Reno County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 9 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20155

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

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Population
61,539
-352 (-0.6%) since 2020
Land area
1,255
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
49.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hutchinson
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Hutchinson city
Population 39,595.

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 Reno 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 Reno 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 602 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 Reno 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
Population61,5399th of 105881st of 3,144
Land area1,255 sq mi3rd of 105483rd of 3,144
Population density49.0 per sq mi13th of 1051,493rd of 3,144
Median household income$60,64573rd of 1052,025th of 3,143

Full data for Reno County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population61,539Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202061,891Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?61,894Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,255 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area16.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,272 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?49.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,645American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$132,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households25,592American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units28,274American 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
-126
663 births, 789 deaths
Net migration
+297
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 7 areas bordering Reno 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
Kingman CountyKansas36 mi7,029
Rice CountyKansas32 mi9,266
Stafford CountyKansas24 mi4,005
Sedgwick CountyKansas18 mi538,433
Harvey CountyKansas18 mi33,580
McPherson CountyKansas12 mi30,064
Pratt CountyKansas6.7 mi9,117

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.