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Grant County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 52 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20067

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

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Population
7,028
-297 (-4.1%) since 2020
Land area
574.8
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
12.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ulysses
Seat of county government.
Established
1873
152 years ago
Largest city
Ulysses city
Population 5,524.

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 Grant 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 Grant 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 796 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 Grant 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
Population7,02852nd of 1052,656th of 3,144
Land area574.8 sq mi89th of 1051,732nd of 3,144
Population density12.2 per sq mi49th of 1052,493rd of 3,144
Median household income$66,47640th of 1051,470th of 3,143

Full data for Grant County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,028Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,325Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,352Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area574.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.34 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area575.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?12.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,476American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$110,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age33.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,379American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,933American 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
+31
88 births, 57 deaths
Net migration
-66
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 Grant 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
Stevens CountyKansas24 mi4,984
Haskell CountyKansas24 mi3,599
Stanton CountyKansas24 mi1,986
Kearny CountyKansas24 mi3,888
Finney CountyKansasa single point37,505
Hamilton CountyKansasa single point2,500

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.