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Population per Square Mile in Kansas, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Kansas, ranked. The highest is Johnson County at 1,310.4 and the lowest is Wallace County at 1.6.

Kansas: 36.0 · United States: n/a · median county in Kansas: 8.3

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#County Population per Square Mile
1Johnson County1,310.4
2Wyandotte County1,105.6
3Sedgwick County529.8
4Shawnee County327.2
5Douglas County264.0
6Leavenworth County179.4
7Riley County118.0
8Geary County93.1
9Saline County74.5
10Crawford County66.1
11Harvey County62.5
12Miami County60.7
13Reno County49.0
14Montgomery County48.1
15Butler County47.8
16Franklin County45.7
17Lyon County38.0
18Atchison County37.6
19Jefferson County34.4
20McPherson County33.6
21Seward County33.6
22Cherokee County32.6
23Ellis County32.1
24Pottawatomie County31.2
25Ford County31.0
26Labette County30.8
27Cowley County30.6
28Finney County29.3
29Barton County28.0
30Neosho County27.4
31Allen County25.0
32Bourbon County22.7
33Osage County22.3
34Dickinson County21.8
35Jackson County20.3
36Doniphan County19.1
37Sumner County18.9
38Brown County16.4
39Linn County16.4
40Wilson County14.9
41Nemaha County14.2
42Anderson County13.5
43Coffey County13.3
44Rice County12.9
45Grant County12.6
46Clay County12.5
47Cloud County12.4
48Marion County12.4
49Pratt County12.4
50Marshall County11.1
51Ellsworth County8.9
52Wabaunsee County8.8
53Kingman County8.3
54Mitchell County8.2
55Ottawa County8.1
56Pawnee County8.1
57Morris County7.7
58Russell County7.5
59Thomas County7.3
60Stevens County7.1
61Scott County7.0
62Harper County6.7
63Gray County6.6
64Republic County6.5
65Haskell County6.3
66Washington County6.2
67Woodson County6.2
68Norton County6.1
69Sherman County5.5
70Phillips County5.4
71Rooks County5.4
72Chautauqua County5.3
73Greenwood County5.2
74Stafford County5.0
75Edwards County4.5
76Kearny County4.4
77Lincoln County4.1
78Rush County4.1
79Meade County4.0
80Smith County4.0
81Osborne County3.9
82Elk County3.8
83Barber County3.6
84Morton County3.6
85Kiowa County3.4
86Chase County3.3
87Jewell County3.2
88Decatur County3.1
89Trego County3.1
90Stanton County3.0
91Wichita County2.9
92Graham County2.7
93Sheridan County2.7
94Cheyenne County2.6
95Gove County2.6
96Hamilton County2.5
97Logan County2.5
98Ness County2.5
99Rawlins County2.4
100Comanche County2.2
101Clark County2.0
102Lane County2.0
103Hodgeman County1.9
104Greeley County1.7
105Wallace County1.6

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Kansas ranks 43rd of 52 states for population per square mile.

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