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Bourbon County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 34 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20011

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

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Population
14,319
-20 (-0.1%) since 2020
Land area
635.5
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
22.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fort Scott
Seat of county government.
Established
1855
170 years ago
Largest city
Fort Scott city
Population 7,500.

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 Bourbon 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 Bourbon 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 781 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 Bourbon 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
Population14,31934th of 1052,136th of 3,144
Land area635.5 sq mi79th of 1051,503rd of 3,144
Population density22.5 per sq mi32nd of 1052,143rd of 3,144
Median household income$59,23880th of 1052,153rd of 3,143

Full data for Bourbon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,319Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,339Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,365Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area635.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area639.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?22.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,238American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,840American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,756American 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
-5
173 births, 178 deaths
Net migration
-116
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 6 areas bordering Bourbon 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
Crawford CountyKansas26 mi39,008
Linn CountyKansas25 mi9,950
Vernon CountyMissouri25 mi19,946
Allen CountyKansas22 mi12,302
Neosho CountyKansas4.0 mi15,637
Anderson CountyKansasa single point8,018

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.