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  • FIPS 20169
  • Largest town: Salina

Saline County, Kansas

Saline County had 53,459 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 720.2 square miles of land. It ranks 10th of 105 in Kansas by population and 58th by land area.

Population
53,459
#10 of 105 in Kansas · #969 in US
Area
720.2 sq mi
#58 of 105 in Kansas · #1,245 in US
Density
74 / sq mi
#9 of 105 in Kansas · #1,138 in US
Median household income
$63,587
#46 of 105 in Kansas · #1,503 in US

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

Saline County within Kansas. Pin: Topeka.

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Saline County population, land area and income

Saline County had 53,459 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 720.2 square miles of land. It ranks 10th of 105 in Kansas by population and 58th by land area. That works out to 74.2 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 Saline County is 7.7 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $63,587 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

53,459

3144th1st

969th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

720 sq mi

3144th1st

1245th of 3,144 (US)

Density

74.2 / sq mi

3144th1st

1138th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$63,587

3143rd1st

1503rd of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Kansas (105)

Population

53,459

105th1st

10th of 105 (KS)

Land area

720 sq mi

105th1st

58th of 105 (KS)

Density

74.2 / sq mi

105th1st

9th of 105 (KS)

Median household income

$63,587

105th1st

46th of 105 (KS)

How Saline County's population changed since 2020

Saline County lost 789 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.5%. That ranks 59th 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, Saline County recorded 2,625 births and 2,910 deaths, a natural change of -285. Net international migration added +553 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -1,104. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 1,104 people.

54.2k202053.8k202153.5k202253.3k202353.5k2024
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
2,625
Deaths
2,910
Net international migration
+553
Net domestic migration
-1,104
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+117

Where Saline County is

The Census internal point of Saline County is at 38.791800, -97.651500. 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 Saline 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: Saline County internal point. Dark pin: Topeka.

Internal point

Decimal
38.791800, -97.651500
DMS
38°47'30.48"N 97°39'5.40"W
UTM
14N 617112.8E 4294536.3N
Geohash
9yfs9vu6e
Plus code
86C4Q8RX+PC

Towns in Saline County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Saline County, 46,109 people together, or 86% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Saline County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Salina with 46,109.

  1. 01Salina46,109
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Saline County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Saline County. The most populous is McPherson County, KS, with 30,334 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Topeka and the nearest big city

Topeka is 107.5 miles E of Saline County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS (population 400,991), 77.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Salina, KS (population 46,109), 2.5 miles away.

Saline County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Saline County is 20169: state code 20 for Kansas plus county code 169. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $63,587.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Saline County, Kansas?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 53,459. That is down 789 people (1.5%) from the July 2020 estimate of 54,248.

What is the FIPS code of Saline County?

20169. The first two digits (20) are Kansas; the last three (169) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Saline County?

Salina, with 46,109 residents inside Saline County in 2024.

Which counties border Saline County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: McPherson County, KS; Dickinson County, KS; Marion County, KS; Ellsworth County, KS; Ottawa County, KS; Lincoln 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.