Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 168.86K people in Kansas with American ancestry (5.76% of Kansas population). Among all Kansas counties, Cherokee County had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (18.45%), followed by Bourbon County (16.45%), and Crawford County (15.19%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having American 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 American Ancestry in 2021
Cherokee County
Bourbon County
Crawford County
Labette County
Graham County
Elk County
Osborne County
Dickinson County
Allen County
Woodson County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Cherokee County 18.45
2 Bourbon County 16.45
3 Crawford County 15.19
4 Labette County 14.76
5 Graham County 11.91
6 Elk County 11.64
7 Osborne County 11.13
8 Dickinson County 11.12
9 Allen County 10.86
10 Woodson County 10.50
11 Chase County 10.22
12 Kiowa County 10.18
13 Anderson County 10.14
14 Rooks County 9.85
15 Franklin County 9.47
16 Lincoln County 9.42
17 Harper County 9.41
18 Mitchell County 9.38
19 Wilson County 9.24
20 Cowley County 9.15
21 Clay County 8.74
22 Wabaunsee County 8.55
23 Marion County 8.51
24 Logan County 8.39
25 Butler County 8.35
26 Greenwood County 8.33
27 Montgomery County 8.20
28 Neosho County 8.16
29 Ottawa County 8.08
30 Phillips County 7.99
31 Brown County 7.98
32 Morris County 7.90
33 Jewell County 7.86
34 Saline County 7.81
35 Washington County 7.58
36 Doniphan County 7.48
36 Reno County 7.48
36 Stafford County 7.48
37 Linn County 7.37
38 Riley County 7.29
39 Atchison County 7.23
40 Osage County 7.09
41 Chautauqua County 7.04
42 Gove County 6.92
43 Nemaha County 6.89
44 Leavenworth County 6.87
45 Scott County 6.84
46 Marshall County 6.83
47 Ellsworth County 6.72
48 Cloud County 6.66
48 Kingman County 6.66
49 Pottawatomie County 6.50
50 Barber County 6.49
51 Coffey County 6.45
51 Sherman County 6.45
52 Harvey County 6.41
53 Sumner County 6.31
54 Edwards County 6.12
55 Jefferson County 6.01
56 Jackson County 5.89
57 Sheridan County 5.82
58 McPherson County 5.81
59 Wichita County 5.67
60 Ness County 5.63
61 Republic County 5.61
62 Miami County 5.49
63 Lyon County 5.46
64 Wallace County 5.43
65 Smith County 5.41
66 Hodgeman County 5.29
67 Sedgwick County 5.28
68 Pratt County 5.25
69 Comanche County 5.09
70 Rice County 5.05
71 Stevens County 4.94
72 Ellis County 4.88
73 Decatur County 4.80
74 Clark County 4.76
75 Rawlins County 4.58
76 Shawnee County 4.49
77 Pawnee County 4.48
78 Douglas County 4.28
79 Geary County 4.27
80 Johnson County 4.25
81 Russell County 4.19
82 Gray County 4.14
83 Barton County 3.93
84 Seward County 3.91
85 Rush County 3.89
86 Norton County 3.76
87 Greeley County 3.66
88 Morton County 3.39
89 Trego County 3.26
90 Haskell County 3.13
91 Wyandotte County 3.02
92 Cheyenne County 2.91
93 Finney County 2.76
94 Grant County 2.64
95 Kearny County 2.59
96 Ford County 2.48
97 Meade County 2.20
98 Stanton County 2.06
99 Thomas County 2.01
100 Lane County 2.00
101 Hamilton County 1.94