Kansas Population
Kansas Population Density of Counties (based on 2000 census)
Based on the number of people per square mile within a county, a county is labeled as either frontier, rural, densely settled rural, semi-urban, or urban. For example, a county that is labeled “Frontier” has less than 6 people per square mile.
Kansas Population Density information is also available as a map.
Group 1
Frontier – less than 6 people per square mile
Barber, Chase, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Elk, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kiowa, Jewell, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Meade, Morton, Ness, Osborne, Rawlins, Rush, Sheridan, Smith, Stanton, Trego, Wallace, and Wichita
Group 2
Rural – 6 to 19.9 people per square mile
Anderson, Brown, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Doniphan, Ellsworth, Grant, Gray, Greenwood, Harper, Haskell, Jackson, Kingman, Linn, Marion, Marshall, Mitchell, Morris, Nemaha, Norton, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Republic, Rice, Rooks, Russell, Scott, Sherman, Stafford, Stevens, Thomas, Wabaunsee, Washington, Wilson, and Woodson.
Group 3
Densely Settled Rural – 20 to 39.9 people per square mile
Allen, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Cherokee, Cowley, Dickinson, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Jefferson, Labette, McPherson, Miami, Neosho, Osage, Pottawatomie, Seward, and Sumner
Group 4
Semi-Urban – 40 to 149.9 people per square mile
Crawford, Geary, Harvey, Leavenworth, Lyon, Montgomery, Riley, Reno, and Saline
Group 5
Urban – 150 plus people per square mile
Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte
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