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Cowley County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 15 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20035

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

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Population
34,382
-146 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
1,126
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
30.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Winfield
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Arkansas City city
Population 11,800.

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 Cowley 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 Cowley 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 768 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 Cowley 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
Population34,38215th of 1051,330th of 3,144
Land area1,126 sq mi7th of 105558th of 3,144
Population density30.5 per sq mi26th of 1051,913th of 3,144
Median household income$57,87886th of 1052,265th of 3,143

Full data for Cowley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population34,382Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202034,528Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,546Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,126 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,132 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?30.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,878American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$120,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,387American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,682American 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
-39
422 births, 461 deaths
Net migration
+171
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 Cowley 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
Butler CountyKansas35 mi69,484
Sumner CountyKansas33 mi22,312
Kay CountyOklahoma22 mi43,490
Chautauqua CountyKansas21 mi3,321
Osage CountyOklahoma12 mi46,794
Elk CountyKansas12 mi2,458
Sedgwick CountyKansasa single point538,433

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.