State 20 · KS

Kansas county map

Kansas has 105 counties. Butler County is the largest by land at 1,430 square miles, and Johnson County is the most populous with 632,276 residents.

Population 2024
2,970,606
#34 of 51
Land area
81,759 sq mi
#13 of 51
Density
36.3 / sq mi
#42 of 51
Counties
105
Capital: Topeka
N
Topeka 39.05° N, 95.68° W

Map of all 105 counties in Kansas

Every county is labeled on Census 2024 boundaries. Download it as a PDF to print, a PNG, or an editable SVG. For blank, colored or city versions, see the printable Kansas map sheets.

AllenAndersonAtchisonBarberBartonBourbonBrownButlerChaseChautauquaCherokeeCheyenneClarkClayCloudCoffeyComancheCowleyCrawfordDecaturDickinsonDoniphanDouglasEdwardsElkEllisEllsworthFinneyFordFranklinGearyGoveGrahamGrantGrayGreeleyGreenwoodHamiltonHarperHarveyHaskellHodgemanJacksonJeffersonJewellJohnsonKearnyKingmanKiowaLabetteLaneLeavenworthLincolnLinnLoganLyonMcPhersonMarionMarshallMeadeMiamiMitchellMontgomeryMorrisMortonNemahaNeoshoNessNortonOsageOsborneOttawaPawneePhillipsPottawatomiePrattRawlinsRenoRepublicRiceRileyRooksRushRussellSalineScottSedgwickSewardShawneeSheridanShermanSmithStaffordStantonStevensSumnerThomasTregoWabaunseeWallaceWashingtonWichitaWilsonWoodsonWyandotteKansas county map. Online Map Tools (onlinemaptools.com), Census 2024 boundaries, free to reuse with credit.
105 units labeled. The orange dot marks the capital.

Kansas population and land area

Kansas had 2,970,606 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates, the sum of its counties. That ranks 34th of the 50 states and DC. Its 81,759 square miles of land rank 13th. Kansas averages 36.3 people per square mile of land, about 2.6 times sparser than the national figure of 96.3. By density it ranks 42nd.

Population, 2024
2,970,60634th of 51
Land area
81,759 sq mi13th of 51
Density
36.3 per sq mi42nd of 51
Number of counties
105
Capital
Topeka39.047° N, 95.678° W
State FIPS code
20

Kansas counties by population, density and income

Each shape is shaded by quintile, darker for higher values. Switch the measure above the map. Select a shape to open that county's page. The pin marks the capital, Topeka.

Harper County: 6.8Phillips County: 5.3Seward County: 33Grant County: 12Pawnee County: 8.0Haskell County: 6.2Ness County: 2.4Logan County: 2.5Wichita County: 2.9Greenwood County: 5.1Stanton County: 3.0Edwards County: 4.4Gray County: 6.6Franklin County: 46Saline County: 74Allen County: 25Lyon County: 38Cloud County: 12Brown County: 16Rice County: 13Lincoln County: 4.1Osborne County: 3.8Rooks County: 5.3Russell County: 7.5Jefferson County: 34Jewell County: 3.2Lane County: 2.1Sheridan County: 2.7Gove County: 2.5Trego County: 3.1Montgomery County: 47Sumner County: 19Graham County: 2.6Marion County: 12Washington County: 6.2Stevens County: 6.9Kiowa County: 3.4Mitchell County: 8.3Cheyenne County: 2.6Ellis County: 32Rush County: 3.9Scott County: 6.8Comanche County: 2.1Wallace County: 1.6Nemaha County: 14Linn County: 17Ford County: 31Dickinson County: 22Ellsworth County: 8.8Labette County: 31Cowley County: 30Neosho County: 27Wilson County: 15Thomas County: 7.3Greeley County: 1.5Osage County: 22Finney County: 29Kearny County: 4.4Kingman County: 8.0Republic County: 6.4Ottawa County: 8.1Smith County: 4.0Crawford County: 66Elk County: 3.8Miami County: 62Hodgeman County: 1.9Morris County: 7.6Morton County: 3.4Harvey County: 62Meade County: 4.0Sedgwick County: 538Geary County: 92Woodson County: 6.2Bourbon County: 23Chase County: 3.2Pratt County: 12Reno County: 49Chautauqua County: 5.2Norton County: 6.1Marshall County: 11Doniphan County: 19Cherokee County: 33Barton County: 28Riley County: 119Butler County: 48Stafford County: 4.9Anderson County: 14Sherman County: 5.5Rawlins County: 2.3Pottawatomie County: 32McPherson County: 34Coffey County: 13Hamilton County: 2.5Atchison County: 38Shawnee County: 327Leavenworth County: 183Jackson County: 21Clark County: 1.9Douglas County: 268Clay County: 12Barber County: 3.6Johnson County: 1,335Wabaunsee County: 9.0Decatur County: 3.0Wyandotte County: 1,117
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Largest county in Kansas by land area

Butler County ranks first at 1,430 square miles and Wyandotte County last at 152 square miles. The top value is 9.4 times the bottom one.

  1. 01Butler County1,430
  2. 02Finney County1,302
  3. 03Reno County1,255
  4. 04Sumner County1,182
  5. 05Greenwood County1,143
  6. 06Barber County1,134
  7. 07Cowley County1,126
  8. 08Ford County1,098
  9. 09Ness County1,075
  10. 10Thomas County1,075

Most populous county in Kansas

Johnson County ranks first at 632,276 residents and Greeley County last at 1,152 residents. The gap is more than a hundredfold.

  1. 01Johnson County632,276
  2. 02Sedgwick County536,081
  3. 03Shawnee County177,942
  4. 04Wyandotte County169,418
  5. 05Douglas County121,989
  6. 06Leavenworth County84,670
  7. 07Riley County72,557
  8. 08Butler County69,158
  9. 09Reno County61,417
  10. 10Saline County53,459

Least populous county in Kansas

The smallest populations, fewest first. Estimates for small counties carry more uncertainty than those for large ones.

  1. 01Greeley County1,152
  2. 02Wallace County1,472
  3. 03Lane County1,482
  4. 04Hodgeman County1,673
  5. 05Comanche County1,694
Log scale, so small counties stay visible next to the largest.

Most densely populated county in Kansas

Johnson County ranks first at 1,335.0 people per square mile and Greeley County last at 1.5 people per square mile. The gap is more than a hundredfold.

  1. 01Johnson County1,335.0
  2. 02Wyandotte County1,117.2
  3. 03Sedgwick County537.7
  4. 04Shawnee County327.1
  5. 05Douglas County267.7
  6. 06Leavenworth County182.7
  7. 07Riley County119.0
  8. 08Geary County92.2
  9. 09Saline County74.2
  10. 10Crawford County66.0
People per square mile of land, log scale.

Highest median household income in Kansas

Johnson County ranks first at $103,085 and Woodson County last at $40,327. The top value is 2.6 times the bottom one.

  1. 01Johnson County$103,085
  2. 02Miami County$85,620
  3. 03Pottawatomie County$84,434
  4. 04Leavenworth County$83,086
  5. 05Jefferson County$81,301
  6. 06McPherson County$78,908
  7. 07Gray County$77,786
  8. 08Butler County$76,742
  9. 09Nemaha County$74,744
  10. 10Stanton County$74,063

Towns and cities in Kansas

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 193 incorporated places in Kansas with 1,000 or more residents, holding 2,350,779 people together, or 79% of the state total. 63 of them have 5,000 or more. The northernmost is Sabetha at 39.910° N and the southernmost is Elkhart at 37.004° N. Among places of 5,000+, Spring Hill grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, by 24.2%.

  1. 01Wichita400,991
  2. 02Overland Park202,893
  3. 03Kansas City156,752
  4. 04Olathe149,035
  5. 05Topeka125,467
  6. 06Lawrence97,271
  7. 07Shawnee69,724
  8. 08Lenexa59,427
  9. 09Manhattan54,700
  10. 10Salina46,109
  11. 11Hutchinson39,561
  12. 12Leavenworth37,370
Largest incorporated places, Vintage 2024 estimates.

Topeka, the capital

56.6% of Kansas's place population, 1,329,519 of 2,350,779 people, lives in places within 100 miles of Topeka. That ranks 32nd of 51 for how central the capital is. The most remote town of 1,000 to 9,999 people is Goodland, 106 miles in a straight line from the nearest place of 10,000+ (Garden City).

See all states in the capital radius ranking and the most remote towns ranking. Sunrise and sunset times for Topeka, month by month, are on the Topeka daylight page.

States bordering Kansas

Kansas borders 4 states or districts. The nearest neighboring capital is Lincoln, 133 miles NNW of Topeka in a straight line.

UTM zones in Kansas

The internal points of Kansas's counties fall in UTM zones 14, 15. Zones are 6 degrees of longitude wide, numbered from 180° W: zone = floor((longitude + 180) / 6) + 1. Because Kansas spans 2 zones, no single UTM zone covers the whole state.

All 105 counties in Kansas

Sort by any column. The small orange number marks the top 3 in the state by population.

FIPS
20091Johnson County632,276#14741,335.0$103,085
20173Sedgwick County536,081#2997537.7$67,435
20177Shawnee County177,942#3544327.1$63,612
20209Wyandotte County169,4181521,117.2$61,088
20045Douglas County121,989456267.7$68,561
20103Leavenworth County84,670463182.7$83,086
20161Riley County72,557610119.0$63,076
20015Butler County69,1581,43048.4$76,742
20155Reno County61,4171,25548.9$62,470
20169Saline County53,45972074.2$63,587
20037Crawford County38,90459066.0$52,285
20055Finney County38,3541,30229.5$67,640
20121Miami County35,73757662.1$85,620
20061Geary County35,45938592.2$56,899
20035Cowley County34,1861,12630.4$57,549
20057Ford County34,0721,09831.0$68,766
20079Harvey County33,64254062.3$67,078
20111Lyon County32,52084738.4$55,659
20125Montgomery County30,45964447.3$53,379
20113McPherson County30,33489833.8$78,908
20051Ellis County29,00790032.2$59,048
20149Pottawatomie County26,87684132.0$84,434
20059Franklin County26,27357246.0$67,883
20009Barton County24,83589527.7$58,568
20191Sumner County22,3361,18218.9$63,049
20175Seward County21,27664033.3$66,540
20099Labette County19,69264530.5$49,874
20021Cherokee County19,13358832.6$55,853
20041Dickinson County18,62184722.0$63,417
20087Jefferson County18,33253334.4$81,301
20005Atchison County16,24943137.7$65,818
20139Osage County15,73770622.3$69,666
20133Neosho County15,55257127.2$53,085
20011Bourbon County14,42463522.7$54,428
20085Jackson County13,52565620.6$73,051
20001Allen County12,42550024.8$54,761
20115Marion County11,67094412.4$62,268
20131Nemaha County10,06271714.0$74,744
20117Marshall County9,95090011.1$64,514
20107Linn County9,84159416.6$62,431
20159Rice County9,28472612.8$62,922
20013Brown County9,14257116.0$58,989
20151Pratt County9,13773512.4$61,078
20029Cloud County8,72371512.2$60,403
20205Wilson County8,39857014.7$54,164
20031Coffey County8,30162713.2$67,933
20027Clay County7,96964512.3$66,389
20003Anderson County7,90858013.6$61,742
20193Thomas County7,8021,0757.3$69,774
20043Doniphan County7,57539319.3$63,765
20197Wabaunsee County7,1127949.0$69,893
20067Grant County7,09757512.3$65,399
20095Kingman County6,9468638.0$54,731
20167Russell County6,6208867.5$55,415
20053Ellsworth County6,3167168.8$65,396
20145Pawnee County6,0127548.0$64,704
20073Greenwood County5,8711,1435.1$59,179
20143Ottawa County5,8537218.1$66,956
20123Mitchell County5,8037028.3$60,486
20181Sherman County5,7961,0565.5$57,628
20069Gray County5,7308696.6$77,786
20201Washington County5,5728956.2$58,302
20077Harper County5,4138016.8$54,423
20137Norton County5,3358786.1$57,738
20127Morris County5,2796957.6$65,283
20189Stevens County5,0357276.9$68,600
20171Scott County4,9147186.8$73,436
20163Rooks County4,7488915.3$59,998
20147Phillips County4,7338865.3$59,453
20157Republic County4,6137176.4$54,981
20007Barber County4,0701,1343.6$59,514
20185Stafford County3,9017924.9$54,808
20119Meade County3,8929784.0$71,572
20093Kearny County3,8088714.4$71,237
20081Haskell County3,5915786.2$68,202
20183Smith County3,5418954.0$55,568
20141Osborne County3,3538933.8$54,638
20019Chautauqua County3,3396395.2$49,510
20207Woodson County3,1114986.2$40,327
20105Lincoln County2,9287194.1$53,667
20089Jewell County2,8999103.2$56,505
20165Rush County2,8107183.9$55,709
20195Trego County2,7748893.1$56,168
20047Edwards County2,7316224.4$59,055
20039Decatur County2,7168943.0$54,613
20109Logan County2,6941,0732.5$60,216
20063Gove County2,6581,0722.5$65,003
20023Cheyenne County2,6461,0202.6$52,424
20135Ness County2,6171,0752.4$64,935
20017Chase County2,5077733.2$62,302
20075Hamilton County2,4889972.5$72,657
20129Morton County2,4857303.4$58,093
20049Elk County2,4366443.8$48,121
20097Kiowa County2,4367233.4$56,222
20153Rawlins County2,4321,0692.3$63,255
20179Sheridan County2,3978962.7$65,350
20065Graham County2,3708992.6$53,247
20203Wichita County2,0727192.9$61,825
20187Stanton County2,0716803.0$74,063
20025Clark County1,8739751.9$64,998
20033Comanche County1,6947882.1$51,956
20083Hodgeman County1,6738601.9$66,919
20101Lane County1,4827172.1$64,875
20199Wallace County1,4729141.6$61,157
20071Greeley County1,1527781.5$70,566

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Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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