Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 28.00K people in Kansas with Scotch Irish ancestry (0.96% of Kansas population). Among all Kansas counties, Lane County had the highest percentage of its population with Scotch Irish ancestry (3.99%), followed by Sheridan County (3.50%), and Elk County (3.37%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Scotch Irish 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 Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021
Lane County
Sheridan County
Elk County
Hamilton County
Scott County
Ottawa County
Gove County
Graham County
Anderson County
Edwards County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Lane County 3.99
2 Sheridan County 3.50
3 Elk County 3.37
4 Hamilton County 3.19
5 Scott County 2.98
6 Ottawa County 2.80
7 Gove County 2.78
8 Graham County 2.41
9 Anderson County 2.38
10 Edwards County 2.13
11 Bourbon County 1.96
11 Cheyenne County 1.96
12 Rush County 1.91
13 Kiowa County 1.75
13 Pottawatomie County 1.75
14 Smith County 1.73
15 McPherson County 1.64
16 Sherman County 1.58
17 Pawnee County 1.56
18 Linn County 1.52
19 Ellsworth County 1.47
20 Jackson County 1.42
21 Marion County 1.41
22 Osborne County 1.40
23 Rice County 1.38
24 Chase County 1.36
25 Labette County 1.34
26 Crawford County 1.30
27 Decatur County 1.25
28 Phillips County 1.22
29 Sumner County 1.20
30 Grant County 1.17
30 Johnson County 1.17
30 Riley County 1.17
31 Douglas County 1.13
32 Chautauqua County 1.12
33 Meade County 1.08
34 Clay County 1.06
35 Atchison County 1.03
36 Franklin County 1.02
36 Osage County 1.02
37 Sedgwick County 0.99
38 Butler County 0.97
39 Washington County 0.94
40 Dickinson County 0.93
41 Allen County 0.92
42 Cowley County 0.91
42 Thomas County 0.91
43 Republic County 0.89
44 Jefferson County 0.84
44 Norton County 0.84
45 Haskell County 0.82
45 Neosho County 0.82
46 Miami County 0.81
47 Brown County 0.79
47 Cloud County 0.79
47 Stevens County 0.79
48 Barton County 0.77
48 Comanche County 0.77
48 Marshall County 0.77
49 Harper County 0.76
50 Mitchell County 0.75
51 Leavenworth County 0.74
52 Greenwood County 0.73
53 Coffey County 0.72
54 Lincoln County 0.71
55 Doniphan County 0.69
56 Morris County 0.67
56 Rawlins County 0.67
57 Gray County 0.66
57 Ness County 0.66
57 Reno County 0.66
58 Kingman County 0.64
59 Shawnee County 0.63
59 Stafford County 0.63
60 Barber County 0.62
60 Geary County 0.62
60 Morton County 0.62
61 Montgomery County 0.61
62 Ford County 0.60
63 Lyon County 0.59
63 Wallace County 0.59
63 Wyandotte County 0.59
64 Logan County 0.58
65 Ellis County 0.56
65 Harvey County 0.56
66 Pratt County 0.55
67 Saline County 0.53
68 Cherokee County 0.48
68 Seward County 0.48
69 Woodson County 0.44
70 Wichita County 0.42
71 Wilson County 0.39
72 Jewell County 0.38
73 Greeley County 0.32
74 Clark County 0.30
75 Trego County 0.28
76 Finney County 0.26
76 Rooks County 0.26
76 Wabaunsee County 0.26
77 Hodgeman County 0.16
77 Russell County 0.16
78 Nemaha County 0.15
79 Stanton County 0.05