Wallace County, Kansas

Wallace County population, land area and income

Wallace County had 1,472 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 913.7 square miles of land. It ranks 104th of 105 in Kansas by population and 21st by land area. That works out to 1.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Kansas has 6,946 residents, so Wallace County has 21% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $61,157 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wallace County's population changed since 2020

Wallace County lost 40 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 2.6%. That ranks 78th 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, Wallace County recorded 89 births and 72 deaths, a natural change of +17. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -54. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 54 people.

Where Wallace County is

The Census internal point of Wallace County is at 38.926600, -101.771100. 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 Wallace County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wallace County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Wallace County. Its 1,472 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Wallace County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Wallace County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Kit Carson County, CO, with 7,080 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• CO

  Kit Carson County, CO

  7,080 people

  52 mi WNW

• Sherman County

  5,796 people

  29 mi N

• Logan County

  2,694 people

  33 mi E

• Wichita County

  2,072 people

  38 mi SE

• CO

  Cheyenne County, CO

  1,712 people

  45 mi W

• Greeley County

  1,152 people

  31 mi S

Distance to Topeka and the nearest big city

Topeka is 327.3 miles E of Wallace County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pueblo, CO (population 111,166), 159.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Garden City, KS (population 27,996), 82.4 miles away.

Wallace County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wallace County is 20199: state code 20 for Kansas plus county code 199. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $61,157.