Kansas Statistical Abstract 2001 - Institute for Policy & Social ...

Land Area and Population Density in Kansas Counties
1980, 1990, 2000
1990 Land Area
Population Density
County (sq. miles) 1980r 1990 2000
McPherson 900 29.8 30.3 32.8
Marion 943 14.3 13.7 14.2
Marshall 903 14.2 13.3 12.1
Meade 978 4.9 4.3 4.7
Miami 577 37.5 40.7 49.1
Mitchell 700 11.6 10.3 9.9
Montgomery 645 65.5 60.2 56.2
Morris 697 9.2 8.9 8.8
Morton 730 4.7 4.8 4.8
Nemaha 719 15.6 14.5 14.9
Neosho 572 33.2 29.8 29.7
Ness 1,075 4.2 3.8 3.2
Norton 878 7.6 6.8 6.8
Osage 704 21.8 21.7 23.7
Osborne 893 6.7 5.5 5.0
Ottawa 721 8.3 7.8 8.5
Pawnee 754 10.7 10.0 9.6
Phillips 886 8.4 7.4 6.8
Pottawatomie 844 17.5 19.1 21.6
Pratt 735 14.0 13.2 13.1
Rawlins 1,070 3.8 3.2 2.8
Reno 1,254 51.8 49.7 51.7
Republic 716 10.6 9.0 8.1
Rice 727 16.4 14.6 14.8
Riley 610 104.1 110.1 103.0
Rooks 888 7.9 6.8 6.4
Rush 718 6.3 5.3 4.9
Russell 885 10.0 8.9 8.3
Saline 720 67.9 68.5 74.4
Scott 718 8.1 7.4 7.1
Sedgwick 1,000 367.1 403.6 452.9
Seward 640 26.7 29.3 35.2
Shawnee 550 281.7 292.7 308.9
Sheridan 896 4.0 3.4 3.1
Sherman 1,056 7.3 6.6 6.4
Smith 895 6.6 5.7 5.1
Stafford 792 7.2 6.8 6.0
Stanton 680 3.4 3.4 3.5
Stevens 728 6.5 6.9 7.5
Sumner 1,182 21.1 21.9 22.0
Thomas 1,075 7.9 7.7 7.6
Trego 888 4.7 4.2 3.7
Wabaunsee 797 8.6 8.3 8.6
Wallace 914 2.2 2.0 1.9
Washington 898 9.5 7.9 7.2
Wichita 717 4.2 3.8 3.5
Wilson 574 21.1 17.9 18.0
Woodson 501 9.2 8.2 7.6
Wyandotte 151 1,141.3 1,070.0 1,045.6
Kansas 81,823 28.9 30.3 32.9
r=revised, based on 1990 land area. Note: Population density is defined as the average number of persons
per square mile, i.e., the number of inhabitants in the area divided by the number of square miles in the area.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census: 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Population Housing
Characteristics; Kansas, U.S. Bureau of the Census Web site: www.census.gov, March 2001.