Hodgeman County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 102 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20083

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

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Population
1,619
-122 (-7.0%) since 2020
Land area
860
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
1.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jetmore
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Jetmore city
Population 724.

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 Hodgeman 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 Hodgeman 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 568 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 Hodgeman 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
Population1,619102nd of 1053,072nd of 3,144
Land area860 sq mi41st of 105966th of 3,144
Population density1.9 per sq mi103rd of 1052,994th of 3,144
Median household income$59,95576th of 1052,088th of 3,143

Full data for Hodgeman County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,619Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,741Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,725Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area860 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.32 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area860.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,955American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$101,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households697American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units823American 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
-18
16 births, 34 deaths
Net migration
-27
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 Hodgeman 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
Ford CountyKansas36 mi33,993
Ness CountyKansas35 mi2,617
Finney CountyKansas18 mi37,505
Pawnee CountyKansas13 mi5,991
Edwards CountyKansas12 mi2,640
Gray CountyKansas6.0 mi5,652

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.