County Basics
The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.)
The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area
in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile),
density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state
capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.
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| Name | Seat | Area | (km) | Density | (km) | Pop(2000) | Pop(1990) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | Iola | 503 | 1,303 | 29 | 11 | 14,385 | 14,638 |
| Anderson | Garnett | 583 | 1,510 | 13 | 5 | 8,110 | 7,803 |
| Atchison | Atchison | 432 | 1,120 | 39 | 15 | 16,774 | 16,932 |
| Barber | Medicine Lodge | 1,134 | 2,938 | 5 | 2 | 5,307 | 5,874 |
| Barton | Great Bend | 894 | 2,316 | 33 | 13 | 28,205 | 29,382 |
| Bourbon | Fort Scott | 637 | 1,650 | 24 | 9 | 15,379 | 14,966 |
| Brown | Hiawatha | 571 | 1,478 | 20 | 8 | 10,724 | 11,128 |
| Butler | El Dorado | 1,428 | 3,699 | 35 | 14 | 59,482 | 50,580 |
| Chase | Cottonwood Falls | 776 | 2,010 | 4 | 2 | 3,030 | 3,021 |
| Chautauqua | Sedan | 642 | 1,662 | 7 | 3 | 4,359 | 4,407 |
| Cherokee | Columbus | 587 | 1,521 | 36 | 14 | 22,605 | 21,374 |
| Cheyenne | St. Francis | 1,020 | 2,642 | 3 | 1 | 3,165 | 3,243 |
| Clark | Ashland | 975 | 2,525 | 3 | 1 | 2,390 | 2,418 |
| Clay | Clay Center | 644 | 1,668 | 14 | 6 | 8,822 | 9,158 |
| Cloud | Concordia | 716 | 1,854 | 15 | 6 | 10,268 | 11,023 |
| Coffey | Burlington | 630 | 1,632 | 13 | 5 | 8,865 | 8,404 |
| Comanche | Coldwater | 788 | 2,042 | 3 | 1 | 1,967 | 2,313 |
| Cowley | Winfield | 1,126 | 2,917 | 33 | 13 | 36,291 | 36,915 |
| Crawford | Girard | 593 | 1,536 | 60 | 23 | 38,242 | 35,568 |
| Decatur | Oberlin | 894 | 2,314 | 5 | 2 | 3,472 | 4,021 |
| Dickinson | Abilene | 848 | 2,198 | 22 | 9 | 19,344 | 18,958 |
| Doniphan | Troy | 392 | 1,016 | 21 | 8 | 8,249 | 8,134 |
| Douglas | Lawrence | 457 | 1,184 | 179 | 69 | 99,962 | 81,798 |
| Edwards | Kinsley | 622 | 1,611 | 6 | 2 | 3,449 | 3,787 |
| Elk | Howard | 648 | 1,678 | 5 | 2 | 3,261 | 3,327 |
| Ellis | Hays | 900 | 2,331 | 29 | 11 | 27,507 | 26,004 |
| Ellsworth | Ellsworth | 716 | 1,854 | 9 | 4 | 6,525 | 6,586 |
| Finney | Garden City | 1,300 | 3,367 | 25 | 10 | 40,523 | 33,070 |
| Ford | Dodge City | 1,099 | 2,845 | 25 | 10 | 32,458 | 27,463 |
| Franklin | Ottawa | 574 | 1,486 | 38 | 15 | 24,784 | 21,994 |
| Geary | Junction City | 384 | 995 | 79 | 31 | 27,947 | 30,453 |
| Gove | Gove | 1,072 | 2,775 | 3 | 1 | 3,068 | 3,231 |
| Graham | Hill City | 898 | 2,327 | 4 | 2 | 2,946 | 3,543 |
| Grant | Ulysses | 575 | 1,489 | 13 | 5 | 7,909 | 7,159 |
| Gray | Cimarron | 869 | 2,251 | 6 | 2 | 5,904 | 5,396 |
| Greeley | Tribune | 778 | 2,015 | 2 | 1 | 1,534 | 1,774 |
| Greenwood | Eureka | 1,140 | 2,952 | 7 | 3 | 7,673 | 7,847 |
| Hamilton | Syracuse | 997 | 2,581 | 2 | 1 | 2,670 | 2,388 |
| Harper | Anthony | 802 | 2,076 | 9 | 3 | 6,536 | 7,124 |
| Harvey | Newton | 539 | 1,397 | 58 | 22 | 32,869 | 31,028 |
| Haskell | Sublette | 577 | 1,495 | 7 | 3 | 4,307 | 3,886 |
| Hodgeman | Jetmore | 860 | 2,227 | 3 | 1 | 2,085 | 2,177 |
| Jackson | Holton | 657 | 1,701 | 18 | 7 | 12,657 | 11,525 |
| Jefferson | Oskaloosa | 536 | 1,389 | 30 | 12 | 18,426 | 15,905 |
| Jewell | Mankato | 909 | 2,355 | 5 | 2 | 3,791 | 4,251 |
| Johnson | Olathe | 477 | 1,235 | 745 | 288 | 451,086 | 355,054 |
| Kearny | Lakin | 870 | 2,253 | 5 | 2 | 4,531 | 4,027 |
| Kingman | Kingman | 864 | 2,237 | 10 | 4 | 8,673 | 8,292 |
| Kiowa | Greensburg | 722 | 1,871 | 5 | 2 | 3,278 | 3,660 |
| Labette | Oswego | 649 | 1,681 | 37 | 14 | 22,835 | 23,693 |
| Lane | Dighton | 717 | 1,858 | 3 | 1 | 2,155 | 2,375 |
| Leavenworth | Leavenworth | 463 | 1,200 | 139 | 54 | 68,691 | 64,371 |
| Lincoln | Lincoln | 719 | 1,862 | 5 | 2 | 3,578 | 3,653 |
| Linn | Mound City | 599 | 1,551 | 14 | 5 | 9,570 | 8,254 |
| Logan | Oakley | 1,073 | 2,779 | 3 | 1 | 3,046 | 3,081 |
| Lyon | Emporia | 851 | 2,204 | 41 | 16 | 35,935 | 34,732 |
| Marion | Marion | 943 | 2,443 | 14 | 5 | 13,361 | 12,888 |
| Marshall | Marysville | 903 | 2,338 | 13 | 5 | 10,965 | 11,705 |
| McPherson | McPherson | 900 | 2,331 | 30 | 12 | 29,554 | 27,268 |
| Meade | Meade | 979 | 2,534 | 4 | 2 | 4,631 | 4,247 |
| Miami | Paola | 577 | 1,494 | 41 | 16 | 28,351 | 23,466 |
| Mitchell | Beloit | 700 | 1,813 | 10 | 4 | 6,932 | 7,203 |
| Montgomery | Independence | 645 | 1,671 | 60 | 23 | 36,252 | 38,816 |
| Morris | Council Grove | 697 | 1,806 | 9 | 3 | 6,104 | 6,198 |
| Morton | Elkhart | 730 | 1,891 | 5 | 2 | 3,496 | 3,480 |
| Nemaha | Seneca | 719 | 1,862 | 15 | 6 | 10,717 | 10,446 |
| Neosho | Erie | 572 | 1,481 | 30 | 12 | 16,997 | 17,035 |
| Ness | Ness City | 1,075 | 2,784 | 4 | 1 | 3,454 | 4,033 |
| Norton | Norton | 878 | 2,274 | 7 | 3 | 5,953 | 5,947 |
| Osage | Lyndon | 704 | 1,822 | 22 | 8 | 16,712 | 15,248 |
| Osborne | Osborne | 893 | 2,312 | 6 | 2 | 4,452 | 4,867 |
| Ottawa | Minneapolis | 721 | 1,868 | 8 | 3 | 6,163 | 5,634 |
| Pawnee | Larned | 754 | 1,953 | 10 | 4 | 7,233 | 7,555 |
| Phillips | Phillipsburg | 886 | 2,295 | 7 | 3 | 6,001 | 6,590 |
| Pottawatomie | Westmoreland | 844 | 2,187 | 19 | 7 | 18,209 | 16,128 |
| Pratt | Pratt | 735 | 1,904 | 13 | 5 | 9,647 | 9,702 |
| Rawlins | Atwood | 1,070 | 2,771 | 3 | 1 | 2,966 | 3,404 |
| Reno | Hutchinson | 1,255 | 3,249 | 50 | 19 | 64,790 | 62,389 |
| Republic | Belleville | 717 | 1,856 | 9 | 4 | 5,835 | 6,482 |
| Rice | Lyons | 727 | 1,882 | 15 | 6 | 10,761 | 10,610 |
| Riley | Manhattan | 610 | 1,579 | 110 | 43 | 62,843 | 67,139 |
| Rooks | Stockton | 888 | 2,301 | 7 | 3 | 5,685 | 6,039 |
| Rush | La Crosse | 718 | 1,860 | 5 | 2 | 3,551 | 3,842 |
| Russell | Russell | 885 | 2,292 | 9 | 3 | 7,370 | 7,835 |
| Saline | Salina | 720 | 1,864 | 69 | 27 | 53,597 | 49,301 |
| Scott | Scott City | 718 | 1,859 | 7 | 3 | 5,120 | 5,289 |
| Sedgwick | Wichita | 1,000 | 2,591 | 404 | 156 | 452,869 | 403,662 |
| Seward | Liberal | 640 | 1,657 | 29 | 11 | 22,510 | 18,743 |
| Shawnee | Topeka | 550 | 1,424 | 293 | 113 | 169,871 | 160,976 |
| Sheridan | Hoxie | 896 | 2,322 | 3 | 1 | 2,813 | 3,043 |
| Sherman | Goodland | 1,056 | 2,735 | 7 | 3 | 6,760 | 6,926 |
| Smith | Smith Center | 896 | 2,319 | 6 | 2 | 4,536 | 5,078 |
| Stafford | Saint John | 792 | 2,052 | 7 | 3 | 4,789 | 5,365 |
| Stanton | Johnson | 680 | 1,761 | 3 | 1 | 2,406 | 2,333 |
| Stevens | Hugoton | 728 | 1,885 | 7 | 3 | 5,463 | 5,048 |
| Sumner | Wellington | 1,182 | 3,061 | 22 | 8 | 25,946 | 25,841 |
| Thomas | Colby | 1,075 | 2,784 | 8 | 3 | 8,180 | 8,258 |
| Trego | WaKeeney | 888 | 2,301 | 4 | 2 | 3,319 | 3,694 |
| Wabaunsee | Alma | 798 | 2,065 | 8 | 3 | 6,885 | 6,603 |
| Wallace | Sharon Springs | 914 | 2,367 | 2 | 1 | 1,749 | 1,821 |
| Washington | Washington | 899 | 2,327 | 8 | 3 | 6,483 | 7,073 |
| Wichita | Leoti | 719 | 1,861 | 4 | 2 | 2,531 | 2,758 |
| Wilson | Fredonia | 574 | 1,486 | 18 | 7 | 10,332 | 10,289 |
| Woodson | Yates Center | 501 | 1,297 | 8 | 3 | 3,788 | 4,116 |
| Wyandotte | Kansas City | 151 | 392 | 1,070 | 413 | 157,882 | 161,993 |
Race
The table below lists the population of various ethnic
and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian,
Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American,
Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two
or more races, and Hispanic.
| County | Native | White | Black | Asian | PI | Other | Race2 | Hisp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | 112 | 13,637 | 234 | 38 | 0 | 123 | 241 | 278 |
| Anderson | 60 | 7,900 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 77 | 88 |
| Atchison | 93 | 15,369 | 893 | 57 | 10 | 86 | 266 | 327 |
| Barber | 31 | 5,151 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 53 | 107 |
| Barton | 145 | 26,225 | 323 | 66 | 3 | 991 | 452 | 2,344 |
| Bourbon | 129 | 14,466 | 474 | 56 | 7 | 43 | 204 | 199 |
| Brown | 946 | 9,316 | 167 | 22 | 1 | 78 | 194 | 249 |
| Butler | 541 | 56,471 | 819 | 239 | 19 | 390 | 1,003 | 1,336 |
| Chase | 17 | 2,936 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 53 |
| Chautauqua | 156 | 4,090 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 80 | 59 |
| Cherokee | 781 | 20,857 | 139 | 51 | 8 | 114 | 655 | 291 |
| Cheyenne | 3 | 3,099 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 82 |
| Clark | 27 | 2,289 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 96 |
| Clay | 36 | 8,621 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 79 | 73 |
| Cloud | 26 | 10,093 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 75 | 62 |
| Coffey | 46 | 8,595 | 22 | 30 | 1 | 44 | 127 | 137 |
| Comanche | 5 | 1,927 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 35 |
| Cowley | 713 | 32,708 | 979 | 557 | 5 | 493 | 836 | 1,304 |
| Crawford | 361 | 35,676 | 699 | 425 | 34 | 423 | 624 | 910 |
| Decatur | 3 | 3,398 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 34 |
| Dickinson | 94 | 18,655 | 113 | 58 | 2 | 158 | 264 | 445 |
| Doniphan | 100 | 7,824 | 165 | 21 | 0 | 33 | 106 | 96 |
| Douglas | 2,561 | 86,060 | 4,238 | 3,119 | 62 | 1,197 | 2,725 | 3,268 |
| Edwards | 17 | 3,191 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 192 | 27 | 335 |
| Elk | 31 | 3,100 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 76 | 71 |
| Ellis | 57 | 26,433 | 183 | 225 | 5 | 359 | 245 | 652 |
| Ellsworth | 31 | 6,112 | 232 | 16 | 1 | 56 | 77 | 234 |
| Finney | 389 | 27,982 | 508 | 1,163 | 32 | 9,316 | 1,133 | 17,548 |
| Ford | 204 | 24,295 | 527 | 666 | 38 | 5,896 | 832 | 12,231 |
| Franklin | 232 | 23,556 | 299 | 77 | 1 | 194 | 425 | 650 |
| Geary | 210 | 17,923 | 6,157 | 883 | 115 | 1,146 | 1,513 | 2,362 |
| Gove | 5 | 3,005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 30 | 38 |
| Graham | 10 | 2,796 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 23 |
| Grant | 68 | 6,090 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 1,539 | 166 | 2,742 |
| Gray | 27 | 5,450 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 320 | 86 | 579 |
| Greeley | 4 | 1,428 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 16 | 177 |
| Greenwood | 64 | 7,407 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 121 | 132 |
| Hamilton | 13 | 2,180 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 404 | 45 | 550 |
| Harper | 54 | 6,355 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 77 | 70 |
| Harvey | 171 | 29,924 | 522 | 171 | 10 | 1,369 | 702 | 2,620 |
| Haskell | 25 | 3,664 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 493 | 90 | 1,015 |
| Hodgeman | 5 | 2,029 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 56 |
| Jackson | 866 | 11,418 | 67 | 21 | 3 | 49 | 233 | 189 |
| Jefferson | 170 | 17,818 | 69 | 31 | 2 | 77 | 259 | 236 |
| Jewell | 13 | 3,745 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 27 |
| Johnson | 1,481 | 410,990 | 11,780 | 12,768 | 156 | 6,976 | 6,935 | 17,957 |
| Kearny | 39 | 3,640 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 712 | 97 | 1,203 |
| Kingman | 50 | 8,452 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 100 | 125 |
| Kiowa | 20 | 3,186 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 67 |
| Labette | 445 | 20,386 | 1,064 | 73 | 3 | 274 | 590 | 700 |
| Lane | 1 | 2,106 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 31 |
| Leavenworth | 510 | 57,824 | 7,160 | 730 | 91 | 853 | 1,523 | 2,620 |
| Lincoln | 17 | 3,517 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 37 |
| Linn | 46 | 9,331 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 101 | 87 |
| Logan | 5 | 2,946 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 49 | 50 |
| Lyon | 168 | 29,924 | 815 | 733 | 2 | 3,518 | 775 | 6,010 |
| Marion | 79 | 12,968 | 63 | 25 | 1 | 73 | 152 | 257 |
| Marshall | 40 | 10,761 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 88 | 83 |
| McPherson | 100 | 28,527 | 240 | 95 | 18 | 232 | 342 | 573 |
| Meade | 25 | 4,219 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 289 | 70 | 505 |
| Miami | 147 | 27,206 | 436 | 49 | 3 | 124 | 386 | 451 |
| Mitchell | 28 | 6,766 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 63 | 61 |
| Montgomery | 1,157 | 31,095 | 2,199 | 172 | 7 | 410 | 1,212 | 1,118 |
| Morris | 20 | 5,951 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 54 | 136 |
| Morton | 40 | 3,090 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 263 | 59 | 493 |
| Nemaha | 25 | 10,540 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 64 | 76 |
| Neosho | 166 | 16,130 | 148 | 54 | 4 | 179 | 316 | 494 |
| Ness | 8 | 3,393 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 52 |
| Norton | 26 | 5,557 | 241 | 25 | 1 | 61 | 42 | 141 |
| Osage | 109 | 16,256 | 36 | 28 | 17 | 69 | 197 | 255 |
| Osborne | 10 | 4,390 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 17 |
| Ottawa | 23 | 6,011 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 67 | 80 |
| Pawnee | 69 | 6,579 | 362 | 41 | 0 | 88 | 94 | 301 |
| Phillips | 18 | 5,896 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 40 |
| Pottawatomie | 107 | 17,539 | 121 | 59 | 1 | 109 | 273 | 411 |
| Pratt | 34 | 9,192 | 95 | 53 | 3 | 167 | 103 | 298 |
| Rawlins | 9 | 2,922 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 24 |
| Reno | 379 | 59,320 | 1,865 | 291 | 23 | 1,740 | 1,172 | 3,661 |
| Republic | 12 | 5,751 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 27 | 55 |
| Rice | 61 | 10,188 | 124 | 36 | 4 | 198 | 150 | 604 |
| Riley | 395 | 53,281 | 4,325 | 2,022 | 105 | 1,186 | 1,529 | 2,872 |
| Rooks | 24 | 5,522 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 60 |
| Rush | 15 | 3,496 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 37 |
| Russell | 41 | 7,192 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 20 | 55 | 67 |
| Saline | 279 | 47,794 | 1,660 | 910 | 22 | 1,786 | 1,146 | 3,228 |
| Scott | 28 | 4,888 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 141 | 52 | 323 |
| Sedgwick | 5,041 | 359,489 | 41,367 | 15,137 | 265 | 18,867 | 12,703 | 36,397 |
| Seward | 174 | 14,730 | 852 | 644 | 14 | 5,359 | 737 | 9,486 |
| Shawnee | 1,980 | 140,811 | 15,337 | 1,618 | 61 | 5,438 | 4,626 | 12,330 |
| Sheridan | 2 | 2,775 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 41 |
| Sherman | 22 | 6,343 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 280 | 67 | 571 |
| Smith | 11 | 4,481 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 33 |
| Stafford | 18 | 4,548 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 142 | 68 | 259 |
| Stanton | 29 | 2,031 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 301 | 26 | 570 |
| Stevens | 51 | 4,535 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 724 | 88 | 1,187 |
| Sumner | 273 | 24,551 | 183 | 57 | 14 | 334 | 534 | 929 |
| Thomas | 27 | 7,946 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 78 | 70 | 151 |
| Trego | 13 | 3,245 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 26 |
| Wabaunsee | 34 | 6,695 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 69 | 128 |
| Wallace | 14 | 1,655 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 22 | 84 |
| Washington | 22 | 6,412 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 42 |
| Wichita | 18 | 2,183 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 266 | 60 | 466 |
| Wilson | 91 | 9,999 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 50 | 123 | 173 |
| Woodson | 33 | 3,673 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 52 |
| Wyandotte | 1,175 | 91,856 | 44,724 | 2,568 | 56 | 12,901 | 4,602 | 25,257 |
