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Russell County, Kansas

A county in Kansas, ranked 54 of 105 by population.

CountyFIPS 20167

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

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Population
6,581
-96 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
886.3
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
7.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Russell
Seat of county government.
Established
1867
158 years ago
Largest city
Russell city
Population 4,286.

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 Russell 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 Russell 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 797 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 Russell 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
Population6,58154th of 1052,693rd of 3,144
Land area886.3 sq mi35th of 105898th of 3,144
Population density7.4 per sq mi58th of 1052,666th of 3,144
Median household income$62,39264th of 1051,856th of 3,143

Full data for Russell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population6,581Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20206,677Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,690Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area886.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area13.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area899.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?7.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,392American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$119,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,674American 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
-32
78 births, 110 deaths
Net migration
-40
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 Russell 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
Ellis CountyKansas30 mi29,075
Barton CountyKansas30 mi24,790
Osborne CountyKansas29 mi3,285
Lincoln CountyKansas18 mi2,861
Ellsworth CountyKansas12 mi6,257
Rush CountyKansas0.5 mi2,845

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.