Wyandotte County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 4 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20209

Within Kansas
Wyandotte 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
170,597
+1,676 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
151.6
square miles. A further 2.9% of the total area is water
Population density
1,125
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kansas City
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Kansas City city
Population 157,805.

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 Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte 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 693 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 Wyandotte 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
Population170,5974th of 105414th of 3,144
Land area151.6 sq mi105th of 1053,057th of 3,144
Population density1,125 per sq mi2nd of 105143rd of 3,144
Median household income$63,63157th of 1051,739th of 3,143

Full data for Wyandotte County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population170,597Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020168,921Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?169,235Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area151.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area156.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,125 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,631American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$172,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households61,562American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units68,803American 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
+713
2,362 births, 1,649 deaths
Net migration
+7
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 5 areas bordering Wyandotte 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
Leavenworth CountyKansas22 mi84,590
Johnson CountyKansas20 mi636,906
Platte CountyMissouri12 mi114,400
Jackson CountyMissouri4.8 mi732,994
Clay CountyMissouri3.9 mi265,032

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.