Ranking of Kansas Counties By Population with African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 10.62K people in Kansas with African ancestry. Among all Kansas counties, Sedgwick County had the highest population with African ancestry (3.07K), followed by Johnson County (2.17K), and Wyandotte County (2.10K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with African ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Kansas.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Population with African Ancestry in 2021
Sedgwick County
Johnson County
Wyandotte County
Riley County
Shawnee County
Geary County
Montgomery County
Saline County
Reno County
Leavenworth County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Population with African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 Sedgwick County 3073
2 Johnson County 2166
3 Wyandotte County 2101
4 Riley County 616
5 Shawnee County 435
6 Geary County 426
7 Montgomery County 290
8 Saline County 203
9 Reno County 171
10 Leavenworth County 154
11 Douglas County 132
12 Ford County 94
13 Miami County 75
14 Atchison County 60
14 Bourbon County 60
15 Stanton County 56
16 Labette County 50
17 Finney County 42
18 Harvey County 40
19 Butler County 39
20 Ellis County 28
20 Mitchell County 28
21 Cowley County 26
21 McPherson County 26
21 Rawlins County 26
22 Brown County 25
23 Republic County 23
24 Crawford County 18
25 Cloud County 15
26 Jackson County 13
27 Franklin County 11
28 Neosho County 10
28 Seward County 10
29 Marion County 9
30 Wilson County 7
31 Ellsworth County 6
31 Rice County 6
32 Allen County 5
32 Chautauqua County 5
32 Jefferson County 5
32 Linn County 5
32 Sherman County 5
33 Marshall County 4
33 Thomas County 4
34 Greenwood County 3
34 Meade County 3
35 Clay County 2
35 Kingman County 2
35 Lyon County 2
36 Barton County 1
36 Edwards County 1
36 Morris County 1
36 Morton County 1
36 Nemaha County 1
36 Pratt County 1