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105 COUNTIES · ARTICLE 2 & 9 KANSAS CONSTITUTION

Kansas County Map: All 105 Counties

Kansas contains 105 counties organized across three distinct physiographic tiers: Flint Hills, Smoky Hills, and High Plains. Featuring consolidated governments in Kansas City-Wyandotte and Tribune-Greeley, Kansas counties exercise constitutional home rule.

Data: 2020 Census & Census Gazetteer·Counties: 105

Kansas at a Glance

Total Counties1052020 Census units
State Population2,937,8352020 US Census Resident · Apportionment: 2,937,880
Total Land Area81,759sq mi (211,755 km²)
Pop. Density35.9persons per sq mi
State CapitalTopekaSeat of government
State FIPS CodeFIPS 20USPS: KS · Central Time (CT)

Kansas County Map

Counties of Kansas with the state capital, Topeka, marked. Hover a shape for its name or click it to jump to its row in the list below.

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Kansas counties mapNorton CountyGreenwood CountyLane CountyMarion CountyBarber CountyEdwards CountyThomas CountyFord CountyChase CountyWoodson CountyWallace CountyFranklin CountyNeosho CountyCloud CountyNess CountyAnderson CountyEllis CountyJackson CountyScott CountyPratt CountyCrawford CountyLyon CountyPhillips CountyGrant CountyGraham CountyAllen CountyTrego CountyElk CountyHamilton CountyDecatur CountyWashington CountyGray CountyGeary CountyWichita CountyClay CountySheridan CountyKiowa CountyOsage CountySherman CountyRooks CountySaline CountyEllsworth CountyMiami CountyStevens CountyDoniphan CountySedgwick CountySmith CountyHarvey CountyBrown CountyCheyenne CountyGreeley CountySumner CountyPottawatomie CountyWilson CountyChautauqua CountyLinn CountyKingman CountyMitchell CountyHodgeman CountyMorris CountyRush CountyStafford CountyFinney CountyJefferson CountyPawnee CountyCoffey CountyClark CountyStanton CountyComanche CountyRawlins CountyCherokee CountyShawnee CountyAtchison CountyJewell CountyMarshall CountyNemaha CountyKearny CountyMorton CountyOttawa CountyRussell CountyDouglas CountyRepublic CountyLeavenworth CountyOsborne CountyRice CountyWyandotte CountyLabette CountyJohnson CountyDickinson CountyReno CountyLogan CountyHaskell CountyGove CountyWabaunsee CountyMeade CountyHarper CountyRiley CountyLincoln CountySeward CountyBarton CountyMontgomery CountyMcPherson CountyCowley CountyBourbon CountyButler CountyTopeka
Source: US Census Bureau 2017 cartographic boundary file, 1:10,000,000 (generalized; via us-atlas).
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ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK & STATUTORY POWERS

How Local Government Operates in Kansas: 3- to 7-Member Board of County Commissioners

Governed by elected Boards of County Commissioners. Kansas granted constitutional county home rule in 1974, allowing county commissions to pass local legislation unless explicitly preempted by state statute.

County Total105 CountiesEstablished between 1855 (Territorial 33) and 1887 (Garfield County was later annexed).
Consolidated Governments2 Unified JurisdictionsKansas City / Wyandotte (1997) and Greeley County / Tribune (2009).
Most PopulousJohnson County (609,863)Seat: Olathe. Affluent Kansas City suburban economic center.
Least PopulousGreeley County (1,284)Seat: Tribune. High Plains farming county bordering Colorado.
Largest Land AreaButler County (1,428 sq mi)Seat: El Dorado. Rolling Flint Hills tallgrass prairie and oil basin.
Smallest Land AreaWyandotte County (151 sq mi)Seat: Kansas City. Urban industrial confluence of Kansas and Missouri rivers.
IN-DEPTH STATUTORY & HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

County Seat Wars of the 1880s: The Most Violent in US History

In the late 19th century, Kansas was the epicenter of deadly armed conflicts between rival pioneer towns competing for county seats.

During the western Kansas settlement boom of the 1880s, obtaining the county courthouse was an economic life-or-death battle for frontier towns, guaranteeing railroad depots, land office fees, and legal commerce.

In Stevens County, the "Hay Meadow Massacre" of 1888 erupted between partisans of Hugoton and Woodsdale, resulting in armed ambushes and the deployment of the state militia. Similar armed shootouts and stolen ballot boxes occurred in Gray County (Cimarron vs. Ingalls), Wichita County (Leoti vs. Coronado), and Pratt County.

In 1893, Garfield County was discovered to contain less than the constitutional minimum 432 square miles required for a county; it was formally dissolved and annexed into Finney County as Garfield Township.

Consolidated Greeley County

In 2009, Greeley County and the City of Tribune unified all municipal and county operations into a single consolidated government to eliminate redundant administrative costs for 1,284 residents.

IN-DEPTH STATUTORY & HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

Ogallala Aquifer & High Plains County Economics

Western Kansas counties manage vital groundwater conservation districts overlying the rapidly depleting High Plains Ogallala Aquifer.

Counties like Finney (Garden City), Ford (Dodge City), and Seward (Liberal) support colossal beef cattle feedlots and meatpacking complexes that process a significant portion of the nation’s protein supply.

Because these industrial and irrigated crop economies consume vast quantities of groundwater, Kansas counties collaborate with Groundwater Management Districts (GMDs) and Local Enhanced Management Areas (LEMAs) to enforce irrigation pumping caps and extend aquifer lifespan.

Flint Hills Tallgrass

Eastern Kansas counties (Chase, Greenwood, Butler) encompass the Flint Hills—the largest remaining tallgrass prairie ecosystem in North America, preserved from farming by dense chert limestone gravel.

LARGEST BY POPULATION & AREA

Kansas County Rankings: Population & Land Area

Comparative demographic and territorial distribution across Kansas's largest administrative subdivisions based on the 2020 US Census Decennial count.

Top 10 Most Populous Counties

20.8% in #1
#CountySeatPopulation% State
1Johnson CountyOlathe609,87720.8%
2Sedgwick CountyWichita523,83617.8%
3Shawnee CountyTopeka178,9076.1%
4Wyandotte CountyKansas City169,2315.8%
5Douglas CountyLawrence118,7794.0%
6Leavenworth CountyLeavenworth81,9012.8%
7Riley CountyManhattan71,9642.4%
8Butler CountyEl Dorado67,3762.3%
9Reno CountyHutchinson61,8832.1%
10Saline CountySalina54,2971.8%

Top 10 Largest Counties by Land Area

1.7% in #1
#CountySeatLand Area% State
1Butler CountyEl Dorado1,429.7 sq mi1.7%
2Finney CountyGarden City1,302 sq mi1.6%
3Reno CountyHutchinson1,255.3 sq mi1.5%
4Sumner CountyWellington1,181.7 sq mi1.4%
5Greenwood CountyEureka1,143.3 sq mi1.4%
6Barber CountyMedicine Lodge1,134.1 sq mi1.4%
7Cowley CountyWinfield1,125.7 sq mi1.4%
8Ford CountyDodge City1,098.3 sq mi1.3%
9Ness CountyNess City1,074.7 sq mi1.3%
10Thomas CountyColby1,074.7 sq mi1.3%
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COMPLETE LIST (105 COUNTIES)

List of All 105 Counties in Kansas

Every county in Kansas is listed below with its seat, 2020 Census population, land area and FIPS code. Search by name, seat or FIPS, sort any column, or export the full table as CSV.

All 105 counties
County
Seat
2020 Census Pop
Land Area (sq mi)
FIPS
Johnson County
Olathe609,877474 sq mi20091
Sedgwick County
Wichita523,836997 sq mi20173
Shawnee County
Topeka178,907544 sq mi20177
Wyandotte County
Kansas City169,231152 sq mi20209
Douglas County
Lawrence118,779456 sq mi20045
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth81,901463 sq mi20103
Riley County
Manhattan71,964610 sq mi20161
Butler County
El Dorado67,3761,430 sq mi20015
Reno County
Hutchinson61,8831,255 sq mi20155
Saline County
Salina54,297720 sq mi20169
Crawford County
Girard38,971590 sq mi20037
Finney County
Garden City38,4661,302 sq mi20055
Geary County
Junction City36,735385 sq mi20061
Cowley County
Winfield34,5541,126 sq mi20035
Ford County
Dodge City34,2881,098 sq mi20057
Miami County
Paola34,193576 sq mi20121
Harvey County
Newton34,019540 sq mi20079
Lyon County
Emporia32,178848 sq mi20111
Montgomery County
Independence31,492644 sq mi20125
McPherson County
McPherson30,221898 sq mi20113
Ellis County
Hays28,935900 sq mi20051
Franklin County
Ottawa25,983572 sq mi20059
Barton County
Great Bend25,501895 sq mi20009
Pottawatomie County
Westmoreland25,343841 sq mi20149
Sumner County
Wellington22,3761,182 sq mi20191
Seward County
Liberal21,963640 sq mi20175
Labette County
Oswego20,191645 sq mi20099
Cherokee County
Columbus19,367588 sq mi20021
Dickinson County
Abilene18,401847 sq mi20041
Jefferson County
Oskaloosa18,360533 sq mi20087
Atchison County
Atchison16,347431 sq mi20005
Neosho County
Erie15,900572 sq mi20133
Osage County
Lyndon15,765706 sq mi20139
Bourbon County
Fort Scott14,362636 sq mi20011
Jackson County
Holton13,231656 sq mi20085
Allen County
Iola12,522500 sq mi20001
Marion County
Marion11,834944 sq mi20115
Nemaha County
Seneca10,274717 sq mi20131
Marshall County
Marysville10,034900 sq mi20117
Linn County
Linnville9,592594 sq mi20107
Brown County
Hiawatha9,501571 sq mi20013
Rice County
Lyons9,426726 sq mi20159
Pratt County
Pratt9,153735 sq mi20151
Cloud County
Concordia9,035715 sq mi20029
Wilson County
Fredonia8,629570 sq mi20205
Coffey County
Burlington8,359627 sq mi20031
Clay County
Clay Center8,110645 sq mi20027
Thomas County
Colby7,9301,075 sq mi20193
Anderson County
Garnett7,834580 sq mi20003
Doniphan County
Troy7,509394 sq mi20043
Kingman County
Kingman7,473863 sq mi20095
Grant County
Ulysses7,352575 sq mi20067
Wabaunsee County
Alma6,876794 sq mi20197
Russell County
Russell6,691886 sq mi20167
Ellsworth County
Ellsworth6,382716 sq mi20053
Pawnee County
Larned6,254754 sq mi20145
Greenwood County
Eureka6,0181,143 sq mi20073
Sherman County
Goodland5,9261,056 sq mi20181
Mitchell County
Beloit5,792702 sq mi20123
Ottawa County
Minneapolis5,729721 sq mi20143
Gray County
Cimarron5,655869 sq mi20069
Washington County
Washington5,530895 sq mi20201
Harper County
Anthony5,490801 sq mi20077
Norton County
Norton5,457878 sq mi20137
Morris County
Council Grove5,391695 sq mi20127
Stevens County
Hugoton5,249727 sq mi20189
Scott County
Scott City5,152718 sq mi20171
Phillips County
Phillipsburg4,973886 sq mi20147
Rooks County
Stockton4,918891 sq mi20163
Republic County
Belleville4,669717 sq mi20157
Barber County
Medicine Lodge4,2281,134 sq mi20007
Stafford County
St. John4,064792 sq mi20185
Meade County
Meade4,062978 sq mi20119
Kearny County
Lakin3,982871 sq mi20093
Haskell County
Santa Fe3,781578 sq mi20081
Smith County
Smith Center3,575896 sq mi20183
Osborne County
Osborne3,494893 sq mi20141
Chautauqua County
Sedan3,384639 sq mi20019
Woodson County
Yates Center3,123498 sq mi20207
Rush County
La Crosse2,951718 sq mi20165
Lincoln County
Lincoln Center2,940719 sq mi20105
Jewell County
Mankato2,929910 sq mi20089
Edwards County
Kinsley2,903622 sq mi20047
Trego County
WaKeeney2,805890 sq mi20195
Decatur County
Oberlin2,764894 sq mi20039
Logan County
Oakley2,7581,073 sq mi20109
Gove County
Gove City2,7221,072 sq mi20063
Morton County
Elkhart2,700730 sq mi20129
Ness County
Ness City2,6821,075 sq mi20135
Cheyenne County
St. Francis2,6161,020 sq mi20023
Chase County
Cottonwood Falls2,573773 sq mi20017
Rawlins County
Atwood2,5661,069 sq mi20153
Hamilton County
Syracuse2,517997 sq mi20075
Elk County
Howard2,486644 sq mi20049
Kiowa County
Greensburg2,461723 sq mi20097
Sheridan County
Hoxie2,442896 sq mi20179
Graham County
Hill City2,412899 sq mi20065
Wichita County
Leoti2,153719 sq mi20203
Stanton County
Johnson City2,085680 sq mi20187
Clark County
Ashland1,992975 sq mi20025
Hodgeman County
Jetmore1,721860 sq mi20083
Comanche County
Coldwater1,685788 sq mi20033
Lane County
Dighton1,573717 sq mi20101
Wallace County
Sharon Springs1,512914 sq mi20199
Greeley County
Tribune1,282778 sq mi20071
Data: US Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census populations and Census Gazetteer land areas.
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Data Sources & FIPS Codes

Kansas uses state FIPS code 20; each county adds a three-digit code to form the five-digit FIPS (now INCITS 31) identifiers in the table. Populations are 2020 Census counts and land areas come from the Census Gazetteer. The map above is drawn from the Census Bureau's generalized 2017 cartographic boundary file (1:10,000,000), so it suits overview and printing, not parcel-level or legal boundary questions; for those, check the local assessor or GIS office.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Questions About Kansas Counties

Why were the Kansas County Seat Wars so violent?

In the 1880s, securing the county courthouse guaranteed railroad investment, bond revenues, and commercial survival for frontier towns. Rival town speculators hired famous gunfighters (like Bat Masterson) and formed armed militias, leading to shootouts and assassinations in Stevens, Gray, and Wichita counties.

What is the unified government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas?

In 1997, voters approved consolidating the municipal government of Kansas City, Kansas with the county government of Wyandotte County, creating the "Unified Government" overseen by a single Mayor/CEO and Board of Commissioners.

What is the largest county by land area in Kansas?

Butler County (seat: El Dorado) is the largest county by land area in Kansas, spanning 1,428.2 square miles across the rolling Flint Hills prairie.

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