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Gray County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 60 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20069

Within Kansas
Gray County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Cimarron, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
5,652
+8 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
868.9
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
6.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cimarron
Seat of county government.
Established
1881
144 years ago
Largest city
Cimarron city
Population 1,935.

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 Gray 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 Gray 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 568 by 800 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 Gray 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
Population5,65260th of 1052,762nd of 3,144
Land area868.9 sq mi39th of 105942nd of 3,144
Population density6.5 per sq mi63rd of 1052,703rd of 3,144
Median household income$79,12210th of 105616th of 3,143

Full data for Gray County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,652Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,644Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,652Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area868.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.43 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area869.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?6.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$79,122American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$206,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,136American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,354American 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
+29
103 births, 74 deaths
Net migration
-65
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 5 areas bordering Gray 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
Finney CountyKansas43 mi37,505
Ford CountyKansas31 mi33,993
Meade CountyKansas24 mi3,852
Haskell CountyKansas18 mi3,599
Hodgeman CountyKansas6.0 mi1,619

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.