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  • Largest town: Andover

Butler County, Kansas

Butler County had 69,158 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,429.7 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of Kansas's 105 county-equivalents.

Population
69,158
#8 of 105 in Kansas · #795 in US
Area
1,429.7 sq mi
#1 of 105 in Kansas · #421 in US
Density
48 / sq mi
#14 of 105 in Kansas · #1,501 in US
Median household income
$76,742
#8 of 105 in Kansas · #589 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Butler County within Kansas. Pin: Topeka.

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Butler County population, land area and income

Butler County had 69,158 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,429.7 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of Kansas's 105 county-equivalents. That works out to 48.4 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Kansas has 6,946 residents, so Butler County is 10.0 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $76,742 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

69,158

3144th1st

795th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

1,430 sq mi

3144th1st

421st of 3,144 (US)

Density

48.4 / sq mi

3144th1st

1501st of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$76,742

3143rd1st

589th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Kansas (105)

Population

69,158

105th1st

8th of 105 (KS)

Land area

1,430 sq mi

105th1st

1st of 105 (KS)

Density

48.4 / sq mi

105th1st

14th of 105 (KS)

Median household income

$76,742

105th1st

8th of 105 (KS)

How Butler County's population changed since 2020

Butler County gained 1,769 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.6%. That ranks 7th of 105 in Kansas for growth. The median Kansas county changed by -1.0%, and the state as a whole by +1.1%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Butler County recorded 2,855 births and 3,260 deaths, a natural change of -405. Net international migration added +673 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,545. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,545 people.

67.4k202068.0k202168.3k202268.6k202369.2k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
2,855
Deaths
3,260
Net international migration
+673
Net domestic migration
+1,545
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+520

Where Butler County is

The Census internal point of Butler County is at 37.773600, -96.838800. It sits in UTM zone 14N. The map shades Kansas's 105 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Butler County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Harper County: -1.0%Phillips County: -4.6%Seward County: -2.7%Grant County: -3.1%Pawnee County: -3.8%Haskell County: -4.5%Ness County: -2.3%Logan County: -1.8%Wichita County: -3.6%Greenwood County: -1.7%Stanton County: -0.7%Edwards County: -5.3%Gray County: +1.6%Franklin County: +1.0%Saline County: -1.5%Allen County: -0.9%Lyon County: +1.3%Cloud County: -3.3%Brown County: -3.6%Rice County: -1.1%Lincoln County: -0.6%Osborne County: -4.0%Rooks County: -2.8%Russell County: -0.8%Jefferson County: +0.0%Jewell County: -1.0%Lane County: -5.6%Sheridan County: -1.9%Gove County: -2.1%Trego County: -1.1%Montgomery County: -3.0%Sumner County: +0.1%Graham County: -1.5%Marion County: -1.0%Washington County: +0.8%Stevens County: -4.0%Kiowa County: -0.7%Mitchell County: +0.4%Cheyenne County: +1.3%Ellis County: +0.2%Rush County: -4.6%Scott County: -4.3%Comanche County: +0.7%Wallace County: -2.6%Nemaha County: -2.0%Linn County: +2.6%Ford County: -0.4%Dickinson County: +1.4%Ellsworth County: -0.9%Labette County: -2.3%Cowley County: -1.0%Neosho County: -2.2%Wilson County: -2.2%Thomas County: -1.7%Greeley County: -9.6%Osage County: -0.0%Finney County: +0.1%Kearny County: -3.8%Kingman County: -6.4%Republic County: -1.3%Ottawa County: +2.1%Smith County: -0.5%Crawford County: -0.1%Elk County: -1.5%Miami County: +4.4%Hodgeman County: -3.7%Morris County: -1.7%Morton County: -8.1%Harvey County: -1.0%Meade County: -4.2%Sedgwick County: +2.1%Geary County: -3.6%Woodson County: +0.4%Bourbon County: +0.6%Chase County: -2.6%Pratt County: -0.0%Reno County: -0.8%Chautauqua County: -1.2%Norton County: -2.1%Marshall County: -0.7%Doniphan County: +1.4%Cherokee County: -0.9%Barton County: -2.3%Riley County: +0.8%Butler County: +2.6%Stafford County: -3.7%Anderson County: +0.9%Sherman County: -1.8%Rawlins County: -5.5%Pottawatomie County: +5.7%McPherson County: +0.5%Coffey County: -0.7%Hamilton County: +0.0%Atchison County: -0.5%Shawnee County: -0.4%Leavenworth County: +3.3%Jackson County: +2.2%Clark County: -5.3%Douglas County: +2.7%Clay County: -1.9%Barber County: -3.2%Johnson County: +3.5%Wabaunsee County: +3.2%Decatur County: -1.1%Wyandotte County: +0.3%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -3.6%
  2. < -1.7%
  3. < -0.7%
  4. < +0.6%
  5. ≥ +0.6%
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Orange pin: Butler County internal point. Dark pin: Topeka.

Internal point

Decimal
37.773600, -96.838800
DMS
37°46'24.96"N 96°50'19.68"W
UTM
14N 690340.8E 4182895.5N
Geohash
9yenukkph
Plus code
8695Q5F6+CF

Towns in Butler County

6 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Butler County, 46,025 people together, or 67% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Butler County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Andover with 17,000.

  1. 01Andover17,000
  2. 02El Dorado12,694
  3. 03Augusta9,103
  4. 04Rose Hill4,290
  5. 05Douglass1,514
  6. 06Towanda1,424
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Butler County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Butler County. The most populous is Sedgwick County, KS, with 536,081 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Topeka and the nearest big city

Topeka is 108.1 miles NE of Butler County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS (population 400,991), 28.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is El Dorado, KS (population 12,694), 3.5 miles away.

Butler County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Butler County is 20015: state code 20 for Kansas plus county code 015. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $76,742.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Butler County, Kansas?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 69,158. That is up 1,769 people (2.6%) from the July 2020 estimate of 67,389.

What is the FIPS code of Butler County?

20015. The first two digits (20) are Kansas; the last three (015) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Butler County?

Andover, with 17,000 residents inside Butler County in 2024.

Which counties border Butler County?

8 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Sedgwick County, KS; Cowley County, KS; Harvey County, KS; Sumner County, KS; Marion County, KS; Greenwood County, KS; Chase County, KS; Elk County, KS.

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 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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