Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of 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 (0.36% of Kansas population). Among all Kansas counties, Stanton County had the highest percentage of its population with African ancestry (2.68%), followed by Wyandotte County (1.25%), and Geary County (1.17%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having 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 Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021
Stanton County
Wyandotte County
Geary County
Rawlins County
Montgomery County
Riley County
Sedgwick County
Republic County
Mitchell County
Bourbon County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Stanton County 2.68
2 Wyandotte County 1.25
3 Geary County 1.17
4 Rawlins County 1.03
5 Montgomery County 0.92
6 Riley County 0.85
7 Sedgwick County 0.59
8 Republic County 0.49
9 Mitchell County 0.48
10 Bourbon County 0.42
11 Atchison County 0.37
11 Saline County 0.37
12 Johnson County 0.36
13 Reno County 0.28
14 Ford County 0.27
15 Brown County 0.26
16 Labette County 0.25
17 Shawnee County 0.24
18 Miami County 0.22
19 Leavenworth County 0.19
20 Cloud County 0.17
21 Chautauqua County 0.15
22 Harvey County 0.12
23 Douglas County 0.11
23 Finney County 0.11
24 Ellis County 0.10
24 Jackson County 0.10
25 Ellsworth County 0.09
25 McPherson County 0.09
26 Cowley County 0.08
26 Marion County 0.08
26 Sherman County 0.08
26 Wilson County 0.08
27 Meade County 0.07
28 Butler County 0.06
28 Neosho County 0.06
28 Rice County 0.06
29 Crawford County 0.05
29 Greenwood County 0.05
29 Linn County 0.05
29 Seward County 0.05
29 Thomas County 0.05
30 Allen County 0.04
30 Franklin County 0.04
30 Marshall County 0.04
30 Morton County 0.04
31 Clay County 0.03
31 Edwards County 0.03
31 Jefferson County 0.03
31 Kingman County 0.03
32 Morris County 0.02
33 Lyon County 0.01
33 Nemaha County 0.01
33 Pratt County 0.01
34 Barton County 0.004