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Ness County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 88 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20135

Within Kansas
Ness 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
2,617
-57 (-2.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,075
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
2.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ness City
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Ness City city
Population 1,313.

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 Ness 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 Ness 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 686 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 Ness 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
Population2,61788th of 1052,988th of 3,144
Land area1,075 sq mi9th of 105595th of 3,144
Population density2.4 per sq mi98th of 1052,950th of 3,144
Median household income$68,61635th of 1051,290th of 3,143

Full data for Ness County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,617Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,674Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,682Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,075 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.26 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,075 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,616American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$89,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,161American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,440American 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
-11
31 births, 42 deaths
Net migration
-1
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 8 areas bordering Ness 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 CountyKansas35 mi1,619
Lane CountyKansas30 mi1,508
Trego CountyKansas30 mi2,740
Rush CountyKansas24 mi2,845
Pawnee CountyKansas6.0 mi5,991
Gove CountyKansas5.0 mi2,631
Finney CountyKansas0.9 mi37,505
Ellis CountyKansas0.7 mi29,075

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.