Facts
- Population
- 2,970,606 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.1 %
- Natural change, 2023
- 4,508
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2024)
- Population base, April 2020
- 2,937,745 (2020)
- Births
- 34,698 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.7
- Deaths
- 30,190 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.2
- International migration
- 15,340 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -5,358 (2023)
- Net migration
- 9,982 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 3.4
- Postal code
- KS
- FIPS code
- 20
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,970,606 |
| 2023 | 2,951,500 |
| 2022 | 2,937,324 |
| 2021 | 2,938,338 |
| 2020 | 2,938,172 |
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.5 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 2.8 % |
| 2021 | 3.4 % |
| 2020 | 5.8 % |
Counties · 105
| # | County | Population | Change since 2020 | Unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnson County | 632,276 | 3.7 % | 3.5 % |
| 2 | Sedgwick County | 536,081 | 2.3 % | 4.1 % |
| 3 | Shawnee County | 177,942 | -0.5 % | 3.8 % |
| 4 | Wyandotte County | 169,418 | 0.1 % | 4.8 % |
| 5 | Douglas County | 121,989 | 2.7 % | 3.5 % |
| 6 | Leavenworth County | 84,670 | 3.4 % | 4.1 % |
| 7 | Riley County | 72,557 | 0.8 % | 3.4 % |
| 8 | Butler County | 69,158 | 2.7 % | 3.8 % |
| 9 | Reno County | 61,417 | -0.8 % | 3.9 % |
| 10 | Saline County | 53,459 | -1.5 % | 3.3 % |
| 11 | Crawford County | 38,904 | -0.2 % | 4.6 % |
| 12 | Finney County | 38,354 | -0.3 % | 2.9 % |
| 13 | Miami County | 35,737 | 4.5 % | 3.7 % |
| 14 | Geary County | 35,459 | -3.5 % | 4.7 % |
| 15 | Cowley County | 34,186 | -1.1 % | 4.2 % |
| 16 | Ford County | 34,072 | -0.6 % | 3.0 % |
| 17 | Harvey County | 33,642 | -1.1 % | 3.9 % |
| 18 | Lyon County | 32,520 | 1.1 % | 4.8 % |
| 19 | Montgomery County | 30,459 | -3.3 % | 4.2 % |
| 20 | McPherson County | 30,334 | 0.4 % | 3.1 % |
| 21 | Ellis County | 29,007 | 0.2 % | 3.0 % |
| 22 | Pottawatomie County | 26,876 | 6.0 % | 3.4 % |
| 23 | Franklin County | 26,273 | 1.1 % | 3.9 % |
| 24 | Barton County | 24,835 | -2.6 % | 3.7 % |
| 25 | Sumner County | 22,336 | -0.1 % | 4.0 % |
| 26 | Seward County | 21,276 | -3.1 % | 3.2 % |
| 27 | Labette County | 19,692 | -2.4 % | 3.9 % |
| 28 | Cherokee County | 19,133 | -1.2 % | 4.0 % |
| 29 | Dickinson County | 18,621 | 1.2 % | 3.7 % |
| 30 | Jefferson County | 18,332 | -0.2 % | 3.5 % |
| 31 | Atchison County | 16,249 | -0.6 % | 4.1 % |
| 32 | Osage County | 15,737 | -0.2 % | 3.7 % |
| 33 | Neosho County | 15,552 | -2.2 % | 3.8 % |
| 34 | Bourbon County | 14,424 | 0.5 % | 5.4 % |
| 35 | Jackson County | 13,525 | 2.2 % | 3.3 % |
| 36 | Allen County | 12,425 | -0.8 % | 4.1 % |
| 37 | Marion County | 11,670 | -1.3 % | 3.7 % |
| 38 | Nemaha County | 10,062 | -2.1 % | 2.7 % |
| 39 | Marshall County | 9,950 | -0.8 % | 3.3 % |
| 40 | Linn County | 9,841 | 2.6 % | 5.2 % |
| 41 | Rice County | 9,284 | -1.5 % | 3.5 % |
| 42 | Brown County | 9,142 | -3.8 % | 4.4 % |
| 43 | Pratt County | 9,137 | -0.1 % | 3.4 % |
| 44 | Cloud County | 8,723 | -3.5 % | 3.3 % |
| 45 | Wilson County | 8,398 | -2.7 % | 4.8 % |
| 46 | Coffey County | 8,301 | -0.7 % | 4.4 % |
| 47 | Clay County | 7,969 | -1.8 % | 3.5 % |
| 48 | Anderson County | 7,908 | 0.9 % | 3.7 % |
| 49 | Thomas County | 7,802 | -1.6 % | 2.7 % |
| 50 | Doniphan County | 7,575 | 1.0 % | 4.0 % |
| 51 | Wabaunsee County | 7,112 | 3.4 % | 3.6 % |
| 52 | Grant County | 7,097 | -3.5 % | 3.7 % |
| 53 | Kingman County | 6,946 | -7.0 % | 3.0 % |
| 54 | Russell County | 6,620 | -1.0 % | 3.8 % |
| 55 | Ellsworth County | 6,316 | -1.0 % | 3.2 % |
| 56 | Pawnee County | 6,012 | -3.7 % | 3.1 % |
| 57 | Greenwood County | 5,871 | -2.4 % | 4.3 % |
| 58 | Ottawa County | 5,853 | 2.1 % | 3.2 % |
| 59 | Mitchell County | 5,803 | 0.1 % | 4.2 % |
| 60 | Sherman County | 5,796 | -2.3 % | 3.4 % |
| 61 | Gray County | 5,730 | 1.5 % | 2.6 % |
| 62 | Washington County | 5,572 | 0.9 % | 3.4 % |
| 63 | Harper County | 5,413 | -1.3 % | 3.5 % |
| 64 | Norton County | 5,335 | -2.2 % | 3.0 % |
| 65 | Morris County | 5,279 | -2.1 % | 3.1 % |
| 66 | Stevens County | 5,035 | -4.1 % | 3.0 % |
| 67 | Scott County | 4,914 | -4.5 % | 3.0 % |
| 68 | Rooks County | 4,748 | -3.3 % | 3.2 % |
| 69 | Phillips County | 4,733 | -4.8 % | 3.2 % |
| 70 | Republic County | 4,613 | -1.4 % | 3.1 % |
| 71 | Barber County | 4,070 | -3.9 % | 3.2 % |
| 72 | Stafford County | 3,901 | -4.1 % | 3.2 % |
| 73 | Meade County | 3,892 | -4.2 % | 3.2 % |
| 74 | Kearny County | 3,808 | -4.3 % | 3.3 % |
| 75 | Haskell County | 3,591 | -5.0 % | 3.1 % |
| 76 | Smith County | 3,541 | -0.7 % | 3.2 % |
| 77 | Osborne County | 3,353 | -4.1 % | 3.6 % |
| 78 | Chautauqua County | 3,339 | -1.2 % | 4.5 % |
| 79 | Woodson County | 3,111 | -0.4 % | 5.3 % |
| 80 | Lincoln County | 2,928 | -0.3 % | 4.1 % |
| 81 | Jewell County | 2,899 | -1.1 % | 4.6 % |
| 82 | Rush County | 2,810 | -5.0 % | 3.5 % |
| 83 | Trego County | 2,774 | -1.1 % | 3.7 % |
| 84 | Edwards County | 2,731 | -5.9 % | 3.3 % |
| 85 | Decatur County | 2,716 | -1.3 % | 3.2 % |
| 86 | Logan County | 2,694 | -2.4 % | 2.8 % |
| 87 | Gove County | 2,658 | -2.4 % | 3.6 % |
| 88 | Cheyenne County | 2,646 | 1.2 % | 3.3 % |
| 89 | Ness County | 2,617 | -2.6 % | 2.9 % |
| 90 | Chase County | 2,507 | -2.7 % | 4.0 % |
| 91 | Hamilton County | 2,488 | -1.2 % | 2.8 % |
| 92 | Morton County | 2,485 | -8.1 % | 3.5 % |
| 93 | Elk County | 2,436 | -1.6 % | 4.4 % |
| 94 | Kiowa County | 2,436 | -0.9 % | 3.3 % |
| 95 | Rawlins County | 2,432 | -5.3 % | 2.8 % |
| 96 | Sheridan County | 2,397 | -1.8 % | 2.5 % |
| 97 | Graham County | 2,370 | -1.9 % | 4.3 % |
| 98 | Wichita County | 2,072 | -3.7 % | 2.7 % |
| 99 | Stanton County | 2,071 | -0.7 % | 3.9 % |
| 100 | Clark County | 1,873 | -5.9 % | 3.0 % |
| 101 | Comanche County | 1,694 | 0.3 % | 3.1 % |
| 102 | Hodgeman County | 1,673 | -2.8 % | 3.4 % |
| 103 | Lane County | 1,482 | -5.9 % | 4.1 % |
| 104 | Wallace County | 1,472 | -2.6 % | 3.3 % |
| 105 | Greeley County | 1,152 | -10.2 % | 3.4 % |