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Ford County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 16 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20057

Within Kansas
Ford County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
33,993
-220 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
1,098
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
31.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Dodge City
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Dodge City city
Population 27,653.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Ford County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Ford County, Kansas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 687 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Ford County ranks

Position among the 105 counties of Kansas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn KansasNationally
Population33,99316th of 1051,343rd of 3,144
Land area1,098 sq mi8th of 105581st of 3,144
Population density31.0 per sq mi25th of 1051,895th of 3,144
Median household income$70,78128th of 1051,140th of 3,143

Full data for Ford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,993Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202034,213Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,287Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,098 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.81 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,099 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?31.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,781American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$151,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,796American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,743American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+353
610 births, 257 deaths
Net migration
-639
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Ford County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Hodgeman CountyKansas36 mi1,619
Gray CountyKansas31 mi5,652
Clark CountyKansas30 mi1,900
Kiowa CountyKansas18 mi2,432
Edwards CountyKansas13 mi2,640
Meade CountyKansas6.0 mi3,852

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 105 counties of Kansas

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.