Clark County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 100 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20025

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

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Population
1,900
-76 (-3.8%) since 2020
Land area
974.6
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
2.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ashland
Seat of county government.
Established
1885
140 years ago
Largest city
Ashland city
Population 744.

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 Clark 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 Clark 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 763 by 800 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 Clark 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
Population1,900100th of 1053,048th of 3,144
Land area974.6 sq mi19th of 105715th of 3,144
Population density2.0 per sq mi102nd of 1052,992nd of 3,144
Median household income$63,04361st of 1051,793rd of 3,143

Full data for Clark County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,900Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,976Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,990Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area974.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area977.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,043American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$87,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households788American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,039American 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
-2
20 births, 22 deaths
Net migration
+12
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 Clark 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
Meade CountyKansas33 mi3,852
Ford CountyKansas30 mi33,993
Comanche CountyKansas26 mi1,673
Harper CountyOklahoma26 mi3,172
Kiowa CountyKansas6.7 mi2,432
Beaver CountyOklahoma4.8 mi4,882

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.