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Crawford County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 11 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20037

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

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Population
39,008
+53 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
589.8
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
66.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Girard
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Pittsburg city
Population 20,569.

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 Crawford 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 Crawford 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 728 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 Crawford 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
Population39,00811th of 1051,210th of 3,144
Land area589.8 sq mi84th of 1051,659th of 3,144
Population density66.1 per sq mi10th of 1051,227th of 3,144
Median household income$52,844101st of 1052,608th of 3,143

Full data for Crawford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population39,008Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202038,955Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?38,976Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area589.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area595 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?66.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,844American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$132,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,838American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,126American 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
-4
455 births, 459 deaths
Net migration
+50
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 Crawford 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
Bourbon CountyKansas26 mi14,319
Cherokee CountyKansas25 mi19,105
Neosho CountyKansas20 mi15,637
Barton CountyMissouri20 mi11,795
Labette CountyKansas3.8 mi19,685
Jasper CountyMissouri1.8 mi127,428
Vernon CountyMissouri1.3 mi19,946

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.