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Ellsworth County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 55 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20053

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

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Population
6,257
-110 (-1.7%) since 2020
Land area
715.6
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
8.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ellsworth
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Ellsworth city
Population 3,092.

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 Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth 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 656 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 Ellsworth 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
Population6,25755th of 1052,714th of 3,144
Land area715.6 sq mi66th of 1051,269th of 3,144
Population density8.7 per sq mi52nd of 1052,612th of 3,144
Median household income$65,56046th of 1051,587th of 3,143

Full data for Ellsworth County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,257Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,367Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,379Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area715.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area723.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,560American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$114,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,453American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,127American 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
-17
53 births, 70 deaths
Net migration
-28
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 Ellsworth 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
Rice CountyKansas30 mi9,266
Lincoln CountyKansas30 mi2,861
Saline CountyKansas18 mi53,377
Barton CountyKansas12 mi24,790
Russell CountyKansas12 mi6,581
McPherson CountyKansas6.0 mi30,064

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.