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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 322.72K people in Kansas with English ancestry (11.01% of Kansas population). Among all Kansas counties, Comanche County had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (22.39%), followed by Shawnee County (18.97%), and Elk County (15.82%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having English 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 English Ancestry in 2021
Comanche County
Shawnee County
Elk County
Norton County
Lane County
Jefferson County
Chase County
Clark County
Wallace County
Hamilton County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Comanche County 22.39
2 Shawnee County 18.97
3 Elk County 15.82
4 Norton County 15.34
5 Lane County 14.89
6 Jefferson County 14.67
7 Chase County 14.29
8 Clark County 14.24
9 Wallace County 14.00
10 Hamilton County 13.96
11 Gove County 13.84
12 Johnson County 13.83
13 Kiowa County 13.72
14 Rice County 13.69
15 Smith County 13.38
16 Clay County 13.19
17 Barber County 13.16
18 Douglas County 12.97
18 Lincoln County 12.97
19 Jewell County 12.95
20 Scott County 12.76
21 Greenwood County 12.48
22 Miami County 12.09
23 Anderson County 12.01
24 Leavenworth County 12.00
25 Cheyenne County 11.98
26 Butler County 11.92
27 Crawford County 11.53
28 Coffey County 11.46
29 Osage County 11.14
30 Neosho County 11.13
31 Rooks County 11.10
32 Pottawatomie County 11.09
33 Franklin County 11.06
34 Dickinson County 11.02
35 Harper County 10.99
36 Mitchell County 10.78
36 Ottawa County 10.78
37 Pratt County 10.71
38 Marshall County 10.60
39 Kingman County 10.45
40 Morris County 10.43
41 Cowley County 10.20
42 Decatur County 10.14
43 Cloud County 10.13
43 Meade County 10.13
44 Republic County 10.11
45 Allen County 10.03
45 Stafford County 10.03
45 Wilson County 10.03
46 Reno County 10.02
46 Riley County 10.02
47 Sedgwick County 9.88
48 Morton County 9.77
49 Sumner County 9.76
50 Saline County 9.73
51 Jackson County 9.60
52 Brown County 9.54
53 Russell County 9.47
54 Montgomery County 9.36
55 Logan County 9.33
56 Osborne County 9.31
57 Bourbon County 9.28
58 Atchison County 9.27
59 Wabaunsee County 9.16
60 Harvey County 8.93
61 Greeley County 8.91
62 Sheridan County 8.78
63 McPherson County 8.77
64 Cherokee County 8.62
64 Stanton County 8.62
65 Washington County 8.55
66 Marion County 8.47
67 Phillips County 8.32
68 Labette County 8.30
69 Thomas County 8.23
70 Linn County 8.13
71 Barton County 7.86
72 Hodgeman County 7.83
73 Ellsworth County 7.79
73 Trego County 7.79
74 Lyon County 7.76
75 Chautauqua County 7.69
76 Ness County 7.29
77 Rush County 7.28
78 Doniphan County 7.27
78 Rawlins County 7.27
79 Woodson County 6.89
80 Ellis County 6.87
81 Gray County 6.71
82 Edwards County 6.56
83 Haskell County 6.52
84 Sherman County 6.51
85 Kearny County 6.49
86 Nemaha County 6.47
87 Pawnee County 6.23
88 Graham County 6.06
89 Wyandotte County 5.65
90 Finney County 5.44
91 Stevens County 5.28
92 Geary County 5.14
93 Ford County 4.90
94 Seward County 4.28
95 Wichita County 3.16
96 Grant County 2.76