1,1822−16%

02Wallace County, KSKS1,4412−14%

03Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6192−17%

04Clark County, KSKS1,9002−17%

05Comanche County, KSKS1,6732−14%

06Lane County, KSKS1,5082−27%

07Rawlins County, KSKS2,4312−14%

08Ness County, KSKS2,6173−22%

09Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003−6%

10Gove County, KSKS2,6313−11%

11Cheyenne County, KSKS2,6043−17%

12Logan County, KSKS2,6613−9%

13Graham County, KSKS2,3713−18%

14Sheridan County, KSKS2,4273−13%

15Wichita County, KSKS2,0313−15%

16Stanton County, KSKS1,9863−13%

17Decatur County, KSKS2,7163−20%

18Trego County, KSKS2,7403−15%

19Jewell County, KSKS2,8303−23%

20Chase County, KSKS2,5723−15%

21Kiowa County, KSKS2,4323−25%

22Morton County, KSKS2,4704−23%

23Barber County, KSKS4,0834−20%

24Elk County, KSKS2,4584−24%

25Osborne County, KSKS3,2854−21%

26Smith County, KSKS3,5664−21%

27Lincoln County, KSKS2,8614−18%

28Rush County, KSKS2,8454−17%

29Meade County, KSKS3,8524−12%

30Kearny County, KSKS3,8885−12%

31Edwards County, KSKS2,6405−16%

32Stafford County, KSKS4,0055−15%

33Greenwood County, KSKS5,8265−22%

34Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3215−22%

35Rooks County, KSKS4,6466−13%

36Sherman County, KSKS5,7636−12%

37Phillips County, KSKS4,7286−17%

38Washington County, KSKS5,5336−15%

39Norton County, KSKS5,2886−8%

40Woodson County, KSKS3,1186−18%

41Gray County, KSKS5,6527−4%

42Republic County, KSKS4,6407−20%

43Haskell County, KSKS3,5997−12%

44Harper County, KSKS5,3707−16%

45Scott County, KSKS4,8157+1%

46Stevens County, KSKS4,9847−4%

47Thomas County, KSKS7,7257−3%

48Russell County, KSKS6,5818−9%

49Morris County, KSKS5,3488−12%

50Ottawa County, KSKS5,7448−7%

51Mitchell County, KSKS5,5908−16%

52Pawnee County, KSKS5,9918−14%

53Kingman County, KSKS7,0299−14%

54Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,0189−0%

55Ellsworth County, KSKS6,2579−2%

56Marshall County, KSKS9,85211−8%

57Pratt County, KSKS9,11712−5%

58Marion County, KSKS11,63413−12%

59Clay County, KSKS7,99013−8%

60Cloud County, KSKS8,83313−12%

61Grant County, KSKS7,02813−7%

62Rice County, KSKS9,26613−12%

63Coffey County, KSKS8,46713−6%

64Anderson County, KSKS8,01814−3%

65Nemaha County, KSKS10,05414−4%

66Wilson County, KSKS8,29915−17%

67Linn County, KSKS9,95016+0%

68Brown County, KSKS9,10417−11%

69Sumner County, KSKS22,31219−14%

70Doniphan County, KSKS7,59419−9%

71Jackson County, KSKS13,43820+5%

72Dickinson County, KSKS18,63722−5%

73Osage County, KSKS15,69322−6%

74Bourbon County, KSKS14,31923−7%

75Allen County, KSKS12,30225−13%

76Neosho County, KSKS15,63728−6%

77Barton County, KSKS24,79028−10%

78Finney County, KSKS37,50530−5%

79Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18630+39%

80Cowley County, KSKS34,38231−5%

81Ford County, KSKS33,99331+6%

82Labette County, KSKS19,68531−12%

83Ellis County, KSKS29,07532+5%

84Cherokee County, KSKS19,10533−14%

85McPherson County, KSKS30,06434+2%

86Seward County, KSKS21,07334−2%

87Jefferson County, KSKS18,29634−0%

88Atchison County, KSKS16,17238−3%

89Lyon County, KSKS32,26638−10%

90Franklin County, KSKS26,29945+5%

91Butler County, KSKS69,48447+13%

92Montgomery County, KSKS30,17749−13%

93Reno County, KSKS61,53949−4%

94Miami County, KSKS36,24059+21%

95Harvey County, KSKS33,58063+4%

96Crawford County, KSKS39,00866+2%

97Saline County, KSKS53,37775+1%

98Geary County, KSKS36,33896+31%

99Riley County, KSKS72,598118+15%

100Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590177+19%

101Douglas County, KSKS120,920261+19%

102Shawnee County, KSKS178,607329+5%

103Sedgwick County, KSKS538,433525+16%

104Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5971,116+7%

105Johnson County, KSKS636,9061,288+35%

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