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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 712.31K people in Kansas with Unclassified ancestry (24.29% of Kansas population). Among all Kansas counties, Linn County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (39.35%), followed by Chautauqua County (39.07%), and Stafford County (38.26%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Linn County
Chautauqua County
Stafford County
Wilson County
Grant County
Hodgeman County
Pawnee County
Elk County
Lane County
Sherman County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Linn County 39.35
2 Chautauqua County 39.07
3 Stafford County 38.26
4 Wilson County 37.12
5 Grant County 36.80
6 Hodgeman County 36.52
7 Pawnee County 36.30
8 Elk County 36.13
9 Lane County 35.90
10 Sherman County 35.12
11 Morton County 35.02
12 Barber County 34.90
13 Doniphan County 34.03
14 Franklin County 33.75
15 Montgomery County 33.38
16 Kearny County 32.97
17 Wallace County 32.90
18 Miami County 32.86
19 Jewell County 32.83
20 Kingman County 32.32
21 Butler County 32.10
22 Ellsworth County 31.95
23 Allen County 31.88
24 Anderson County 31.83
25 Harper County 31.44
26 Barton County 30.98
27 Cowley County 30.97
28 Russell County 30.67
29 Reno County 30.47
30 Greenwood County 30.35
31 Logan County 30.10
32 Thomas County 29.97
33 Neosho County 29.76
34 Sheridan County 29.40
35 Comanche County 29.30
36 Marshall County 29.29
37 Leavenworth County 29.05
38 Stevens County 29.00
39 Atchison County 28.87
40 Cherokee County 28.71
41 Ottawa County 28.70
42 Mitchell County 28.28
43 Cloud County 28.25
44 Dickinson County 28.04
45 Morris County 27.97
46 Coffey County 27.87
47 Bourbon County 27.65
48 Edwards County 27.52
49 Osage County 27.41
50 Decatur County 27.40
51 Brown County 27.36
52 Sumner County 27.11
53 Clay County 27.10
53 Pratt County 27.10
54 Smith County 27.09
55 Jackson County 26.62
56 Lyon County 26.44
57 Trego County 26.34
58 Pottawatomie County 26.33
59 Chase County 26.29
60 Rooks County 26.17
61 Norton County 26.11
62 Saline County 26.03
63 Harvey County 25.97
64 McPherson County 25.88
65 Rice County 25.81
66 Marion County 25.48
67 Graham County 25.41
68 Woodson County 25.11
69 Cheyenne County 24.93
70 Kiowa County 24.87
70 Labette County 24.87
71 Osborne County 24.77
72 Jefferson County 24.65
73 Clark County 24.57
74 Nemaha County 24.51
75 Scott County 24.19
76 Sedgwick County 23.72
77 Gove County 23.65
78 Wichita County 23.54
79 Shawnee County 23.47
80 Wabaunsee County 23.43
81 Republic County 23.09
82 Wyandotte County 23.04
83 Lincoln County 23.00
84 Haskell County 22.98
85 Geary County 22.67
86 Rawlins County 22.56
87 Hamilton County 22.32
88 Phillips County 21.37
89 Gray County 21.01
90 Ellis County 20.96
91 Riley County 20.45
92 Johnson County 20.32
93 Ford County 20.04
94 Finney County 19.51
94 Ness County 19.51
95 Meade County 19.05
96 Greeley County 18.62
97 Crawford County 18.45
98 Douglas County 18.21
99 Stanton County 18.01
100 Washington County 17.90
101 Seward County 17.37
102 Rush County 15.68