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Neosho County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 33 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20133

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

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Population
15,637
-279 (-1.8%) since 2020
Land area
571.5
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
27.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Erie
Seat of county government.
Established
1861
164 years ago
Largest city
Chanute city
Population 8,584.

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 Neosho 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 Neosho 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 794 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 Neosho 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
Population15,63733rd of 1052,063rd of 3,144
Land area571.5 sq mi91st of 1051,757th of 3,144
Population density27.4 per sq mi30th of 1052,005th of 3,144
Median household income$56,61890th of 1052,366th of 3,143

Full data for Neosho County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,637Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,916Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,910Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area571.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area577.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?27.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,618American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$111,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,464American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,219American 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
+7
214 births, 207 deaths
Net migration
-2
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 Neosho 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
Wilson CountyKansas24 mi8,299
Allen CountyKansas24 mi12,302
Labette CountyKansas24 mi19,685
Crawford CountyKansas20 mi39,008
Bourbon CountyKansas4.0 mi14,319
Montgomery CountyKansas0.2 mi30,177
Woodson CountyKansasa single point3,118

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.