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Jewell County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 82 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20089

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

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Population
2,830
-98 (-3.3%) since 2020
Land area
910
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
3.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Mankato
Seat of county government.
Established
1880
145 years ago
Largest city
Mankato city
Population 803.

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 Jewell 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 Jewell 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 792 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 Jewell 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
Population2,83082nd of 1052,967th of 3,144
Land area910 sq mi22nd of 105823rd of 3,144
Population density3.1 per sq mi87th of 1052,892nd of 3,144
Median household income$52,634103rd of 1052,622nd of 3,143

Full data for Jewell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,830Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,928Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,930Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area910 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area914.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,634American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$64,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,317American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,761American 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
-14
29 births, 43 deaths
Net migration
-19
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 7 areas bordering Jewell 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
Smith CountyKansas30 mi3,566
Mitchell CountyKansas30 mi5,590
Republic CountyKansas24 mi4,640
Nuckolls CountyNebraska18 mi4,100
Webster CountyNebraska12 mi3,336
Cloud CountyKansas6.0 mi8,833
Osborne CountyKansas1.0 mi3,285

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.