Demographics of Gray County, Kansas

Gray County, Kansas had 5,652 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +8 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Gray County, in four figures

5,652
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +0.1%
Change since July 2020: +8 people.; 37.9 ±2.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $79,122 ±$4,267
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Gray County, Kansas's population grew 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Gray County, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

About this chart

The figures

Gray County, Kansas's population grew 0.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Gray County, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	5,644	100.0	100.0
2021	5,662	100.3	100.2
2022	5,705	101.1	100.7
2023	5,755	102.0	101.6
2024	5,690	100.8	102.5
2025	5,652	100.1	103.1

3 more columns on a wider screen

Population of Gray County, Kansas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	5,644	−8	+10	0	−16
2021	5,662	+18	+13	+4	0
2022	5,705	+43	+23	+6	+17
2023	5,755	+50	+29	+17	+5
2024	5,690	−65	+28	−1	−92
2025	5,652	−38	+29	−3	−62

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.9 ±2.3: for men 36.3 ±3.4 and for women 39.7 ±1.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Gray County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Under 5	415 ±38	7.3% ±0.7	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,210 ±122	21.2% ±2.1	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	496 ±79	8.7% ±1.4	10.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,236 ±111	21.7% ±1.9	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,384 ±127	24.3% ±2.2	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	960 ±104	16.8% ±1.8	17.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $79,122 ±$4,267, and income per person $38,080 ±$2,267, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,275 ±$475 in Kansas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

2 more columns on a wider screen

Households in Gray County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kansas	United States
Under $25,000	188 ±61	8.8% ±2.8	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	490 ±101	22.9% ±4.7	18.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	315 ±70	14.7% ±3.3	17.7% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	377 ±92	17.6% ±4.3	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	464 ±95	21.7% ±4.4	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	93 ±31	4.4% ±1.4	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	209 ±49	9.8% ±2.3	9.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

2 more columns on a wider screen

Poverty rate in Gray County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kansas	United States
All ages	474 ±228	8.5% ±4.1	11.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	241 ±101	15.3% ±6.2	13.1% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	88 to 298	3.3% to 10.9%	11.5% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	7 to 73	0.6% to 5.7%	9.0% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

1 more column on a wider screen

Housing in Gray County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Gray County	Kansas	United States
Housing units	2,354 ±18	1,293,635 ±880	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	90.7% ±3.0	90.8% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	9.3% ±3.1	9.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.1% ±3.4	67.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.9% ±3.9	32.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$206,000 ±$26,376	$217,200 ±$1,343	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$808 ±$93	$1,060 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1976 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Gray County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	949 ±0	16.6% ±<0.1	13.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,529 ±32	79.4% ±0.6	72.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.3%	5.2% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	36 ±13	0.6% ±0.2	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 11	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 26	0% to 0.5%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	171 ±39	3.0% ±0.7	4.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

2 more columns on a wider screen

People in Gray County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Born in the state	4,132 ±149	72.5% ±2.6	59.2% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	937 ±136	16.4% ±2.4	32.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	17 to 65	0.3% to 1.1%	1.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	591 ±118	10.4% ±2.1	7.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	126 ±43	2.2% ±0.8	3.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	465 ±117	8.2% ±2.1	4.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Gray County among the counties of Kansas

60th of 105 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kansas page.

Counties of Kansas near Gray County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Ellsworth County	6,257	−1.7%
Pawnee County	5,991	−4.2%
Greenwood County	5,826	−2.3%
Sherman County	5,763	−2.4%
Ottawa County	5,744	+0.3%
Gray County	5,652	+0.1%
Mitchell County	5,590	−3.2%
Washington County	5,533	−0.2%
Harper County	5,370	−1.8%
Morris County	5,348	−0.3%
Norton County	5,288	−3.0%

Elsewhere on the site

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026