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Kansas: county data, all 105 of them.

2,947,197 residents across 105 county-equivalents, 75,464 business establishments, and 3,718 SBA approvals worth $2.06 bn. Every figure on this page is those counties summed, and every county has its own page.

32 state-level values · 105 county pages · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency

How many people live in Kansas?

  • Population2,947,197
  • Households1,174,060
  • Average household size2.51
  • County-equivalents105
  • People per square mile36

Kansas has 2,947,197 residents in 1,174,060 households across 105 county-equivalents, every one of which has its own data page below.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

What is the Kansas economy?

  • Combined county product, 2024$230.52 bn
  • County product per resident$78,217
  • Covered employment1,409,547
  • Average annual pay$60,373

The average annual pay of $60,373 is weighted by each county's covered employment, not averaged across counties, so a large labour market counts for more than a small one.

US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

How many businesses are in Kansas?

  • Business establishments75,464
  • Establishments per 1,000 residents25.6
  • Employment at those establishments1,194,585
  • Annual payroll$68.13 bn

US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.

Building permits in Kansas

  • Housing units permitted9,063
  • Permitted construction value$2.58 bn
  • Units permitted per 1,000 households7.7

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

SBA loans in Kansas (7(a) and 504)

  • 7(a) approvals recorded2,912
  • 7(a) approval dollars$1.48 bn
  • Average 7(a) approval$508,598
  • 504 approvals recorded806
  • 504 approval dollars$580.8 m
  • Average 504 approval$720,547
  • Counties with a 7(a) record96 of 105

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Kansas

  • 7(a) charge-off rate over resolved loans3.70 percent
  • Resolved 7(a) loans behind that rate699
  • 7(a) loans charged off26
  • 504 charge-off rate over resolved loans3.80 percent
  • Resolved 504 loans behind that rate289
  • 504 loans charged off11

Of the 699 Kansas 7(a) loans that have reached a final outcome, 3.70 percent were charged off. The rate is taken over resolved loans only, because a loan still running has not yet succeeded or failed.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30. US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

How large is Kansas?

  • Land area81,759 sq mi
  • County-equivalents105
  • People per square mile36

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

The largest counties in Kansas.

Kansas county-equivalents by population, with the figures a site search compares them on
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvals
Johnson County620,631$109,20818,999$67.01 bn1,260
Sedgwick County528,226$69,36512,710$41.52 bn690
Shawnee County178,025$67,1043,959$14.58 bn169
Wyandotte County167,654$63,6313,141$15.52 bn156
Douglas County120,302$69,7462,774$7.03 bn161
Leavenworth County83,123$89,2181,332$4.05 bn82
Riley County71,946$61,0981,620$3.81 bn82
Butler County68,287$81,6101,396$3.84 bn88
Reno County61,553$60,6451,590$3.43 bn30
Saline County53,668$65,4221,489$3.88 bn24

Counties

All 105 Kansas county-equivalents.

Kansas counties: population, income, establishments and SBA activity
GeographyPopulationMedian incomeEstablishmentsCounty GDPSBA approvalsLand area, sq mi
Allen County12,483$60,689353$703.0 m11500
Anderson County7,834$70,614198$500.5 m3580
Atchison County16,208$61,112364$845.3 m6431
Barber County4,069$61,926172$228.6 m61,134
Barton County25,097$58,851866$1.62 bn40895
Bourbon County14,394$59,238363$748.5 m18635
Brown County9,343$62,233277$702.1 m4571
Butler County68,287$81,6101,396$3.84 bn881,430
Chase County2,561$56,48460$146.8 m1773
Chautauqua County3,370$56,43869$101.0 m4639
Cherokee County19,151$57,668325$1.09 bn7588
Cheyenne County2,628$55,429105$173.7 m61,020
Clark County1,974$63,04360$279.4 m1975
Clay County8,048$66,176261$352.3 m4645
Cloud County8,898$58,770287$516.4 m4715
Coffey County8,308$70,346203$927.7 m4627
Comanche County1,729$54,54570$70.7 mNone recorded788
Cowley County34,411$57,878719$1.70 bn181,126
Crawford County39,008$52,844901$2.16 bn34590
Decatur County2,726$53,87098$222.5 m7894
Dickinson County18,445$68,417461$853.8 m11847
Doniphan County7,503$74,028160$352.3 m3393
Douglas County120,302$69,7462,774$7.03 bn161456
Edwards County2,779$52,69272$236.0 m9622
Elk County2,453$64,60954$102.3 mNone recorded644
Ellis County28,920$63,0841,110$2.05 bn128900
Ellsworth County6,360$65,560152$310.3 m4716
Finney County38,084$73,0091,044$3.11 bn611,302
Ford County34,074$70,781803$3.22 bn171,098
Franklin County26,106$77,207533$1.17 bn28572
Geary County35,815$59,317566$3.75 bn20385
Gove County2,799$66,029127$280.6 m61,072
Graham County2,389$50,65091$185.6 m4899
Grant County7,229$66,476210$641.6 m14575
Gray County5,701$79,122228$997.5 m5869
Greeley County1,304$80,56542$280.7 mNone recorded778
Greenwood County5,919$60,042160$208.9 m51,143
Hamilton County2,471$70,25074$422.9 m5997
Harper County5,400$53,488185$420.9 m6801
Harvey County33,756$74,368778$1.76 bn18540
Haskell County3,641$66,162129$519.8 m5578
Hodgeman County1,652$59,95544$199.4 m1860
Jackson County13,341$75,215260$507.8 m5656
Jefferson County18,349$81,278316$501.0 m23533
Jewell County2,916$52,63481$142.5 mNone recorded910
Johnson County620,631$109,20818,999$67.01 bn1,260473
Kearny County3,864$89,13583$265.4 m7871
Kingman County7,186$59,842210$333.9 m9863
Kiowa County2,422$75,53973$135.0 m3723
Labette County19,869$56,325443$1.08 bn14645
Lane County1,461$54,52673$173.9 m1717
Leavenworth County83,123$89,2181,332$4.05 bn82463
Lincoln County2,923$57,50085$148.0 m1719
Linn County9,767$59,069201$575.6 m11594
Logan County2,707$75,662103$224.8 m51,073
Lyon County32,186$59,912839$1.98 bn43847
Marion County11,754$64,695283$520.6 m4944
Marshall County9,993$68,419364$704.3 m6900
McPherson County30,205$78,851876$2.64 bn27898
Meade County3,903$71,852124$318.2 m4978
Miami County34,938$89,000777$1.43 bn37576
Mitchell County5,779$64,246237$614.5 m8702
Montgomery County30,940$55,697705$3.00 bn20644
Morris County5,340$58,686147$233.5 m2695
Morton County2,611$66,44766$219.4 m1730
Nemaha County10,160$77,348371$666.8 m13717
Neosho County15,656$56,618417$787.6 m12571
Ness County2,653$68,616122$227.1 m81,075
Norton County5,359$54,050169$357.3 m14878
Osage County15,744$74,467261$417.5 m5706
Osborne County3,452$63,011134$183.8 m2893
Ottawa County5,819$74,018135$150.0 mNone recorded721
Pawnee County6,144$63,517140$352.8 m17754
Phillips County4,813$62,123211$604.5 m6886
Pottawatomie County26,204$92,325703$1.59 bn18841
Pratt County9,127$66,022372$745.5 m6735
Rawlins County2,516$67,74288$179.5 m51,069
Reno County61,553$60,6451,590$3.43 bn301,255
Republic County4,646$56,833175$395.6 m9717
Rice County9,350$63,925265$949.4 m4726
Riley County71,946$61,0981,620$3.81 bn82610
Rooks County4,813$62,500165$230.4 m8891
Rush County2,947$59,97098$195.6 m5718
Russell County6,679$62,392246$357.0 m10886
Saline County53,668$65,4221,489$3.88 bn24720
Scott County5,027$68,839206$551.2 m1718
Sedgwick County528,226$69,36512,710$41.52 bn690998
Seward County21,486$63,827556$1.72 bn8639
Shawnee County178,025$67,1043,959$14.58 bn169544
Sheridan County2,426$73,750104$224.2 m2896
Sherman County5,858$61,750259$404.8 m71,056
Smith County3,552$59,135126$220.8 mNone recorded895
Stafford County3,978$64,226117$289.4 m2792
Stanton County2,038$71,70054$233.9 m6680
Stevens County5,162$64,178139$496.7 m10727
Sumner County22,353$63,951483$878.1 m111,182
Thomas County7,885$71,325332$904.7 m141,075
Trego County2,777$81,528127$178.0 m3889
Wabaunsee County7,009$76,908131$176.5 m3794
Wallace County1,417$63,20762$146.5 m1914
Washington County5,533$65,482199$292.8 mNone recorded895
Wichita County2,091$79,06387$353.8 m1719
Wilson County8,505$60,677202$389.0 m6570
Woodson County3,109$50,32678$96.9 mNone recorded498
Wyandotte County167,654$63,6313,141$15.52 bn156152

The register

Every source behind these 105 pages.

SourcePeriod coveredLicence
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates2020-2024 5-yearUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024Vintage 2024, estimates 2020 to 2024US Census Bureau, public domain
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2CAGDP2, through 2024US Bureau of Economic Analysis, public domain
US EPA, Map of Radon Zones, county spreadsheet2024-05 publication, EPA 402/A-16/001US EPA, public domain
FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Community Status BookCommunity Status Book, as retrievedFEMA OpenFEMA, public domain
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA releaseFY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30FOIA release, public domain
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA releaseFY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30FOIA release, public domain
US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary verticesTIGER county boundariesUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns2023US Census Bureau, public domain
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages2024 annual averagesUS BLS, public domain
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey2024 annualUS Census Bureau, public domain
US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows2021 to 2022 filing yearsIRS SOI, public domain

A Kansas statutory guide is in preparation.

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