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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 69.16K people in Kansas with European ancestry (2.36% of Kansas population). Among all Kansas counties, Coffey County had the highest percentage of its population with European ancestry (13.12%), followed by Osage County (12.62%), and Lyon County (8.27%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having European 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 European Ancestry in 2021
Coffey County
Osage County
Lyon County
Wilson County
Graham County
Douglas County
Johnson County
Butler County
Jefferson County
Pottawatomie County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Coffey County 13.12
2 Osage County 12.62
3 Lyon County 8.27
4 Wilson County 3.57
5 Graham County 3.36
6 Douglas County 3.23
7 Johnson County 3.21
8 Butler County 3.20
9 Jefferson County 3.18
9 Pottawatomie County 3.18
10 Wichita County 3.07
11 Wabaunsee County 3.05
12 Clark County 2.91
12 Miami County 2.91
13 Pratt County 2.89
14 Greenwood County 2.86
15 Phillips County 2.83
16 Leavenworth County 2.81
17 Elk County 2.80
18 Jewell County 2.70
19 Anderson County 2.69
20 Morton County 2.59
21 Franklin County 2.51
21 Sumner County 2.51
22 Riley County 2.50
23 Mitchell County 2.48
24 Clay County 2.46
24 Lane County 2.46
25 Shawnee County 2.42
26 Nemaha County 2.40
27 Logan County 2.38
28 Harvey County 2.22
29 Sedgwick County 2.19
30 Russell County 2.16
31 Comanche County 2.10
32 Hodgeman County 2.05
33 Doniphan County 2.01
34 Labette County 1.98
35 Scott County 1.96
35 Wallace County 1.96
36 Allen County 1.95
37 Ellis County 1.89
37 Kearny County 1.89
38 Cherokee County 1.86
39 Kingman County 1.84
39 Marshall County 1.84
40 Barton County 1.81
41 Geary County 1.76
42 Reno County 1.69
43 Montgomery County 1.56
44 McPherson County 1.50
45 Crawford County 1.49
46 Cowley County 1.44
46 Dickinson County 1.44
46 Marion County 1.44
47 Decatur County 1.36
48 Ottawa County 1.35
49 Jackson County 1.34
50 Linn County 1.33
51 Ellsworth County 1.16
52 Norton County 1.15
53 Finney County 1.08
54 Sheridan County 1.06
55 Chase County 1.05
56 Ness County 1.03
57 Cheyenne County 0.98
57 Saline County 0.98
58 Gove County 0.97
58 Stafford County 0.97
59 Atchison County 0.94
60 Lincoln County 0.88
61 Harper County 0.87
62 Smith County 0.86
63 Neosho County 0.84
64 Wyandotte County 0.80
65 Bourbon County 0.78
66 Haskell County 0.76
67 Chautauqua County 0.74
68 Seward County 0.72
69 Gray County 0.65
70 Kiowa County 0.61
71 Morris County 0.60
72 Cloud County 0.57
72 Thomas County 0.57
73 Rawlins County 0.55
74 Osborne County 0.54
75 Rooks County 0.52
76 Republic County 0.51
77 Rice County 0.48
78 Barber County 0.43
78 Brown County 0.43
79 Woodson County 0.38
80 Edwards County 0.31
81 Sherman County 0.28
82 Washington County 0.27
83 Meade County 0.25
84 Ford County 0.24
85 Rush County 0.17
86 Hamilton County 0.08
87 Stevens County 0.06
88 Grant County 0.05
88 Stanton County 0.05
89 Pawnee County 0.03