Ranking of Kansas Counties By Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2019

Updated on June 21, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, the Net Migration Rate per 1K for Kansas was -3.5. Among all Kansas counties, Elk County had the highest net migration rate (19.29), followed by Jewell County (15.11), and Gove County (12.89).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kansas counties.

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Ranking of Kansas Counties By Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2019
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Ranking of Kansas Counties By Net Migration Rate per 1K in 2019
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Rank County Net Migration Rate
1 Elk County 19.29
2 Jewell County 15.11
3 Gove County 12.89
4 Morris County 12.53
5 Miami County 12.39
6 Jefferson County 11.93
7 Cloud County 9.6
8 Wallace County 8
9 Chase County 6.6
10 Harvey County 6.35
11 Clark County 5.5
12 Rice County 4.54
13 Douglas County 4.52
14 Nemaha County 4.05
15 Anderson County 3.68
16 Rawlins County 3.62
17 Sherman County 3.55
18 Cheyenne County 3.43
19 Graham County 3.27
20 Clay County 2.75
21 Wichita County 2.36
22 McPherson County 2
23 Johnson County 1.62
24 Trego County 1.08
25 Pottawatomie County 1.03
26 Sedgwick County 0.98
27 Smith County 0.84
28 Osage County 0.31
29 Butler County 0.12
30 Wabaunsee County 0
31 Greenwood County -0.17
32 Thomas County -0.52
33 Leavenworth County -1.5
34 Marion County -1.69
35 Marshall County -1.96
36 Washington County -2.2
37 Sheridan County -2.78
38 Cherokee County -3.4
39 Shawnee County -3.42
40 Neosho County -3.45
41 Bourbon County -3.65
42 Barber County -3.81
43 Russell County -3.93
44 Ellis County -4.22
45 Atchison County -4.39
46 Franklin County -4.52
47 Kingman County -4.79
48 Linn County -4.93
49 Rush County -5.31
50 Crawford County -5.36
51 Reno County -5.44
52 Wyandotte County -5.45
53 Phillips County -5.7
54 Brown County -5.96
55 Lyon County -6.19
56 Saline County -6.27
57 Decatur County -6.36
58 Montgomery County -6.39
59 Cowley County -7.16
59 Ottawa County -7.16
60 Lincoln County -7.38
61 Edwards County -7.51
62 Coffey County -7.58
63 Doniphan County -7.62
64 Allen County -7.63
65 Sumner County -7.77
66 Stafford County -7.8
67 Osborne County -7.83
68 Lane County -7.84
69 Barton County -7.88
70 Republic County -8.27
71 Ellsworth County -8.33
72 Harper County -8.59
73 Greeley County -9.02
74 Ness County -10.01
75 Rooks County -10.07
76 Haskell County -11.03
77 Jackson County -11.19
78 Norton County -11.47
79 Dickinson County -11.67
80 Kiowa County -11.69
81 Wilson County -12.42
82 Labette County -13.67
83 Finney County -13.81
84 Hodgeman County -14.04
85 Woodson County -15.01
86 Logan County -15.05
87 Scott County -15.97
88 Comanche County -17.42
89 Mitchell County -17.57
90 Stanton County -18.94
91 Gray County -19.2
92 Ford County -19.32
93 Meade County -19.47
94 Pratt County -21.8
95 Chautauqua County -22.19
96 Stevens County -23.12
97 Pawnee County -23.5
98 Grant County -30.26
99 Hamilton County -31.38
100 Seward County -34.39
101 Riley County -34.88
102 Kearny County -38.79
103 Morton County -46.94
104 Geary County -53.21