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Woodson County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 79 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20207

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

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Population
3,118
+23 (+0.7%) since 2020
Land area
497.8
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
6.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Yates Center
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Yates Center city
Population 1,308.

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 Woodson 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 Woodson 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 715 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 Woodson 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
Population3,11879th of 1052,952nd of 3,144
Land area497.8 sq mi98th of 1052,092nd of 3,144
Population density6.3 per sq mi65th of 1052,716th of 3,144
Median household income$50,326105th of 1052,755th of 3,143

Full data for Woodson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,118Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,095Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,119Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area497.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area505.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?6.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,326American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$81,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,254American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,845American 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
-18
24 births, 42 deaths
Net migration
+22
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 6 areas bordering Woodson 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
Coffey CountyKansas24 mi8,467
Wilson CountyKansas24 mi8,299
Allen CountyKansas21 mi12,302
Greenwood CountyKansas21 mi5,826
Anderson CountyKansasa single point8,018
Neosho CountyKansasa single point15,637

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.